bubble girl

perfection

october AT house tour

we shot this one over the summer.

this place was pretty amazing. the setting, the sculptures, those glass garage doors!

click image to see the actual post.

everyone needs a photo that will incur future angst and embarrassment

urbanized

i was huge fan of the design classics "helvetica" and "objectified." now, gary huswit takes on built environments in his upcoming documentary "urbanized."

sweetie pie's on own

what do you know?  one of our favorite st. louis soul food restaurants (fried chicken!) gets its own reality show on the oprah winfrey network.  miss robbie is a powerhouse.  i can't wait to see what happens.

elvis has a girlfriend

before we left for vermont, we helped our good friend galen do a little housecleaning, and in return, he was kind enough to gift us "abercrombie girl."

you might remember her.  she had a starring role in his AT house tour (our very first feature, in fact).



i gave her a little scrub down, and she cleaned up well.



AG seems absolutely smitten with elvis. however, he is clearly playing hard-to-get.  he can be a little shy.

don't you think they make a cute couple?

rope & former rope

anniversary

dabney and i had an absolutely delightful anniversary evening.

we celebrated 8 years of marriage (thank you, massachusetts) by enjoying a delicious alfresco meal here, complete with champagne-induced giggles.

afterwards, we took in a show at the pageant.


wye oak's dreamy, spare sound that we were familiar with was roughened up live with a bit with added distortion.


okkervil river rocked out and got the entire crowd clapping while jumping up and down aerobically (the three people standing in front of us loved the jumping part). in fact, how can one not move to this song?

my sister & bro-in-law just happened to be at a nearby roofbar, so after the show, we crashed their moonlit party. i just love seeing my little sister all tipsy.  it cracks me up in fact.

happy anniversary, dabney, here's to the next 8.

i can't stop yarning up my accessories.

home is a fire, dcfc

video by shepard fairey

we're officially pickers.

we arrived in chicago on friday night with two vehicles stuffed to the brim, and left on monday morning with less than one car half-full. needless to say, our little vintage experiment went swimmingly well.



thank you, chicago, for coming out and making our ride home much lighter.

some of the stuff we'll be lugging

in addition to our regular cutesy mogo shtuff that we'll be bringing to the renegade craft fair this weekend, we've got a few vintage-inspired and re-worked vintage items.



this was a old metal box that dabney reworked into a versatile cabinet by adding hairpin legs. i think it would make a perfect media center.



vintage-inspired craft aprons inspired by the real name of our old storefront/house.



this cart lived its former life in a local warehouse. now, it's a glass-topped coffee table.



these old photos were rescued from random yard sales. now, they're all matted and framed - ready to be falsely claimed as ancestors.

experimental renegades

we're getting ready for this weekend's renegade craft fair - chicago edition. and if you can't tell by the photo above, we're experimenting by bringing a choice selection of vintage and industrial finds in addition to our normal array of handprinted/sewn items. it's going to be very exciting (as well as a lot of schlepping).





if you're in chicago, come by say HI and take a look at our mobile flea market.

covered bridge lost

here we are with the quechee bridge a few years ago.







here's that same bridge moments before a majority of it washed away this past weekend in the wake of hurricane irene.

forgotten birthdays

i think there was a real reason i found myself strolling briefly down memory lane.

come to think of it, i might have been dragged there on the end of a leash actually.



happy birthday, old boy.

someone's in here!

it's rare when we have more than one houseguest at a time, but it does happen from time to time. and on those occasions, the guest bathroom gets its fair share of traffic. i've thought about using a visual cue on the doorknob - a tie, a tassel - something to show that the room is occupied.

after our visit to maine, i was completely inspired to pick up one of these cabin door locks that my father-in-law/sailor-in-law had installed in one of his bathrooms.



yes, it's brass, which is unlike everything else in our guest bathroom, but i still dig its old timey, nautical feel. plus, this thing is solid and won't pop off if someone pushes hard on the door.

thank you, steve.

1984. apple IIc. i've never looked back.

meet professor right

illegal parking

we got back to STL earlier this week just in time for a break from the sweltering temperatures and for some jerk to park his fancy wheels by our house.

spotifying

i am currently exploring spotify and had forgotten how good this song is - anchorage by michelle shocked. (what do you know? this country air is putting me in a folky, acoustic mood.) two summers ago on our trip to alaska, I kept singing the chorus to dabney and she had no idea what i was yammering on about.

turning forever 29 in the city

i can't even begin to tell you how many times i've attempted to write this post, but only to be thwarted by the stolen internet gods.

instead, i will just post some pics and captions from my wonderful week in nyc.  all taken by my space phone.



thanks to a recommendation from our very own "roncierge," we stayed an airport-themed hotel. (i should known this would be his recommendation, he who lives by frequent flyer miles alone.) we checked in via kiosks, had our luggage man-handled by a robot, and slept in rooms inspired by tiny japanese capsule hotels.





the room was perfectly appointed. however, my only complaint - the beds could have been a wee bit more cushy. obviously, their fold-up capacity was chosen over comfort. on night #2, tired and sweaty, the bed didn't matter much. i slept like a baby.



in love with all things japanese, we spent the better half of one 100+ degree day in bookstore kinokuniya. i wanted to walk home with all these edition paume photo books. they even have a series on creative couples and their live/work spaces. AAHHHHHH!





i swore to myself that i wanted to get to all the types of foods and shops not available in st. louis. not much of a challenge really.



hello - korean food with my favorite korean.



above, the tuck shop where i can pretend to be one with my first lesbian crush, olivia newton-john, and eat meat pies. insert joke here.



mario batali and joe bastianich's eataly. this picture says it all really. loved it. wish we had one in missouri. bah.



my crappy picture of the super-fabulous high line. wow. makes me wish and hope for st. louis' forgotten industrial spaces. mayor slay, visit the high line pronto.



not only does the high line have one biergarten, it has two. above, the temporary (i think) lot biergarten run by colicchio & sons. beer was a key ingredient in my surviving the bloody hot days in the city. and thank god, biergartens seem to be in vogue in nyc these days.






oh man, talk about a load of fun. i really was laughing until i was crying.  see it, if you can manage to get a ticket.  (thanks, dabney, for your superior forethought.)



i really can't say enough about the alexander mcqueen show at the met. it was awe-inspiring and moving. and if you are one of those fuddyduddies that think fashion has no place in an art museum, you are f***ing wrong, and this is the show that will prove it.

i really wasn't suppose to take any pics inside, but i had no idea until it was too late. i swear there were others doing it, too.





last, but certainly not least, i got to see some old friends and that in my opinion doesn't happen nearly often enough.



we had some delicious food and then sweated it out... in a biergarten.

so much to say, so little internet access

arrived here in vermont.
had a splendid time in bridgewater with our fourth of july annual crew.
attended to one of the most beautiful and heartfelt vermont weddings (right here in dab's hometown).
celebrated my birthday in new york city.
while there, viewed the alexander mcqueen show at the met, saw book of mormon, saw our many ny-based friends.
returned to vermont via boston, where we quickly rented one of our one bedroom apartments (it rented in less than 12 hours - a new record) and got to spend a brief evening with a one-armed ashbloem.

many pictures to come, but in the meantime, here's a link to our AT posts that were featured today (thanks, girlladyfriend, for pointing this one out).