Wednesday, November 30, 2011

pyjama dressing

Waking up is getting harder and harder as it's getting colder...and darker. Jeans feel way too cold, no thanks. If we all band together and start wearing our PJs out in the open it can HAPPEN. Be snuggly wuggly like a cinnamon bun aaaall day long!

√BIG CHUNKY SWEATER

√Matching/mismatched pj sets. Or Button ups and clashing pattern pants. [Karen Walker FW11]

√Smoking robes or looong sweaters..you can tie them at the waist to have a more "housecoat" thang [Maison Martin Margiela]

√Static-y silky simple dresses or onesies or camisoles [Charles Anastase FW11]

 

Monday, November 28, 2011

food\\Vanilla, strawberry...

Vanilla, strawberry, knickerbocker glory\\vanilla, strawberry, knickerbocker glory\\vanilla... Ice cream colours are nice and this song is funny. After seeing twirly soft serve in Momofuku nyc's Milk Bar cookbook I now am craving it like mad. Do you think there's a difference between their soft serve and McDonalds? I do know for sure that McDics definitely doesn't have "crack pie" flavour (whatever that is, it sounds guuuud).

Momofuku milk bar's (NYC) awesome soft serve in crack pie, cereal milk, and candy bar pie flavours. \\ raspberry and mango sorbet topped off with blended berries and cream. \\ Origin's (Toronto) frothy pink float made w. Crush cream soda, grenadine, and their house soft serve. \\ Mint choco chip ice cream...new favorite flavour.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

hibernation CHECKLIST

The weather outside is frightful. So stay inside. Even if you don't have a delightful fire, try these methods of distraction from possible snowfalls to come..

√ Scalding hot beverages- coffee or tea accepted.

√ Free tv on the innernet. Shows like Workaholics and 30 Rock make me laugh out loud, even when I'm watching alone...good signs

√ A good read to build back the brain cells lost on watching too much television. Tom Robbins will get you excited about philosophy and will make you want to write down (not tweet) every other sentence in Still Life With Woodpecker. When asking for this book at either the library or your local bookstore, please do not confuse Tom Robbins with Tim Robbins; the main actor in the Shawshank Redemption. But even if you did get confused, I'd never judge, as I can't seem to keep Leonardos DaVinci and DiCaprio straight when referring to either or..anyhow life's confusing, moving on.

√ heavy duty moisturizer like NIVEA.

Warm parka with a furry hood preferably. That's how you guage whether or not it'll be warm enough, trust me. I'm not necessarilly suggesting you wear a parka while reading or watching television, but I do entertain the idea that reaching body temperatures high enough to pretend you're in a hot tub could be a nice time.

Knitted things like bulky socks, thug-life toques, and gloves (Thinsulate fingerless gloves are CLASSIC- both hipsters AND hobos can agree on this one).

√ Last and not least, to fully achieve your HIBERNATION look, you definitely need a SWISS ARMY KNIFE. You never know when you'll need one of these bad boys- just look at James Franco in 127 Hours. But  that's worst case scenario..how about when you need to play bass but your nails are just too long..or someone needs a bottle opened while you're walking down the street? Helloooo? You can be a hero. Just know that with great power comes great responsability- Jamesy should have thought about that before turning to the dark side to avenge his father's death in Spiderman 2. Keep that in mind.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

do whatever..

Lazy Sunday plans of doing next to nothing were accomplished. [Espresso, David Shrigley, comfort Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Last Days by Gus Van Sant]

Saturday, November 19, 2011

boudoir

BOUDOIR: [boo-dwahr, -dwawr] a woman's bedroom or private sitting room. Origin: French: literally, a sulking place ( boud ( er to sulk.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

FRECKLES

Freckles, frosty pinkmod eyes: [brown undereye line, bronze in creasechalky black lashes]

"Tomboys don't wear makeup...or do they? Focus on even skin and psudonaked lids, then add a swipe of iridescent shell lipstick because, after all, you're a girl." I still miss Elle Girl.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Gardens & villa pt. 3

Hey it's Tuesday. I'm drinking 2% milk. Looking out the window thinking how warm it looks outside. Contrasting with our jumping the gun (in the best way possible) on a Christmas tree. I'd rather extend the holiday season before Christmas rather than keeping a tree up for months after. It's more inspirational and less depressing, which is always a nice. Hey, I'm noticing a parallel between this post and my last gardens and villa post where I featured "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead...our tree is fake and plastic..it's come full circle.

Oh, and I bought a giant piece of card stock at the $store yesterday and plan to doodle all over it in ballpoint pen. That's all.

Psyche! Here are some pictures I took at Allan Gardens a couple weeks ago..imagine if this were your house..

It's a breezy beautiful day, the air is cool and there are plenty of things to do

Friday, November 11, 2011

album art\\ bjork- vespertine

The album packaging of Bjork's Vespertine is so intricate and delicate; a total reflection of the actual album, composed of "microscopic beats, intimate lyrics, and extremely introverted songs." Bjork always has really unique album art. And yes, the dress she's wearing on the cover is the same notorious swan dress that she wore to the Oscars.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Howard Tangye\\visual artist

Check out this Vice feature on Howard Tangye. His choice use of unexpected colour and elegant fingered figures are especially appealing to me.

 

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Monthly Mixes

For those of you that are distraught about the absence of the multiple playlists on the side bar, here's all the monthly mixes since July. Aaaand the November one is up now. I've saved this under the tag 'mixes' so just search for that, they'll all be there.

[July, August, September, October, November]

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Guided By Voices\\Let's Go Eat the Factory

Apparently Guided By Voices will be releasing a new album by January 1, 2012. It'll be called Let's Go Eat the Factory. Hooray! Now I know that New Years definitely won't be a disappointment now that I have this to look foreward to. Till then, just listen to the song below. Over and over and over and...

Gardens and villa pt. 2

MORE GREENERY. And Radiohead. Listening to this song while walking through Allan Gardens was magical...literally. I hope to be getting some indoor cacti soon to start my terrarium...but it might be that you just start growing moss in the fish tank, but either way cacti would be nice to have. Anyhow...have a nice November 3rd!

ALSO: the November playlist will be up soon