Hey Now: West Coast Times

Hey y'allz..Heading to LA today for 5 days of vacaciones.
I haven't been to Los Angeles in like 2 years, not since Vision Quest 2009 ! My recent west coasting has been confined to Portland, Seattle & San Francisco. Well that's gonna change TODAY.

I'm excited..are you excited? Yeah ME TOO!



PS Tupac woulda been 40 today. DANGHOLE

Printed Matter: WHAT ME WORRY & Other Great Things

Went on a little printed matter spree at uh, Printed Matter.

1. WHAT ME WORRY by Andrew Kuo  
Beautiful / funny / sometimes sad charts and graphs of bands/live performances/albums and feelings. They're amazing (he's done them for the NYT for years). I've known Kuo since we were teenagers but I woulda got this anyway- it's a pretty gorge object. Find this book and buy it.

2. Retard Riot buttons by Noah Lyon
Well, I DO blame society so...you know.

3. Richardson magazine, B.L.A.D. zines by Ian Stevenson
Richardson is super porny but sometimes I like to get it...The Ian Stevenson zines are my new favorite thing EVER. I am going back today to buy every one that they have. Just a lof great weird line drawings saying some kinda terrible things. He's my current art crush.

4. Assorted issues of Retard Riot & Confusing Question by Noah Lyon 
Ok so I have an art crush this dude too. PS Issue #37 has Shaved Head Britney Era pics in it, that's enough to make me heart you.

S/S 12: Acne

APPARENTLYYYY ACNE got my memo re: BLUE BLUE and MORE MORE BLUE !

Love this color story, love it so hard. Is that look on the far right a dress over a pant? Verrrrry Jacinda Barrett circa 1995 (Been watching the Real World: London on Hulu+, it's a bundle of joy).

Um, also?

OBVIOUSLY. I am shredding a thrift store denim jacket like this TOMORROW. Built in air conditioning, d-d-d-doy. I dream of hair that makes a giant ass slumber party top-knot like that- why you so cruel, genetics?


Full collection here, on their FB page.

first pic via

The View From Above: Some Wild Cats & A Lotta Blue

So i bought 3 identical skirts at ZARA, so what? They're 3 different colors so what's it to you?

Oh also? One of them is electric blue and I just so happened to have tights that matched. 

I DON'T KNOW, I MUSTA BEEN BORN UNDER A GOOD SIGN.

1. Electric Blue Boogaloo Skirt: ZARA // Tights: I have no clue // Suede Wedges: RODEBJER

2. Painterly Floral Situation: ZARA // Brogues: ALDO // Southwestern Women's Studies Teacher Tote: THRIFTED

Not Pictured: The same skirt in a vaguely obnoxious lemon hue. 

Musical Appreciation: Breeders / Drivin' on 9

I'm really feeling summertime love road trip music, ya know?



Let's keep it at a steady 76 for a few weeks, New York. It's making me positively GIDDY.

Favorite Things: Early Summer Loves

So...I had to plug may air conditioner in- THAT HAPPENED. That monumental day in every New Yorker's life is sort like when the groundhog sees his shadow- it means 800 million more days of humid shweaty unbreathable HELL. JUS KEEDING, I LOVE SUMMER ! (sorta?)

Currently I am verrrrry interested in a perfect summer weekend. Three things I need:

1. My only suitcase. Vintage, broken zippers, hard to hld for any length of time, and gives off a distinct TEEN RUNAWAY ON THE GERYHOUND vibe (very hot for SS11)

2. Ray-Ban Light Rays. 3 diff lenses (mirrored & regs are my favorite), a tiny lil case to carry the lenses you want for later. (Mine were courtesy of Sunglass Hut and you can get yr own here). I like popping the lenses in and out, there's a pleasing click to it.

3. A VW Bus. This guy was in the parking lot of the hotel I stayed in this weekend, it's the most mint condish beautiful version of heaven that I have ever seen. The longer I am in this city, the more I want a way to escape. Did I tell you that I inherited a VESPA? More on that later...

I need an iced coffee..you want me to get you one?