happy halloween!

photo 

by

terry richardson

check out his

fabulous

blog

i heart chocolate

it's 

halloween

and 

i have

chocolate

on

 my

    mind...

******

hot chocolate spoons (genius)

great texture from mary & matt  @ chocolate editions.

kshocolat dining chocolates

super cool mast brothers chocolate

always cool japanese pocky

yummy hot chocolate, chocolate library & chocolate mushroom from vosges

funky poppets

alice dark chocolate

sprinkles cupcakes

and my all-time favorite - the marathon bar

chocolate makes you happy.

spray misty for me

to know me
 is to know

i 

love 

beauty

products.

and one of my favorite

(and of course unnecessary)

products

of the moment 

is the 

facial spray.

(especially now with the dry, cold wind of fall)

here are some 

of the

best --

from left: sue devitt beauty microquatic luminous finishing mist (t-brain's fave), 
sundari's omega 3 and raspberry tonic water (smells great),
 two from sponge skincare --aromatherapia agrio tiantafillo (wild rose) 
& aromatherapia giasemi (jasmine), canyon ranch age transforming hydramist 
(perfect for travel or to store in your handbag) & my favorite --
rose depsea water facial mist by shu uemura.

it's a long way
 from the ol'
evian
bottle 
in the fridge...

lagniappe No.15

my friend

 &

one of the most

talented

artists i know

opened up his

amazing

private studio

in

wicker park

last thursday night

for his

'inside the artist's studio"

show.

i 

was 

awestruck.

davoud rassouli vossough

to have and to hold

{posey at el jeffe's brother's wedding may 2010}

there's
something
about 

wedding 

photos.


i could look at them
for
hours
&
hours.

i think i looked at

richard's

more than 

she did.

so 

i

was 

delighted 
to stumble

onto

max wanger's

website --

if 

el jeffe & i 

were to do it all

over again...

...but

 i guess

i'll just have to 

settle for

our 

old school 

black & whites

{the ride to our wedding by my good friend andrea}

and

my

memories.

collect yourself

lisa congdon

is 

obsessed with

collecting.

she is 

on

day n°292

of her

collection a day, 2010 
project

i kind of

wonder

what her 

house

looks 

like...

super cool

not only is

the

  brooklyn superhero supply co.

where i get all of my 

supplies

{for example:}

{my invisible plane, of course}


but the store has a
secret identity--
(like any good superhero) 


sneak through a trick
bookcase
and you arrive at
the headquarters
of


826NYC

a not-for-profit 
writing program
 that focuses 
primarily on 
kids ages 6 to 18. 


encouraging writing 
in any and all forms --
comics, fables, poetry, essays, 
songs, short stories, novels, 
and even teleplays --
the organization
(founded by writer dave eggers)
 seeks to help young people 
express 
themselves
 creatively and confidently
 through 
the written word. 


how super cool is that?

lagniappe No.14

gonna throw away my

little black book right now

in the nearest trash can 

i'm gonna push aside

the things i used to do

because i'm hanging up my

heart for you just for you

******

solomon burke

claimed to be the man

 for whom the term 

"soul music" 

was coined.

 he 

died

 last week

at age

70.

he wrote those lyrics

&

el jeffe

sang them at

our 

wedding.

godspeed, solomon burke.

holga

i 

love

 the

holga 

camera

it's 

utilitarian

and

whimsical

and

mysterious

and

great looking.

 all for

30 clams.

it's perfect

for 

taking 

snaps of

your favorite

place

or when

the

circus

comes to

town

******


saikat biswas

is working on a digital

version of

the

holga --

the holga d.

"even though the

holga d 

is a

 digital camera, 

in order to achieve its 

simplicity, 

it reduces the feature set to 

absolute minimum. 

even the display is not there! 

so your photographs remain 

mysterious 

until you download the images. 

this makes the experience quite similar 

to the good old 

film based

 cameras."

bust a move, biswas.

photos:

here, here &

here

shinrin-yoku

the japanese term

shinrin-yoku

literally means

"forest bathing"

in

english

i love that.

they

have

found

 that by

 immersing

the 

senses --

through the 

odor of wood, 

the sound of

 running stream water, 

&

the scenery of the forest --

mood is elevated

&

stress is reduced

{here's what comes to mind:}

from top left: color pencil & brass holder set, antique belgian deer trophy, vintage

binoculars, nature necklace, rag & bone northfield poncho, faux-bois

packing tape & stickers , kid's owl tee, wood ring, aesop lip balm,

rabbit fur scarf & teeny fur bag, bird call, gothic faux-bois mirror, 

field notes, cross-cut cheese board

*******

btw.

if you want your very own 

forest

to walk in

check

this

out

top photo: ditte isager