EVENT!

hello one and all---

i just wanted to share an amazing fantastically exciting new weekly event for you all to check it out. it is the Design Hive in Cambridge. every saturday (starting with this one, 1 november) from 10-5 the Design Hive will be held at the Maria Baldwin School between the Harvard Square and Porter Square Red Line T stops. as their website bills the Design Hive "is a rotating collective retail experience featuring different designers every week." Apparently they will local designers and vintage goodies of all types from clothes and jewelry to cards, handbags and homewares.

i'm really excited to check it out. in exploring the designers that will have booths at Design Hive i found a few items that caught my eye.............

galvin-ized headwear headband


galvin-ized headwear feather headpiece

HER designs metallic vegan leather clutch


Saltygal map laptop sleeve

it all looks like fun and games to me...especially with Christmas presents needing to be purchased in the next couple of months. so if you're interested head on over to 28 Sacramento St. (off Massachusetts Ave. at the corner of Oxford St.)


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hope you have a fun halloween if you are from the US. i'll be dressing up with the beau as Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy and posting pictures for all to see. look forward to election coverage soon (my ballot has been sent weeks ago).

VOTE!

stewing away.

as autumn rolls in i can't help but want to stay in from the

CHILLLLLLYNESS

that is created by the wind out there up here!

so...i get to doing all the things i don't do during the summer when the days are long but the weather is too beautiful in boston....

that means...COOK!

recently...i've been dreaming up vegan cupcake, english muffin bread, and stew delights. as i recalled from back in the day while still at home, my mum is quite good at this latter culinary strain. so, remembering my favorite and aptly named stew i asked her to refresh my memory. this is a really quick, fun, easy recipe to make for and impress people with its delicious aroma and taste. however, substitution is my favorite thing:::

Autumn Stew
1lb Beef (cut into cubes)
1/4 C Olive Oil
2 Bay Leaves
1 C Carrots
1/2 C Onions
4 Cloves Garlic
3 C Vegetable Stock
1 C Turnips
Parsley to taste

Sautee garlic and onion in olive oil (if you are not using the beef you will not need all the olive oil). Dice beef and add to pan to brown on all sides.
Add all other veggies and stock.
Cook til tender.

so...my version consisted of substituting Seitan (wheat gluten) for the beef, adding some savoy cabbage and shallots, and tossing in some rosemary, black pepper, salt, and white pepper for good measure.

ENJOY the autumn!

a shameless (quick) plug.

hi all of you out there in the land yonder:::

this is really just a quick post plugging the event that is being held in Boston's South End tomorrow at the SOWA Open Market.

its called Baked Fresh and it looks fantastic for a fun sunday adventure extraordinaire! via Morgan of MAP Boston, i was cordially invited to this delightfully grandiose gathering and i really hope it goes off well because honestly...boston has so much potential for fun events like this but never really expresses each burgeoning new fun thing to ALL of the neighborhoods worth telling.

i sadly won't be able to attend due to my amazingly lovely little job at Mint Julep...however...

i would really appreciate some reports back from anyone about how the gig goes off and what kinds of wonderful things were to be seen at the Baked Fresh @ SOWA Open Market event!

For all those who don't feel like clicking on the link and just want to know where it is::: the sowa open market takes place at

540 Harrison Avenue
Boston MA
in the South End

the event will be going from 10-5...

HAVE FUN!!!! let me know how it goes!

females.

yes the woman is a wonderful enigma to us all.

being a woman (one of the only times i will refer to myself as one...i'm still stuck in the mindset of being a person, a girl, an individual...a woman is what my mother and grandmother are) i still find it a task to explore the workings of a female mind. Not to discredit the opposite sex and not to say that we are SO very, but there are differences between the two.

however, though that plays such a major and minor role in many peoples lives i find that this work of fiction is something that can truly please the masses.

MY BRILLIANT CAREER.

i have not even reached the halfway mark in this novel and have already so many questions and so much interest in the outcome of the prose. if this could be any hint of how rich the writer, a famous Australian writer: Miles Franklin, expresses herself let it be so:

"I was discontented and restless, and longed unendurably to be out in the stream of life. 'Action! Action! Give me action!' was my cry. My mother did her best with me according to her lights. She energetically preached at me. All the old saws and homilies were brought into requisition, but without avail. It was like using common nostrums on a disease which could be treated by none but a special physician."

do yourself a favor...try this book when you get the next hankering for a more than amazing female author who could definitely have taught her peers a few lessons.

Ro d'art

	Ro
				an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas

my my my. there are oh-so-many shows i would like to and will be commenting on/dreaming about/ wondering after/ longing to get to know more for the New York Fashion Week...

however, i couldn't rip myself from the monitor or keyboard of this computer and therefore had to get my opinions down about this show. Rodarte has completely floored me with their S/S 2009 collection. In a few choice words:::

flowy, dyed, organic (i know, i know but it so fits), pieced, layering, PLEATS, structurally/unstructured, colors, neutrals, shiny black.
oh...and one more word::: CHAINS.

full stop.

let me now proffer an abstract analysis of rodarte ideas and hope that sense can be made, or at least appreciated...

i really admired this collection for the synthesis and flow of the show. the colors and garments flowed flawlessly from one into the next. so, that with an effortless blink of the eye you see wonderfully thought out layers of light pleated skirts with piece-y bandage tops and elegantly shredded layering singlets that meld into intricately goddess-like short dresses (a style of which i will never tire) which all of sudden give their layering ideals over for organic and well thought-out knits. this knitwear is so beautiful that layering is all that one wants to do with each piece. by the end of the set of pictures for this show my mouth was positively watering for the black cut-off gloves (a known obsession of mine) and the black leather skirt that had a wonderfully feminine pleated touch that takes the edge off of the idea of a "black leather skirt" while forcing it to be much more interesting and eye-catching than the standard mini. not only was i frothing for those simplicities, but also for the unattainable flowy dresses that walked for the close of the collection.

stunning.

as for accessories/makeup. i loved the hint of orange on the eyes to keep the common thread of landscaping between the garments and the models. the diamond patterned laser cut leggings that are worn throughout the show are a legwear choice that i would hope to be able to make a staple in the coming months as a combination of tights and other sock assortments could make wonderfully lighthearted combinations. one more note regarding the chain-accented heels (which ran a nice backup to the chain-accented dresses and sweaters): a marvelous idea that i may be trying to imitate by spicing up some old heels...

personally, Laird Borrelli-Persson seemed a bit too busy name-dropping whilst writing her style.com review of this show to remember that not all clothes must be worn by all people. harsh with the review of Rodarte, she mentions that "'Beautiful androids' (as the models were referred to backstage) make for great editorial, but flesh-and-blood women like Natalie Portman, Sarah Sophie Flicker, and Dr. Lisa Airan, who all sat in the front row, need to be able to imagine themselves wearing the clothes out into the big, beautiful world." these garments make that big, beautiful world apparent and ever-present.

now i'll just be wishing for spring again and making sure to use the mulleavy sisters (the designers of rodarte) as guides for texturized, raw, and gorgeous layering/outfit creations.

end.

stay tuned for more ny fashion week show appreciations and analyses because my new apartment is almost fully packed away and set up!