happy birthday bona drag.

bona drag launched one year ago today! hannah and christina and i will be celebrating over drinks at the bar tonight. but that's nothing new, we've been celebrating over drinks at the bar every thursday night for years. stepping outside of the box, we call it "ladies night". it's pretty special stuff and very high school with three members only. i'd like to dedicate bona drag's first year to these special ladies.

and to footloose. and to puddy from seinfeld.also a severe honorable mention goes to my boyfriend john mcguire. thanks for your patience and understanding during the long work hours. and thanks for breaking down all those boxes. your cute support and excitement towards bona drag's small victories means the world to me.

friends that inspire awesomeness and make you laugh are the best kind. thanks guys.

shut up lee.

credit.

i used to hate pony tails. but now i wear them all the time.

no reason.

have you heard chan's new car commercial?

WWMD?

yesterday chad asked me if i plan to vote. i said yes. then he asked who i plan to vote for. now i'm not one to talk politics, ever. but that kinda hurt my feelings. how could anyone think that there's actually a possibility that i would vote for mccain/palin?
yes, it's true i might be too busy searching on ebay for norma kamali vintage to actually watch and dissect all of their speeches and debate with oly about it. but some things are just obvious. i'm a vegetarian and not for health reasons. i love my kitten more than most humans. i pray to crystals and not to god. i probably won't ever get an abortion, but no white haired old man is going to tell me that i can't. i feel like these sentences are pretty much the same as saying "i like pizza". everyone likes pizza, don't they? all of my friends do anyways.

kitten party

introducing nova. john got her for me for my birthday yesterday and she's already my #1.
here she is in the cardboard box house john made for her.
she also really likes the birthday dress hannah made for me.

we tossed around a few names.. like pizza, hot sauce... until we decided on nova. named after linda harrison's character in planet of the apes.



in other news...
christina turned 30 so we had a little party for her on a boat.

it quickly turned into the renee show.
which is the funnest thing that could happen to anyone's life.

MIXTAPE - track sixteen, volume four

clarence "frogman" henry - ain't got no home

the last song on the mix. i have no idea what the deal is with clarence's different voices on this song, but i'm feeling it. john invented listening to this one a few months ago, and sometimes i feel like it's the best thing that ever happened to us. when it comes on, it makes everyone drop what they are doing, get stoked and start dancing.
the next time you and your dude/lady are being silently mad at each other after getting into a retarded argument, just put this song on extra loud and do the choreographed dance that you've been rehearsing. if they aren't laughing, break up with them immediately.

SOPHOMORE fall collection

chrissie miller kills it again with the fall line. and it's finally (almost) available! we just added these to the shop today.




my favorite pieces of clothing always tend to be the ones you can easily dress up with stilettos or wear casually with flat boots or converse (no not with flip flops, all you southern california trolls). all of these pieces are exactly that.

MIXTAPE - track fifteen, volume four

jeff buckley - i know it's over

john suggested i put this song on the mix. a great cover of a greater song. not very user friendly if you aren't already a fan of the smiths or jeff... but eventually it will kill you either way.

U N E A R T H E N

introducing UNEARTHEN crystal necklaces, the latest craze at Bona Drag. all the girls at BD swear by these necklaces and it's gotten kinda new-agey over here. but i'm not afraid to say it: crystals work. even better than dream catchers.

we've also added my personal favorite new hand dyed t-shirt by luxury jones, feathered bobby pins by laura kranitz, and a new cheap knock off shoe.

MIXTAPE - track fourteen, volume four

the smiths - i won't share you

MIXTAPE - track thirteen, volume four

patti smith - redondo beach

off of horses, one of my favorite albums of all time. john wishes that weren't true.