Oy! We’ve done a lot of cooking this week. Monday saw vegan chili from Bon Appetit paired with fluffy, cheesy dill-and-cheddar beer bread; last night, thanks to a simple template from 101 Cookbooks, I attempted miso soup for the first time – with sexy results! (And by sexy I mean light, spicy, and satisfying.) Do [...]
Hi guys! Allow me to hijack the blog today in order to air personal grievances. We like vintage because it’s older and wiser. One of the downsides of older things, however, is that they sometimes die. It’s always really sad when this happens with clothing, especially clothing that you’ve become really attached to despite knowing [...]
I recently saw My Cousin Vinny for the first time. Whoa! Sit down, guys. We have to talk about Marisa Tomei. I know this pic is kind of questionable because you can’t see her entire outfit, but you really don’t need to. Generally, I am not a big fan of sheer/mesh stuff – but we’ve [...]
Tuesday, there is a big par-tee for the release of the Adventure/Dan Deacon 12″ at Zodiac. Reading Lolita in Tehran author Azar Nafisi will be at Politics and Prose discussing her new book, Things I’ve Been Silent About, on Wednesday. Plus: Portland’s Au plays the Velvet Lounge. In high school, I would sneak out of [...]
Hi lovers. I know we have not featured Food Friday in a while. Fear not! We are still cooking and baking up a storm. I wanted to feature Angela’s Uncle Robert’s super-moist banana bread here today because a.) no one likes wasting food, b.) everyone likes a recipe that makes good use of bananas that [...]
Do you guys know about Debbie Harry’s first solo album, Koo Koo? If you didn’t, that’s ok, because from what I hear, the record didn’t shake too many tailfeathers when it came out. Like … everyone really hated it. It was a fervently anticipated collaboration between two mega-stars: Debbie Harry, then at the apex of [...]
Aretha Franklin at the Inauguration via HuffingtonPost.com I am pretty sure this is as understated as the Queen of Soul gets, which, in itself, is an amazing thing. And, in unrelated news, Lost returns tonight!….
Michelle is so magical. Not because she wore a white Jason Wu dress to the balls last night, using the bridal connotations of the color to signify her commitment to her husband and to the nation. Not because she did the signature Michelle – Malia – Sasha hat trick, using paler shades of the red [...]
Last March, my mind was blown when I went to see the Boredoms for the first time. (How did I make it to 24 without seeing this band? Will there ever be peace in the Middle East? These questions, among others, are unanswerable.) The Boredoms had it all that night: a set that blurred the [...]
Happy Inauguration Week. Many things are happening on Monday! Stussy is throwing a party for those of you have decided to forgo the ball option. Tuesday, BYT has amassed a maniacal lineup of DC musical acts for their all-day Inauguration getbombedfest. Art of Junk, guys. ART OF JUNK. Randomly, Nappy Roots play DC9. Wednesday! You [...]
Guys. How the hell am I supposed to look cute at tonight’s Inaugural Freak-fest when it is twelve degrees outside? Perhaps this chunky, ADD-colored 80s Missoni sweater-jacket? A tawny cable knit dress that will go with anything, from ankle-cut cowboy boots to piles of gold jewelry to a jaunty bowler? This cheeky, cleverly cut wool [...]
Hi. I have found the best product ever for vintage sweaters. Do you have a pile of awesome acrylic cardigans made in Hong Kong that you essentially love but for the horrible piling and all-around hobo-ness of the knit? Did you salvage amazing wool cropped sweaters from your grandma with weird piling near the armpits? [...]
Fresh Finds is back for 2009! This weekend, Mercedes Bien Vintage store will be open Saturday-Monday for your last-minute Inaugural and party dresses and accessories, along with our usual treasure trove of goods… “Mur Elen” chunky all wool kimono-sleeved cardigan, Women’s, M or free size, Listopad Silk Cropped jacket with beautiful oversized buttons, Women’s, M, [...]
No one does french gypsy intellectual ballet dancer better than Anais Nin. Her ’20s style accompanied her well into the second half of the century, with skinny eyebrows and romantic leanings. But perhaps my favorite tendency of hers is that distinct Silverlake Avant Garde that is a bit hippy, a bit Euro:
Please don’t dispute the relevance of Stevie Nicks in the fashion world. I am only going to refer to the 70s in this post, though her later sartorial choices through the decades continued to be unique and exciting–especially if you like crimped hair (don’t hate on the ’80s). Check out Dreams for more witchy-bohemian-hippy-circus traveller [...]
Along with today’s Get To It, reader, we have a surprise for you: a new banner! It’s nuthin’ fancy, but we are taking baby steps here at virtual Listopad in an effort to spice things up in 2009. (Insert “change we can believe in” jokes/puns/etc.) Enjoy! Richard Colman, Two Other Eyes Wednesday! Farrar, Straus and [...]
and cookie is for you, darling reader! Our friend Rachel is a whiz in the kitchen. At the most recent girl free-for-all (which included white wine and a screening of Step Up, starring the embarrassingly hot Channing Tatum – and by embarrassingly I mean that I am embarrassed for finding him so attractive), Rachel whipped [...]
I used to be Miss Pixies! It may be January in D.C., but the taste for frozen tangy yogurt never leaves me. How else can I keep my heard so hard and cold ? When I saw the signs for Cali Yogurt (2473 18th St NW near Columbia) to replace the old Miss Pixies space [...]
WWD gives us a delicious preview of some Fall ’09 shoes. Sometimes the drawings are better than the real thing. I love seeing the stylization of the images – the hasty Sharpie fill-in, the muted near-impressionism, the cartoonish exaggeration. (Devi Kroell) (Tashkent by Cheyenne) (Casadei) Sometimes you can tell the shoe is going to be [...]
A friend of mine found this book at Value Village. It is, as you may be able to tell, a disco instruction manual. The book’s heroine is Dopey Debbie, a young woman “in the prime of her dancing and dating life,” who for some reason spends all her time at home playing Old Maid with [...]
Zoe Charlton, Untitled. (Via d berman gallery.) Monday, there is a Western-Europe film bonanza (ok – two movies) as The Mask of Desire (Die Braut) screens at the Goethe-Institut and La Vie d’artiste shows at the Alliance Francaise. Wednesday, DJs Johnny Metro and Radel Esca spin all hip-hop from all eras at the Galaxy Hut [...]