We had a wonderful time in Sonoma last weekend. Hot air balloons are neat. …and I love horses. Afterward, we had breakfast in this beautiful garden. It was basically a scaled up version of my dream garden. There were separate mini gardens within it for various cuisines: Italian, south american, etc. We also visited [...]...

This is my beautiful new dress, which Kenn bought me for my birthday. He is really good at buying me clothes. It's been a year since I bought any new, non-handmade clothing, so dresses as gifts are a special treat. Polka dots and plaid are two of my favorite things. And [...]...

I have been waiting patiently for Fifi Lapin to start selling prints of her fabulous bunnyness again, and finally they returned to her etsy store. Today, I received this print of Fifi wearing Luella's spring/summer 08 collection, inspired by Enid in Ghostworld. I love Enid, I love Luella, I love catwoman, and I love bunnies....

We just finished watching Yves Saint Laurent - His Life and Times/5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris, a two-part documentary on the famous couturier who only recently passed away. The first part focuses on his life, from his childhood in Algeria to his quick rise as the head of Dior through the development of his [...]...

I saw this dress while browsing the blog at Frances May, a shop in Portland, OR that specializes in independent designers. Portland has such amazing dress shops. Anyway, this dress is by Lorick and it's so lovely. I'm really into sheers lately. The dress I'm working on now is sheer and floaty and [...]...