It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass
Monthly archive August, 2007
...and I don't go to sleep to dream...

…and I don’t go to sleep to dream…

My boyfriend doesn’t get why I like sleeping so much. Of course there’s the fact that my job is exhausting… but even more than that its my time to think. I love closing my eyes at night and listening to the sounds of the city… sirens, kids yelling profanities at each other, and mini-bikes racing...
For The Addict In You.

For The Addict In You.

  The other day my roommate was joking about how his life was like a sitcom. I’ve been feeling the same way lately. It’s been one of those times where the unbelievable keeps happening (for better or worse) and I’m somehow left standing with my jaw dropped, trying to figure everything out. A few times...
Have an Ecoganik experience

Have an Ecoganik experience

  I think I’ve reached that somewhat depressing “the end of summer is coming” phase of August. There’s something about wearing a suit 5/7 days a week that makes this time of the summer especially frustrating. Its a time to make the most of those last fleeting weekends… Nothing makes me feel more summery than...
Smoke Signals...

Smoke Signals…

So… as I’m sure you’ve noticed, I recently added the “makeup obsession” block to my side bar. Ever since that was created I’ve featured MAC cosmetics. This has been neither intentional nor planned… it just so happens that I’m actually obsessed with MAC. Not only do they make the smoothest, most non-irritating, looks-great-after-a-long-day-of-work products, they...
Annatarian

Annatarian

I think I’m still recovering from my recent encounter with Vouge. I’ll call it “couterism overload.” At least I know I’m not the only one who noticed the utter lack of Black models in the magazine. Speaking about her native British Vogue, Naomi Campbell, (I know, I know) has expressed her concern that Black models...
Step Stylishly, Reduce Your Footprint

Step Stylishly, Reduce Your Footprint

  I would be lying if I said I was bored with fashion… at the same time, the cycle of buying it (or receiving it), writing about it and reading about it can get kind of old. There are thousands of fashion blogs out there (I remember when I started there were just a few)...
Summer (Sale) in the City

Summer (Sale) in the City

Is possible to be fashionable on a budget? After watching PBS’s (BBC’s) The Secret World of Haute Couture I began to contemplate just how ridiculous the whole industry can be at times. Its that strange border between art and excess that I’ve never really been able to reconcile personally. Anyway– the thing I like about...
Inspired design

Inspired design

My list of things to do is so long I don’t even know where to start…. I’m starting to realize I have over committed myself a bit this summer. Luckily, I’ve been able to squeeze a few off-days in here and there. The next day off is slated as a boat trip to the Vineyard....