ETRO fall rtw 09

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Elle.com

What a trip!

The Madonna Inn is a retro-assorted themed hotel that provides guests a unique stay no matter what room is given. The Madonna Inn is located in San Luis Obispo, California. Madonnas first twelve rooms were ready to go Christmas eve, 1959 and happened to be given it's first nights stay,complimentary, to a group of travelers. In 1960 twenty-eight more rooms were built, totaling to 40 rooms. These days 110 rooms are available with such insane creative touches. Many rooms are named after certain cities, or states, even sole descriptions of the feeling the room is evoking. Wallpaper plays a large roll along with fabric and vibrant carpet colors, bed frames, lamps, artwork, and abstract furniture you have probably never seen before- it will blow your mind. Amazing is all i can say. I will go here one day and bask in the time warping walls this Inn has miraculously captured.

Here's a little taste of what you'll find.

Villa rock

China room

Imperial Family

Portugal

Lucky rock

http://www.madonnainn.com/features.php

Barkley L. Hendricks

So today I got my newsletter fromTwo One Five/ 215 magazine (who knows) and it introduce me to this really cool artist, Barkley L. Hendricks.

He is having an exhibition from October 17, 2009 - January 3, 2010 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Love it!!

Lashisse from Molly Sims

Vintage Beauties!

Just a little taste...
A personal fav. below, how mod how lovely.

1968 Bill Blass- Ivory lace over nude lining wedding dress.

1915- Wedding dress, which is incredibly modernized thanks to flower details which appear to be sewn on & that lattice-like work is so sexy.

1950- Jacques Fath, Ivory silk. Ugh, love.





1960- Sarmi beige and silver party dress!

I want this! Piet Indoor Stove.

This is so great! It's an indoor stove and burns ethanol instead of wood, thus no smoke and such mess. By Fredrik Hylten-Cavallius.



via Home Tone

Dig the wood

Props to the Swedish or something in that realm - - CRAFTY!

Haha, go Bobby!

The television in my living room offers me one good channel, the Food Network. It used to have HGTV, too, but for some reason it mysteriously disappeared on me a few months ago, much to my dismay.

Since I watch the Food Network, I see Bobby Flay a bit. So, when I saw a video of Bobby Flay grilling steaks with Obama, I was thrilled. Apparently, this was for Father's day. Cute!

Source

Michael, love

I'm not really going to say much about Michael Jackson's shocking and tragic passing. Just that I find it ironic that after years of intense criticism and stalking, the media is finally kissing his ass. Fuck the media. Anyway, I had to get that off my chest.

Everyone knows he is the greatest entertainer to ever live and yesterday was truly the day the music died. If you didn't like his music, not only are you lame, but you have to admit that his music has been in your life at some point or other, in your memories, etc. I remember listening to a Jackson Five cassette tape in my dad's car when he drove me to daycare. There are many other memories, but that is the most prominent.

As a tribute, I have put together a collection of pictures and my personal favorite videos and songs of his. Enjoy, bbs.

Epic Father's Day Dinner!

This weekend I went home to see my family for Father's Day. My mom is in Italy for work at the moment, so I decided that I would cook my dad a Father's Day feast since he would probably just take us out to eat. I found that option unacceptable.

My mother recently brought home some saffron from Bahrain. She had no idea what to use it in, so she wanted me to send her a recipe. I found a recipe for Moroccan Chicken Skewers through Tastespotting, my food Mecca. This is kind of a cop-out, as I prepped the chicken the day before I made it and forgot to take pictures. It was easy- I just mixed together saffron, cumin, coriander, garlic, cinnamon, paprika, parsley, chopped almonds, and some olive oil. Oh, and a little lemon juice, as I didn't have the preserved lemon rinds or whatever the recipe calls for. Or the tumeric. Once mixed, I rubbed it all over the chicken and put it in a plastic bag to marinade overnight.

The next day, I assembled the chicken, green olives, and a slice of lemon on skewers that I had soaking in water. It looked like this: