round one: the dresses i can't even question, originally uploaded by hanvnah.

these couldn't be thrown on the bed with the rest. they are mine and can't be questioned. click on the photo to see my comments about the dresses kept. one other thing to note - from the wall to where the hangers start is the amount of space i will have in my closet - only a third or what i currently have.

let the sorting begin!

round one: the contents of my closet on my bed, originally uploaded by hanvnah.

my emptied closet sits on my bed waiting to be sorted.

• entrevista com o Superpose,
• matéria feita pelo Luigi, do blog ABOUT FASHION, mostrando a Torre do SPFW,
• A importância da trilha em um desfile,
• Resumo de três tendências,
• Desfile Calvin Klein,
• Fashion News, 

1º Bloco

 2º Bloco

3º Bloco

the trip

Seattle is an amazing city...comfortable and beautiful, urban and yet natural. I totally dug it. I had a wonderful birthday. The day was spent doing some of my favorite things: spending a long time in an antique store filled with costume jewelry, vintage clothing and accessories (I bought a pink straw hat, totally a necessity). Then a few hours were spent on my own doing what I love best: wandering a city I don't know very well, popping in shops, taking pictures, listening to music and keeping my eyes open. It's really my absolutely favorite past time. (the picture above is from my wandering, my reflection and the reflection of a mural in the window of a bar).

I also spent some time in SAM (seattle art museum) which has a great collection of Modern art and had a really inventive special exhibit on Impressionist art, placing Impressionists works next older art from various time periods really highlighting the radical changes the Impressionists pursued. I found it especially fascinating since I've never been a huge fan of Impressionist art but I think mainly because I'm seeing it with eyes used to modern art. Trying to see it the way it was seen when it was painted was a brand new and interesting experience.

My birthday dinner was at Palace Kitchen. It was recommended by a couple of friends and did not disappoint. It was exactly the type of restaurant I love - inventive delicious food served in relaxed comfortable surroundings. I had the tastiest salmon with morels and sweet corn and a rich chocolate mousse/custard amazingness for dessert.

The rest of the trip was fun as well. Most of the time was spent in family bat mitzvah time (which may be a whole posting if i get around to it). I took a bunch of photos and the set is all up on flickr.

the next few weeks

the next few weeks are going to be busy and fast. so much is going on! three weeks - three shows. wowzers. i stop working in a week and a couple of days but my business knows no end. three weeks - three shows.

I went to the Fringe Preview last night, it looks like the normal exciting mix of really interesting and really frightening. i also got the fringe brochure and am starting to mark the ones i want to see. but i don't know how i will since i have three weeks - three shows.

Delusions of Spandex: Dorks on the Loose: It I Awkward is the first show. It's gonna be awesome (buy tickets) The Post Going Out Gurus said that based on the names of Fringe Shows Dorks on the Loose was one they wanted to see.

Marat/Sade is the second show and new posts on the forum blog should be up soon. and then the third is the return of eXtreme eXchange: and it's interactive! and I'm going to be writing a play for it! check the eXtreme eXchange blog for more details.

Oh, and on top of all that I need to pack. and find a place to live. and do a lot of other things.

some randomness

I had over 800 blog posts in my Google Reader when I came home on Tuesday. I erased most of them but there were a couple of things i've starred to come back to when I have time. so, sometime in january or something. but here are a couple of things that stood out to me - haven't read them all yet but maybe I'll read these sooner than the others:

- Jew and the Carrot - Revolutionary Cookbooks

-I found the pictures on Femme Femme Femme of Ingrid Bétancourt this morning filled with strength and inspiration.

-Kosher-Keeping Vegans Go Undercover To Break The Biggest Case Of Animal Cruelty In American Jewish History on Jewcy. It looks like this article has something for everyone - plus I know my sister will appreciate the first line: Philip and Hannah Schein are the Rina Lazarus and Peter Decker of American vegans...I can't wait to read the full article/interview

-The Artful Manager thinks about how Art should be viewed. I'd like to spend a couple of hours wrapping my brain around these questions.

- Isaac Butler talks about storytelling and how it relates to his work on Parabasis - again a subject I'd like to devote some more brain power to - the problem with being so busy is that I can never find time to devote to the bigger questions i have about the work I do - hopefully going back to school will help with some of that.

- The Thoughtful Dresser on Eccentric Glamor . It's the first time I've heard that phrase and is totally how I'd like to classify my style.

- Jason Grote reflects on the Washington Times review of THIS STORM IS WHAT WE CALL PROGRESS at Rorschach (go see it!)

-Boing Boing pointed out a New York Times article on Urban Hiking. Which I'm guessing, since I haven't read it yet, is more or less my favorite pastime - mentioned above.

i've been feeling a bit frazzled lately. maybe it's the bites, or the fear of the unknown, or spring fever, or my trying at the same time to do to much and to do to little.

with all of the frazzledness I've been taking comfort in nostalgia. Not just any nostalgia but high school nostalgia. that time ten or more years ago. I was in high school from 1995-1999.  i actually enjoyed for the most part my high school experiences. I was lucky to go to a school that was small, artsy and urban. We were cool, we were dorks but it didn't matter that much. the clique's existed but where the standard high school clique's involved groups of jocks or groups of nerds or groups of pretty girls who always got the boys (in some realms cheerleaders) the field school, which i called my high school home, had maybe two jocks, maybe three nerds, and four of those popular girls.

In pop-high school terms i was probably the artsy kid, surrounded by artists we would sit out on the lawn or in a little hallway we had claimed and sketch each other, or talk about what Shakespeare monologue we loved the best, or talk about punk music, or ska.  we wore flannel and polyester.  i did not own a pair of jeans. in the years 1994-2000 there were no jeans in my life. now that feels so odd. I wore vintage mens pants or corduroys.  My favorite places to shop were the vintage clothings stores that then dotted adams morgan and my dad's closet where i would pull pants and cardigans.

anyway, i've been remembering those days. frequently now as my facebook friends increase by adding and being added by those i haven't spoken to in 10 years. we get the updates now but really i still haven't actually spoken to them, the internet is so odd.

i've been remembering those days as i played the name game at a bbq with another alumni who was in 9th or 10th grade when i graduated. it felt a little odd to be recognized but fascinating to see she remembered all of my friends and was fascinated to hear updates. and it went the other way around as she started telling me names i hadn't heard in so long but still resonated

my roommate has also been getting My So Called Life on netflixs. and that show. wow. takes me back. Watching it really feels like glimpsing back at a time in my life. They are clothed in flannel and polyester.  I was not Angela Chase. I did not go to a high school like the large one they went to. I had no Jordan Catalono, which really is a good thing.  But there is something about watching that show that just takes me back in time.

Looking around my closet, which is huge and still overflowing, and looking at my equally overflowing shelves I know there is still more to get rid of. And I know it makes no sense after the March 1 date to add much more to what there is. I think I need a clear set of rules about what to buy and how to rid myself of the excess. I would love to have a wardrobe that is clear in it's style and point of view. It's always been my dream that I would be able to mix and match every item I own on any day. A wardrobe so well put together that if I grabbed items blindfolded I would still be chic, unique, timeless and comfortable. That is my dream wardrobe.

New York Magazine takes a look at a  handful of artists who have taken their wardrobes to extremes by adopting one monochromatic look.  These people are doing what I could never do, I love pattern too much. But a glimpse inside their closets and inside their dedication to color is inspiring. And who knew stephen merritt only wears brown?