california

eric shaw

8.
i am waiting for you in the kitchen.
hidden in white ceramic tiles,
and tea cups.
god, i hate
being so invisible.

9.
i spin around in your bedroom.
i make the bed.
i take a shower and get real clean and
wait for you to come home.

10.
looking at a calendar trying to figure out
which month it is, which month it was.
the weather is so ordinary in your life.
you're not warm, you're not cold.
you're just dying,
which is not something you want,
but is not something you don't want either.

karla spetic

i've been all about pastel color palettes and prints lately so i was so excited to come across this australian designer, karla spetic. i especially love the collaboration pieces with illustrator caitlin quiet. enjoy!

long weekend in miami

long weekend eating and drinking in miami with old and new friends that ran in the ING miami beach marathon. ate at joe's stone crab the first night and ended up throwing up the next day for about 4-5 hours. and wasted my saturday. (friend let me know her boyfriend also threw up after eating there so i DO NOT recommend.)

scarpetta at fountainebleu was a much better experience. i had the burrata to start, the duck and foie gras ravioli, and the napoleon creme brulee. (and recommend all three.) sorry for the lack of pictures, i'm so not on with taking pics of my food!

and wore my new jeffrey campbell for lf alexa wedges (acne knock offs) this weekend, as i was sans boyfriend. (when together, i wear flats because he is not super tall.) i tried to get as much wear out of them as possible because who knows when i will be without him with a chance to wear them again. they are my one major shoe purchase for the year. i haven't tried the acnes on but i can say that the platform on these are pretty level so there's no discomfort from the arch. the actual wedge in the back is a bit narrow so while walking, i felt my heel slip to the right and left a few times but that may just be my clumsiness. but if you are short like me, they def give you a major boost in height. but they also majorly look like ice skates when worn with skinny jeans. i suggest wearing them with short dresses or rolled up jeans.

i found the last pair in a size 6 at the lf miami store. but they have them available in other sizes in the miami store and in their other locations. if you are in search for a pair, you should call their different locations to see if they're in stock.

2010 new years resolution

to blog regularly.

customer in persephone vintage wedding dress

my customer clara looks beautiful in her vintage wedding dress from persephone vintage! it makes me so happy to see an item on a customer. they married in an elopement-type wedding.

hemingway's home and key west

i'm not much for holidays but this year, i spent thanksgiving weekend in key west. i visited hemingway's home for the second time. it's not an extravagant home, though large for it's time. there are lush gardens all around the estate. there is always a breeze on his wraparound balcony because of the tall foliage surrounding the house. lazy six-toed cats slither around the estate, sleeping in the shade, hiding in corner nooks. there is something i truly love about old homes (as i do old clothes!) - they have character and idiosyncratic details that are particular to that individual home. (not like mass-made drywall mcmansions built nowadays.)

if you ever have a chance to visit, be sure to take the tour. he died tragically but you can tell he lived a full life.

rest in peace daul kim

rest in peace

daul kim

talent on etsy

there is a lot of talent on etsy. it's hard to find through all the craft project-type pieces. gemma degara has beautiful pieces for sale on etsy and now, also on pixie market!

on etsy:



on pixie market:

broken

i hate when things break. 

like heels. 

and cameras. 

and hearts.