bedtime stories

the cats made me read them a bedtime story because i didn't come straight home from work tonight. the lonely doll is their favorite, especially the part where edith gets spanked. linus and lucy are really into spanking. if you ever wanna make friends with them, give them a good smack above the tail. you'll be in like flynn.

so where was i, you ask?
i met up with frank for a much needed after-work-decompression drink and dinner at the pink door, one of my most favoritest restaurants in seattle even though i've only been there twice. it's in an alley at the pike place market and the closest thing they have to a sign is that little one hanging on the door. quaint, no? upon entering, this is your view. what's not to love? well, except the long flight of stairs. (it's that damned crippled ankle that makes coming here really painful.)
on certain nights, aerialists perform over the dining room.
there were no aerialists tonight but this 90 year old dude from the band setting up almost knocked frank's head in.
is it narcissitic to say i love all the mirrors? i don't use them while dining, i just like the look they give the place.poor frank - i think my sarcasm really frazzled his nerves tonight. he even strangled a water glass at one point! sorry - had to share that one. i had a blast and i believe that once the water glass had been put out of it's misery that he enjoyed himself as well. good times and a much needed midweek reprieve from the grind of work. why postpone all the fun for the weekend, right?
it wasn't until i went to put my coat on that i noticed the pudgy cheeked rick springfield guardian angel watching over me. i had to take a picture. wtf?
and guess what? when i joked with the waiter that i'd take my meager pasta leftovers with because it was a recession, he fixed me up with a big ol' bag including more bread and big cup of their infused olive oil. happy!

so now i'm in bed in my flannel sock monkey pajamas with a cat tucked under each arm, a full tummy, and a long list of e mails from all of you with your halloween costume ideas. how creative are you all? i demand pictures from everyone!goodnight and thank you!
(yeah, that's from a morrissey song that's been swirling around in my head)

i put that part in, too

lucy and i considered running away today but i really think it was just an excuse to sit on suitcases. besides, we'd probably miss linus before too long.

i FINALLY figured out what i'm going to be for halloween. i know it's gonna spoil the surprise but i have to share - i'm gonna be...

... MARY FREAKIN' POPPINS!!!!

i so know you want to steal the idea but please don't. if you did, you'd burn in hell and that would make me sad. but seriously, isn't this gonna be the funnest costume ever?

i already have most of the stuff. now i just need to do some small tweaking like attaching the parrot head to the umbrella, gluing cherries and daisies on the hat and adding the piping to my coat. this is gonna be so great! now if only i had something to do on halloween... maybe i'll just hang out with my nephew although going out and getting boozy would be muchly funner.looking up the pictures renewed my lifelong love of julie andrews, btw. here she is in THE BEST adaptation of the eloise books EVER created. she was Nanny to a T!
and she pretty much kicked ass in "victor/victoria". look at that tux!
i think it's the wannabe flapper in me that made me love her so terribly in "thoroughly modern millie" because in all honesty, it kinda blew.

i think looking at all those pictures of her last night seeped into my subconscious because today's outfit is slightly maria-esque, no?fishnets! see 'em peeking out? i didn't even notice that detail until now!

her singing may tame the wild children but mine soothes the savage beast.no lucy, i don't take requests. (that black blob by my knee is a cat. sadly my dress works as camouflage for her!)

so what are you guys thinking of being for halloween? do share!

sometimes i have to wonder about the dog in me

i'm slightly perturbed about the impending extradition of roman polanski that's been dominating the news lately. now we know what he did and we know that it was wrong, but why now? especially the day after the death of susan atkins, one of the manson followers who killed his wife and unborn child. i imagine that dredged up some sad memories for a man whose life was riddled with tragedy.
even his victim wants the case to be over. it's been over thirty years - let it go!

*climbing down from soapbox*i found myself stuck in sodo yesterday (seahawks traffic) so i took the little opportunity to visit the goodwill. it was rather uninspiring. all i picked up were a picture frame, an adorable little dress, a tablecloth and a slip. the highlight of the day was my visit to taco bell. i know, i know. we don't have one here in west seattle so i was pretty happy to get my bean burrito of death. i think they put crack in those things.

i was stopped a few times in the goodwill by other shoppers who complimented my haircut and my hat. i adore this beret and it's nice and warm when the fall chill starts to set in. i even had a little old man in a brown leisure suit and pencil moustache ask me if it has anything to do with genie garage door openers and he proceeded to tell me a story about having lost the remote for his. he was so cute i let him tell the whole saga before explaining that it was actually french for "head of genius".
this is my pretty new dress. it was the ruffled collar that sucked me in. it's a little snug in the bust but alas, that is the nature of vintage for me. i threw on a large mme. fortuna necklace to disguise it a bit. sometimes i wish i was a bit smaller up top.
the winds gusted all night and i finally closed all my windows. we're only a few days from october and i can't wait to start wearing all my gorgeous coats. having to close the windows is a very good sign that coat weather is nearly here. yays!

did you know my eyes are green?

well they are. now you know. won't make that mistake again, now will you?

you know who you are...

(this settles a phone argument with a friend. she tried to tell me i had rich blue eyes and insisted i was joking with her when i told her otherwise.)

I wrote this song two hours before we met

i passed a burrito wagon on the freeway while i drove to work yesterday. painted on the side was "r.c. catering." i'd like to believe that the r.c. stood for "roach coach" just because it really should have.

dead kitty and i played in the sunshine yesterday while linus and lucy watched angrily from the windows. sorry, guys. dead kitty has outside privileges because he doesn't puke grass on the rug when he comes back in. something to consider.

i worked in the office today and it's weird being there alone, especially knowing that a month ago there was a dead body down the hall. i sorta hoped the dead guy was haunting the place (his smell certainly does - he was there for two weeks before being discovered) but i didn't find any evidence of it today. i wish it had been a more exciting day but it was just data entry and a missed connection with a friend who's up from portland. i do hope i can see her before she leaves tomorrow.

i watched pandora's box when i got home and have now decided that i'll recreate one of lulu's dance costumes for my halloween costume. people will probably think i'm a ziegfeld girl (or whatever the common heathen equates the ziegfeld look with) but i'll know who i am. plus i'll get to wear sequins, tulle and taffeta ruffles, and a feather headdress. i wish i could find a better picture of the headdress, but this was all i could get:

i'm also pretty enthralled with the dress she wore in the first act. i love white flowy dresses. wonder if i could replicate it....hmmm... something to do in my lack of spare time.


did you notice i'm wearing a blue dress again? actually, i wore a red one today but didn't take any pictures. i had no idea i owned so many blue dresses. this one has the animals for noah's ark embroidered on it. i love it.

missed calls

so someone called me late tuesday night and i couldn't make heads or tails of the phone message. who the hell was it? as much as i love a good mystery, the suspense is killing me. anonymous caller, can you just e mail me? (and btw, please don't call so late. i work early on tuesdays and wednesdays.)

oh and gib, i think your butt called me last night. sounded like fun!

tell me you love me

today they're being especially annoyingly adorable.
they keep posing for me and really pushing that "cuteness" angle. i think i love my cats. this is a very, very bad sign for a single woman in her 30s. if only i could be like della...

i spent all morning (6a to 11a) watching perry mason. like most chicks, i adore crime shows. at least i pay props to the master of the genre. think what you will - perry mason rocks.

disagree? i have one thing to say to you:

della street

smart, sassy, gorgeous, dedicated, indispensable. every female in a crime drama since has aspired to be her. maybe on the outside she was perry's personal secretary but even the man paid respect to her as the heart of the team. they couldn't have done it without her.

plus it didn't hurt that she was hot as hell. and have you heard her sexy voice? me-ow!thank you barbara hale for being della. i owe you sooooooooo much!

i've said it before but i'll say it again - i need a life!

oh i see you shivering in the garden...

it's supposed to be fall. why is it so sunny and hot? this is seattle. we're not equipped for weather like this. it throws our depression out of whack.
i'm trying to balance myself by listening to copious amounts of pulp. i played it through the computer all day at the office using pandora. i think i heard "common people" 11 times since i kept having to make new radio stations. every time it played something besides pulp, i hit the skip button. apparently you can only skip a certain amount of songs before you have to create a new station. pandora sucks.90s era jarvis cocker does not suck. i blame it all on automne since her wedding renewed my pulp love. can't it just be all pulp all the time?
i think i'm gonna embroider on the front lawn and listen to them some more.

for gib

disturbing, isn't it? now we're even and you're forgiven.

(for everyone else: there is no cause for concern in the slightest. this is just an inside joke. happier pics return tomorrow.)

and even though i'm not there...

...i still have tons of birthday love to send out to automne and nicole j. i ate this whole bowl of doughnut holes just for you! (well not yet, but give me time.)
and believe me when i say there are some kick ass presents shaping up for each of you.

nom nom and lots of love!

everyday is like sunday

or at least today is like sunday. a morrissey sunday. except it's not silent or gray. and it really is sunday instead of just being like sunday. so i guess it's really not like sunday at all. except that it is. just not like a morrissey sunday. crap.

it's beautiful outside and josh and i were supposed to hang out all day. sadly something came up and he had to bail early afternoon so we're rain-checking our sunday fun day plans. we did rock out in my car to ELO's "mister blue sky" while driving through downtown seattle on my way to drop him off so that was a hilarious end to our abbreviated plans. no film fest for me today.
so then what to do for the rest of the day? i considered getting some stuff ready for etsy postings (like this gorgeous shawl sleeve coat) but i'm just not in a modeling mood. go figure. but i do have some birthday presents to make so i'm digging out my needles for an embroidery session. yay!
granted they won't be as odd or gorgeous as this but i do promise to take pictures of the results and share them with you all. i just know you're dying to see what i do (that was sarcasm).

i'm really seeing a strange circus theme as inspiration for today's designs...
hmmmmmmmmm.... sideshow embroidery..... that has some serious potential.

whatever makes her happy on a saturday night

i'm having a massive craving for doughnut holes and i don't know why. maybe i should give in and go buy some... whatever makes it alright.

yesterday featured yet another blue dress! i love this one. i picked it from solanah last year and it is such a stunner. i caused quite the sensation when i stopped by target. the little girl behind me in line kept telling her mom i was a princess. it's gotta be the bustle.
it reminds me so much of some of my favorite vivian westwood pieces such as this one. i'm being super lazy tonight because tomorrow i get to go to MIFFF. no, it has nothing to do with hot moms, it's the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival. yeah, it's pretty much a geek fest so i'll fit right in.
yay for geeks and geeky films!
much like the strokes, i've got nothing to say. so not in a blogging mood so i don't know why i even posted. i guess i'm just bored. saturday. boring. gonna go watch all the season premiers i've missed. already caught up on the office, bones (i'm so lame for loving that show, but i just can't help myself), and fringe. next up - gossip girl. after a doughnut hole run, that is.