getting into the mood...

Two days before Thanksgiving, and the last dry leaves have fallen and are scuttling along the avenue. The store feels festive: pretty little glass ornaments in many colors, warm winter tights, and lovely new crackled metallic leather cases from Barbara Wiggins adding some sparkle. Seems like a perfect day to start playing our '09 Holiday mix....
Which leads me to my favorite new sounds, a new Holiday album from the Harlem Parlour Music Club. The album features warm acoustic versions of my favorites with a splash of good 'ol funk, and some new ones too, played by an ensemble of incredibly skilled New York musicians... You've heard these guys on millions of recordings, or possibly in the orchestras of the biggest Broadway shows. I'm happy to have a stack of cds in the store... come get 'em, they're hot.

feeling Lucky

Recent press from Lucky Magazine's shop girl. Thanks Emily!

at left, our current window: beautiful resort wear from Matta, Velvet, Epice, Virginia Johnson and a swimsuit from Vix. at right: a glimpse of the Bolivian frasadas to come.

We've been busy photographing new items for the site, as well as shopping for new lovelies coming in the Spring (can't wait for the gorgeous one-of-a-kind Bolivian frasadas) and cooking up a storm- my usual way to stem the hibernation blues.

So for now:
Song of the day: Jailhouse Tears by Lucinda Williams and featuring Elvis Costello- sounding like vintage Costello- (does that make sense??) from her most recent and really excellent album, Little Honey.

And recipe: Chocolate bread. Mine came out looking much like the picture in the npr article, and tasting fabulous- warm, buttery, and not too sweet with that fresh-bread yeasty goodness- I was proud.

jumping on the bandwagon

Not surprisingly, I really loved "Slumdog Millionaire", director Danny Boyle's colorful, gritty, clever and Dickensian film. I was especially taken with A.R. Rahmans spectacular soundtrack.
On a different note (;-)), I've noticed that our most popular item in the store this season is, hands down, the shearling lined clog boots from Sven. With fur extending all the way down, including the footbed, these babies are deliciously warm and all-day-long comfortable. Just what you need when the high for the day is 18 degrees, as we are enjoying today. Even better, they improve with age, as evidenced by my own much loved and well used (abused?) pair:
See them here.