For a while now, I’ve been thinking about starting a simple “what I’m listening to” weekly feature on the blog to bring it back to life. And now I think I have just the piece to kick that off—focused on highlighting one particular life. Last year at some point early on, I read an announcement, … Continue reading What I’m Listening To First Installment: Benjamin Curtis SVIIB
I’m reinventing what this blog is and what it does. I used to want to write about music. And a few years ago, I contributed to a music blog for a bit, but music is hard to keep up with. The real dilemma is trying to find the new best thing that no one else … Continue reading Snap! Rhythm Is A Dancer
I spent a few hours today looking at photos of national parks, longing to walk among tall evergreens in awe-inspiring valleys and on grand sweeping high ranges. I’m not usually a very outdoorsy person, at least not in a Texas sort of way. Here, it’s so hot outside most of the year that me and … Continue reading Wedges in the Wilderness
I. Love. Coats. A simple fact. I’ve been stalking the immense collection of Top Shop outerwear for a good 6 years now. I can’t get enough of funnel neck collars, deep lappels, ruched sleeves, side pockets, tweed wool blends, sculpted hoods, empire silhouettes and wooden toggles. I simply adore it all. The better the tailoring, the more I love it. … Continue reading Evoking Outerwear
This is a pencil/marker case I’ve been hand stitching (so, she isn’t perfect, but her imperfections are charming, aren’t they?). I took the Tre Vero felt drawstring sack I received when I bought my purse from them. It’s a great purse, but what am I to do with a giant felt sack sitting around? I … Continue reading Re-purposing
I have been inspired, as of late, to discuss my appreciation of Jeffrey Campbell’s innovative, sometimes sculptured, sometimes strange, shoe designs. Thinking about his trademark platforms, I suddenly found myself drifting back to my childhood. When I was in fifth or sixth grade, I became engrossed with drawing shoes. It was about the same time … Continue reading Architecture of a Shoe
Today Austin is blanketed in a kind of oppressive heat. It becomes impossible to breathe deeply as you stumble through scratchy gravel kicked up by endless construction projects and squint tightly against the harsh, bleaching sun. It’s the kind of heat that makes one long for a 90 degree day. Even “hot” would be better … Continue reading The Coffee Reward
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