… has gotten out of control. I almost just called it a “tree.” But it’s not a tree, or it didn’t start out a tree, anyway. It was squarely in house plant territory when I bought it. Windowsill-plant territory. Now, however, it has quite unabashedly overtaken my windowsill and is slowly (but quite deliberately, I [...]
… called “Boys and Cats on Beds.” That is seriously, like, all I take pictures of: [Hell, because I like calls to action, and it worked so well with the overalls ... got any good phone-photos of Boys and Cats on Beds? Send 'em our way! brooklynhomecompanion@gmail.com]
As Katie mentioned, we took a trip upstate this past weekend. And, as always happens when I visit places, I now want to live there. There is a recurring life cycle to my out-of-town excursions: 1. Visit some place I don’t live. 2. Fall in love with it, imagine all the possibilities there, decide everything [...]
In The Gap: (want – though I’d wear it all summer with a bikini top, not a crew-neck tee) In Forever 21: On this guy who is some kind of artist and throws parties I want to go to: He is also the host of the Doo Nanny, the annual alt/folk art “micro” festival, as [...]
Fresh off my “Why I Love Greenpoint” post, I see this: Tonight marks the launch of a weekly dance jam called No Lights No Lycra. It takes place inside a dimly lit church where attendants are encouraged to do nothing but dance in the dark. It’s an ingenious alternative to dancing in clubs where intoxicated [...]
I have a longstanding tradition of railing against wrinkle cream. Wrinkle cream and everything that goes with it, I mean – facials, laser rejuvenation techniques, microdermabrasion (I can’t even spell that), etc. etc. etc. I’ve seen too many of my perfectly lovely girlfriends in their early-20s to early-30s stressing out and spending gobs of money [...]
The seeds he’s lying next to refuse to sprout. Good to know they’ve got a second purpose as cat pillow.
New mixcast from one Jables G. McKibben, aka Justin Cobra, aka DJ Knight, aka my boyfriend. Unicycles 72 :: Icebergs Across the Open Plains This new Unicycles is for the re-energizing adventurer in your life, four blankets deep, safe and sound, regenerating ferocity for future battles. Soundcloud it here. Download it here. Facebook Group.
Reading Craven Maven’s blog is worse than watching the Home Shopping Network when you’re home sick from work and have just downed too much Nyquil. Craven Maven – aka Saer – writes primarily about food and design, in posts heavy with photos. And I want to own (or eat) everything she posts. Just last week, [...]
The video for Animal Collective’s “Brothersport.” Please note the overalls. [My roommate Ian's take on this song, from New Year's day 2009: http://vimeo.com/2724205. We were so young then].
