for a silent love affair

i love this top... and all black... it's easy...

i just watched videos on youtube for an hour.... it was kinda all about this.

xo

gifted style stalker gidget blouse(worn backwards) from spanish moss, h&m leggings, gee wa wa boots, rings-ebay, vintage, elizabeth & james and maya

an' if I stay it will be double

i've been enjoying the weather through and through. i feel like l.a. is taking a shower... and i love being out in it...
sunday had some unexpected turns, but it ended up great... traipsed around echo park with one of my favorite people in the world... we took photos of each other in the rain, listened to music, drove around, parked around, scoped people and ate hot sandwiches in a bustling diner... we don't get to hang often so i revel in it and do silly things like take photos of our shoes...
i would much prefer the silhouette of my outfit without the hanging shawl cardi, but it was cold and said amigo "borrowed" my shorter cardigan(err!)... and i needed the extra layer... so superhero vibes were unavoidable. i kinda feel like this is a bowie batman frankenstein look, but as i am a fan of all three i embraced it with a grin on my face...
..yes, i took the buttons off my jacket... hopefully time will erase the evidence of their former presence...
xo
ps and no that isn't my car... i just realized that i am "posing" with a volvo haha

vintage faux fur jacket-goodwill,vintage blouse, jet by john eshaya cardi, h&m pants, gee wa wa fatale boots

keep the door open especially when it rains

the sun is shining and it's raining outside my screen door
i am inhaling the beginnings of fall and being reminded that i really just live in the desert

i've been sewing like crazy.... i've made three maxi skirts including this one, 4 headbands and a dress. stretch velvet is kinda taking over my mind right now....
i'm kinda dying to take a trip anywhere and go cd shopping (as in two separate events)... i guess i need to jump on that itunes thing huh? i mean i do have itunes, but all the music was loaded from cds.... analog grrl in a digital world...
paris is like a lover i've never met
until then it'll be all about velvet and amy winehouse...and pink floyd and neil young and iggy pop and daydreaming and zoning out and taking walks and drinking coffee and not sleeping and creating and did i say daydreaming?
xo

skirt-bravegrrl, top & bag-thrifted goodwill, scarf & necklace-from mom(she made the necklace), sunnies-popkillers, rings-maya & f21, boots-gee wawa fatale

i promise i'm true
i know i used to be confused

i can tell that we're going to be friends...

i was told i look like axl rose when i wear headbands like this. i think that is funny. i wasn't going for the axel look, but i do love it, whatever you want to call it. it kind of serves as a head covering... or shall i say hair covering. you know those days. well, that is like everyday for me... i'm just not a high maintenance or shall i say beyond two minute maintenance kind of grrl. i think i need to make a couple in velvet.... ok, now the search is on for stretchy velvet...

the bf brought home some fresh ciabatta so i grilled it on my cast iron skillet (which by the way, i totally adore) with some olive oil and topped it with smoked mozzarella, roma tomatoes and a pinch of sea salt... yummmmmmm... quick and yummy. this is what i eat when i want something not so healthy, haha...

random... i cook at least two meals a day... often three...
i prefer a second serving to dessert most of the time...


photos taken at the paramour
vintage dress, kate moss x topshop leather jacket-ebay, headband h&m, gee wa wa fatale boots-lorisshoes.com, vintage armani sunnies, mostly vintage jewelry, necklace-dana hollister

can't count all the ways

walking around the block in south pasadena... got some coffee at busters, did a jig in the alley behind the antique shops and posed an ancient pose in front of a big door.

~my favorite food is sushi, burritos and noodlesnoodlesnoodles
~i'm addicted to tapatio
~i've been using vasoline as lip balm since i was little... my lips were so badly chapped in the 4th grade that it looked like the top of my lips were right under my nostrils and the bottom was near my chin (and yes this is documented in a school photo) pretty much everybody stopped talking to me towards the end of grade school because of stuff like this... then i met the punks/goths/other rejects in high school :) but i didn't really fit in with them either because i got good grades and was in the dance team
~i walk around on my tippy toes at home
~i love vampires. this isn't a new thing. i've been reading vampire novels since the 4th grade. when every other grrl was dreaming about being a princess or popular, i was hoping a vampire would come through my window and make me a creature of the night and we would travel the world together forever...
~i have crushes on characters as opposed to stars... like albus dumbledore, gandalf, corbin dallas, edward scissorhands, vampire bill, leeloo, wolverine.. and the list goes on and on
~i've cried after finishing a book just because i didn't want to leave that world
~i believe

i bought this fuzzy thing at zara last spring and haven't been able to wear it until recently because of the weather. i really love these easy steps into fall. it's fun to feel the breeze moving differently around you during your evening walks...
i think this 'vest' is supposed to be some kind of faux fur, but it reminds me more of a 70s shag carpet or a muppet... i love it. it was actually the first thing i bought at zara and the only thing until yesterday. i got another fuzzy thing, but totally different than this. i will just have to show you. i'm kinda loving lots of the fall stuff at zara right now... this is no bueno for the traveling fund!

i watched the yeah yeah yeahs tell me what rockers to swallow concert on dvd yesterday... karen o has some crazy mad energy. i ♥ netflix.

my mom has old photos of me doing this pose when i was 5 and 6 and 7 and well... some things never change. i am still a little grrl. you know that song 'girl you'll be woman soon'? it has always sounded like neil was personally singing to me...

this photo really says worlds about me. i am doing some variation of this in between shots all the time...

vintage dress-goodwill, fuzzy thing-zara, tights-uo, gee wa wa fatales- lorisshoes.com, vintage armani sunnies- old focals

par amour

i'd love to have an outdoor living space...
big comfy pillows, the shade of trees.... heaven. i'd be outside all the time... reading, eating, sleeping...

this is the beginning of a series of photos shot at the paramour. yes, i am a lucky grrl. and the paramour is beyond beautiful. it was built in 1923 and is now the personal residence of the amazing designer dana hollister. a thousand kisses to you dana!!!

i love these jeans... i really don't like using the term jeggings... it just doesn't feel right. but i guess that is what these are... anywhoo they are becoming a quick favorite and i hope h&m makes them in black come fall :) so yeah, i went back to h&m... i had to have this headband in white :)



(vintage t shirt, h&m pants & headband, jewelry-vintage/dana hollister/h&m/maya, gee wa wa fatale boots, vintage armani sunnies-old focals)