Articles from May, 2008

Hurray for LA

We drove down to LA last weekend for family things, and I think it was one of the best LA visits ever. It almost made me love Los Angeles. I guess visiting all your favorite old haunts within a couple days will do that. I didn’t particularly like living in LA, mainly because the sprawl [...]

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Japanese crochet books

I’m guessing crochet must be very popular in Japan, judging from the amazing array of great crochet books they have at Kinokuniya. I picked these up recently. The book on the right are just a treasury of different motifs and edgings. The book on the left is called “romantic lace.” The below images are from [...]

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Milk glass

A pretty vintage milk glass necklace, which I wore yesterday. Right now, I’m really into wearing very simple neutral things with pretty vintage jewelry. Kenn snapped these while I was pulling a sheet off the pet hair roller. My hair is sort of a mess right now from chlorine. Also, lest you worry for my [...]

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Bathing Beauties

I’ve taken up swimming again lately, for which I wear your typical plain black sporty speedo one piece (though I do have a pink swim cap and goggles). But it’s made me think about summer swimsuits of the splish-splash-playing-in-the-pool variety (as opposed to the swimming-laps-for-exercise variety). Nowadays, swimsuits are usually kind of flimsy and rarely [...]

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Paris Love Apartments

I recently took a trip to Kinokuniya for some Japanese crochet books, but as always, I left the bookstore with more than I’d planned. I think anyone interested in art, design, or fashion should go to Kinokuniya, and especially if you’re into Japanese art, design, or fashion. There are so many incredible books here that [...]

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