yay, so fun!

beached, lazer-ripped reggae

i've listened to this three times today already. it's so good!

i just have to lay it out straight. leopard is hott right now. get in! i'd even be into it if you wanted to rock multi-layers of camo. c'mon just try it. feels good! reggae soldier/symbionese liberation army. you will make hearts melt fo sho. i just realized that this is eva saelens to the core! inca ore dress code much?

velvety, floral dress by dawn sharp. for days when i want to feel delicate and light. appreciative of my downward dogs etc.

father yod vinyl and some cloth floral lotus(?!) flats. available now at rad summer for 22 buks. size 7/7.5 i think.

i saw these killer rose printed flats at stand-up comedy down the street. hella dope/cute! but i'm going barefoot or flip flopped this summer letting my opaque yellow polish get some face time. at least until they get my size in :)

then rafael brought me vegan bbq from homegrown smoker on alberta st. dang! finger lickin' good y'all. adam came and ate a sandwich while we listened to the new dancehall mixes. now ashby and i are ichatting about how summer brings out the best in us. we want to get beached-bleached, lazer-ripped reggae, rowdy barefoot twig. we miss last summer but last summer we missed the summer before that! 'oh well' i say 'have fun going 'rager camping' ! xoxoxoxoxoxo'

ps the goner cd by ilyas ahmed on rootstrata is a good burner for these times

rootstrata

stand up comedy

yoko ono

dawn sharp

homegrown smoker

pearly queens and kings

straight outta the late 19th century, original london gangsters flashing pearl signs. so major!

Nationale love

oh yeah! our beautiful neighbors, Nationale will be having a saturday, sidewalk sale tomorrow. cheap cute shoes and other awesome treasures. if you're in the hood, come say hi. maybe there will be cherries there xoxo

consumed by thoughts today

1. pre-pubescent teens smell a little bit like new puppies. especially after they toss their push scooters in the corner and commence to trying on clothes for 2 hours.

2. one cool thing about your boyfriend being in jail is that you can walk around wearing the craziest outfits. for instance teen-inspired tutu's over gym clothes. the hard thing is that i have to stop watching battlestar galactica until further notice. it's just would not be fair.

3. how long would it take to count the number of rob walmart songs?

4. when i was 16, i made out with a boy that wore a jean jacket with a huge D.R.I. patch on the back. i still don't know what they sound like.

5. the song "i couldn't say it to your face" by arthur russell.

6. lentil-sage field roast, arugula, avocado, beets and carrot sandwich is what i'll eat for lunch today.

7. i wish rafael could eat lunch with me today.

8. what will sade's new record sound like? i'm so excited!

9. will charlotte wear blazers gear on her european vacation? what will the euros think?

10. halle berry got pregnant when she was 41.

real talk

graffiti. what does it mean to you? if i ask the question. what does it mean to you? internet, collective, what does it mean to you? i need to know because somebody needs to know. walls? if i paint on our walls will you be mad? why? what if it is intriguing? what if it inspires you to be what you could otherwise not know or be? what if you could not know otherwise? i would be grateful to know what you think. please, do tell.

regal eagle

RiRi has the best hair ever! like jackie onassis meets queen nefertiti, totally fabulous, beautiful diamond consciousness.

INTERNATIONAL OUTFITS

THANK YOU STREET PEEPER.

hats

while we are talking about crushes...

here's mine.

viggo mortensen here and here

it's so bad that i hallucinated seeing him at the 'until the light takes us' documentary last night. which btw was really good and managed to be funny for such a potentially morbid topic. here

NEIGHBORHOOD CRUSH

JUST WANTED TO THANK THE RAD COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE AT RAD, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT BRING THEIR MAGIC AND INSPIRATION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OTHER BUSINESSES THAT TOGETHER WE MAKE ONE MAGICAL MECCA AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMERS THAT SUPPORT US. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO BE PART OF THIS REALITY AND WE ARE THANKFUL.

the sun ra of disco

more super cute

Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon

lourdes original, originally uploaded by gaiking2.

i am definitely feeling miss lourdes as the rad summer official style mascot. what a super cutie deluxe! thank you for rocking such awesome fashion wisdom xoxoxo

haute ladies holding it down in la xoxo

miss kk

dawn sharp

two girls that we love who are rocking la with their soft focus, dreamscape future nu vision.