THANKS

we decided not to murder a turkey this year for thanksgiving, and instead had a cocktail party.

the two cutest dudeswith the perfect pairs of shoesthe rattrays were killing itphilippa wore a perfect silver combination of unearthen, pam love, and iosselliani

hannah in the sylvie dress and pamela love rosary worn backwardstwo of my very favorite people having a laugh

lois in the fancy bliss lau shoulder necklace. have you seen this girl skate?? me either but apparently it's tight.

christina in mid dance with unearthenrachel wore a clover bracelet with stacked erica weiner rings and the new palace pinky ring

happy friends named casey and danny

giving thanks to friends and flair. we made a tofurkey the next day, it was delicious.

halloween

the best time of year. chad bartie as ziggy stardustme and hannah as lydia and beetlejuice.

i made the shrunken head dude to sit at the bar with us.

john mcguire as larry david.christina dupont as max
danny stemper as mr. keno

philippa rattray as frida kahloand john rattray as leon trotsky

best shit evs

han and i went to LA to visit lori and elizabeth, and they told us the best news i've heard in a real long time.
SEINFELD is reuniting on this seasons CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM!! the whole cast, playing themselves as well as their seinfeld characters.
how is it possible that i didn't know this? ordering hbo tomorrow. now i can't say that i don't watch tv. thanks again elizabeth for the couches, coconut cookies, and especially letting me sleep with charlie the cat:

clover

my friend rachel has been making some pretty awesome jewelry lately. i asked her to make some exclusively for bona drag and she came up with these rad web like ring bracelets all made from simple oxidized curb chain. here's one version, which will be available on the site tomorrow.

this is rachel
i love when her ears poke through her hairshe texted me the name of her jewelry line while i was in portland.. "clover".
a few minutes later, i walked out of frances may and noticed these cute clovers in the window.

a couple self portraits of photographer courtney brooke wearing clover jewelry:

oh, what are those insane pants she's wearing? just the new lavender lace flares by With Hearts in My Eyes. available here.

my travels

i went to milwaukee for 26 hours. after bikram and boats, i went out for a night cap and played cards with the women in my family. milwaukee has the best bars. and houses. if the winters weren't so retarded we might have moved back by now.

me and my 14 year old mom:sarah wearing the sophomore shoulder dress.i love this photo of mom and sis, they look so happy.

hazelnut the cat

then i met up with my man friend and took a road trip to see paul and renee.

it's real green there!

top three funniest ladies: renee ryan. paul and mr sherman
paul always has a lot of stuff in his pockets.
they have kids. the cutest kids with the best names: olive and archer. olive wears a pair of tough motorcycle boots to counteract the white feminine dress.archer decided on an ac/dc shirt paired with some grandpa madras shorts and a black watch. he also threw in one single black fingerless glove to wear with dinner. olive loves cats.i liked this corner of the house:
here's a great picture of a picture of the zitzers in the 80's that's always on their fridge.

john's great with kids. he drew darth vader in 10 seconds flat to keep their attention.

more bar time.

paso picacho

we went camping near julian.. and i decided camping is my new favorite hobby instead of room service.

john instantly turned into asshole stepdad when putting up our new tent. (threw poles and said 'son of a bitch' at least once)

the trees were all black and charred from the fires a few years ago, but the forest floor was full of new green growth.

the two drunk dudes got us lost on azalea glen loop trail.

this is the nest i found and stole from the woods
casey totally "saw a mountain lion" in the middle of the night when no one else was around.

before we left i fed the last of our bread to a scurry of squirrels and a descent of woodpeckers.

it was so much fun. now i'm just waiting for the rattray's (the master campers) to tell us where we're gonna go next.