karen walker SS10

karen walker boat shoes

these have got to be the cutest boat shoes known to mankind. adorable.

the luncheonette

welcome to the burbs. this excites me. a snazzy place to wine and dine that's conveniently close to home. loving the interior, feels very brunswick-y. as a local i'm admittedly biased, however, you'd be surprised what you can find in lil ol' kenny. perhaps i won't be so inclined to move to brunswick afterall. we shall see. looking forward to seeing similar establishments in the (hopefully) not too distant future.

"Olivia Robinson smuggled a culinary secret back from New York when she returned to the homeland early last year. While in the US, the hospitality veteran (of New York eateries Brown and Gitane) developed a fancy for the Lower East Side counter cafes known as 'Luncheonettes' and decided the slept-on suburb of Kensington was the perfect location to open her very own.

Striking the delicate balance of cute-not-kitsch, and with focused-not-fierce service, Luncheonette toasts the other country-style eateries in the area like a ham and cheese sandwich. The food is almost all organic, derived locally from the Vic Markets, Dench Bakers and Crumbs Bakehouse. Meals like the breakfast platter (muesli with organic yoghurt with pistachios, honey and fruit toast) and the baked egg combos are even presented on lil' wooden boards!!

The interior is spotless yet filled with character, decorated with hand painted windows and accessories, a vintage cash register and random collectables that Olivia now has an excuse to display. All in all, Luncheonette is redolent with nostalgia of good times with friends and coffee in New York City. (Specifically, south of Houston, east of Bowery.)" - threethousand

173 Rankins Road, Kensington (opposite Kensington train station)

image source: flickr

love me

no answer

saw this on the train this morning. it's times like these i wish i popped my head out of the books and was more attentive to melbourne's art culture whilst still at uni. i think this was a brilliant idea and i'm totally kicking myself for not being there to see it in action. they remind me of bugs, and the ringing somewhat resembles chirping of crickets. although, i'm sure that's not the effect they were going for. but hey, art is always open to your own interpretation. brilliant work from melbourne. 'tis why i love this city.

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No Answer (2006)
Martine Corompt & Philip Brophy
Photography by Greg Sims
Location Lush Lane

The enigma of the ringing public payphone. Who is calling, and who will answer?

A Melbourne lane-way. From the main street you hear the faint ringing of a public phone. As you near the mouth of the laneway, the ringing is clearer. It is not one phone: it sounds more like ten phones, chiming intermittently. Now standing at the mouth of the laneway, you see multiple public phones, each covered by their radiant dome, distributed across the laneway’s wall at varying heights. Some are positioned two stories high. All are inaccessible. You move down into the laneway. All the phones continue to chime intermittently, gently filling the spatial volume of the laneway space. Unable to reach or pick-up the receivers, you are left listening to the sound of ringing - the sound of no answer.

City of Melbourne Laneway Commission 2006

content source: moving galleries

ruby rose and catherine mcneil

engaged and beautiful

r.i.p.

r.i.p. kevin salem. you will be missed by many.

11th dimension by julian casablancas

wedge love

minimarket, jeffrey campbell, tristan blair, acne

deadly ponies cage bag

loving this. love deadly ponies. i possess the mr bone mailman bag - the most conveniently sized bag i own. their hand made leather bags are to die for. not to mention, the smell of new leather is divine. honestly though, i think i have too many bags. no no, i lie - a lady can never have too many bags.

image source: pixiemarket.com

distant

you know you've become distant friends when you send her a birthday message,
and realise the last message you sent her was on her last birthday ...

popupshop

if i had children ... i'd suggest someone call child services. i kid, i kid. no seriously. this comment may just kick me in the ass sometime in the future. let's start this again, shall we? if i had children they'd be the most stylish kids on the block. stylish children are adorable. popupshop clothing for kids as below.

"Popupshop is the Danish high fashion kids brand which is being compared to Helmut Lang and Y-3 for women. And on top of that it is organic, sustainable and affordable too." - kidsofluxury.com

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delfin-postigo house

loving the interior of the delfin-postigo house (spanish duo - fashion designer david delfin and photographer gorka postigo). this is all i want, the perfect abode - fit to your personal preferences, interests and essentially defines you.

image source: yatzer.com

thinspiration

marya timonina by danil golovkin - vogue russia jan 2010

image source: ru_glamour

does not equal

loving the androgynous pieces by 'does not equal'. although the designs are minimal, each piece has a special something that catches my attention. the pieces are influenced and inspired by scandinavian designs. dne challenge the over priced and mass produced pieces in the australian male market. all power to them. it's about time someone did.