Identity Crisis

Oh, I've been waiting, definitely! Searching for my waist so I can wear my big, brown leather belt with soft, cloud colors this spring. Stylish ladies of LA are turning on the neon, but i'm hanging out in the storm, everyday. Inspired by Bruno Cucinelli 2013

How to Live with Young Adults or Infinite Love With Fulfillment

groove to my sound track for living with young adults holiday 2013 -  

Young Again - Paul Banks ++ Despues del After - Kinky ++ Saturdays - Cut Copy ++ Life Magazine - Cold Cave ++ No Es Que No Que Tierra - Hello Seahorse ++ Youth Lust - Cold Cave ++ Drift Dive - The Antlers ++ Vanessa - Grimes ++ I Carry The Fire - El Perro Del Mar ++ Infinite Love Without Fulfillment - Grimes ++ Andamios - Cafe Tacvba ++ How to Live With a Pantom - Shintaro Sakamoto ++ Lonely Satellite - Yura Yura Teikoku ++ Skin - Grimes ++ Tounges - d'Eon ++ Video Games - Lana Del Rey ++ You Just Decided - Shintaro Sakamoto ++ Genesis - Grimes ++ Beautiful - Yura Yura Teikoku ++ Oblivion - Grimes ++ Slow Lights - Sin Fang ++ The Base - Paul Banks

New Year Age

Guy said he wanted to visit the ocean more often in 2013 and we resolve to do so. We walked in the sand at Newport Beach this New Year's afternoon. What IS the phenomenon when the atmosphere mirrors the sea? Is there a name for it? It was a dreamy sky with broken waves appearing to look like the broken clouds overhead. It felt like relief to be covered up and sheltered from the familiar bright, extraordinary light. 

Happy New Year!

Holiday Improvisation

Furoshiki - wrapping with scarves and fabric

Sufjan - Holly Jolly

Escape - Vintage Hustle and Bustle

in the mood for holiday shopping -
re-blogged from the cheerful LA blog - a bloomsbury life 

Not Bone nor Feather

Kate Spade Birds over Arches - ancient sea of indigo stencil + black birds on a modern shopper. "It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea." - Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

I Wonder Where She Lost Me?

The most wonderful time of the year brings out the tradition keeper in me and a holiday standard is to run around the house with double-stick and cover up our glass framed art with images of the virgin mary and her sweet babe. Since moving one year ago, I've no idea where I've have stashed the madonnas! My friend Lisa Hardy got me started when we were neighbors in Seattle and ever since I'm looking out for interesting or unusual madonna and child images to literally, slap up. After moving house every few years these types of rituals are more meaningful, keeping things the same for our family even though everything has changed (new house, new neighbors, new school, new life). Sometimes it IS about stuff. Etsy's abundant selection of madonna and baby has a style for everyone: Mexican, mid-century, medieval, and modernist madonna holding the divine infant.

Grace Archives, Jeanne's Vintage Greeting Cards, Heatherwood Art Prints, Transfer of Treasures

Hell A Times - So long Posh and Becks

Every so often since we moved to the LA suburbs, Guy says, "let's go see Becks and the Galaxy!' We never made it. The sexay couple and their kids are leaving us for europe's great fashion houses or Monaco or who knows where? Would have loved to see him "bend it", just once. 

Venice Dusk to Dark

it's not only the light of day that's so indescribable.

Sustainability - Chanel RTW 2013

photos byYannis Viamos via Style.com

looking ahead at these perfectly pretty looks for spring, then I remember that I need to order our turkey and prepare for the autumn feast. Can't help but look forward to spring! Karl has Chanel all in bloom with applique florals, pearls, metallics and graphic trim. I love crazy Karl's outlook, "Energy is the most important thing in life." will fashion, wind turbines and solar panels ever meet on the runway again? will life look like this?

photo by reuters via Telegraph.co.uk

Shopping for Hats

via nytimes

The Great Good Man

The Great Good Man

by Marsden Hartley 1942

via Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Sandy

Winter is idling here in Southern California where temperatures will reach 95 degrees today! It doesn't feel right as the east coast prepares for an incoming nor'easter right after the devastating Hurricane Sandy. Donate to the American Red Cross to aid citizens in need in the aftermath of Hurrican Sandy! The Red Cross is preparing to respond to this second frightening weather system while the massive relief effort is underway! 91 cents on the dollar of your donation goes directly to help storm victims escape the cold, eat a hot meal and get the latest information on electricity, fuel and recovery. Make a donation or make an appointment to donate blood here.

Jewel of The Month - Jules Accessory Design

Golden glowing cocktail rings pair nicely with a long bourbon/whiskey/rye by the fire. This big, sparkling modern cocktail ring is handcrafted luxury designed by my gorgeous friend, Jules Cechony! November's gem is this splendid faceted golden topaz, wrapped in 14K gold, set upon sterling silver! Jules is celebrating her 10th Anniversary and is offering special prices on her exquisite designs - visit Jules' shop here.
Happy November!