hints

if you don't know about weltenbuerger, well, you should.

(especially if you live in the la area)

if you don't know about the palatines, well, you will.

(especially if you watch this space)

stay tuned!

fly away / home

i've lived in los angeles for just about a year and a half now.

in many ways, i still feel like a total newbie.

but, it's pretty amazing how easily and quickly one adapts to the weather here.

(i'm sure that's hard to imagine.....)

next week, i'm leaving for a work trip to italy, and if i'm lucky, i'll have a little mini break in london.

the trouble is..... what the heck is the weather like in those places?

for those of us who have been living in perpetual mild temperatures, any trip to a location with real seasons is a bit of a challenge. 

how cold is cold, again?

how many layers go under a wool coat?

is it weird to wear a wool hat with bare legs?

etc.

but i find it particularly challenging to pack for this upcoming trip, since the weather in both places is kind of in flux. it's springtime!

so, at least in london, i think that means it cold be a nice freezing rain, or a mild, grey day....

but in bologna? milan? 

here's the current weather in bologna:

and the forecast for next week is much warmer, with some sun.

but obviously, mother nature could change her mind entirely, and dump some snow, or decide on tropical, balmy weather......

since it's been so long since i've been able put together a layer-ladled outfit, i've been really inspired by some of these looks, from the blogs:

(photos courtesy of de quelle planète es-tu?)

 

(photos courtesy of the sartorialist)

but i'm afraid that i'll wind up wearing my l.a. uniform of jeans, t shirts, sneakers and some brass jewelry..... and carrying an umbrella everywhere.

have i mentioned that i never ever check my luggage? so, over-packing is not an option......

so what do you think? should i fill my roll-y suitcase with black tights, smart wool skirts & jackets and my favorite, neglected +j beanie?

or my new pierre hardy sneakers and a trench coat?

or what?

look, i'm leaving in a week, so i'll pretty much be spending every non-working moment figuring out the nuances to packing.

if you've got some tips & tricks, let me know!

man over matter

it's up!


go here to "buy" (for free) a copy.




that's me on the cover, and also singing back-up-hippie-chick vocals on the track ny/ca.






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my terrific husband has just about finished recording a lovely album, called the lens & the screen.

he did it as part of the rpm challenge.

and somehow, i wound up on the cover:

and you might even hear my voice on one of the tracks.

it's really good, you guys! i'm sort of the opposite of biased- i'm super critical of everything.

so, you can pre-order it now, or just wait until march 1, and download it for free!

clearly!!!

as most of you know, i'm a shoe girl.....

i'm not much of a bag girl.

as day bags go, i am really pretty low maintenance. i have one or two "it" bags, but they mostly collect dust in their storage area. i always think maybe i'll have a daughter or niece who will be happy to have them.

but after moving to la, where one drives to dinner, instead of walking or taking a train..... i've become quite enamored of small, evening type bags.

so, my jaw just about hit the floor, when i came across the igor & vladimir bags from shourouk.

how perfectly tiny, cool & fancy are these two?

i guess you can't really tell how tiny they are, from the photo.

but they are.

back from the dead - i wasn't chillin at the beach, down at club med

so, i've lost the plot, slightly, on this here blog.

things have changed significantly in my life since i've had a regular schedule, and the time to plan out 3-4 blogs per week.

however, it looks like, somehow, folks are still reading. without my having typed up one darned thing in over two months, my stats here show that some folks, somewhere out there, are actually reading some of this stuff i've written.



that, combined with a tiny word of encouragement for a heavy-hitting local cultural phenom/celebrity and the follow up (much more verbose) encouragement from terrific friends....



... and the fact that, well.... i actually really miss having a forum to explore things that are cool, interesting and frankly kind of annoying in both words & images...


has convinced me to revive this blog.









there's been a lot that's happened since i moved to los angeles over a year ago. pretty soon, i'll catch you up on all the excitement, both good & seemingly-not-so-good.



in the meantime, here are some out takes from my 2012 instagram feed:

oh, that's a lot!
(and i just realized that a lot of them might make you doubt the title of this blogpost!)



hope your 2012 was equally visually stimulating, delicious, enjoyable, but maybe a little less injury-ridden....



talk soon,


xoxo,

jess