vintage clothing & curios

Mexico City Impressions

January 30, 2008

Lovely City…

New Listopad Joints

We’re stocking up for our next event, including these awesome bags….more details soon I swear!

Japan! Culture + Hyper Culture Festival 2/5-2/17

January 28, 2008

This festival at the Kennedy Center sounds real neat! There will be a variety of theater performances and (many free) music and exhibitions on classic and modern arts and popular culture including Shakespeare, fashion, anime, robots, and even the scarily ubiquitous Harajuku.

Tea Towel Art

January 23, 2008

marimekko kaiku tea towel On a recent trip perusing Tabletop in Dupont, my buddy Kata got me obsessed with decorative tea towels. I am moving soon which means new apartment, new decor. You can find this pretty illustrative piece at FinnStyle and other Marimekko designs at Tabletop. Apartment Therapy shows how easily this piece is [...]

I Love This

January 18, 2008

pic from the papparazzi (sp?)

DC Faves: Good Eye

January 16, 2008

Good Eye is located in sleepy Friendship Heights and is only open Thursdays-Sundays, but it’s worth checking out. The furniture is top notch and they get new stuff in every week, though it is on the pricey side of mid-century. But there is many a small, high-quality gift to be found in the nooks and [...]

Not as awesome as this…

January 14, 2008

So Scary!!!!!! But season-appropriate I guess, if you’re hiking in Nepal.

Isn’t This Awesome?

January 10, 2008

The Love Matress…via Apartment Therapy Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming up

Object Lust

January 9, 2008

Whorl Wind Calendar pic from ooga booga

Hillary Clinton & Marc Jacobs

Warhol-esque Hillary Clinton fund-raising t-shirt by Marc Jacobs from 2004 Do you own one? If so, you could have eBay gold in your hands.

Because this is DC…

January 8, 2008

I have to make a political post. Gloria Steinam says it all here.

DC Faves: Kogod Courtyard

Always love an indoor garden!

DC Faves: Sticky Fingers

January 7, 2008

For Breakfast: Vegan McMuffin-type thing and the best chai in DC…so foamy.

DC Faves: Second Story Books

Here starts my series on places I love in DC: Second Story Books is kinda old fashioned, kinda focused on the serious collector and kinda doesn’t want to buy your used books, but every time I go in there I am pleasantly surprised. From cheap paperback editions of Anais Nin‘s finest to these gems I [...]