Archive for the 'domesticity' Category

Sewing and Value

February 8th,

First, a quick digression for New Yorkers into costuming or sewing:
Check out the fabric store Paron, especially their 50%-off Annex next door. I’ve been twice lately and it seems like an oasis in the fashion district, which I find expensive and overwhelming. When I moved here I didn’t know a crepe from a […]

Shiburkey

November 22nd, 2007

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week! Some folks tied up a turkey. And then photographed it all artsy in front of a tatami mat. OH MY GOD YES! I cannot type for the laughing.
I can’t figure out how to post photos from Flickr, so here’s the set.
It’s Thanksgiving, as […]

Do not mix and match

June 17th, 2007

Scene: Boy and I shopping for pillows online
Me: What’s so wrong with boyfriend pillows?
Boy, looking at Pretty Pretty Princess pillow: I don’t understand the world we live in.
Me: But you teach piss play, and own five stun guns.
Boy: Everyone’s gotta pee!