tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53202180320589709422024-03-09T20:46:23.926-06:00HECATE & STYXGODDESSES OF THE UNDERWORLDHECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-49900560306714953352010-08-23T09:00:00.007-05:002010-08-23T10:14:42.362-05:00I MOVE ONWARD, THE ONLY DIRECTION, CAN'T BE SCARED TO FAIL, SEARCHIN' PERFECTION<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">When dressing in the morning, it's Mother Nature's occasional suggestion of autumn that breathes new life into my closet. But it's those even more frequent hotter-than-blazes days, the sun beating down and humidity reaching South Carolina-like proportions, that put a smile on my face and running shoes on my feet (or biking cleats, depending on the day). And there is truly no better personal trainer than an almost 5 year old on training wheels: START! stop. START! FASTER FAAAAASTER FAAAAAAAAAASTER!! stop. START. stop. (rest) START! FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASTER!!! stop.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2yBrlvOBMqndv9FybkR6zfL6jGv6jsAhF62IxEkFukZ2k1Jkr8cqfSrDgh4W6PaKLnnCkE2BOgJboPNqt-B91A2vvbc4xxNSwAw9xy8GouNAPuh70xPm4AnCadN8I6b4H4rD7NuhEAU/s320/paz-biking.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508609596330717906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But on those rare days when a solo run is in my cards, these are a few of my personal trainers (Sis, this is for you.. to add some variety to your playlist):</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">1. <b>On To the Next One - Jay-Z (Ft. Swizz Beatz)</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1RChZk1EU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1RChZk1EU</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">2. <b>Magalenha - Sergio Mendes</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzhRr4PWD-Q"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzhRr4PWD-Q</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">3. <b>Make Her Say - KiD Cudi (Ft. Kanye West and Common)</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt22KvnRSL4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt22KvnRSL4</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">4. <b>Ella Me Levanto - Daddy Yankee</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTMYgHK9Cg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTMYgHK9Cg</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">5. <b>4 Minutes - Madonna (Ft. Justin Timberlake)</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHHUhcV2eVY&feature=av2e"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHHUhcV2eVY&feature=av2e</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Cadence, cadence, cadence. And a little fight music never hurt.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-12104572082075739572010-08-17T09:17:00.007-05:002010-08-17T09:28:50.867-05:00SHE SAID "YOU A PLAYER AIN'T YA, YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU WANT CAN'T YA?", I REPLIED THAT I'M ALSO AN ARTIST, BABY I CAN PAINT YA<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'Busy' doesn't even begin to explain my days, but there's something about a little comic relief at the exact right moment that can make it all totally bearable. So when our graphic artist stopped by the office last Friday afternoon to generously distribute some TGIF refreshments, I snapped a photo of my desk (all whilst in the throws of an almost laughable monsoon of work), and sent it to Silent Bob ((who can understand, far better than many, just what kind of monsoon I'm navigating)). He added the text to my photo, and nailed it:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN78Twy6YndV_Q9wtzwAhdRijwT78STsai2L3_wYxf5aaetYhlxxf2aDTD9jWeZJD7ho-glNISt4Dqqot2dDX_tHhAUCRC8ZOBlLzZXIuw7Kr6bXfazB9yS77jUsazHFuGGXoUA7Tb7NE/s320/photo-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506383966811322178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">God love iPhones. And an impeccable sense of humor.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**Styx, signing off</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-70367308016597149132010-08-05T21:21:00.004-05:002010-08-05T21:49:33.242-05:00I AIN'T BRAGGIN' CAUSE I'M THE ONE, JUST ASK AND IT SHALL BE DONE<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Guys are the new ball and chain."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Truer words hath ne'er been spoken. Read on to learn more about one of the most serendipitous, self-affirming articles I've had the pleasure of reading in a great while, and what </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Atlantic</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> has coined The End of Men :</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/"> click me to learn about the not so mysterious rise of the strong, smart, talented woman</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Then do yourself a solid and check out the comments following the article, to further drive home the point that- along with their authority, men's penis sizes seem to be shrinking too. Or at least one would think so, with the ignorant, defensive vomit that follows a well written and researched article. Like this moron<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i>If women want to take real World leadership they should first of all stop being selfish, otherwise they'll bring our society to disaster.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">((Apparently he's been living in a hole the last 9 years and hasn't heard of George W...))</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-28617001304238697822010-07-21T05:48:00.017-05:002010-08-06T09:03:43.488-05:00YOU LOVE THIS TOWN EVEN IF THAT DOESN'T RING TRUE YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER AND IT'S BEEN ALL OVER YOU<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Soul food coming through for all besties in the house:</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Time to take a deep cleansing breath- make that three </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">at least</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and just Let. It. Out. Oui! C'est la vie! Today after a soap opera start to the week I must recommend some PEACE in your day, a sweet taste in the air and a true song on the lips. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Take a lesson from Thich Nhat Hanh--</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Peace is every step.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The shining red sun is my heart.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Each flower smiles with me.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How green, how fresh all that grows.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How cool the wind blows.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Peace is every step</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It turns the endless path to joy.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibx4UMc39zE07zVGhCKiMo1Ieq3ziaR1-jLenZCaD_bgee6V-1TIQK7ti62agsM4T7GeWkW9g79MMvYAjUf3ayALPOqnS69i2l8JXPnqpQMldgAvDsy6sTfcQH6sSbsa-q65dcytbKmY/s320/plaza+naciones+unidas.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496314769024281794" /><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yes this is the mantra.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Allow the interconnectedness.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Accept and appreciate.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> After all, i</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t’s a beautiful day... don't let it get away.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hecate signing off from darkest night…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*image courtesy of http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/archives/697 Plaza Naciones Unidas, Buenos Aires</span></span></p>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-5779104675295047152010-07-02T08:54:00.011-05:002010-07-02T09:12:23.573-05:00I'M CURIOUS, FOR YOU CAUGHT MY ATTENTION<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oh you bad ass beautiful women, you. This chick is nothing new to my list of obsessions: Freja Beha Erichson is subliiiiiiiime, and on my solid list of girl crushes. A little skinny for my general taste, but her lips are so yum, her posture is pristine, her tattoos are perfectly bellicose (particularly for a woman who's the face of Chanel, Gucci, and countless others), and her androgynous style and attitude are beyond alluring. She's certainly the reigning queen of the modeling industry's lesbian legion, but I care not-- she rocks it, all of it:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWCHYVHtj6oJzdwpENskH25EOgM4go5Btc79pxqKJfPj99HO5ibZwNYVg5TnJvB2zow3kVwmV5GJOlrNt_J64z2WRsF5HTtzjEw5dDwX1XHfkqhNnwDrBLj0VBUFFcLl5rv6MJ6slrFo/s1600/00240m.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWCHYVHtj6oJzdwpENskH25EOgM4go5Btc79pxqKJfPj99HO5ibZwNYVg5TnJvB2zow3kVwmV5GJOlrNt_J64z2WRsF5HTtzjEw5dDwX1XHfkqhNnwDrBLj0VBUFFcLl5rv6MJ6slrFo/s200/00240m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489309288829992226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Perfectly Balmain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyerbLtABRbv2LKfEH2FPp0LDjgr2_sxYbQpiUO9PNCJCdEOtlj5B2-WzAqA7DKJNjfx0DznGE_pFxYKzwV3gP5LEwf7S-utOWQJ7dD93LZJSS7dkzwyskKyjZiWjQigdR5Oz1ALUh-0w/s1600/Freja+SS10+via+altamira.jpg"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lZ8K83tmJtSuyOysAimLkryZz7lcEw1pMQaSjqXpUvWbpPstQBKBB6moKYNVgBw-yeLVISmR354Ch1sm75c95tucRN65OZQs7241D3cdxpYNlqwoXumy1hcY885K8BYSpyiRqnHpVys/s1600/68457453febf2493_Freja_by_Delphine_Achard.preview.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lZ8K83tmJtSuyOysAimLkryZz7lcEw1pMQaSjqXpUvWbpPstQBKBB6moKYNVgBw-yeLVISmR354Ch1sm75c95tucRN65OZQs7241D3cdxpYNlqwoXumy1hcY885K8BYSpyiRqnHpVys/s200/68457453febf2493_Freja_by_Delphine_Achard.preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489309099215407218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyerbLtABRbv2LKfEH2FPp0LDjgr2_sxYbQpiUO9PNCJCdEOtlj5B2-WzAqA7DKJNjfx0DznGE_pFxYKzwV3gP5LEwf7S-utOWQJ7dD93LZJSS7dkzwyskKyjZiWjQigdR5Oz1ALUh-0w/s200/Freja+SS10+via+altamira.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489309169489043154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This spread from <i>Vogue Nippon</i>, shot by Terry Richardson, is also quite lovely:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JSicRWbItbF8aIJeN6rSxreB8HtjRIPIBy8uCklyRTK6XNFX3GhYt5tYEwbLnvJzSSX0ecrYvATD139Ca1cog06LxoLZUpIuuT9Y45sDqO1QIO3i8wEZtKIdtKeK02VyiTI6bCConcY/s1600/14.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JSicRWbItbF8aIJeN6rSxreB8HtjRIPIBy8uCklyRTK6XNFX3GhYt5tYEwbLnvJzSSX0ecrYvATD139Ca1cog06LxoLZUpIuuT9Y45sDqO1QIO3i8wEZtKIdtKeK02VyiTI6bCConcY/s200/14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489309042653244226" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouOkxbOFtSkKnwu7T9QA2JBF46Oyctw8t61r7SjQ-mlVeBU4Z2wCgv_6ef5R25diQcBjuFp23w5fN6fdUJtSR7x7QvRDsu2sfGoTyn7SCvCWvPIDBaLHo8O3nZvrPPe8xbSKKEQ3ko2I/s1600/6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouOkxbOFtSkKnwu7T9QA2JBF46Oyctw8t61r7SjQ-mlVeBU4Z2wCgv_6ef5R25diQcBjuFp23w5fN6fdUJtSR7x7QvRDsu2sfGoTyn7SCvCWvPIDBaLHo8O3nZvrPPe8xbSKKEQ3ko2I/s200/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489308806556911682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(images courtesy of patricianicolaslondon.blogspot.com, style.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-28734783903375697022010-06-18T09:15:00.004-05:002010-06-18T09:21:23.286-05:00I GOT SO MANY THINGS I WANNA DO, BEFORE I'M THROUGH<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpDRBp_UqZSnrOp8Guy0kH4eT1nyQxCIoxPtcu8b6JYEdA80gaeCCbwNha_z9jD0OCZmWmlSIOjCntmrKNwxfWYc6HNyhlXRAyN9wF3cxFl7k1ovXiw9cE0NES9TUy5-T78FcuIizg3A/s1600/27744_381010649537_507914537_3942386_7625851_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpDRBp_UqZSnrOp8Guy0kH4eT1nyQxCIoxPtcu8b6JYEdA80gaeCCbwNha_z9jD0OCZmWmlSIOjCntmrKNwxfWYc6HNyhlXRAyN9wF3cxFl7k1ovXiw9cE0NES9TUy5-T78FcuIizg3A/s200/27744_381010649537_507914537_3942386_7625851_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484117514704563218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Take time to kiss someone today. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(image courtesy of patricianicolaslondon.blogspot.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-3061137520238761632010-06-17T08:25:00.007-05:002010-06-17T08:38:31.857-05:00IN A CAFE OR SOMETIMES ON A CROWDED STREET<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The power of the white button down is bountiful, especially for summer. No further evidence needed, with these examples of the ease and added sharpness of this basic top knocking the look out of the park:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCn6eg_J5AtQx7f7bL2DV-YZFVvHKvGTGlNjwVMG6hF-lIUwK2PKDc7nN6uPYHvgYMesndkwwlBcYBcOT2EhqxaUH1-JYFZetZ2vy28K3TA1UF1WRoUa5bGSvUpNvnvKOmtkin_fl8Uk8/s1600/laurel-shirt-en1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCn6eg_J5AtQx7f7bL2DV-YZFVvHKvGTGlNjwVMG6hF-lIUwK2PKDc7nN6uPYHvgYMesndkwwlBcYBcOT2EhqxaUH1-JYFZetZ2vy28K3TA1UF1WRoUa5bGSvUpNvnvKOmtkin_fl8Uk8/s200/laurel-shirt-en1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483733719271238178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 200px; " /></a></div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQprweocVySI1nvNfl6Q-r5S6aedCWguHQPbpdE7mALvkMhLKSy3_zkCZr14YNBK04Xk8KBBEy7GILliccwnHfbFs7p3mD9UEsLUvc6oOh8oxwb7Ycw6JGdcIDHhDCdiO6PimXiIO65c/s1600/52610Milano-002Web.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQprweocVySI1nvNfl6Q-r5S6aedCWguHQPbpdE7mALvkMhLKSy3_zkCZr14YNBK04Xk8KBBEy7GILliccwnHfbFs7p3mD9UEsLUvc6oOh8oxwb7Ycw6JGdcIDHhDCdiO6PimXiIO65c/s200/52610Milano-002Web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483733923267039330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrJXcmqXQY54iJd8f3o2E1GKMTvEedBDoS8SIGxYgRxZBIDWSV3YKHm6rPuwoqUF-WrWY1OLUF9QLtFxavbb7pEgUt4DksUtOBmIavPYXok_SwVMnECGUhZDxHFAWeOXpItgo1rsfS9A/s1600/milan-fwss2010-bregje-heinen.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrJXcmqXQY54iJd8f3o2E1GKMTvEedBDoS8SIGxYgRxZBIDWSV3YKHm6rPuwoqUF-WrWY1OLUF9QLtFxavbb7pEgUt4DksUtOBmIavPYXok_SwVMnECGUhZDxHFAWeOXpItgo1rsfS9A/s200/milan-fwss2010-bregje-heinen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483733812567153922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCn6eg_J5AtQx7f7bL2DV-YZFVvHKvGTGlNjwVMG6hF-lIUwK2PKDc7nN6uPYHvgYMesndkwwlBcYBcOT2EhqxaUH1-JYFZetZ2vy28K3TA1UF1WRoUa5bGSvUpNvnvKOmtkin_fl8Uk8/s1600/laurel-shirt-en1.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I love the soft, thin variety found at H&M's men's department, and for a funkier finish Elizabeth and James is perfect. For a classic cut, Gap men's button downs are great for me (long, yet nice and slim). And one can never have enough class, no?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of garancedore.fr/en, thesartorialist.blogspot.com, trendycrew.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-732972899839559482010-06-14T09:57:00.004-05:002010-06-18T09:24:07.368-05:00SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA, SOMEWHERE WAITIN' FOR ME<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Oy vay, it's been a month since I last posted. I'm slacking, I know. (Then again, if I'm slacking, my lovely sister and supposed blogging counterpart is irreversibly idle..) Nevertheless, I'm back from vacation, and I have lots to post. For now, here's my reminiscent moment of vacation-- while I get back to work in rainy, dreary Minneapolis. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">But, aaaaaaah, za beach!!!!!!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKtlLN6pP0LGylWPYtS5MHLs7Dm9muwZu_R8xdsadNSzHVFLiQPbwySpr8WZSzgD7iscJ_cMnMCbbaDHjZD6fZ4UXAfQcYYHv4yDT2oE3wCTM_dQqekwE8gU0aEuprtlnn5SRcazBFZ0/s200/paz:k+sc+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482645246569714146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">More coming soon, promise!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-83103768081322242892010-05-12T09:24:00.006-05:002010-05-12T09:35:31.856-05:00A SUMMER DAY I MEET YOU THERE, I TAKE YOUR HAND I SAY MON CHERE<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMKlGBZdCXnJGXDSRJ60F9EmWrO_D1Gypndgws-vm_LmzR3hkUh3WTiAK54C1cER0_28bMYg5tqSFShBExJnswZ76h-9BPBW68xrUL2o4A5_ZRAUJHncqA2gj7oGgA1V2w_MhdQG5MMs/s1600/sttropchanel.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMKlGBZdCXnJGXDSRJ60F9EmWrO_D1Gypndgws-vm_LmzR3hkUh3WTiAK54C1cER0_28bMYg5tqSFShBExJnswZ76h-9BPBW68xrUL2o4A5_ZRAUJHncqA2gj7oGgA1V2w_MhdQG5MMs/s200/sttropchanel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470390659664108098" /><br /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">While rainfall and 45 degree temps halt my plans for outdoor training and heightened levels of motivation (simple pleasures, I tell you), </span></span><a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Garance</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> gets to yuck it up in St. Tropez with all the Chanel-ers. It's resort time for Chanel, and suffice to say, I'd rather be here: </span></span><a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">GARANCE DORE, LET'S TRADE PLACES, JA?</span></span></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(image courtesy of garancedore.fr/en)</span></span></div></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-22344435427395723102010-05-11T10:02:00.005-05:002010-05-11T10:15:44.356-05:00ARE YOU SATISFIED? HOW LONG CAN YOU STAND THE HEAT?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">R.I.P. : Decorno</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnZeCFKiCjbSj9uE-QcwqJ8PV3uikrPyAqHZxE3GPKnl5ECWvG-OaGCk0MbACePqBZ-yNeAIgIdU4ePe9fTPRo0uT1Llx6hKfDV27H-RRHsfYawvCVCRWJs2Yxg6aqVXlU6sHKtwntqQ/s200/3402694141_5b2bcb8e73.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470030884542481442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of my longtime favorite decorating/pop culture/general humor blogs was Decorno ("If decor is your porn, this is your blog"), and sadly the witty woman behind the expansive blog has thrown in the technological towel. On a rainy day like today, treat yourself to her archives. I guarantee she'll put a smile on your face, and inspiration in your cranium of decorating to-do's: </span></span><a href="http://decorno.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">R.I.P. DECORNO</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-43793135136146300012010-04-27T12:55:00.015-05:002010-05-03T16:17:09.240-05:00I'M LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE, CRYING ON THE INSIDE<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ladies and gentlemen - fashion in Minnesota:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeii9XxdbsfQu61sR9FbYIpZWePGwdnyHtrM-mzVP_wNTjF5U7SgyEtkqpwtKbRt-dYwIYv7Bcc7YW6LQ9R8um964Z0eoKf7nu2h7vxwaczpbpqXZLQoTMh6fqc1tRR1MXKFeQWryT-A/s200/cabcat+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893423778005730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 198px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So we all know that Minneapolis is the mecca of fashion, right? (queue the obvious laugh track) When greeted with the opportunity to attend Cabaret Catwalk, one of Minnesota Fashion Week's exciting fashion shows (laugh track), I thought: heck, why not? First, I'll get to head out with the gals for some dinner and a show, and the show can't really be that bad, right? (laugh track)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In the end, the show really was <i>that</i> bad. Nah, probably <i>worse than bad</i>. But the company (Maria and Amber) made it more than worth it. We had a lovely dinner at The Modern in Northeast Minneapolis - which, between Maria's pregnancy and my insatiable hunger these days, was inhaled in record timing. Yum, beefy pancakes, YUM!! Then the show was conveniently located next door, and the tickets at will call were even more conveniently attached to complimentary drink tickets. Enter my inaugural foray into the world of really yummy cider:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6mpBmfjJuaHRDNzMCqjE4CWqXyslyKouB1dHh8dHnwmqnwXZQwq4xpRThrRdaoZG8Q5AP2hZj_OHG9a24D9Wia0PoN4M8di5pVH2MO0kM8Nq5oUaim-t4Zw-TZGh_hRyxJpwkZ_Uq8o/s200/cabcat+9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893777532691810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Amber and I had awesome seats, and I'd love to share the experience with you. If you never catch a single Minnesota fashion show in your life, at least you'll know what you're missing (laugh track):</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kCtSP66rQG6ZwcyVaMCjWY8vC52f4tN0JgoFQ5-YNcQdICznyUeJc5-VacnsRk3FGvhSWMLIxxd_d7QxYPl7l4FF7N3hQAIRH8GJbkw4rPuIjGQcrFsUFayIYxDv17P9Zm0qDJ6X6Qk/s1600/cabcat+8.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kCtSP66rQG6ZwcyVaMCjWY8vC52f4tN0JgoFQ5-YNcQdICznyUeJc5-VacnsRk3FGvhSWMLIxxd_d7QxYPl7l4FF7N3hQAIRH8GJbkw4rPuIjGQcrFsUFayIYxDv17P9Zm0qDJ6X6Qk/s200/cabcat+8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893700871541938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 176px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkdpl6FXMuO0gs2Uaumbx2rl3jcOezOtHooEY-lzuF7eYfHB80wURcWBvVvLKfsZcwlsqfjvlg7N7nzU_-rJ39xDQWX3fpYpAsFQtlA6-I-0BaakIgRPYhYFQjxHPPCLqt4p3o6Hua6g/s1600/cabcat+7.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkdpl6FXMuO0gs2Uaumbx2rl3jcOezOtHooEY-lzuF7eYfHB80wURcWBvVvLKfsZcwlsqfjvlg7N7nzU_-rJ39xDQWX3fpYpAsFQtlA6-I-0BaakIgRPYhYFQjxHPPCLqt4p3o6Hua6g/s200/cabcat+7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893620165661138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new', serif;">No, you're not hallucinating. That is a silver-studded-sequined-jock strap.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzYK-BHH9fa7wbdHwYrGe20QE-C_iwuKXCeKb172mCPc4JvA6h75L_gAnPtIIU0awemHGRigfoc4u3d-R_l_BG21imX2lRaDiclXxD9Py7bz76sZW49fqLDRTrVEBY77e6XSoFLcL_OY/s1600/cabcat+6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzYK-BHH9fa7wbdHwYrGe20QE-C_iwuKXCeKb172mCPc4JvA6h75L_gAnPtIIU0awemHGRigfoc4u3d-R_l_BG21imX2lRaDiclXxD9Py7bz76sZW49fqLDRTrVEBY77e6XSoFLcL_OY/s200/cabcat+6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893552143582578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But the laughs! Oh, the healing, embracing laughs armed with endless sarcasm!! You have to understand, this Cabaret Catwalk fashion show was not a fashion show as much as it was an attempt at theatrical performance-- of the most amateur form. I'm talking Gay 90s and reject community theatre dancers dressed in vapid Ragstock rags, makeup applied by a member of KISS, and choreography that would make Britney Spears's sympathy-inducing VMA's performance of '07 look believable. Not just bad. <i>Painful</i>. But beyond the performance itself, this is a fashion show, right? So the garments should have at least hint towards fashionability, no? (laugh track) No, I'm serious here. Amber and I questioned many times if this was a joke, or if the apparent use of someone's 12-year-old sister's leftover dance costumes and lackluster "styling" was a big part of the joke or just another reason why saying the words "Minnesota Fashion Week" is like a contradiction in terms. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;">Ok, ok, I digress. I understand that this was one of many "fashion shows" during Minnesota Fashion Week, and that the others may have been a step up from the JCPenny's finest we witnessed. Suffice to say, I'm a tad gun shy at the prospect of giving it another go next year.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">No matter- Maria and Amber, I THANK you for the laughs, and for a lovely time the whole night through. Can't say I'll support the MN Fashion Week ever again after a showing like that, but if it's sandwiched between amazing dinner prior to and delightful cocktails after, well, I'll be up for another good laugh I suppose (laugh track).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBh6FpRbkK9owstKTB6Kx1V3APIH2LpA9c8y2H3R-JjnHMzxkaA9YV6qJDpt6adSGChJMW8NaaguF579bdY0AVPUjYFYpo7p3P4yp_jbLeTqS9Ml6Qaw58Q7RQXPBE3LvBPKWLk3Rx5e0/s200/cabcat+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893159472502354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On Kat: Rachel Roy harem pants, Alternative Apparel tee, L.A.M.B. booties</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkbRzt4IThh3BP98p-x3a0ndv_xGpNXdQS1kshQgrJD-HiZKDRteWF9prxJlh38Kz0w5ahidOLsJZhnTik2FZAOT7ihrYOOK6g1Q3FThtWrBmjlNOeUvvytsSJqde1uL_9xhY5UkuQK4/s200/cabcat+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893292364793570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzUiXRXTfywDgUERLO_C2AMdpqsDcPMHa069hcXbBc6jJ1K7zZtvClKXfDuTXvQpBXqDJD_DwH62FPCsEr4fy-Cq4tykCR2rZSh7Yi2XwgwVMK57D3wbgSTKV0-fey8jvQfizuL1OLMs/s200/28205_387232726668_552336668_4527330_6298208_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467155762709894386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj021SFC-OfN8UyzSS8V_Du748XhkFTJFkxHOVgvcoCAQyx0bOAQ5wqvx1kC6_T-qB6noTo7AS7LtNO7gdJE3Fsc30kkCP-Vf3mQCYGmNvw1SofObW_vReCC7zEihdUikO4nAdkTdrz1Vg/s1600/cabcat+4.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj021SFC-OfN8UyzSS8V_Du748XhkFTJFkxHOVgvcoCAQyx0bOAQ5wqvx1kC6_T-qB6noTo7AS7LtNO7gdJE3Fsc30kkCP-Vf3mQCYGmNvw1SofObW_vReCC7zEihdUikO4nAdkTdrz1Vg/s200/cabcat+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464893349815910050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 171px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><br /></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-32180732913692369662010-04-20T13:08:00.011-05:002010-04-23T15:46:14.689-05:00A FEW TIMES I'VE BEEN AROUND THAT TRACK SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA HAPPEN LIKE THAT<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzl2uEamLT-SpJLqJbdA1Rqx8f-nYzu2p4ZnM4uyIkz0LliHwebbRkplhrxxaizbOH-HSj1xWq0FjX2y7HBjenhhwYiUs8GYUkT_CJZQdkLmXV_yyhRt9BZvP9dRZgs41SeMrasAxfjsI/s1600/mbcn806l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzl2uEamLT-SpJLqJbdA1Rqx8f-nYzu2p4ZnM4uyIkz0LliHwebbRkplhrxxaizbOH-HSj1xWq0FjX2y7HBjenhhwYiUs8GYUkT_CJZQdkLmXV_yyhRt9BZvP9dRZgs41SeMrasAxfjsI/s200/mbcn806l.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463434447337736482" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I'm a sports nut. Always have been. I lived for Sundays on the couch with Pa Dukes to watch the Queens (our pet name for the MN Vikings) continue to disappoint the loyal fans of Minnesota. I especially remember those amazing years of Robert Smith at RB, Moss at WR, and Culpepper at QB. Those were great years. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Having been an athlete for so many years, I totally get that when the season ends, it's a huge load lifted and you can't wait to get some sort of a "life" back. So I understand wanting to let loose a bit, but each and every year, those NFL geniuses more than let loose-- they get stupid. Every bloody year, a couple dozen bozos get caught up in some legal crap due to, as far as I can tell, their own senselessness. What's so wrong with being a mature, responsible human being? Who cares if you've got millions, guess what: you are still human and are required to behave with respect just like the rest of us mere mortals. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But no, after a long, hard season (enter wimpering violins) all too many of those dolts head to the clubs with weapons, or drive after downing 30 beers, or go all champagne-room sleezeball on some barely dressed, drunk 'lady' with low self-esteem. It's beyond obnoxious. And no matter how many guys make examples of bad behavior out of themselves, surely the next offseason there'll be another round of farce on blast for the world to see. Great. Now that's news. Pfffffffff.....</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">No here's some real winners for ya', all having taken place since New Years (oy vay):</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>4/12/10: </i></span></span><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/04/seahawks-leroy-hill-arrested-accused-of-asaulting-girlfriend/1" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Seahawks' LineBacker Leroy Hill arrested, accused of assaulting girlfriend</i></span></span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2010/04/seahawks-leroy-hill-arrested-accused-of-asaulting-girlfriend/1" style="text-decoration: none; "></a><br /></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>4/1/10: </i></span></span><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5048219" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers was arrested Thursday at Hopkins International Airport for having a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage.</i></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>4/1/10: </i></span></span><a href="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/01/leroy-hill-gets-12-months-probation-for-marijuana-charge/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill pleaded guilty to a charge of marijuana possession Thursday and will serve 12 months of probation.</i></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>3/22/10: </i></span></span><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5017677" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown, who had been in the suburban Atlanta area to help celebrate his parents' anniversary, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol and released from jail a few hours later, officials said Monday.</i></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>3/13/10: </i></span></span><a href="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/15/spencer-havner-breaks-scapula-in-motorcycle-accident/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Packers TE Spencer Havner is arrested for DUI.</i></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>3/6/10: Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger accused of sex assault </i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>2/23/10: Chargers WR Vincent Jackson pleads guilty to DUI charges. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>2/20/10: Dolphins CB Will Allen is arrested for DUI. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>2/19/10: Redskins CB Byron Westbrook is arrested for DUI, negligent driving, and failure to drive right of center. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>2/7/10: Dolphins DE Tony McDaniel is arrested for misdemeanor battery. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>2/2/10: Cowboys FB Deon Anderson is arrested for traffic warrants and brandishing a weapon. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>2/2/10: Bengals LB Rey Maualuga pleads guilty to DUI. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/30/10: Chiefs CB Michael Richardson is arrested for various alcohol-related charges. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/18/10: Redskins G Chad Rinehart is arrested for public intoxication.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/17/10: Chargers WR Vincent Jackson is arrested for driving with a suspended license.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/15/10: Former Bears DT Dusty Dvoracek is arrested for public intoxication, assault and battery, and interference with an official process.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/12/10: Jets WR Braylon Edwards pleads no contest to assault charges.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/10/10: Bucs S Jermaine Phillips is arrested for felony domestic battery by strangulation. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border- vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.8em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>1/1/10: Colts WR Taj Smith is arrested for DUI.</i></span></span></span></p></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Second only to Tiger (who doesn't count in this conversation, because I'm ragging on NFL guys, not weenie golfers), is this hilarious one from '09:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">San Diego Chargers star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman said he did not harm reality TV star Tila Tequila at his home early Sunday and added he was concerned for her safety because she appeared to be intoxicated.</span></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For those of you unaware, here's Tequila:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBlMBw51_tGyT5eI5Y0_S00EYKPbeYcMjwHZAbZ_6FD9twmxUpXSmBn0bIGx2vlewJJmkBDqcp4ohCQBVMnNKmEz6C-C52e0KOmfg-uu0R3iaaJp6c8tqny07PWQyWBsWmyZPJSn3ue0/s200/Los+Angeles+Confidential+Magazine+Pre+Emmy+NVBp14Mn_6xl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463427118377549682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yeah, I'm sooooo sure he was "concerned for her safety". Uh huh. That's what they call a drunk tussle with a silicone-filled tan bottle who goes by the classy name "Tequila" these days: concern. Riiiiiiight. Let me guess- she needed your concerned help taking her pants off and dancing on a pole too? Gee, Shawn, you're so compassionate. Thank goodness you're looking out for Tila, what WOULD she do without your 'concern'? </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ok, I'm officially nose-diving from my soap box into a world of stylish home decor and delight. More (uplifting) commentary to come.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">EDITOR'S NOTE: I am not, for one moment, asserting that all NFL dudes are this blockheaded. I am proud to be friends with a few of the "good guys". It's just too bad their bad apple counterparts pop up in the news more than those actually making a positive impact in our communities..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-36452442173435022132010-04-19T10:36:00.004-05:002010-04-19T10:41:12.113-05:00APRIL IN PARIS, THIS IS A FEELING NO ONE CAN EVER REPRISE<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiMgQ7wKzNpE2lmzzVjLktC1JJIOCWv40V333EIWN2AyflCnsFO4nCKFJjMhf2fjx1QUA3b5nwiBsyA50po6TAqKEJdoQ7akFNg5otF92d3WiokFxpt2kZXkEDOBsleD34v8pVoD40mI/s1600/20100419_parisconfidential.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiMgQ7wKzNpE2lmzzVjLktC1JJIOCWv40V333EIWN2AyflCnsFO4nCKFJjMhf2fjx1QUA3b5nwiBsyA50po6TAqKEJdoQ7akFNg5otF92d3WiokFxpt2kZXkEDOBsleD34v8pVoD40mI/s200/20100419_parisconfidential.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461873933054966546" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">All you need to know: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">shirt - M</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">pants/shorts - 30/L</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">shoes - 10</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now, get to work: </span></span><a href="http://www.shopbop.com/shop-shopbop-lookbooks-paris-confidential/br/v=1/2534374302171619.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">MY BIRTHDAY'S JUNE 5, ACT SOON!!!</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bisous!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-64563903103355381262010-04-09T15:51:00.012-05:002010-04-09T16:17:52.532-05:00SHE DON'T BELIEVE IN SHOOTIN' STARS, BUT SHE BELIEVES IN SHOES AND CARS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPiES5C3G-xRlXT4J2Q2RpMgIY1-s5rCRjP80AKCfb6ZvSMxvQkKHYj1x-Ry6J6e5IHKVOuwM9PTmZdU4gYDcvA4GubTHJvlg8sFAs06r3gEHXbbBc91ZT-D3Yp_g3TfguS-w7z0CxTo8/s1600/how-to-get-shot-by-sartorialist.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ready for something truly hilarious? Check out what Refinery 29, a globally respected fashion blog/website, posted during last fall's fashion week in NYC:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 55, 55); "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 35px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oh Snap! Our Step-By-Step Guide To Getting Shot By The Sartorialist</span></span></i></span></h2></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You know him. You love him. We do, too. But lest you think it's a snap getting expert Street Style lensman Scott Schuman of </span></span></i><a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sartorialist</span></span></i></span></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> fame to spot you on the street, shoot you, AND post your pic on his site...well, think again. In fact, after perusing the past few months' worth of amazing street specimens preening for his expensive camera, we did pick up some interesting sartorial patterns at play. So, want a better shot at, well, getting shot by Scott? </span></span></i><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here's our step-by-step guide to increasing the odds...and looking good doing it.</span></span></i></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#313737;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPiES5C3G-xRlXT4J2Q2RpMgIY1-s5rCRjP80AKCfb6ZvSMxvQkKHYj1x-Ry6J6e5IHKVOuwM9PTmZdU4gYDcvA4GubTHJvlg8sFAs06r3gEHXbbBc91ZT-D3Yp_g3TfguS-w7z0CxTo8/s1600/how-to-get-shot-by-sartorialist.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPiES5C3G-xRlXT4J2Q2RpMgIY1-s5rCRjP80AKCfb6ZvSMxvQkKHYj1x-Ry6J6e5IHKVOuwM9PTmZdU4gYDcvA4GubTHJvlg8sFAs06r3gEHXbbBc91ZT-D3Yp_g3TfguS-w7z0CxTo8/s200/how-to-get-shot-by-sartorialist.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458247583793451458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 63px; height: 200px; " /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(obviously, you'll need to click to enlarge for this to make any sense to you)</span></span></span></div></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rather than systematically position myself in the path of where I think maybe perhaps Scott Schuman (<a href="http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/">The Sartorialist</a>) might possibly be on the prowl for something young, spry, and full-on fashionable, I'll just pray he give Minneapolis some lens love some day- and that he brings <a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/a-propos/">Garance</a>, because she's great too, and then pray pray pray I have <a href="http://hecateandstyx.blogspot.com/2009/10/love-runs-deeper-than-any-ocean-you-can.html">Junior</a> with me (because I'll never not get shot with Junior by my side, but chances are slim without him). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For now, I'm laughing to myself about the thought that there are surely people somewhere, USA or otherwise, following this tongue-in-cheek roadmap for instant blogosphere "arrival". I myself opt to look marginally passable on a daily basis, rather than camera-ready for the world to see. Nope- I'll need a stylist and avid photoshopper for the latter. Ha!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(image courtesy of refinery29.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-1842719146419801942010-04-09T06:12:00.009-05:002010-04-09T06:43:01.363-05:00THE MORNING FOG MAY CHILL THEY AIR, I DON'T CARE!<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7br-aqH2-LKavyJdXyTVBsBAyfx6eAjCXTJYfhGdwGIHeWFuPDobmk5NQNUYPEWHtQdgxUSIpJcFLJoOyecJ7_uzHi3Pr-diZjsnvW2IErcHu7i7GxC3pwqaP1qKO4YbkbxgG56jG-oA/s1600/spoleto_festival_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7br-aqH2-LKavyJdXyTVBsBAyfx6eAjCXTJYfhGdwGIHeWFuPDobmk5NQNUYPEWHtQdgxUSIpJcFLJoOyecJ7_uzHi3Pr-diZjsnvW2IErcHu7i7GxC3pwqaP1qKO4YbkbxgG56jG-oA/s200/spoleto_festival_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458100782582071490" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My highly anticipated trip to South Carolina is less than two months away, and I just learned of one exciting new tidbit: the Spoleto Festival will be taking place at the exact time I'm down there. Wunderbar!! The Spoleto Festival is an annual music and theatre performance event in Charleston, SC which, since its 1977 inception, has become one of the world's leading premier festivals for artists. I've been collecting Spoleto Festival posters to frame and hang any time I can get my hands on one (Grandma Punky is particularly helpful with that, since she lives an hour north of Charleston). And now I am elated to have the chance to experience the event in person.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So the burning question is, who/what to check out? I admit I don't recognize any of the names in their line-up (which is somewhat the point- giving exposure to the lesser known acts around the world rather than added PR for the big names), but for certain jazz is at the top of my short list. Check </span></span><a href="http://www.spoletousa.org/category/genre/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">THIS</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> out and shoot me a line if you have any burning recommendations. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To further assist with the visual appeal of what I'm so juiced about, here are some lovely shots of Charleston- an amazing, historic city (that nearly added me to their college basketball roster, except mama wouldn't let me go....) It really is a magical place, and I simply can't wait to hit the city again, and the festival finally!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K5sNRM2yORQhdsE6g8tiKk6z5bHeyhBN82x7RjhsV296e0O8csSwObIJ0FIk_JsomVZ9Yid6taRFlpavy272uAzrCc4uCe1JCTtSkslfkhRNX88JpclptHew_cMN6vMiEr3oSplD31E/s200/charleston-sc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458099477112226306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1yFFpeNim3vjHyXh6Eb5eBhbskPNybj7fM0rMKZs5qwKrFEFLrIICw-1bp-VVAnHtVEVgE91xjTOvqY3OiQxQBcOrKuj2lq5rlNmA31uBgVaiZlyMxCHaBgRkQLz1L4jSBhbDrGYmnU/s1600/charleston.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1yFFpeNim3vjHyXh6Eb5eBhbskPNybj7fM0rMKZs5qwKrFEFLrIICw-1bp-VVAnHtVEVgE91xjTOvqY3OiQxQBcOrKuj2lq5rlNmA31uBgVaiZlyMxCHaBgRkQLz1L4jSBhbDrGYmnU/s200/charleston.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458099537713127714" style="display: block; 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Can it be?? Am I really this smitten with J.Crew's Fall 2010 collection?! Whoa. Dude.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I admit, I've got some good ol' staples (striped tees, mostly) from the consistently overpriced, bordering on pretentious suburban soccer mom brand. But in general (and as you probably figure at this point) I'm less inclined toward the linen-blend-embellished-tank-and-kitten-heels as much as the grommet-ridden-studs-n-metal-on-black-on-top-of-black-and-more-black-grounded-with-a-stupidly-monumental-pair-of-platforms. Having said that, there is a certain grungy, rock and roll edge to J.Crew's latest collection, thanks to my new girl crush - J.Crew's Creative Director, Jenna Lyons: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nXmBNjPcctD8oxXeb7cG0fjv5PF1sTue27yF4MdCsf77nxrrqlesoM34ZX7mHAHcxM9MahgKHOzW9KOOKSeeaX-NJZiP-Fc72oHfua0dSLsFsiBUfPuV-gc4eCfdz1XQI4XpB9zVM38/s200/cdocuments-and-settingsmschneiedesktopstyle-file-photosweek-of-3-21-10jenna-lyons-j-crew.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248826883578482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirN6pX7cCJXz_Yyo_FAZBhudGKhKue8GrXAmBUtXyLBeWUoR9NmDmrr6-0FcUsrV6R2JK_f2FkHe96Y-5Bam-W0WU_OK5C1LjFRiplyiZKyTXrFFVn24VRFH__B7VGYtaOuhTw3vHCXLQ/s200/jenna_lyons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457249067927271378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Her style is a tad preppy for my taste, but I dig the extremes she favors which echo my own: if it's skinnies I'm wearing, they're super skinny; if they're wide leg, they're super super wide; I'm not a chinos kinda person. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Amen sister. Death to the Midwest uniform. Here's what's making me say huh? Uh-huuuuuh:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0NxUh4vbBHKBrBpuKpEsCP0LKojRnmaxP94vX3FbK9LOpOZsdfu8vGKDdMgYMsiYTeN-s1rk-S_-vCyOW7kJSZRN8vge2H5oS1qiD98N0Z-E-9kG11Xo8qGtx8sy2WIcYBVNWkT4MMw/s200/DSC_0061.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248271391802082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZqyP4U-stL0gmXVy8Hdozb0DHJvay17XkRBADIED7EE6TUWWgAzXIl5RHthYniJzHe_6_SOQQIEvGbZVuibKqbDXeeq7vY84ZNskg-y5q2wE3r17jGth9baU3XId_4PblgViNR4riHk/s1600/DSC_0105.JPG.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZqyP4U-stL0gmXVy8Hdozb0DHJvay17XkRBADIED7EE6TUWWgAzXIl5RHthYniJzHe_6_SOQQIEvGbZVuibKqbDXeeq7vY84ZNskg-y5q2wE3r17jGth9baU3XId_4PblgViNR4riHk/s200/DSC_0105.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248467771554546" style="display: block; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYPht11jdqyxtEIk646BqsFZgSN5PZd4vPUGBkIUmvn5fYQ1G7_y1rEggwWUMF-YXqwQoBPJ1bT7WzkaIAVR8oQ-I2pZLqG0uxcTqKUv0c1eZZ4w4PDT9VkL9TLcCFaxzDXM9Roy7-7E/s200/DSC_0052.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248085747145058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Even beyond her whimsical yet edgy Fall 2010 collection, Lyons has impeccable taste on the home front. I fell in LOOOOOVE with her <a href="http://hecateandstyx.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-think-of-you-every-morning-dream-of.html">dressing room</a> months ago, and the rest of her epic Brooklyn pad is equally as awe-inspiring and totally cool:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4eAmrB2pXdv2JekrHJy-2O4vwpBfEaAw2NgHXe1Z60XL-ton5QJyDkybkvjT0dw7E8kl2QKR-vgYDalb1gadl8AQN3j9bPVFNBsmVIrd52ujIrOLq8japiFwNOix-xeCnYfr4_CgL58/s1600/entry.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4eAmrB2pXdv2JekrHJy-2O4vwpBfEaAw2NgHXe1Z60XL-ton5QJyDkybkvjT0dw7E8kl2QKR-vgYDalb1gadl8AQN3j9bPVFNBsmVIrd52ujIrOLq8japiFwNOix-xeCnYfr4_CgL58/s200/entry.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248909840762594" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 200px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT8mbN8qkC0eiwF3NGoFVtV9Xylup5Qyp6l7OsRjT9tGSiPR_3KyujdUmo3EnFk6UqtjaHxF1yyfXwsXCRZiNDnzSBJQnSTPb7H29Z8ZTaXLfizB2wCYOMG_785-MrH5pmDOtBy-ORFw/s1600/architect+living+room.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT8mbN8qkC0eiwF3NGoFVtV9Xylup5Qyp6l7OsRjT9tGSiPR_3KyujdUmo3EnFk6UqtjaHxF1yyfXwsXCRZiNDnzSBJQnSTPb7H29Z8ZTaXLfizB2wCYOMG_785-MrH5pmDOtBy-ORFw/s200/architect+living+room.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248650135700226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmTf1Pf4MUFjC6qDwY_2GEAHJbGk_yfBUQilRwvri2uEqdiK-33zcVp5yh-LEukMyd6z0JDtK9fN63tYMHKiq0GIjmSHN91XLLR8uTYo2sOzF1THUPk1-avNlFmJNMhLZSymbXqaH_S4/s1600/architect+dining.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmTf1Pf4MUFjC6qDwY_2GEAHJbGk_yfBUQilRwvri2uEqdiK-33zcVp5yh-LEukMyd6z0JDtK9fN63tYMHKiq0GIjmSHN91XLLR8uTYo2sOzF1THUPk1-avNlFmJNMhLZSymbXqaH_S4/s200/architect+dining.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248597424730242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMBZVZoW3S4hXsG5_esgFlggRLkA70N8HTbyB1vuvTUsDhpDZHQke4PQi9mw7nX9itpSjvXyFXDol5nswHnBtbmJ8pnpLlFMSg9TuoBH78wsNKZqvjN_6GzmuSzxzJC0rkHivO8iziig/s200/architect+sitting+kitchen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248717462069266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmiRf1e_qVJ2YZZZ2cQju0ImRH6nFMLggZdQrUv1uttIikw2pSdlk6vmzCefkYOcC6LwrtzCSMyNHk4qXysJWkm8wEOTRjpzwZttqTNtaKlbKGg2r_TdtvxkkmgMToxOd-BkMd8aL4f4/s1600/gasl_lyons_04_19969091.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmiRf1e_qVJ2YZZZ2cQju0ImRH6nFMLggZdQrUv1uttIikw2pSdlk6vmzCefkYOcC6LwrtzCSMyNHk4qXysJWkm8wEOTRjpzwZttqTNtaKlbKGg2r_TdtvxkkmgMToxOd-BkMd8aL4f4/s200/gasl_lyons_04_19969091.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457248536190194882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new', serif;">There's a certain sensibility and calm to the home- as if not a care in the world enters those pristine brownstone double doors. Sparse, albeit masterfully selected pieces give the eye a taste of excitement here and there, but most thankfully not everywhere(that mirror above the fireplace! the artwork above the OTHER fireplace!) Black and white and muted tones, to perfection. The VIEW during morning coffee. It's all just so whoa, so moi, so so so... Jenna Lyons. Love her - home, work, style, aura. Brava!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And as for my deep dark secret - I've been pouring over J.Crew catalogs for years. But now, I might actually bite! (Don't tell Miss Sixty, they'll loathe my betrayal for sure.)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of habituallychic.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-90132381597629473962010-04-05T09:56:00.007-05:002010-04-05T10:53:17.867-05:00FLY ME TO THE MOON, LET ME SING AMONG THOSE STARS<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I like to plan. I get my ducks in a row, make arrangements as needed and then count down the days with excitement and anticipation for what is to come. Give me a game plan, and I'll run the play. But leaving things to chance? Last minute arrangements as a way of life? Not for me. I'm all for spontaneity, but I love the process of planning for a special event or trip. Which is why I'm planning for my 30th birthday bonanza now, despite the fact that I haven't turned 29 yet (but I'm already calling myself 29, to myself.. it's only two months away). Hecate and I agreed that France would be an ideal locale. We LOVED Paris, Lyon, Nice, Corsica, Dijon, and every wine vineyard in between, last we visited in 2001. So considering our undeniable affection for the European stunner, France is top of list. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But then, I came across this:</span></span></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtaU6o8bXl5jKe5cN49XcRVjoa6yEFr4sEMpHq3c7qdBksxdn8KjJ3cUcPJ9AKW20OjOZ8LIC0eWm5b5TU9qLXMMk00WPO2S1YUyGlMyU3psi6lf4qjnhQGkaXzDg_VneyrhAARbfp2w/s1600/Picture+9.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtaU6o8bXl5jKe5cN49XcRVjoa6yEFr4sEMpHq3c7qdBksxdn8KjJ3cUcPJ9AKW20OjOZ8LIC0eWm5b5TU9qLXMMk00WPO2S1YUyGlMyU3psi6lf4qjnhQGkaXzDg_VneyrhAARbfp2w/s200/Picture+9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670665268098370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px; " /></a></div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwHBA5by-TsneNaJcVlTjpWa41hM84X3Zu4kRmcXNLsK5hani8bofBQ4cmHu5kpcSdyF8adbM4LNzOHmE_ZHu0SxPbsiFe-Ru-UwJayU2RrE89VOY7CH-3tThPwHTGr3bIygWhnMJEps/s1600/Picture+11-1.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwHBA5by-TsneNaJcVlTjpWa41hM84X3Zu4kRmcXNLsK5hani8bofBQ4cmHu5kpcSdyF8adbM4LNzOHmE_ZHu0SxPbsiFe-Ru-UwJayU2RrE89VOY7CH-3tThPwHTGr3bIygWhnMJEps/s200/Picture+11-1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670857841999826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 119px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsx2kJvk-e6XrN9pYgXDN0IzXktvlim-xKXKGa0iHqywh6Qq8zLx53bjJH83NZwjNAhaR551VIOv0wZascC4Ej0R4IYomJ2K1NooCoXO_n5HOGCB79SxfxCaeL4Liwgp3Up6uCS_IDgQ/s1600/Picture+10.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsx2kJvk-e6XrN9pYgXDN0IzXktvlim-xKXKGa0iHqywh6Qq8zLx53bjJH83NZwjNAhaR551VIOv0wZascC4Ej0R4IYomJ2K1NooCoXO_n5HOGCB79SxfxCaeL4Liwgp3Up6uCS_IDgQ/s200/Picture+10.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670754790794226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So how 'bout Santorini, sis? And Bre? And anyone else interested in a week of unadulterated renewal and relaxation? The jury's still out, and I'm still gung ho about Provence (France), but I need to get planning so...... Any other suggestions?? Current score: tie between France and Santorini.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And since we're talking about France, I experienced a strange blast from the past with this photo, which oddly and closely resembles very kitchen in the Brooklyn loft Senor Sperm Donor temporarily lived in... </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9dvT2fnXNBvFPp8uXWzu8bS1nO8oCBxcvri8ywDuTHCy66xqu8Zf-4Jvpz5X8dO70vDavGDUrH-VQHxNviPT5I4Or7e3HhQk8XMMGT887ZzCYkp4KIjdLP4X-kde3w_i9PEa5BJd5wM/s200/Picture+13.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456670931257768562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(If I lost you, just enjoy the pick and imagine me cooking up late night brownies for a bunch of visiting Frenchies in this <i>glorious</i> kitchen. The rest, as we know it, is history.)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of decorno.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-89509417252494462562010-04-02T09:09:00.008-05:002010-04-05T10:55:38.910-05:00I KNOW OUR CREATOR DIDN'T MAKE NO MISTAKES ON ME<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBB-tmZE4fxUX05jEIq_AnOgqORu5kWzn9cFxw7nc48t0uM0L0FBfH0sFbN6-LhNVfaJSWc4GevAJXXO_ntA-NLxLYkKpAJ_bSlnbdrdLblog7jj2t-BD9RNKbeWvzwTBWnEz-sMYFFM/s200/051009_08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455582126679954706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 100px; " /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It's Good Friday, so it seems like a good time to feed your brain some introspective "meat" - since the literal animal is off limits today. You may even choose to sit cross-legged with a warm cup of hot yerba matte while I enlighten you (thanks to Pa Dukes, my steadfast source of enlightenment and reason). Together now, let's learn about Mental Heuristics:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'courier new', serif;font-size:small;"><i>MENTAL HEURISTICS</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> A heuristic is a "rule-of-thumb", advice that helps an </i></span></span><a href="http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Words/a.html#AI"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>AI</i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> program or human think and act more efficiently by directing thinking in an useful direction. </i></span></span><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> Some of these heuristics are age-old wisdom, bordering on cliche, but most are actually helpful. </i></span></span></p><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>If you want something done, do it yourself</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Obviously true, and doing it is usually very good for your self esteem. A surprising amount of work can be done this way, and experts are not always necessary. However, there is a risk of becoming overworked if you try to do </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>everything</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> yourself - we all need other people after all. </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Never procrastinate anything you can do right now</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Very powerful. There are many things that can be fixed or solved with a minimum of effort, but are often pushed aside as unimportant. Unfortunately they won't go away, and in time the feelings of guilt for not having done them will make you even less likely of fixing the problems. </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>When you have several things you could be doing and don't know which to do: Just do any one of them!</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>If you cannot decide between two or more possibilities, then there is a good chance that the differences don't matter. However, most people begin to hesitate in this kind of situation (</i></span></span><a href="http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Words/f.html#FREDKINS_PARADOX"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Fredkin's paradox</i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>). If you are conscious of this, you can just choose one choice randomly or according to some standard method. </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Always assume that you will succeed</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>If you don't expect to succeed in an endeavor, then you will not do your best and will not notice possible solutions, while if you feel that you will eventually succeed you will concentrate all your power at the problem. Of course, there is no point in attempting what you cannot do, a certain amount of self-knowledge is always needed. </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>If you can't find a solution, change the rules</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Remember that there are no no-win scenarios. </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>If you cannot do anything about something, there is no point in worrying about it</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Worrying is stressful, and in most situations doesn't accomplish anything - it just wastes energy. Instead of worrying about things, either do something about them or find ways around the problem. One useful idea is to write down your worries on slips of paper, and then put them away in a box. Regularly, once a week or so, you open the box and see what you can do about the worries that are still relevant. </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Do not rely on conscious decisions for speed - Just Do It</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>The conscious mind is surprisingly slow, conscious choices and actions are delayed for a significant time (a reflex acts within some tens of milliseconds, an unconscious reaction to external stimuli circa 100 milliseconds and a conscious choice several seconds). The duty of the conscious mind is usually to inhibit rather than start action, and if you become too conscious of what you are doing in a tense situation you will hesitate or slow down. </i></span></span><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> It is a good idea to learn to rely on your non-conscious mind, since our conscious mind is slow and has very low bandwidth while the other systems in our brains have a tremendous capacity and actually do most of the real work anyway. </i></span></span></p><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Don't try to explain away your actions for yourself</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>While we often do things we do not want to explain our real motivations for before other people (out of fear of embarrassment, anger or loss of image), it is a bad idea to try to convince oneself that the motivation was anything different from what it was. It will only reduce your self-knowledge with deliberate misinformation, and it is often valuable to understand what motivations you have (even if you dislike them or would never admit them in public). </i></span></span><hr /> <h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Listen to your intuition, but do not believe it unconditionally</i></span></span></h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Intuitive or emotional thinking, analogies, "gut feelings" or "flashes of inspiration" can sometimes give fantastic new insights or show problems from a new direction. Unfortunately such thinking isn't always reliable, and quite often completely wrong! Such insights should never be accepted because you admire their beauty or they are intuitive, only because they fit with reality.</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And now I'll add one of my own, realized just this last week:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>VANITY IS FOR THE WEAK - BE STRONG AND EMBRACE YOUR ENTIRE SELF, PERCEIVED "FLAWS" AND ALL</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Case in point: my hair is growing at a snail's pace, so I jumped on the prenatal vitamin train. Seemed like a good idea, it worked for hair growth and nail strengthening when I was pregnant, why should this be any different? In theory, great idea. In execution, a total disaster. What ensued was a week of multiplying facial issues, including but not limited to a total, complete, disastrous breakout of head turning proportions, when I went to a modeling call back with the face of a cosmetic chemical peel gone terribly wrong. (Think Samantha in <i>Sex in the City</i>, at Carrie's book signing party. Red, white, splotchy, looking like a red velvet cupcake exploded in my face.) Nevertheless, I'm content wearing hats through the remainder of spring, then summer and into fall as my hair continues to maybe think about growing, if it means my face won't make a casting agency (or small children) cringe. The prenatals, I've decided, are best left to the childbearing and lactating.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But really, and back to the point of my "heuristic" addition, summer's on its way and it's all too easy to get self-conscious and hide in a muumuu. Nay, I tell you! Get out there, exercise, eat healthy foods to feed your bones and your brain, read stories of inspiration and optimism, and love thyself! Stretch marks and all. (Oh wait, maybe that's just me...) <b> </b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(image courtesy of sabinepieper.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-78491823310834254182010-04-01T11:55:00.007-05:002010-04-01T13:02:31.273-05:00DON'T BE A HARD ROCK WHEN YOU REALLY ARE A GEM<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4MW5__1Ym9L9gywhrKCFnnICHxD9hpiVww_8qkctbE1MhgY80u0WuBtpsX9ym_Xd3L1dHpdPqQ9vOToX3KtC1_nnDk39yvnI8T6a5iiMAerbT79jbUH5m65CwFLS71mGbMOVHu-Q6Bs/s1600/myspace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4MW5__1Ym9L9gywhrKCFnnICHxD9hpiVww_8qkctbE1MhgY80u0WuBtpsX9ym_Xd3L1dHpdPqQ9vOToX3KtC1_nnDk39yvnI8T6a5iiMAerbT79jbUH5m65CwFLS71mGbMOVHu-Q6Bs/s200/myspace.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455222496088643346" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new', serif;">What the bluchk?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I'm baffled by a few social faux pas('s?), those irksome, left-eyebrow raising behaviors that seem commonplace (at least in good ol' passive aggressive Minnie). Here's my current (not so) favorite: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Talking on the cell phone while on the pot in a public restroom. I witness this at minimum once a week in the office loo. Really? Becky's awful outfit from last night's cocktail party discussion can't wait two minutes for you to finish your bidness in a sanitary fashion? Because believe you me, these are the same folks who think two seconds of water sprinkle (if they even go that extra step) is sufficient, post-bidness. Does the caller on the other end REALLY want to hear what's going on here? Methinks no. Ah, yes, ok, and then to top it off, this cesspool of germs and ignoble chatter is your next interviewee! Oh, yay! And you "get" to shake their post-bidness-barely-water-powdered phalanges! Greaaaaat. Oy vay, chivalry is DEAD!!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(And I am clearly in need of a Prozac refill.)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Join me, then, to a happy place: <a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/">Garance Dore</a> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Garance Dore's latest video installment- A Month In Fashion, serving as a sort of culmination of the whirlwind Fashion Weeks that just ended, is <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">diviiiiiiine</span></i>. Take me there. Where? Oh silly, I don't care. Choose a major market and I'll be pleased. New York, Milan, Paris. At this point, I don't care. If it means I don't have to be the third wheel in another stranger's "potty" prattle, I'm THERE! </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing out</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(image courtesy of garancedore.fr/en)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-4097913775722158222010-03-23T16:11:00.004-05:002010-03-23T16:14:44.236-05:00WH-WH-WH-WH-WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><br /></div>Check it out: <a href="http://kathigginsmusic.com/">www.kathigginsmusic.com</a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It's a sort of work-in-progress-labor-of-love-new-obsession-therapeutic-experience-all-whilst-trying-to-entertain-you-and-you-and-you...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bear with me, there will be lots more soon.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">f</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-85759286891186979082010-03-19T10:03:00.009-05:002010-03-19T16:19:28.621-05:00I'M NOT LOVIN' YOU THE WAY I WANTED TO, SEE I WANNA MOVE BUT CAN'T ESCAPE FROM YOU<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I may be biased here, but I'd like to think my son is pretty darn cute. And Hecate and I discuss, on rare occasion, the trouble that's in store for us (I say us, because she's the 'dad' in this relationship) when Junior reaches young adulthood. Trouble by the name of 'girls'. It'll be quite a feat for any little chica to wow the kid, because he's seen a lot at the ripe old age of 4- and by the time he's in his teens, there probably won't be much that will impress him (let's just say he's a worldly little dude-- in the best sense). But then I came across this photo and thought: ok, this'll work. Junior- meet your future wife:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_zGH107HufiZxOONnduG2ObXs6NtdfEWHfYtevSXIbBYpISFZ-atZWOaN0ByBsq4-ug5mkiG_HIu2Fgdlor2Ri9tIWOPSbkWiMg5qzEXQP7AYQ_8k1ThZKzpZVFr9emdcWJN0kYjqQU/s200/idil-by-hanneli-mustaparta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450364081495036274" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 200px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Of course, I have no idea if she's into the rock 'n roll jams you like, or if she's as big a fan of tofu as you, or even if she speaks French like you (ok, you're not really at the "speaking" level as much as "absorbing", but we're getting there), so at least she's got the style thing down. I mean, she is ROCKIN' that leather/tutu/tennies look. And as we know, this is a big one in mama's book.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Then, there's mama (me, keep up....) For various assorted reasons, I'm content going it solo, forever more amen. BUT, in my lovely dreamland I'll be marrying him:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4_lpNTPRaRbNfCOXwpnIWcwrHmE1CUXdangcFuuhMljBGjBO6H-Gww76Zi1DN0ByZLVN5mFIf-9Bd7gmWQK2QM2axSewoFq34PejYKBEQTPmsUimB7ZUurm2uR6kWxrKvW1olrfUCR4/s200/11810MilanV3484Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450363851913482402" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Let's not trouble ourselves with choosing which of the above will be my future (dreamland) hubby, I'll make the choice when hard pressed to do so. In the meantime, I'll take both. Because unlike reality, in my dreamland you can never have too much of a good thing. (Which is why I'll also have a few Ducati's in my fairytale garage) ((Can you tell I've been watching too much "Barbie: Enchanted Castle" with the little guy lately??))</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of hanneli.com, thesartorialist.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-20825859422651145212010-03-18T13:12:00.013-05:002010-03-19T10:28:51.955-05:00THE KIND YOU FIND IN A DREAM, AND DREAMS ARE SO REAL FOR ME<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A few of my favorite things: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1. my sister (Hecate) ((Irish twin sister, to be exact)) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2. my Irish twin's hair</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3. St. Patty's Day spent enjoying Guinness with my Irish twin</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4. red lips </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5. Grandma Punky's fur</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">6. springtime in Minneapolis</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">7. frolicking outside in the Minneapolis springtime with Junior</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">8. this totally rad (and random, but postworthy) photo of Junior</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">_____________________________________</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4fiWhXLQYJczr_UFFDMWcsUW8a0OJ2_dIqJGcb8vJM_dAZetJ0H1DVxemBEAAw5O5WuRnM7ykFfTT26oj-rlPXZkQP-Qz3Nlwl3yJwhFzfE-YJfDGQuwcRRJXkPsmGWHDlhWTNswLmc/s200/bridgie-standing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450057126651341298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 68px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">_____________________________________</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2, 3</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpof6PeiDNWJ5UV89inpVpYCNiglRB6tbWMwf-FcpUszQC5xeNTu0X1QsAWrXyuPkfmOXnBauuyFyHbs0HyEwPLkZ_EvN9bfjKamx7vvi-sVw6OqAEUtrt51sN2B-TiUqaBbLtBRd3bw/s1600-h/bridgie-cute+h:s.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpof6PeiDNWJ5UV89inpVpYCNiglRB6tbWMwf-FcpUszQC5xeNTu0X1QsAWrXyuPkfmOXnBauuyFyHbs0HyEwPLkZ_EvN9bfjKamx7vvi-sVw6OqAEUtrt51sN2B-TiUqaBbLtBRd3bw/s200/bridgie-cute+h:s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450057062614822434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">_______________________________________</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4, 5, 6</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PMwED91xRJbNRXtY7t40_5XAXwRV0b6yfUegzoQwje701unuzjHBlSrDXGOK46MBeJb0N8IyIWSDud8_hJs8sqZugfIdM38n-aCPER-kH0m9ZFZ1ycI9P7cyzI0ngVqtp5pephn5cd4/s200/kat-standing+at+chino.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450055431857194498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNUQPcZUv4w1xAh89MqaJ-gIKxnYd07o6QrccChEVgg6Czp4vrl409xBUIgP8_3YvheGJcyeCPuyft7OmwDSeDrsAL_00bvCk4-4pR1VxicPH0qi13aTTeY8o6BM50b-sI94SQQ7eIBA/s200/kat-fur:lips.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450057272348072466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">fur- vintage, shirt- RVCA x Erin Wasson, hat- vintage</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysrJ7ix3RXdv4K4Ukii-BYobIkvj9AGrZ2xMWsWYpDPJ1DL-rxT7o7fyb995Q8yrRKUDJkCEtsl7kOUkz0FQMiC91_idDodTLXxXhY7nzc1JcONGcEZY74yVmHuXcfF2GzxOSmbJ7R2k/s200/kat-stading+boots:fur.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450057197492563266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 70px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">dress- BCBG runway, fur- vintage, boots- Jeffrey Campbell, hat- vintage</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">______________________________________</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">8</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbrGNxdCsoa_T8VOBuYzv3BoknfjJgKvHMRR11_7G7s_tqEOGhCXMdu-AzWCKEjdTJuS4mELcLqzPsPFeONSxYVz7R1PswvuzgIVtErWadhbY3SHzW6bJG-0TKFDtxjmVYJBlnspnDo0/s1600-h/paz-hipster.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbrGNxdCsoa_T8VOBuYzv3BoknfjJgKvHMRR11_7G7s_tqEOGhCXMdu-AzWCKEjdTJuS4mELcLqzPsPFeONSxYVz7R1PswvuzgIVtErWadhbY3SHzW6bJG-0TKFDtxjmVYJBlnspnDo0/s200/paz-hipster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450046399328004466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wishing you all the smiles and optimism 60-degrees and sunny has given me. Huzzah for Spring! And Guinness and rouge lips and furs and boots!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Love you sis.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing off</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of moi)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-2876521856333197892010-03-17T05:42:00.016-05:002010-03-17T06:28:41.340-05:00SOMEWHERE FAR ALONG THIS ROAD HE LOST HIS SOUL, TO A WOMAN SO HEARTLESS<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well its official, another Fashion Week in the can. And while I'm still waiting for my Balmain, Isabel Marant, et al, invites to arrive in the mail (gee, those carrier pigeons sure are slow moving these days..) I've continued my old routine of blog whore-dom, scouring daily those which consistently deliver for my seemingly insatiable fashion week appetite. But this season, I felt far more compelled by the off-the-runway musings than what was being snapped in the shows themselves. Take a gander at some of my front-runners:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qOo0ocpa6fuYjdqHZdh2n7g4kiYVZi8XqZCL1k8EsQgddO96PVbnwzsg3qNzVZOyYknAmq2UIyLh44JtwcGaLwkJewLamypPGKY5tjIk2MAJzIWCOnJWfRR5WZlyx_7rpzO-EMmFyGc/s1600-h/zanna-roberts-williamson-thumb-500x750.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qOo0ocpa6fuYjdqHZdh2n7g4kiYVZi8XqZCL1k8EsQgddO96PVbnwzsg3qNzVZOyYknAmq2UIyLh44JtwcGaLwkJewLamypPGKY5tjIk2MAJzIWCOnJWfRR5WZlyx_7rpzO-EMmFyGc/s200/zanna-roberts-williamson-thumb-500x750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449553286678654850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">S</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">o slouchy, comfy, and amazing Christian Louboutins to boot (nyuk nyuk).</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippsNaOoC9CPeFRsVPzrfXvcsCExhKuV22wnu13csIUAKYtYYl4jkX_2Xu5G33nZNLEbFsNKQovK4YE2Z5NZL-3tEwQXrwa_li25DtzYbcF5uJCbNQ05gl6XESiBfR5HPUTiaToBpVA1M/s1600-h/vtrainabalenciaga.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippsNaOoC9CPeFRsVPzrfXvcsCExhKuV22wnu13csIUAKYtYYl4jkX_2Xu5G33nZNLEbFsNKQovK4YE2Z5NZL-3tEwQXrwa_li25DtzYbcF5uJCbNQ05gl6XESiBfR5HPUTiaToBpVA1M/s1600-h/vtrainabalenciaga.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippsNaOoC9CPeFRsVPzrfXvcsCExhKuV22wnu13csIUAKYtYYl4jkX_2Xu5G33nZNLEbFsNKQovK4YE2Z5NZL-3tEwQXrwa_li25DtzYbcF5uJCbNQ05gl6XESiBfR5HPUTiaToBpVA1M/s200/vtrainabalenciaga.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449553205097587922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 124px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just.... oh god...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ4okZx6VrVQxoyEHSnIgk1yQgslR4V1xomDPcGLE_FbNrE5x8uxxN_3WfQ85vr0zlP9ql0Ua_EDqSXBraIFBCgFX6cTEtOVpcqV5gLKkgixYNC0PNltIf0vKXQpX5VIWhMhcH6KYbqc/s1600-h/parka-volant%C3%A9e-thumb-500x750.jpg"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpq69cbg3IOIVkdI6mOguYEL3w9UbDTRDRI9c9OD0mNe8vMyqzmIUGn00VjvOQpb5dqFRrrrH0_DcJB4L0cFLANog5d71Jou29FwMPbY_QYCU652SgBW7T6vq-ffdMNIEt7O9KqTY5wmE/s1600-h/jean2-thumb-500x750.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpq69cbg3IOIVkdI6mOguYEL3w9UbDTRDRI9c9OD0mNe8vMyqzmIUGn00VjvOQpb5dqFRrrrH0_DcJB4L0cFLANog5d71Jou29FwMPbY_QYCU652SgBW7T6vq-ffdMNIEt7O9KqTY5wmE/s200/jean2-thumb-500x750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449552809817972226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yep. This is pretty much me from the neck down.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73rYbmI_RSpIdXiPcxyb3QxtbDqip65oAZu-SwCe2ZR7q7zKJATPLwQwr8q5Sti-DSxnOyl1PDI2byp5ajlFnxh6RcfILT4HDM-dTAtZNBkZ7IR3ATcZoWQC3DcZN0yBmt_-XjY-4g5A/s200/daniela-zanotti-thumb-500x750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449562992260985170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oh look, there's me again (teehee). </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Great shoes.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-DoGee9iS7hBZ0Mlfm7Ao5CDndoVRC4Yw3COLV4R05AOWENYQ-6enVAgZ1Y8_tMcHiVuOVsPSZk9bbZ5k61p5UOsG3nbE4mQkzjnDEKfb7AxL1F8VHg62lsVOkkhQkZo6oigtjvTHy0/s1600-h/gants-verts-thumb-500x750.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-DoGee9iS7hBZ0Mlfm7Ao5CDndoVRC4Yw3COLV4R05AOWENYQ-6enVAgZ1Y8_tMcHiVuOVsPSZk9bbZ5k61p5UOsG3nbE4mQkzjnDEKfb7AxL1F8VHg62lsVOkkhQkZo6oigtjvTHy0/s200/gants-verts-thumb-500x750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449552686593216962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Great movement here, and the green pops to perfection.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oEP8OQIqVlLbQSZamWgYr638iibliDwURHiMJOg1pxim7vbNgq0PEECBtPaj6l0b5EtPSmev_t8QxhfnVPuI39kiFe7LVfPJa6EBvF17iqG7ekZqf_kh-lZ87ZpZyJCK6K1PHQ6VGOc/s1600-h/gaia+repossi-thumb-500x749.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oEP8OQIqVlLbQSZamWgYr638iibliDwURHiMJOg1pxim7vbNgq0PEECBtPaj6l0b5EtPSmev_t8QxhfnVPuI39kiFe7LVfPJa6EBvF17iqG7ekZqf_kh-lZ87ZpZyJCK6K1PHQ6VGOc/s200/gaia+repossi-thumb-500x749.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449552618412498194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Leopard done right. And that ring? Gorgeous.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIIyOxfff04IB4bvI-b4Q3xsbKNd_kg2I5RStmjQBq5BiLn-xe3ZHjMP4mdyuLd7Pxw7kKs4AbCroV_j-m813qk0lnfLHfFnhVicejXEiyv5p-W6TmnM6gwsDb25eePTrpAY3HtR6u5A/s1600-h/emmanuellealtbalmain.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIIyOxfff04IB4bvI-b4Q3xsbKNd_kg2I5RStmjQBq5BiLn-xe3ZHjMP4mdyuLd7Pxw7kKs4AbCroV_j-m813qk0lnfLHfFnhVicejXEiyv5p-W6TmnM6gwsDb25eePTrpAY3HtR6u5A/s200/emmanuellealtbalmain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449552549149318002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 129px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The cut of Mme Alt's blazer is positively magnifique! Brava.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAe-ReSMrXgdIkujvzhIa5DWLFDcAVPlB5l-DI4Cl7lPfupdDRNWGKWBhZQas0dolN6fxhOimjDI6tEHqK6Vty93OrJh3iwVOF8O3Okomwi3VMLnq8wd4yzHF71GEU8P47aE0OCSRZUY/s1600-h/alexfreja1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAe-ReSMrXgdIkujvzhIa5DWLFDcAVPlB5l-DI4Cl7lPfupdDRNWGKWBhZQas0dolN6fxhOimjDI6tEHqK6Vty93OrJh3iwVOF8O3Okomwi3VMLnq8wd4yzHF71GEU8P47aE0OCSRZUY/s200/alexfreja1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449552404099689250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 124px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yes, Alexander, yesssss.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ4okZx6VrVQxoyEHSnIgk1yQgslR4V1xomDPcGLE_FbNrE5x8uxxN_3WfQ85vr0zlP9ql0Ua_EDqSXBraIFBCgFX6cTEtOVpcqV5gLKkgixYNC0PNltIf0vKXQpX5VIWhMhcH6KYbqc/s200/parka-volant%C3%A9e-thumb-500x750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449552951270449474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What I love about this shot is the radical parka. She's losing me with the shoes... a little height to create some length would've had me sold.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WGd7v0_2KSAknCGUfPkiW-cSeQ7t7KztzvN36FfVwiheph-ewCJjEB61JUNKe-CDGT-PED5KO1Rr0pHf2E-l-xm_bNrC9tkKr8qAeMZ-j6FIDkHvPGBCWTyNnUnOA5XExxZvQjQrpEY/s1600-h/sqtwzb.jpg"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WGd7v0_2KSAknCGUfPkiW-cSeQ7t7KztzvN36FfVwiheph-ewCJjEB61JUNKe-CDGT-PED5KO1Rr0pHf2E-l-xm_bNrC9tkKr8qAeMZ-j6FIDkHvPGBCWTyNnUnOA5XExxZvQjQrpEY/s1600-h/sqtwzb.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WGd7v0_2KSAknCGUfPkiW-cSeQ7t7KztzvN36FfVwiheph-ewCJjEB61JUNKe-CDGT-PED5KO1Rr0pHf2E-l-xm_bNrC9tkKr8qAeMZ-j6FIDkHvPGBCWTyNnUnOA5XExxZvQjQrpEY/s200/sqtwzb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449553104601824434" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing out</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of blogs.lexpress.fr/cafe-mode, jakandjil.com)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-42642504786854764212010-03-09T13:18:00.012-06:002010-03-09T13:44:29.473-06:00YOU'RE CLOTHES ARE ALL MADE BY BALMAIN, AND THERE'S DIAMONDS AND PEARLS IN YOUR HAIR<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I have made no secret of my complete preference for <i>Paris Vogu</i><i>e</i> over America's prosaic counterpart. <a href="http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f71/emmanuelle-alt-fashion-director-vogue-paris-47708-151.html">Emmanuelle Alt</a>, fashion director of <i>Paris Vogue</i> and style guide to many of the premier European fashion houses, is a huge factor in my affection- and here's a great example of her genius. From the March 2010 issue, styled by Alt, photographed by David Sims, we have "COMMANDO":</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElCj_feAowloSc7cz0j6JQq8xV4xFwE9CIIKNdkBXjoGHDDnaH9nWEnNufBJL21VBpeyZIwlumI3ATXT7atOQ7jogUJIAaSksPeNNvMKkHvN_mX9DuNuLv2XgiHafJrqPkUC-iB_PEAQ/s1600-h/WorldClient-11.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElCj_feAowloSc7cz0j6JQq8xV4xFwE9CIIKNdkBXjoGHDDnaH9nWEnNufBJL21VBpeyZIwlumI3ATXT7atOQ7jogUJIAaSksPeNNvMKkHvN_mX9DuNuLv2XgiHafJrqPkUC-iB_PEAQ/s200/WorldClient-11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446718773947553778" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Military inspiration? Check. Balmain? Check. Leather, studs, and shredded within an inch of its life? Check. I'm in love. With Mme Alt and this entire ed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing out</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(images courtesy of thefashionspot.com)</span></span></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320218032058970942.post-4967285288246995102010-03-09T10:15:00.003-06:002010-03-09T10:21:25.011-06:00I WAS WALKING ALONG MINDING MY BUSINESS, WHEN LOVE CAME AND HIT ME IN THE EYE<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just do it: </span></span><a href="http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/stylenotes/021110_Tommy_Ton_NYC/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">yessssssss</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The shoes in Tommy Ton's latest installment of Fashion Week street style are positively prodigious. (sigh)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Styx, signing out</span></span></div><div><br /></div>HECATE & STYXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07734367818126354176noreply@blogger.com0