Have you seen that big old swan in the window display of the Marc Jacobs store in Pacific Heights? If y’all drop in from 11-5pm every weekend until Christmas you can have your picture taken in the swan for free. That’s way better (and considerably less creepy for us grown ups) than any old Santa’s lap. Go to the Swan – that rarely happens in normal... 
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You know what I really love at Christmas time? New Books! I love books. It’s an illness, an infatuation, really. If I go into a book shop I can’t just buy one. Oh no, three’s always the average number of choice. And I go into bookshops a lot. So, as you might imagine, I’ve got quite a little library going on here, thus the idea of buying more books is... 
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These glam rock posters from Urban Outfitters are pretty fun. Travel back to the 80′s for some Bowie, or go on tour with Blondie in the late 70′s. I’m kind of freaking out right now that I was around for both! I have some uncomfortably vivid groupie memories from back in my Flock of Seagulls hairdo days, of a rainy night limo ride around the Hollywood Hills... 
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Today’s social call is from Russia, with love. We’re visiting the very talented Russian illustrator, Irina Troitskaya. Irina was born and raised in Izhevsk, in her words, ‘city of dead ends, sad electronic music and Finno-Ugric cultural roots’. Irina’s love of drawing lead her to the Udmurt State University, where she studied the arts for... 
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If spam were fun, this is what it would look like. Linzie Hunter is another artist I heard about through Thumbtack Press and I just adore the fun in these. Everytime I clean out my spam box I think there must be some kind of project, or poetry staring me in the face, and sure enough, Linzie Hunter found it. These prints are just fantastic. Take that, you naughty spammers,... 
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