TODAY: Save The Garment Center Rally!
For all of you who will be in the city, please don’t forget that today is the Save The Garment Center rally at the button and needle statue (39th & 7th Ave) around noon. More info about the event and the cause at the 39th & Broadway blog! Read More
Adventures With Faux Fur!
Melanie, Jo, and Josh are you reading this? I have a new project that I’m so excited about thanks to Erica Domesek of P.S. – I Made This.Ya’ll know that I’ve been thinking about Where The Wild Things Are x Opening Ceremony and feeling rather sad for myself because I can’t afford any of the goodies. But thank goodness for those more creative and optimistic than me! P.S. – I Made This has a tutorial for a faux... Read More
friends!
This one goes out to some special somebodies. They know who they are: Whenever i am feelin down and out, they help me get through the rainy day. They lift my spirits and erase my doubts then chase those gray clouds away. Read More
No Turning Back
First saw this video on Daydream Lily, one of my most favorite blogs. Now I just can’t stop watching it. The animation, done by Celeste Potter, is so cute with just a smidge of creepy (my favorite combination!!). And what a great song. Bonus – World Wildlife Fund video with animation by Celeste Potter. The sea turtles towards the end make my heart swell. Read More
citizens of the world
Poem for the Rooftops of Iran “It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank I refuse to believe that it is naive to believe in peace – to work toward peace. Read More
The Uniform Project
When I was in 5th grade, my parents sent me to private school. We had to wear a very (re)strict(ive) dress code. Each day, we were required to wear a polo shirt in either white or hunter green and khaki pants. There were no real Blair Waldorfs in my class, no real competition over who looked the best – at least not as far as our clothes were concerned. Perhaps its because we hadn’t realized the value of accessorizing yet – it was... Read More
RIP: Bea Arthur
Epic friendship! Bea Arthur & Angela Lansbury Last night, while getting ready for Promiti’s birthday, we learned via Twitter that Bea Arthur had passed away. My first reaction was to clutch a hand to my heart and say “No!” – Linde later told me that she had a very similar reaction. We, collectively, talk about Bea Arthur pretty frequently and so it’s hard to imagine that she is no longer “with us”. Not... Read More
