Coveting boots

It's happened: the perfect short, flat black boot has been found.



I've hunted and hunted through my bookmarks to find the blog I saw these on last night, but I can't find it again. I do remember that they credited Jane of Ill Seen, Ill Said with the initial find.

At any rate, here they are: the perfect boots, courtesy of Sigerson Morrison. I will now proceed to stare at them until they magically become $350 cheaper.

--Dara

Ring a ling

A great many of our friends have been announcing their engagements in the past few months. I myself, being halfway through my first year of grad school and living across the state from my man of choice whilst I partake in said schooling, am nowhere near ready for that sort of thing, but when Joanna Goddard's post about her wedding rings led me to their designer, Blanca Monros Gomez's, website, I thought I really had to share them, because they're great.




--Dara

Holiday

New Jersey's been wintery and great so far...lots of time communing with the new little members of the family, and many, many movies viewed. Hope everyone is having a fantastic holiday!

--Dara

Coyote

Chris is in two bands, Son Ark and Coyote (pronounced "kai-yoat"). It's sort of a musical collective; everyone in Coyote except the drummer is also in Son Ark. Son Ark is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Robin Harris (the guy that's always all the way to the left in the photos below) and Coyote is Jessi Williams' baby (she's the tiny little cutie in the floral dress). Both bands are amazing indie rock with very strong country/bluegrass undertones. I love both these bands so much, and felt so lucky to be "obligated" to go to several shows per month when I lived in LA, because it was like getting to see your favorite bands play for free over and over.




These promo pics for Coyote that were taken a few weeks ago by Nikola Dupkanic are really beautiful/funny, no?

Find Coyote here, and Son Ark here. The music on Son Ark's myspace page is all live because they're allllllmost done with their album, but here's a sneak peek: click here for a great recorded version of one of their first songs, Gone Grave Diggin'.

--Dara

Alice

I love this electro interpretation of Alice in Wonderland... if you know me, you know my love of the Wonderland (I might have a belt buckle with the White Rabbit engraving somewhere in my closet).

Thanks, Chris <3

--Dara

The Beatles USB Stick

Today, my cousin pulled out a small, dense, acid green apple with the Beatles logo imprinted on it. He pulled a USB flash drive out of it by the stem, connected it to my computer, and proceeded to upload remastered versions of every Beatles album in 2 high definition formats, remastered album artwork, and several short documentaries to my hard drive.



What floored me the most was that this amazing little piece of packaging, which holds so much Beatles joy, was manufactured in such small quantities- about 30,000 were made. Also, apparently nary a quality product shot was taken.

Apparently there are 13 available on Amazon, so throw it on the last-minute Christmas list if you'd like- or be very, very nice to me. Although all I can offer are the files, and the apple itself as a specimen of fine packaging is really half the charm.

--D

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I was on set for this GAP spot that was shot for last year's holiday season, and let me just say: Jon Heder did that nutso dance for literally 20 takes in a row. The man is dedicated. Also, Janelle Monae is THE awesomest.

I'm home in New Jersey for the month, and already we've been snowed in! Feeling all kinds of holiday cheer......


--D