Archive for April, 2008

Transformation

April 30, 2008

When we bought out house last year, the kitchen was the first thing that I tackled. And by first thing, I mean we closed on a Friday and I had about half of the wallpaper pulled down by Sunday.
This was what I started with. RIP. I won’t miss you.

Pulling the paper down and painting [...]

I live in a style void.

April 28, 2008

case in point. This weekend I went to an event with Tim Gunn. A woman asked him how she could tell people to dress better. My answer? Dont wear hot pink velour sweatpants to an even with Tim Gunn. And dont try to dress them up with a blouse and heels. (edited to add: [...]

I know shoes.

April 24, 2008

My local newspaper has a fashion blog. It’s a decent way to find those tiny bits of style in an otherwise fashion devoid city. they were also able to reccomend an awesome drycleaner to me, that I trust to not “lose” my nice things.
But the other day, the author was going on and on about [...]

ugh

April 16, 2008

so I wrote this whole long funny post, and it didn’t save. So go read this article about how what you eat can indicate who you’ll vote for (it scarily accurate for me!).
McCain voters like Fiber One. i think that’s hilarious. Because you know, he’s old.

Gross.

April 8, 2008

When I saw this picture of the State Senate trying to start session, my first thought was not “where is everyone?”* or even “hot damn, thats a lot of paper!” No, my thought was “What a fug carpet.”
Surely the taxpayers wouldn’t mind too much if they updated their digs a bit? I mean, new carpet [...]

Moma!

April 7, 2008

Every so often I rediscover the MOMA gift shop. Its really an amazing source for interesting things, and for the most part, prices are great too. Some things that cought my eye:

Inside out martini glasses. $65 for 2.
These look cool, and are a great solution to the whole problem of traditional martini glasses being [...]

Work Work Work

April 7, 2008

So after 12 straight days of working 14+ hours per day (damn bust time of the year!) you’d think I would relish having the weekend off (ok, on call). I planned on parking my butt on the couch and not moving. But of course, I never do what makes sense. instead, I have one of [...]