Vacation in Review! March 14, 2008. Friday.

Starting our drive at 5 a.m. didn't pan out like we wanted, so packing some leftovers from my Dad's birthday dinner the night before, we headed out around 10 a.m. An hour up the highway, we had to turn around, having forgotten my passport.

After righting that wrong, we drove through burgs all through the great states of Ohio and New York and found ourselves safely over the border. Along the way, we listened to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, some stand-up comedy, and Justice.

We arrived in Kingston around 9 p.m. and enjoyed a mellow night with destination-friend Chris, beer, and banana chips. Chris has an excellent apartment right in the middle of town; excellent not only in location but in its tasteful well-appointedness. We sacked out relatively early on the Best Futon Ever.

I find this really awesome.

Man, I will fall over dead the day I become this ingenious. Every designer must imagine the life that their creations will lead but few actually give one, of sorts, to them. Pictured, "Sleeping Beauty", a lamp which slowly knits itself when it is turned on. Designed by Nadine Sterk, a student at the Design Huis in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. A beautiful "blowing of the life breath" into a machine by its maker.



[image and story via boingboing.net]

I find this really sad.

In this promotional photo for The House of Dereon's children's line, the baby analog of Beyonce is the star of this shoot, the white child is in the foreground, and the black child relegated to a seat in the back. Hmm.



[photo via Dlisted.com]

Montreal, NYC...!

My boyfriend and I are taking a trip to Montreal to meet up with his best friend, and to see Justice and others at the Myspace Music Tour in Montreal. Then we're sojourning to NYC to spend some time with my brother and some old friends.

This all goes down, and we're going by car, at 4 a.m. on Friday. Eep!!! I have to pack!! I have to have the perfect electropop-show outfit! The car thing is gonna rule. We have both The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates to listen to (if you have neither read nor listened to these, you must!), as well as the most gigantic ipod available crammed with everything else we could ever hope to hear. ;)

Above is what my Justice outfit is gonna look like, if all goes right... Urban Outfitters has these riDIC clear wayfarers with clear lenses. The above is a close approximation. Unitard I've been wanting going on a couple years, and the gold wedge sneakers I blogged about last month or so. Add my skinny flourescent orange web belt that has saved many a boring outfit, and the scarf in my previous post, transformed into a necklace of sorts by tying it in knots at intervals down its length. Last but not least, some bright pink lipstick on a nude and rude face.

I'm most excited to see what people will be wearing. There will be pictures. Trust.


P.S.--- woulda polyvore'd all this but, I gotta PACK!!!



[photos: urbanoutfitters.com, americanapparel.net, sephora.com]

Thrifting Bounty

Like I've said previously, I'm no floral-lover. However, with black tights or otherwise juxtaposed with irony or toughness, they take on a new likeability. This spring and summer, urged on by a long black halter dress I rocked all last summer, I've been seeking out maxi skirts. These will be both skirts and dresses. I'm especially excited to get a black scarf underneath the bust of the tan-colored one and wear it with black tights and heels. The colors are a bit milquetoast-y in this pic; they're way mo' bettah in person.

This loveliness in followed by a fantastic, huge scarf I found with an image of villagers, oxen and eery trees with a foreign (Filipino?) script.

Lastly, a tank top that reflects my teenage obsession with muscle cars: Hot pink with peach binding and reads "GTO: Get Turned On"! Paired with this scarf that the cashier mistakenly put in my bag, I think it'll make a lovely coupling with some higher-waisted shorts.

Delish!

On Me Today

Reflecting on my previous post, "Can Shorts With Tights Ever Be Cool?", I decided to find out if it would work for me. Here, on a visit to the thrift store and with the help of a package from Newport News sent to me by my mother and filled with leggings of all lengths and in black and white, I wore the Above.

The suede boots were thrifted a couple of summers ago for $3. No lie, they're the most comfortable pair of shoes I own besides Nikes!

As for the white leggings, I'm considering dip-dyeing of tie-dyeing them varying shades of pink.