Bad Costume Choices
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Today is the big 'reveal'. I invited the kids down for TY's Big Birthday and one o them is flying down later today. Keeping this a secret from him is beyond trying. It would be a thrill for TY to have his kids here after not having seen them for a month and certainly not expecting to for another two months, but wouldn't you know a business meeting reared it's ugly head and he is headed back to Boston on Wednesday. Damn. My plan was to get him to BB Kings tonight for a show and some good southern food, but instead TY made plans to take a bunch of his friends there next weekend and is going there this afternoon to firm up the plans. So, not only does he not want to go there tonight, the time i=he is there this afternoon interferes with Nate's airport pick-up. Could he do anything more to screw this up? So I am still at a loss for how to spring the kid on him. Having him just walk in the door with his backpack flapping just doesn't seem to have the dramatic effect I'm looking for. Well, you know the old saying:
Man Plans and God Laughs.
The party is tomorrow night, just about 10 people and I bought a couple of racks of ribs, will make up some of my favorite jalapeño cornbread and a couple of slaws. Also have hard boiled eggs ready for 'the devil.' And I broke all my mom-rules and ordered a bunch of cupcakes from the local cupcake bakerie. Geesh, they were expensive- no wonder I don't buy them! Today I hit the brewery and load up on growlers. The ladies will rebel, but tough cookies. You can't drink wine with ribs. (Another Mom Rule)
Go check out her site at the link above- there are some very interesting pieces from this jeweler in Rome. no, I don't want to wear a skeleton hand, but this is sort of typical of her edgy stuff.
Change of subject to Weird Stuff:
And while I am speaking of jewelry, which I love, I have a bunch of things I have collected from a duo in Miami. On my first order to them I found out they were graduates of the Museum School in Boston so I immediately felt that this stuff was just for me. I love the resin material, the multi-colors, the buildup of surface, and of course the sparkles added in. It has such an encaustic feel (except for the sparkles!) and that's probably the appeal for me. I have never worn one of these pieces without people commenting on them (and yes, favorably!) Here is an example of a bracelet and you'll see what I am talking about:
If you would like to see more, go to Triian, or more easily, go to his new etsy shop for sale stuff here. But WAIT, WAIT, there's more...
I saw a promo during this weeks Project Runway ( a sore disappointment this season) for Lifetime's NEW show debuting this fall (Nov 3 at 10 PM) called Project Accessory. And there in the cast of hopefuls is my designer from Miami who's actual name is Brian Burkhardt and who is Actually a sculptor. And who is Actually An Amazing Artist. I'll be watching and cheering him on because it will (would?) be great to see actual artistic vision and not just sniping. Wonder what he knows about shoes and bags... Stay tuned.
A little Lifetime Preview
And speaking of retail, sort of, the other day on my monthly pilgrimage through Anthropologie, I was accosted by a gal with hair the same color as mine but 40 years newer and we got to talking because you could have thrown a cat through the whole mall and she was starved for conversation. Anyway, I told her how I stop by to check the displays and she got all excited and invited me to come to a group they have there that 'helps' do the windows and the next week 'helps' do the store interior. Here is a website of a gal who worked as an intern at a branch in Long Island to give you an idea of what they do. So I signed on the dotted line and am so looking forward to this day! More about it when I go- I will be happy happy if they just have me stapling old book pages to the walls. Or even just watching them staple old book pages to the walls...
And I'm off to practice one legged ladder standing.
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