end of the family line

sometimes people are traveling and then moving, and just plain being too awesome to take the time to write about it. but i'm done with that bullshit now. and our things are almost all put away from the big move.this guy is awesome. thank god he's my boyfriend for life. we just took a trip to milwaukee to visit family.my brother made me a bloody mary.

my sister let me take showers in her apartment. she always has all the best fancy shampoos and sandy soaps and body butters.

john getting ready for his 20th high school reunion

john getting nervous and drinking a million beers before walking into his high school reunion.

besides for the fam, brian is probably my favorite person to visit in milwaukee. he's even in my top ten favorite people of all time. and yes, that is a very cute top i'm wearing. it's my new favorite, handmade by luxury jones and will be on the site next week.

this place has some sserious ambience.

drawing party before dinner

dorothy always wears the best gear.

even though our nephews and nieces are awesome.. this trip may have confirmed our decision to not have kids. our life is too perfect now.. what if they mess it all up?

denim maniac

john and i went to the mall the other day. i haven't done that in years. i was so very disappointed with the denim selection, even in the high-end department stores like nordstrom and neiman marcus. i couldn't find one high waist pair, and it looked like they were all still having a contest with each other to see who could put more jewels and crap on their pockets. what is the deal with that?? are people still really buying these tight acid zorched super low waist jeans with embroidered glittery carnivals on the pockets? did the clean plain high waist jean already come and go in the malls or did they still not arrive yet? i guess it's probably just due to the unfashionable san diego area.

the judi rosen's stove pipe bells sure are looking great in the new nylon.
i always mean to do more of this market research, but it costs me way too much in the shoe department. i ran into a pair of black gucci ankle boots with gold round studs on the heel... and fortunately for my bank account i was shopping with john and not hannah. but i still might have to go back and pick up those betsy johnson spiked heel fringe ankle boots which were much more affordable...

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the stone poneys - different drum

linda ronstadt is a fashion icon, plus she can throw out a really great growl voice when necessary.

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magnetic fields - i don't believe in the sun

the perfect song for a broken heart

wear it for the shape

heart sunnies are back in stock for the summertime.
see the full refinery29 feature on heart sunglasses here. this girl is so cute except for the belly button that i had to crop out. that's probably my only fashion rule that i'm confident will be permanent: never show your belly button. yes cropped tops are in style right now and yes they are great, but wear them with a high waist for christ's sake.

hearts are here.

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belle and sebastian - dress up in you
great lyrics and when the horns start up it gives me goosebumps everytime. just like how my old next door neighbor linda described it to me in 1987 when she would listen to george michael.

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joanna newsom - peach, plum, pear

i'll be honest, i've been trying to love her music for a long time. i love her - she's so cute and she dresses great and she plays the harp beautifully and she just seems like such a cool person and i want to be a big fan. but, i just can't easily listen to her. except for this song, it's BY FAR the best one i've heard from her yet.
here's a live version:


her favorite animal is a sea horse but she'd rather be a real horse. a wild horse:

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david bowie and marianne faithfull - i got you babe.
watch the video for full torque.
and when i'm sad, you're a clown.

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morrissey - at amber
words can't describe. he's is my #1.
one fan's interpretation of at amber lyrics:

"Moz is talking to an invalid friend on the telephone, complaining about all the minor inconveniences of his life - the cold room, the slime & grime, the low-life tenants - when his friend gets frustrated and tells him that he's ungrateful and he shouldn't complain all the time about such pathetic little things because at least he can walk and go places and do things! And then Morrissey reminds his friend that there's more than one way to be an invalid; there's the psychological as well as the physical; and that, in a sense, they are the same. hence the title "At Amber" - at a yellow light, neither moving forward nor fully stopping. Rather like an invalid - somewhere between living and dying."

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cowboy junkies - sweet jane
this of course is a cover of the velvet underground song from loaded. lou reed described this cover as "the best and most authentic version i have ever heard".