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Link reblogged from glamour inn
First off, I have to say, Alice has fantastic fashion sense. She always looks of-the-moment and unique. That’s a really good combo. She’s previously blogged about some early 80s icons providing her with some hooks for what she feels is her personal style (in my words, a blend of thrifty, layered, colorful garb with lots of skirts.)
Her advice below is all dead on, but adding in a few notes of my own. My fashion sense is entirely different. Which is okay, fashion should be personal. My preference would be to wear dresses every day in bright colors. However, even I have those moments where I roll out of bed and don the jeans and t-shirt. My only concession to any sense of Fashion on those days is to avoid sneakers. Sneakers are for exercise, not for being out and about. That’s my bag.
As Alice says
… work your own look, whatever that is.
My additions:
a) Always be shopping. I shop all the time. This doesn’t mean I buy all the time. This gives me an opportunity to really keep my eyes open for bargains, pieces that feel like me, and to stay current with trends.
b) Keep an eye on your closet. She points out that you should get rid of ratty stuff. My rule is one in, one out. I tend to have a very small set of clothes in rotation (maybe 6 - 7 outfits) and then go on to new things. This way there’s always something I like.
c) Don’t buy clothing with the idea of losing weight to fit into it later. Buy it so it fits now. Second aspect of this is to buy clothes that fit, or alter them so they do. Within reason. No one is going to be able to take a size 12 dress and turn it into a size 4 without losing most of what makes it unique.
I probably have more. Alice, thanks for sharing, this is great!
There are many of us who love, love love fashion but have no money (or want to use our money for stuff like rent and student loans rather than the latest $300 blazer that will last one season). And many of us have established fairly elaborate routines and strategies to look hot while spending very…
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Link reblogged from San Francisco Silent Reading Party
Hey Folks! Come out on the 24th in SF, or hold your own :)
It’s been a while since we’ve seen your wonderful faces (granted, we always see them with your eyes down in a book) and we’ve been looking forward to doing it again. The Silent Reading Party will return to the place where it all began, The Hotel Rex on Thursday evening, May 24th at 7pm. As…
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I often favorite/like/heart things online. Mainly things my friends post or share, sometimes stuff they have reposted from somewhere else.
A few weeks ago, the essay/app Fish by Robin Sloan made the rounds. The main thesis is that we are spending so much time liking but not enough really absorbing the object of this. You can read a write up here on The Verge.
I took some personal umbrage at Sloan’s thesis that I don’t think about what I’m favoriting/liking/hearting. I do think about it, a lot. Some times I like something because the content is about a friend’s achievement, sometimes it is only to show them I am paying attention (a like on Facebook), other times to recognize beauty. There are other reasons too: a celebration about life transitions, something I wish I were doing, nice art I don’t want to forget, or even just a way to say, “hey, I like that idea.”
I do wish there was more I could do though. For my Twitter favorites, I can go to my favorites page. I also have an RSS feed. The same goes for Tumblr (minus the RSS feed). These are perused with some frequency. Some make me laugh for days or even years later. Some make me smile to see again - a new baby who is now a toddler, or a nice work of art. What I would like is a way to capture these moments, observations and declarations in some visual way to reread and enjoy in someplace more beautiful than a feed reader.
With likes on Facebook, it is a virtual black hole. Who knows where they go? I guess you can go through my activity stream and check ‘em out. Because these aren’t elevated in the interface, I have become less concerned. The purpose of a like evolves into a different beast. There are a lot of life changes and fleeting moments that get captured, but it would still be nice to remember what it was that I’m celebrating or laughing at or endorsing. Path has done a great job getting at the concept that some of these interactions are positive strokes that need a little expression. There, like Facebook, I am left feeling that these interactions are more ephemeral. I do hazard a guess that going back and having access to these would provide me with that same happy sentiment I get from reviewing the ones in my other accounts.
Back to the main question. How can these be visualized in a way that provides a warm fuzzy for us every day? There is an enjoyment in revisiting these items, and wonder why this isn’t an area that’s been explored. Is this the equivalent of a coffee table book?
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Quote reblogged from jrichmanesqThe quote excerpted about reunion-mania is why I left the Bob Mould show early at SXSW. I was curious to hear if he had anything new. I saw one of the very first Sugar shows in the US in NY way back when. It remains one of my most memorable shows. I don’t need to see the same show on repeat nearly 20 years later without the veneer of experiences that should change the performance and my understanding of what the lyrics and song might mean now. As jrichmanesq suggests, the whole interview is great.
How do you think your fans that have followed you since your Hüsker Dü days would react to that?
Maybe it’s time to let them know that, “Hey, I love you, but I want to be free to do what I want to do.” Really, it’s been the last three years. But, I hope Bob knows what he’s getting into with this Sugar reunion. The amount of nostalgia, this midlife crisis. Our older brothers bought Corvettes when they reached 40. Now, people go see a reunited band and yell out the names of 25- to 30-year-old songs, whether that artist is performing them again or not.
Grant Hart has a lot to say about a lot of things, particularly his former bandmates in Husker Du. (via sotc-nyc)
Grant sums up a lot of what I have to say about reunion-mania. Not that I’m not being kind of hypocritical about it; I’ll be seeing Refused, and I’ll see ATDI whenever they get around to scheduling a NYC date, and I’ll damn sure be there whenever Bob brings Copper Blue up here (I was bummed to miss it during SXSW, but that’s the nature of the beast down there). I went to Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity*10 tour and had a blast. I suppose to me those are about getting to experience songs I never get the chance to hear live anymore rather than actually reliving the original moment. But I dunno.
I saw Grant down at SXSW, and as he’s wont to be, he was acerbic, irascible, playful and honest all at once. I actually enjoyed the newer stuff he played better than the “hits”; the Hot Wax material, in particular, translates much better live than it does on record. I’ll probably see him tomorrow night, if I don’t go to Enter Shikari / letlive, or Marianas Trench instead.
This is a great interview, btw.
(via jrichmanesq)
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Link reblogged from Happy Travels from Inn at the Presidio!http://www.presidio.gov/explore/Pages/golden-gate-bridge-presidio-trust-75th-anniversary-events.aspx
Hooray for outdoor movies! I know I’ll be interested in seeing a couple of these.
The bridge anniversary will be celebrated with 75 Community Tributes programs featuring a variety of activities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The centerpiece of the celebrations will be the Golden Gate Festival on Sunday, May 27. For details and a listing of all events, visit the official event website.
The Presidio Trust and its partners are hosting two major events at the Presidio.
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The Bridge on the Big Screen: Movies Starring the Golden Gate Bridge
The Presidio Trust and the Walt Disney Family Museum present a Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary commemorative film festival featuring seven films starring the Bay Area’s iconic superstar. The first three films are weekly outdoor screenings with an inflatable screen set up on the new Presidio Main Post green. The final four films are monthly indoor screenings in the Walt Disney Family Museum Theater. All screenings are free. The Wolfgang Puck Café at the Walt Disney Family Museum will be open during the screenings.Main Post Lawn, across from 103 Montgomery Street, Presidio of San FranciscoOutdoor Movie Fun: bring a blanket, picnic, low lawn chair for music at 6 pm and the movie at dark.May 26, 6 pm, It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)June 2, 6 pm, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)June 9, 6 pm, Superman: The Movie (1978)Walt Disney Family Museum Theater, 104 Montgomery Street, Presidio of San FranciscoJune 16, 6 pm, Vertigo (1958)July 21, 6 pm, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1996)August 18, 6 pm, A View to a Kill, (1985)September 15, 6 pm, Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) -
Photo reblogged from Busty Girl Problems
This describes so much of my life. You’d think it was a blessing, but it’s a pain to find clothes that fit sometimes!
So close.
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Every year I go to SXSW Music, I keep a handwritten notebook alongside me to take notes of each show I see. This year I managed to see 39 bands, 2 movies and help a friend with a brand new baby during music. I try to rank shows in the top 10 order, but this year there were several that blew me away for very different reasons.
Best Overall
Hilton Garden Inn, Friday 1am
They have basically become my go-to band. They have wonderful harmonies, seem to work closely as a team, and run the gamut from sweet folk to more full blown folk-rock. The guy sitting next to me had never seen them before and kept saying “this is incredible.” Yes, they are. This was a 1am show on Friday night after the band had been playing multiple shows every day for several days. The audience was lazing around on the chairs in this top-of-the-hotel cocktail lounge. Every person in the room was captivated despite the exhaustion by the tight performance. At 1:40 the band told the audience that they had been asked to stop playing because after it is a hotel and people needed to sleep. Unlike other performances I have been to at SXSW, people didn’t just pick up and go. There was quite a bit of protest as people wanted to hear more from the group. We were saved by the arrival of Bill Murray and his entourage, who had left the Jack White show to come hear the Spring Standards. Next thing you know, the SXSW staff agrees that the band can perform one more and trio goes all coffee shop set on us and performed an acoustic song from their album Would Things Be Different.
Most Audience Engaging
Club de Ville, Saturday 9pm
My notes just say “Fan-FUCKING-tastic.” Lead singer Nardwuar the Human Serviette got into the crowd, managed to get people to stop texting and tweeting, and had everyone bow low on the ground. The show was pure revelry from start to finish and featured hardcore fans requesting songs and the band playing them, namely: I Don’t Need My Friends to Tell Me Who My Friends Are aka I.D.M.F.T.T.M.W.M.F.A. It’s also a lesson in what bands have to do to get people to engage with them even in a live space.
Loveliest Show
ACL Live, Friday 8:45pm
This show violates one my main rules for SXSW music, which is not seeing bands you can see on tour elsewhere, or that are really popular. I just couldn’t resist this! I adore The Magnetic Fields and love their music to no end. This show was much mellower than others we saw, but was delightful in every way. The band played some favorites such as Book of Love and my personal favorite, Come Back to San Francisco. Wonderful in every way.
Most Show-like Show
Flamingo Cantina, Wednesday 9pm
This Kenyan band knows how to put on a show, with great jackets, stylized dance moves and natural crowd banter. Singing in a combination of English, French and Swahili, it drew me in and even had me dancing. I’ve been humming Coming Home non-stop since this show.
Most Unexpected Discovery & Highest Likelihood of Going on Repeat Play
Red Eyed Fly, IODA Day Party, Wednesday
This is a new project from Dan the Automator, as outlined in this great post on Laughing Squid. When we walked into the day party, we weren’t quite certain what would be playing, but this has been a staple of my March experiences. Knowing that it featured Emily Wells & Kid Koala didn’t hurt and we were grooving away to the tunes. We’ve already bought this and have been listening on repeat.
Other Notable Shows
Miracles of Modern Science - Wednesday 8pm at The Jr
Incredible energy and distinctive vocals all backed by string instruments. Better live than recorded & they just sound great.
Brendan Benson - day show at Swan Dive
Super grateful a friend tipped me off to this day show. Mellow, but enjoyable.
We saw them twice! Once a day show at Mellow Johnny’s and an evening show at Frank. I have to appreciate a band that works so hard *together.*Â They have been in the biz for a while and know how to put on a show.
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister - Thursday 11pm at Valhalla
I’m not a huge fan of this venue but loved this band. They bend genres - folk, 60s era Joplin and a carnival atmosphere. Other than Sauti Sol, one of the only bands who felt really “dressed” for this show - hope they come to San Francisco sometime soon, can’t wait to see them live again.
Library Voices - Thursday 10pm at Trinity Hall
One of the many Canadian bands we saw, Library Voices has infectious, sing-along songs. Seriously, just listen to Generation Handclap and see if it doesn’t echo around your brainpan for days.
Imaginary Cities - Thursday Midnight at Maggie Mae’s Gibson Room
Notes from the show say “Love them. Her voice may be a little Minnie Mouse-ish, but it works. I also love a band that can take what sounds great recorded and make it sound unique and fresh live.”
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Our team had a great panel discussion last Monday, March 12th at SXSWi. We spent a lot of time digging into the topic in advance and prepared for a session with a little bit of advice and lots of examples. After spending time pouring over our own resumes and profiles, we came up with a few consistent nuggets to help people develop an online presence that would resonate with employers.
We each had one key piece of advice:
- Mine - Professional & personal lines blur into one another; show me how they intertwine.
- Kristy Duncan - Remember you’re telling a story. Don’t bury the lead.
- Jenn Jongsma - Proofread, proofread, proofread. Repeat.
- Kevin Lawver - If you want to work on the web, you need to live there.
It boils down to the fact that you need to find a way to bring together the disparate parts of your life across the web. We reviewed the resume and profiles of chemist where an online life isn’t necessarily part of the job. However, in her LinkedIn profile we pointed to the fact that she belongs to different scientific organizations or that when you search for her name you can find that she has attended chemistry meetups. It’s that sort of meshing that becomes attractive to me as a potential employer.
Many of the issues we noted were inconsistency in bios across the web. One thing on about.me, another on Twitter, another on LinkedIn and yet something different on a personal website. While I don’t personally believe they have to be identical, it’s nice where there are thematic ties so that I see who you are reinforced everywhere.
It’s still something I’m working through on my own profiles. I’ve now changed the language on my LinkedIn and personal site here to reflect the Twitter bio, then found a way to weave that into what I do for a living, so I can imbue my work life with a little bit of flair.
Our team did compile a list of related articles and Tweets and have provided a quick link to our presentation within that. That can be found on an open Google doc here.
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Photoset reblogged from AOL Artists
More artwork by our newest AOL Artist, Amy Jean Porter.
I am in love with this. It is a delight to get a peek at the stuff the artists are doing in their real life not just on the AOL canvases. Also, I want a poster with this fox.
