(aka "Henry Van Tinkler")
This week, our very good friends at Dolly Python lost the irreplaceable Frito, their best friend and store mascot. The circumstances are too sad to talk about. There's a memorial service on Saturday in Ennis. If you are our hommie you will easily find your way there to celebrate the beloved life of Frito. This one-of-a-kind-dog was a friend to all and we'll miss his loving nature and his badass teeth/underbite forever. Total fart.
As much as I love our bikes, I would be in heaven to get them out of our house and into a more appropriate setting—we don't have a garage. This Micro-Structure bike shed by Brennan Conaway is rad and would be a fitting addition (ahem, Ean) to our backyard. More here.
There are two things making this a happy Monday: getting to watch boys crash into each other during bike polo tonight and listening to the launch of KXT 9.17FM, KERA's new sister station that's devoted entirely to music.
Fifi Lapin, my favorite fashion bunny, has done what many famous artists have done before and made herself available to the masses. These two tops are available here for a limited time.
Saw these "Kroozbox" bike baskets in Marfa last weekend and caught an immediate case of the smittens. Love struck, my friends demanded I get on my bike and chase down the two guys on vintage bikes to get the scoop. Turns out the two are the Austin-based designers of the not-yet-released "Kroozbox." Only 100 are initially being constructed and each is made of wood, brushed aluminum, and weigh only one pound! And they retail for only like $100! The knife to the heart? I LOST THEIR CONTACT INFO and can't presale one now! If anyone knows how to locate these guys, please let me know. I've Googled and Googled and can't find them. Frowning.
Elin @ the Thunderbird doing the SPLITS! Dang. Work it out, girl.
Happy bathroom paint.
Robin and I about to get a dill pickle snowcone! More yum than you can imagine.
Went to Marfa for my first time this past March. The above pics are some of the favorite colors I saw and snapped there. I leave for the desert in the morning for a 5-day weekend. Looking forward to many things but mostly I can't wait to chill out with the massive amount of friends convening there too, riding my Bianchi Milano all over town, and dancing my brains out at the Dan Deacon party in the streets. Sad I am going to miss the Tyler Street Block Party. If you are in Dallas, definitely check out this Cyclesomatic event. It'll be fantastic.
Going to need some good eye cream to help aid the evidence of me crying my eyes out all day. Found out this morning that this very sweet face died very early in the a.m. hours. Will miss you, Robbie Becker. Thank you for all the laughs, wonderful memories, good times, and music you turned me on to. See you on the other side. xx
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. THANKS, BINK!
I think I have exhausted every single cereal pun so I will spare you. Obviously someone else is addicted to Santigold's dance jam Unstoppable. This Apple Jacks prezzie was waiting for me when I got in this morning.
A week ago today one of my super radical homegirls surprised me with this prezzie—it's a 6X5 (woodcut or linocut) print of a Diana camera. Mad smitten with it, I was reminded that I have about ten rolls of 120 film I need to have developed. I'm not good with this camera at all, despite the private tutoring I received from another super-radical homegirl. If I had an iPhone and the Camera Bag application I could shoot like this all the time and save on film and processing (so jealous of you people). Here are two pics I've shot with my cute Diana.
panda fwend!
