LIGHT/DARK

Our friend John Chiara takes photographs with a large camera obscura he built himself. Through his time consuming process, John creates one of a kind, hauntingly gorgeous photos. An exhibition of his latest work just opened at the Haines Gallery, San Francisco. You should see it if you're nearby... or get here if you're not. The images are so stunning in person, I promise it's worth it. 

HALLOWEEN

We just had our first annual Halloween party at Who Died (the official name of the Bona Drag headquarters). Milwaukeeans take Halloween very seriously..  which is one of the best things about this place. 

 Pre- party pics: 

 

The pentagram dance floor.

 

Kim Krans arrived with a bouquet of red roses for me, which turned out to be a great skeleton accessory.

Is three feet of dried leaves scary?  Somehow, very.

John and Aaron made an insane Upside down room.

The ladies lounge wasn't even decorated but it's still scary as shit.

 This is the secret room we found the other day..  we made it into Jonny's seance room.

 Bloody body bags left in the corners.

 

 The other other seance room.

 Sketchy hallway

  Hannah Bartie: Riff Raff

 Sarah Wojner: Chuckie

 Faythe Levine: all seeing mystic

 

Me: Medusa

 Falling on a bed of nails, by Dead Man's Carnival

 

Big thanks to Rachel at Great Lakes Distillery for the Absinthe and Kinnickinnic Whiskey!

That's where my party brain started and the picture taking ended, so see more on Daniel Arnold's camera here.

 The next day we went to Holy Hill and did some serious hanging around.

 

 

 

  

Gia from Unearthen came from LA, and Kim and Jonny from The Wild Unknown came from NY.

 

 

  

Hannah died and I didn't even know it.  Bye Han.

 

 More pics on Faythe's blog. A special thanks to Renee and Paul for driving from Louisville (and bringing me cruelty-free eggs from their happy chickens).

FAWN LAKE

One of the best things about moving home to Milwaukee is we get to visit our top secret place.

J Toms told a hunerd stories about pudgy pies.

John drawing on a canoe. Into you like a train.

Sarah suggested we all make tin foil faces. It turned out to be a really good idea.

My grandpa's office in Tomahawk is very close by.

A portrait I painted of my grandpa 20 years ago.Best weekend of 2011, so far. Bye canoe.

DINNER

My Martha Stewart ma had a sweet dinner party in her backyard. She always makes special animal cruelty-free versions of every dish for me.. one of the perks of moving back to Milwaukee.

Sarah wearing the Pamela Love tribal quartz necklace in bronze, and earrings from the new Iosselliani collection that will be us very soon.thanks mom.

p.s. vinny, where are you?