bird blind

Library and bird blind cum guest bedroom at J. Morgan Puett's home, Mildred's Lane. Photo by Phil Mansfield for The New York Times. Via Happy Mundane.

wandered in

Happily and without intent, I wandered into Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry yesterday and tried on some Victorian mourning rings.

no idea

"I don't think things are ever exactly the way one expects, and I don't think things are ever the way one assumes they are at the moment. What I actually think is that one has no idea of what things are like, ever." Deborah Eisenberg. Art by Irana Douer.

a kind of fidelity

"I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads." Grace Paley. Photo Hedi Slimane.

summertime

Antik Batik from Bird.

in and out of

Should I get married? Should I be Good?
Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustaus hood?

From "Marriage" by Gregory Corso. "In and Out of" by the incredible Megan Bogonovich.

parking ticket

I could have had these shoes for the price of yesterday's parking ticket. From le train bleu.

as far as I'm concerned

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." Patti Smith. I can't stop stop thinking about a recent NPR story on gender identity in the lives of two children and their families. Listen here. Photo by Annie Leibovitz.

tigers are better-looking

"I am the only truth I know." Jean Rhys. Click for eBay listing.

when the heart speaks

"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object." The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Photo by John Von Pamer on The Ones We Love.

georgia on my mind

Djangofest in Mill Valley next weekend. Gypsy campsite photo from here; letter from Django to violinist Stéphane Grappelli from here.

but I don't like diamonds

Though this is "non-conflict" and terribly sexy. Alex + Chloe ring via Sleep Deprivation and Stories of My Bullshit Youth.

updates

Rothko's White Center sold for $73 million, give or take; Mister Lonely, for all its beautiful moments, was terribly slow; the Ryan McGinley show was gorgeous; and Ratio 3 is a pretty cool place.

spring and by summer fall

I saw Ryan McGinley's photographs on all my favorite blogs, but I didn't realize, until just now, that the exhibit would be in San Francisco. It's at Ratio 3 through June 21.

K-9

Today's T-shirt crush. By Cali Dewitt at Blood is the New Black.

do you ever wonder

what your clothes are doing when you're not there?

Rohka via A Shaded View on Fashion.

look book

They're terrific, right? I think, for me, all you need are cool glasses, a striped shirt and a best friend. From New York Magazine Look Book.

No. 14, 1960

"Silence is so accurate." Mark Rothko

let us go forth

“Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.” Grace Paley. Photo by the lovely Autumn de Wilde.

unbearable lightness

"Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love." The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Rodarte dress photographed by Autumn de Wilde.

sense of absence

"I’m not adopted. But that longing and that sense of absence . . . are perhaps other ways of expressing the actualities of my family." Andrea Barett. Marked up manuscript pages at The Paris Review (Yes, there's one from Haruki Murakami).

a dress for finding new worlds

From that same issue of PAPER: Oakland artist Marion Bolton, from Creative Growth Art Center, interprets Dolce & Gabbana.

scatter joy

Awesome smiles. And their outfits are sort of perfect. From Bored & Beautiful.

figurations

Bill Durgin for PAPER, September 2007.

looking for a turtle with a mustache

All the cool kids are doing it. (Mustache comb from Erie Basin).

evidence

2 or 3 Things I Know introduced me to 500 Capp Street and the work of David Ireland. KQED's documentary here.

perdido en el siglo

Today is finally here and I'm exhausted, but excited. I think it will be joyful. Like seeing Manu Chao play at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. But without the dancing.

all I want

Is to watch The Host over and over. Honestly.

give me that old fashioned morphine

Somewhere there in the past is Isabelle Eberhardt riding the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Time Magazine calls her "the illegitimate daughter of an illegitimate mother." I expect that's the least of what she was. Jollie Holland says "if it's good enough for Isabelle Eberhardt, it's good enough for me."

still here

One more from Larry Bercow.

the party and the travesty

"...how infinite are minimal graphics mixed out of primal colors, like a square dress with fried eggs? Carnival is of course the party and the travesty..."Andrea Crews on Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion. Photo from Street Peeper.

the moon's turned black

I love the bangs/hat combo here and the too cool way she's standing. Photo from your boyhood.

remember me

Remember those gorgeous Lyell photos? They were by Larry Bercow. Here are a few more.

scout

Just a quickie today: my childhood friend Joe sent me this lovely bowl cut. Mary Badham played Scout in the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird. I just listened to a wonderful recording, the audio book read by Sissy Spacek.

one thing follows another

The 25th anniversary of Thriller must mean the 25th anniversary of my 13th birthday. Click for video (did you remember it was 14 minutes?).

ballets russes

the ugly earring suggests that there are boutiques as wonderful as Le Train Bleu in SF. There are are, but I'm mad for Le Train Bleu and mad for all things Ballet Russes. Honestly, I've never even been to their store. Or to Stand Up Comedy. But I am from Portland, Oregon. And I did buy this lovely blush-colored blouse from Le Train Bleu's Web site...

a wierd happy accident

The fifty-six children's tales in Exactly, were written by students at Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School in San Francisco. See Dave Eggers' amazing speech from TED here, via lost.

defined and redefined

I'm a sucker for Refinery 29's eBay blog. I even bought an 80's purple chainmail disco purse highlighted on the blog by editorial director, Christene Barberich (though I have yet to wear it). Vintage Surf Towel on eBay.

I'm not the only one

One person found their way here by searching "can soul twins be friends?"

Photo from Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection.

fops and dandies

Is this not the most perfect outfit? And listen to the provenance: "Vintage Italian military jacket from Paris, vintage Sears sweater from dad, yellow shirt that my mom made for my dad twenty-five years ago..." From Fops and Dandies.

maria grygier

Turban photos to delight the ugly earring. From the Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection, via Liebemarlene Vintage.

approaching storm

"Twila protects herself from a coming storm," by Amanda Blake of This is All I Know. Funny how everything wonderful comes from Portland.

just wondering

Is everyone at Coachella so cute? From the talented Eugene Kim (StreetPeeper and I am not a book of answers).