Friday Bits
Highlights from the blogland this week:
Take Ivy, the 1965 Japanese handbook on preppy style, is a collection of candid photographs shot on American Ivy League university campuses. At HI + LOW.
Vic’s lunch safari and day safari, where her and her friends go to a neighborhood wander around until they find somewhere to eat they’ve never been, is my kind of safari.
Amanda’s awesome vintage jumpsuit put me in a frenzy of searching for one just like it, until I sadly remembered my long torso and short legs do not like jumpsuits. I can dream.
Distributing surplus commodities. St. Johns, Arizona, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Russell Lee. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943. via Stephanie
Art on Governor’s Island by Jenna at sweetfineday. The island is definitely more crowded this year (bummer) but I think we need to go back to see this.
It’s pretty impossible for me to contain my jealousy for Elisabeth’s new country house. Really, really impossible.
and some bits from me…
This week’s pop: mango lassi. I made mango lassi (suuuuper easy) and poured the liquid into my awesome new Zoku popsicle maker. While mango lassi isn’t the most refreshing thing ever (all that yogurt and such) it makes for a delicious, slightly savory-like popsicle that’s perfect after dinner.
I’m not usually a fan of posting a big picture of my mug here, but…I got a new pair of Warby Parker glasses! While I love my other pair from them, they didn’t ever feel quite me. After my friend Shirley tweeted a cute photo of her new Fillmore pair, I took the plunge and bought them as well, being the style I had originally wanted but chickened out on. They came a few days ago, and they’re perfect. I like having the vintage vibe again like my Moscot pair, but they’re way more comfortable than those (which cost me an arm and a leg – these were only $95!) If you don’t know about Warby Parker, you can check out my post from a while ago. They are the best.
Over and out, friends. My film camera is coming out to play this weekend, so photos won’t be around til Tuesday. I have so many plans this weekend I can hardly contain my excitement. It’s probably a normal person’s amount of plans, but I’m kind of a shut-in lately, so uh, I’m excited. :) Have a great weekend!
July 30th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Ok, those Fillmores look PERFECT on you. I got the same colorway but in a different style and now I’m regretting it!
July 30th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Same here about the short legs ): they’re quite firm aswell. but we can dream, right?
July 30th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
love the new spectacles. have a great weekend, Kate!
July 30th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Dude, love the new glasses!
July 30th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I’m a big fan of pineapplemintvintage’s jumpsuit she posted this week:
http://www.pineapplemintvintage.com/colors
Jumpsuits/rompers look so comfortable, but I don’t know if I will ever have any luck finding one that wont make me look 12!
July 30th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
love love love your new glasses! i believe i said this before when you got the mascot ones, but it seriously makes me wish i had eye issues. another cute accessory :) i have intense eyebrows though, so i guess that’s what i got going on instead. maybe they should invent some bedazzler for eyebrows…. or maybe not. ok, definitely not.
July 30th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I feel your pain re: short legs/long torso. I can only dream of wearing jumpsuits too. The new glasses look great though!
Been reading your blog for a long time – love it!
July 30th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
love it all. i am so making those popsicles.
July 30th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Hey doll!
These glasses look PERFECT on you! I love WP’s website and their upload tool is amazing for actually “trying on” the frames. I’m about to take the plunge and by a pair myself- but I had a question for you about the pupillary distance. Is this something you knew to ask your eye doctor, or something you went into a lens crafters and had them tell you? I know WP needs this to craft your pair of glasses and this is the tidbit I don’t have as I never thought to ask my eye doctor. Any scoop you have on this would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
July 30th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Cute glasses! I just ordered my first pair of Warby Parker’s and couldn’t be happier.
July 30th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Every time you post a picture of yourself on here I am overcome by fits of hair-envy. I like the glasses. Pretty sure they’re something I could not pull off.
July 30th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I was scrolling down and thinking, woah those glasses are sweet!
Ha! An awesome buy, they suit you perfectly. Can’t wait to see some analogue goodness of your weekend :)
July 30th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Amanda- I’m not sure what that is. I just gave them my prescription from my eye doctor, which included that information!
July 31st, 2010 at 1:51 am
I don’t even know what to say about that artwork…..I love it.
July 31st, 2010 at 1:59 am
I miss your regular posting. But it’s understandable that you’re busy. Your blog inspires me so much. Makes my day whenever I see you’ve posted something. :)
P.S. The new glasses look great! Sometimes I wish I needed them.
July 31st, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Your glasses look so adorable on you! I saw your Warby Parker post last time and spent a few hours drooling over their site. haha. haven’t taken the plunge yet… still wearing my purple Ray Bans when my contacts aren’t in… but once I need a new pair, Warby Parker it is!
oh, and that popsicle looks so good right now!
August 1st, 2010 at 5:26 am
love the new eyes, beauty
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:14 am
Great glasses. :)
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:04 am
These Fillmore’s definitely suit you better! And I’m crazy about Amanda’s hair!!!
August 2nd, 2010 at 8:57 pm
beauty, beauty, beauty.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Nice! I really love the other ones but these look great too. I just found a vintage pair I love and can’t wait to have them done.
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:27 am
i received a pair of warby parker’s for my birthday and i’m very happy with them. yours look adorable on you!
August 5th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Thanks for sharing your Warby Parkers! They look great. I need a new pair of glasses and keep telling myself that I’ll wear them more(vs contacts every day)if I had a rad pair. I’m so happy to find an affordable, stylish brand with a conscience.