coming to french press vintage

It's been kind of a shitty month. The humidity and heat are stifling me and all I want to do is sit in the soft leather chair next to an air conditioner vent and watch reruns of Law & Order. Thank the gods for vintage clothes, you know? This is what I love.

Saturday I met my new friend J. and we hit up all the vintage and thrift stores around town and perused the antique mall, Sleepy Poet. We talked about chiffon and crinoline and antique lace, favorite finds, and our personal collections while we sipped nice drinks at a bbq joint near one of the shops. It was a good Saturday - one of those days that made me feel a little revived.


Coming super soon to French Press Vintage:

Happiness endeavor..

This year my main goal was just to be happier. I'm still working on it. You'd be surprised how hard yet simple being happy is. For me it's a work in progress, so one of my new (old) past times is finding the little things that make people happy - grilling out on a nice day, walking the dog, sitting on the couch with loved ones late into the night, drinking tea and chatting, the smell of baked cookies, a freshly washed and made bed, a crisp morning.
This morning I found this: The Bicycle Project. Bikes wrap all sorts of good happy things in one package - the sun, control, speed, fun, mobility. I'm inspired to finally get new bike tires since my others are flat (and have been for a year) and start getting happy! Also, to take my own bike portrait ;-)

Join the party! This is a perfect friend date. And I would love to see portraits of you + your bike!

This could be you:

This is the story, and you're not in it.

Over the last few days I've been talking and thinking a lot about break ups. It was sunny this weekend but that drab, sad feeling of the bottom dropping out prevailed, and the sun slipped away sometime early in the week, leaving us with gray clouds, chilly weather, and sniffly noses. We can't just ignore it, this feeling. I usually just try to ignore anything that bothers me - the dirty dishes, the overflowing trash, the finite breaking of a heart. But just like the dishes and the trash, these need to be addressed and overcome.

I was chatting with my best friend earlier. We're tired and busy. We need to clear our heads so we planned a night to wear heels and flirty smiles. We need to heal, we need to get past this, and we can do it together, right? Right.

I can't stop listening to I'm Not Yours. It's relevant for all of us, and you know who you are.

So how do you get over it?

Boyfriend in a bottle available on Etsy.

Can we go?

Now that I'm getting myself together and staying out of the bars, my friends and I are planning "friend dates" - just special times together where we actually DO something. And I think that this will be one of them. Watch the clip. Information about the event follows.

information from the light factory

GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH Directed by Damien Chazelle 2010 / USA / Black and White / English Thurs. Feb. 17 - Sat. Feb. 19 7:30 PM Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy (401 N. Tryon - Transamerica Square) $5 Members / $7 Non-Members