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So… I am wondering what you all thought of Michelle Obama’s dress on Tuesday. I frankly was surprised by her choice of this Narciso Rodriguez dress… I didn’t think that it was very photogenic, nor was it terribly appropriate. She’s made great dress choices thus far, in my opinion, but wasn’t too keen on this one. What was your impression?

Posted November 7th, 2008 in criticism, design, fashion.
I love these two necklaces from Aurelie Bidermann that were featured on Style.com (very different from what’s up on her site at the moment).


Posted November 6th, 2008 in accessories, design, fashion.
Posted November 4th, 2008 in general.
These looks from Nyg?rds Anna absolutely capture the looks I’m going for this fall. Lovely.



(via here)
Posted November 3rd, 2008 in accessories, design, fashion.

(thanks to mthw for the image)
Posted November 3rd, 2008 in flickr, general.
People make such great shoes for men these days. I’m a little jealous.



Posted November 2nd, 2008 in design, fashion.
I featured Backlund’s sculptural knits a while back. Here are some looks from her SS09 collection.

Posted November 2nd, 2008 in design, fashion, sculpture, textiles.
My favourite part of the Huntington is the cacti and succulent garden. If you are in LA near Pasadena and like plants (or extremely rare books), you should definitely pay it a visit.

Posted October 31st, 2008 in general, plants.
I love these two items from Mother Mother, a fair trade line out of Denmark. Cute men’s things too.


Posted October 30th, 2008 in design, fashion, socially responsible.
I don’t usually post much food-related stuff that often, but I thought I’d just mention that I made this recipe from Heidi over at 101 Cookbooks (clearly, the gorgeous photo below is hers, not mine)… it is such a good soup recipe! Seth and I came back from Portland with colds, and so were feeling like soup would be great when I saw this recipe was posted. I added some soy-chorizo to mine at the end for protein, and I definitely recommend it. Delicious (especially if you don’t mind a little spicyness and want it to be more filling). It was very satisfying and hearty. Heidi’s notes say that it doesn’t make good leftovers, but I didn’t find that to be true with mine. Maybe because I didn’t leave any broccoli in the leftovers…?

Posted October 30th, 2008 in food.