Capsule Travel Wardrobe: What I Wore Today, 11.8.11
One thing I’m going to miss about Florence is Gelateria Porta Romana’s cioccolato-cannella-peperoncino gelato. It’s like Mexican hot chocolate’s chilly cousin. black boucle overcoat with mink collar + black leggings + gray with white stripes long-sleeved t-shirt + black boots + Cynthia Rowley handbag gelato: cioccolato-cannella-peperoncino (chocolate-cinnamon-hot chili) Gelateria Yogurteria Porta Romana Piazza Porta Roma [...]
Capsule Travel Wardrobe: What I Wore Today, 11.04.11 San Gimignano
Wow! I’ve actually lost a lot of weight on my all gelato all the time diet. Look how dumpy my ass looks in those khakis. It’s like I’m wearing a diaper or something. black and white striped short-sleeved t-shirt + black long sleeved t-shirt + khakis + dusty rose pashmina shawl + boner killing, outfit [...]
Things I Own Too Much Of: Underwear
What I can never have enough of? Stripey socks. One of the exemptions of The Compact–my favorite environmental movement that challenges its participants to buy nothing new for one calendar year–is underwear. Yes, you can buy new underwear. Unlike most people, I have no problem buying used underwear at a garage sale. Why? Because I [...]
2011 Spring Palette Challenge Project #1: A Sustainable Dress For Everyday By The Uniform Project
I have fetishized English boarding schools my entire life. As a kid I totally wanted to be sent away to school. Although most of the books I read about boarding school were full of murderous headmasters, edwardian poltergeists, and stale tea cookies, none of them managed to deter my preppy anglophilia. While the root of [...]
The Jam Slam 2011: A Call To Preservationists Everywhere!
One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to make a different variety of jam every week for a year. As canning is one of those fake frugal hobbies like knitting or quilting, I’m going to offset my jam costs by sourcing free fruit by growing my own, collecting surplus produce from my neighbors, gleaning ingredients [...]
The Lurid Details Of My Only Handmade Mandate for 2011
Because, you know, it’s never too early to set yourself up for crushing failure, here are my initial expectations/rules for my ONLY HANDMADE IN 2011 Mandate: Unless I can figure out how to get a full-ride scholarship to an Italian school for shoemakers this year, I will not be getting new shoes. Why? Because any [...]
My Stationery Addiction Now Has A Support Group! (52 Weeks, 52 Letters Challenge)
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a serious problem with stationery supplies. It’s partially genetic. My father collects fountain pens. My mother makes handmade paper goods from recycled fabrics and paper waste. I’m finally using my last stick of sealing wax left from a huge batch that my great aunt gave me in [...]
