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Dear Diary: The Only Way Out Is Forward

My Diary from 1999, when I lived in a 70s Dodge van near the beach in Leucadia, California. Hello! Im the owner of the big van parked behind you. Im in a bit of a bind, because I need to move my van ...

2 days ago

Dear Diary: Razamataz

From 1983, third grade: I caught onto the idea of the locked diary right away- venting about people who Done You Wrong. Today I found out that Adline (my babysitter) is mean. She said "jealous k...

27 may 12

Dear Diary: Where It All Began

My very first diary (really a repurposed datebook), 1983: I have no idea what my "get to know my animals plan" consisted of. I had a dog and an aquarium. Was I spending more time with my fi...

24 may 12

World Goth Day

I have just been informed that today is World Goth Day.  Goth Prom: thats me in the middle, in 1991, with my friend Hannah and my date Bob (hes on the right- yes, thats a boy). I wore this blac...

22 may 12

Shine On, Moon Child

My friend Toni at Moonchild Vintage is always up to something good. Lets revel in the unparalleled beauty of her Etsy photography: This lady lives on The Next Level.  Check out this beautiful v...

21 may 12

Totally Bananas: Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers is a slippery character in 1970s musical history. Even his Wikipedia entry definitively states that: "every time he seemed on the point of success, he would take off for some sunny s...

19 may 12

The Queen Is Dead

...long live the Queen. Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012.

18 may 12

Tropical Fever

If youve looked in my shop lately, youve seen that I have become obsessed with bright tropical prints. My hunger for colors has never felt more insatiable- next thing I am going to want to decorate m...

17 may 12

Queen of May

Happy Beltane! Happy May Day! In case you missed it last year, here is a song that I wrote for today, called The May Queen (just press play). Some vintage May Queens: The May Queen  by Al...

01 may 12

Dress Up- May Eve

I did the official winter-summer closet switcheroo yesterday, and one of the dresses that was liberated from storage was this lovely 1970s rose print: I got it off of Etsy last Spring and I LOVE the ...

01 may 12

Rainmaker

I just spent the past few days working an entirely different day job- as a bird goddess.  In a life-size nest, built by Dylan! My friends in the band Lasher Keen teamed up with Bay Area filmmak...

26 apr 12

Dress Up

I figured this would be the last snow (and in fact it all melted an hour later!) so it was also the last chance to wear my new-to-me "Nordic" winter dress: What would I ever do without my h...

23 apr 12

Dress Up

My new favorite dress- done up 90s style with my "Bjork" hair (actually its my "Im making ringlets" prepwork, but I like it as a hairstyle too)! Doing my best Bjork faces: (Chain ...

21 apr 12

Cat Power

Lately my camera-shy Mouchie has been letting me actually take photos of him. I havent been able to capture a happy/kittenish expression yet- its more like warily tolerant- but hey, its a huge step i...

19 apr 12

Dress Up

The volatile Spring weather keeps going from "sweater" to "t-shirt".... so I still have time to wear this awesome fuzzy 80s sweater that my friend Winter lent me! Striiiiiiiiiiipe...

17 apr 12

Tortilla Pie

I cant believe its taken me this long to find out about Tortilla Pie. I mean, Ive had tortillas in my fridge for only, oh, I dont know- a few decades? But I never thought to layer them with veggies a...

14 apr 12

Dress Up

Going to run some errands around town on the first lovely warm day in ages... no jacket or a cardigan needed! Outfit: all thrifted/ Naked Lady party scores except for the hat, which was a gift from m...

04 apr 12

Dress Up

Going record shopping with the Sugar Troll...  NaNa Poleclimber boots: thrifted (brand new!); Rasputins Record Store t-shirt: a hand-me-down from my friend Angela from when she used to work the...

02 apr 12

I Heart Etsy- Abigail at Gray Day Studio!

Abigail at Gray Day Studio on Etsy was gifted this shirt from my shop by a friend- its so cute on her! Abigails shop launched two months ago, and she has such a neat selection of photography and hand...

31 mar 12

All Dressed Up And Somewhere To Go

I am notorious for slacking on "personal style" photos for this blog- forgive me, I dont have a camera phone!- but lately a number of friends sent me these photos of myself out and about at...

30 mar 12

Daydreaming, Korean Style

Whenever I used to go down to Midtown Sacramento, I loved to spend an hour looking at magazines at the magazine shop/candy shop off of J Street. Last time I was there, it was gone- I wonder if its fo...

29 mar 12

Triple WTF?

Today my International Correspondent/Eyes On The Street, Joanne, brings us this triple threat of WTFs from Europe: Danish WTF?! It means "final run", or in this context "end of sale&qu...

28 mar 12

Hello Darkness

My friend Temple recently purchased this black velvet dress from my shop, and this song-poem accompanied her order (sung to the tune of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Gurfunkel): hello...

19 mar 12

Relax Baby Be Cool

I have had an extraordinary amount of stress in my life this past six months (non-bloggable issues, relating to the serious health issues of several close family members), and I have become "tha...

16 mar 12

WTF?- from Astral Boutiques UK Correspondent, Joanne

Astral Boutiques eyes and ears abroad, Joanne, is back for another installment of "International WTF?"! WTF?! you may say, but hey, it’s an English tradition. There being a square-foot-rela...

07 mar 12

Dress Up

(What the heck- how about some outfit posts?) Going out record/thrift shopping: Top: 1970s, thrifted Jeans: my fave old beat up Juicy brand jeans  Shoes: 1970s, thrifted, on their last legs but...

06 mar 12

I Heart My Customers- Tammy!

My dear friend Tammy just purchased this collection of ties from Astral Boutique- here she is in one of her new ties, looking extremely dapper, dashing, and dandy: Yes, that is a wind-up ladybug. Som...

05 mar 12

Snow Day

Our first snow of the winter... The surface of the snow at twilight, like a frozen ocean:

03 mar 12

The Family That Wears Vintage Together

Some of you might remember my French customer Clémence, and her cutie-pie brother Lucien-- well, guess what? now Cleménces mom Christine is in on the vintage action! I just got these photos, and how ...

02 mar 12

Kitchen Magic: Roasted Brussels Sprouts

My mom makes some awesome brussels sprouts for every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, but for some reason, I just dont have her touch with boiling them- I always leave them in a little too long and...

01 mar 12

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