Out of Season

So not very seasonable but I would really like this to wear every other day. I nearly bought on in MNGO in spain when I was 20 but didn't have regrettedly massively and regularly since.

A Day Late

If I had only read my Martha Stewart Magazine before I wrapped The Frog Princess and The Bad Beginning I would have pasted one of these sweet things into the front before shipping these off to la niece. Also, in the event that I ever, in 15 years, have a baby maybe someone could throw me a book shower because gush.....

To See

This New Yorker Slideshow and a rather sweet review on Fresh Air make me think that The Tree of Life is something to see.

Bridesmaid

In case you were wondering what it looks like if someone tells David and me to look like Brideshead Revisited while we're plastered. And glam bridesmaid shot.

More photos from Tilly's wedding here.

Eight Year Old Girls

This time last year I had no nieces, no nephews. Now I have five nephews and three nieces. The war on birthdays is never over. Last year when I was just the uncle's girlfriend I got the two girls who turned 7 craft kits. This year I am employed and have no time and little money and one of the nieces birthdays is upon me and she's turning 8. Which seems a hard year. Too old for very little girl things but definitely not old enough for big girl things. There is also the desire to be the fun aunt and give something fantastic and the very real desire to not buy anything plastic that will lodge in anyone's septum, or anything that will promote crack addiction, anorexia or slaggishness when she's fifteen. So none of those dolls with whore make-up and big heads. So what to get. I want to get books. So far I've given four nephews and another niece books this year. Are eight year olds too big for Judy Moody and Junie B. Jones? Are they old enough for Constance Hopkins?

So far I'm thinking Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (because, ya know, she's eight) or book plates (for all the books her groovy Aunt Hannah will be getting her for the next fifteen years) or Tear Up This Book. Any brilliant ideas?

Apartment Shopping Pt. 1

I am apartment shopping this weekend. For the first time ever.

My inbox is filled with e-mails from people called Stu telling me that they have a whole list of great places to show me that they are absolutely certain I will love. I am a little frightened. Mostly because I do not understand basic apartment jargon that my friends throw around. Little things to consider, which are not so little after all, such as "utilities," and "laundry," embarrassingly do not occur to me.

Living at home, as rad as it is, has its setbacks. Not the least of which include sounding like a clueless loser to people called Stu.

Maxi Skirt: Part II - le hippy

It's really hard to take a picture of a skirt you are wearing. It is very easy so sew a super awesome floor length hippy skirt and wear it to work even though it borders on inapropriate.

Also: that rug is the single coolest thing we own. My mother got it in Yugoslavia when she was 14.