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Wednesday 03.10.10
friends & neighbors: vintage green.
okay, let’s just say, i have serious trash pickers envy. just take a green-eyed gander at what elissa from the blog vintage green picked up along the curbside!! that is some sweet chair find, people. elissa is an architect in long island working hard to fix up a bungalow in the burbs. if she keeps finding trashy treasures like this, then she must be well on her way. i’m with you elissa – a self-confessed trash picker all the way. follow elissa’s thrifting adventures at vintage green.
Wednesday 03.10.10
love letters lost.
Over 50 people have composed a love letter addressed to a complete stranger. It may be no harder to do this than it is to express love for an intimate other, or to oneself. a project developed by refarm spectacle, on the night of March 13th, these strangers will hand deliver love letters in a clandestine manner to 50 people, chosen randomly, a revealing experiment for both writers and recipients. Each letter includes a blank postcard for response. It’s ambiguous, hopeful and bitter. And totally fascinating. You can follow the event at refarm spectacle.
Thursday 03.04.10
good reads: appartements de filles à paris.
i love paumes books, even though i can rarely read a word of them. the photographs speak volumes, though, so a pretty picture book is never a waste of inspiration. paumes is a small, family-run Japanese publisher, working in close contact with artists and designers all over the world to bring you these beautiful books featuring designers’ homes, apartments, studios and ateliers.
the lovely yvonne from yvestown blog is a distributor for paumes, so you can easily order these books directly from her website. she recently sent me this beautiful new paumes, called ‘appartements de filles à paris‘ which is the sequel to the well-received book ‘Petits appartements à Paris‘. the new books are so popular, they hard to keep in stock, but if you don’t mind a short wait, you’ll find the wait well worth it, and plenty of older titles are readily available in the yvestown shop! thanks yvonne!
Thursday 02.25.10
good reads: uppercase magazine.
the new issue of uppercase magazine, issue four, is out and it’s as beautiful and inspiring as ever, complete with a gorgeous cover illustration by artist leigh wells. i’ve contributed a story i wrote all about those vintage vanguards of style, three potato four, so i’m extra excited to share this issue of uppercase with you. it also comes with this cute pull out calendar for you to hang on your walls! for more information on subscribing and a virtual tour of this issue, check out the uppercase site.
Thursday 02.25.10
Grow Great Grub – Winner!
we have an official winner of gayla trail’s newest book grow great grub! the reader giveaway winner is jennifer from syracuse, new york, who writes the blog cookin’ in the cuse. jennifer’s absolute favorite thing to grow is garlic. she says it’s super easy and it the results are eons better than any you might buy at the supermarket. Plus you easily have enough for next year’s crop.
congratulations jennifer and thanks to everyone who entered. sounds like some great crops are going to be coming up. and thanks gayla! and for more on gayla’s book, grow great grub, and be sure and visit her website, you grow girl.
