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Month: August 2012

  • Sock-knockin’, road-trippin’

    Every now and then you discover something that knocks your socks off. For me, it’s currently YouandEwans’ track ‘1988’. Maybe I’ve heard it before, I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m going on a three-day Bavarian adventure from Monday. Whatever it is, this song has literally injected sunshine into my morning. Hopefully it’ll do the…

  • A little Friday inspiration

    Featuring/from: Pinterest Fashion-and-fine-reads (Pinterest) Richard Braqo Div Sagar Marlene Dietrich (in Hitchcock’s Stage Fright) A Bohemian Life Gabriella Marina Gonzalez Nowmanifest  

  • Embracing the dark side

    My mother loves goths. More to the point, she loves being one. When she first revealed this penchant for dressing-up I asked her, “What would you have said if I was a goth as a teenager?” Her reply was simple, “I’d have loved it.” Unfortunately for my mother, I think I was a bit of…

  • Arm candy (that’s ethical, too)

    This little treat arrived in the post today. A travelling, trackable wrist accoutrement that’s not only ethically-sourced and utterly beautiful, but is also designed to encourage global acts of kindness. Band 4 Hope are responsible for its conception – a team that’s formed of the fair trade warriors Lachlan McWilliam, Miriam McWilliam, Hamish McWilliam, and Lucie Gait.…