I like round cups. Mid Century design. Bloody Marys with pickle juice. Color. I don’t like feeling like a joyless zombie. I don’t like being unable to tell the difference between anxiety and poop. I don’t like the feeling of pointlessness that creeps in when I let it. I am a creature of aesthetic. I like it when… Read more →
Category: Pretty
To Lie Or Not To Lie About Botox
Nearly a year ago, a local plastic surgeon offered me essentially any medi-spa service I could dream of gratis, simply in exchange for writing about the experience. A pretty good deal, no doubt, but a seriously intimidating one for a woman who had never considered fillers as anything but a punchline. I came home to my husband and gently broached… Read more →
Textures (Dwell On Design, 2014)
I dunno, I’m just like really super in to textures right now, y’know? Read more →
Eye Candy: Highlights from Dwell on Design 2014
This past weekend we trucked over the hill for Dwell on Design 2014 at the LA Convention Center where the grass truly was greener and totally sustainable, recycled and synthetic, natch. It also housed every prefab I could ever had dreamed of getting inside of. It’s amazing what these guys can erect in two hours. C’mon. You know what I… Read more →
Color Psych ‘Em Out: How Your Nail Polish Can Help You Win Friends And Influence People
There is nothing that puts me in as good of a mood as this particular color of nail polish from OPI (My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours is it’s official name, and you can buy it for $6.25 HERE). Okay sure, Dee and Scott can also do wonders for my attitude, but there’s something about looking down at this fierce, fiery, bright,… Read more →
Valley Artist Natalia Fabia’s Work Is Truly Truly Truly Outrageous
From time to time I meet people who read this blog and have no idea what The818 is. (Even more frequently I meet people who don’t read this blog and have no idea what The818 is, but I digress.) And then other times I meet people who are like “No way, The818.com? How was that even available? I would totally buy… Read more →
Tattoo Test Drive: Temp Tats for Grown-Ups
[me sporting Feather, by Jen Mussara] It’s weird, as a kid I thought I was being all responsible to my future self by not getting visible tattoos (I have three easy-to-cover tattoos, but nothing on my arms/back/chest/neck/etc.). Now, as an adult, I’m all about visible ink, and getting ready to take the plunge. Which is why Tattly makes me all… Read more →
Dee’s Sculptural Headband Holder
My friend Nick made this for her, and I’ve been meaning to show it to you guys forever. Because it’s freaking awesome. Not only did it solve our overflowing headband problem (headbands have been the only form of hair-restraint Dee will allow for quite some time) but it’s oh so pretty. Like a little sculpture for her bedside table. Which makes… Read more →
Do You Want To Freak Out? Moorea Seal Store: Like Crack For My Eyeballs
I think I’ve kind of acknowledged my girl-crush on my friend Moorea before. And I’m not one of these people that bandies about with the term girl-crush. I’m pretty sure that if you search my archives you’ll find it used exactly zero times. But Moorea? Everything she does is just so damn…cool. To start, she designs jewelry like this: And… Read more →
Demented and Sad, But Social
{via} It was probably 1989when my parents left my sister to babysit me for the first time and she showed me my first John Hughes movie. {via} If I was eight, she was twelve, but her taste in movies was stellar nonetheless. I remember her brandishing the VHS tape and informing me it was the best movie I’d ever see.… Read more →