Gypsy Rose
Must. get. to. the. SpiegelPalais.
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Windowlicker
Lounge in style with a few of these embroidered floor pillows scattered just so [diamond floor pillow, made by a cooperative in india and on sale for $27.50 at ten thousand villages]
Windowlicker - from the French for window shopping: faire du lèche-vitrine - appears on Tuesday and Thursdays at 10am EST.
Just 'Cos...
I have an extra ticket to the Fiery Furnaces/Man Man/Standing Nudes show tonight at Webster Hall (general admission; value: $25), and I'm willing to give it away to the first Lux Lotus reader who emails me with the subject: "LUCKY" (the show is not sold out as of this moment).
Uptown/Downtown
It's not my preference, obviously, but I've been in public relations long enough now to occasionally have more than one client-related event on the same day! Tonight, I have two, and they're both worth attending, so that's my plan. I'll be at "Green by Design" at Makor, the Upper West Side branch of the 92nd Street Y, for the first half of the discussion featuring Robert Frenay, design trend dynamo and author of Pulse, in conversation about next-wave environmental culture with Lux Lotus fave Bryan Keefer and guests. 
Then, I'll jump in a cab to dash downtown for a celebratory drink with Katharine Weber at the Tenement Museum's cocktail party in honor of the publication of Triangle (Check out the glowing review on NPR's Fresh Air today, wherein "beauty" and "structurally dazzling" are invoked).
Needless to say, I highly recommend both events, as each is about as close to perfection as it gets in terms of the ideal cultural experience in New York! (Want to review one of these books for an online media outlet, e.g. your own blog or a site that you contribute to? You know what to do, doves).
Windowlicker
Shopping, even the imaginary kind, can be tiring. Lately I have not been feeling like much of a materialist, and so the Windowlickers have not been as fresh and fantastic as I prefer.
With that in mind, I bow to Diana Vreeland's famous dictum, With health, a good figure and brown skin in the summer, people should spend very little money on their clothes.
Through Labor Day, every Windowlicker will feature an item that costs less than 30 dollars. After that, a return to luxury and tibetan lamb's wool furniture for the cooler months.
The bewitching egg- and bubble- shaped skirt trend has about ten minutes of looking inventive left, so take advantage soon if you're inclined (I'd pair it with something more like this as far as shoes go).
[black knit bubble-skirt dress, $19.99 @ target.com]
Windowlicker - from the French for window shopping: faire du lèche-vitrine - appears on Tuesday and Thursdays at 10am EST.
Lux.Links
- AVC on Rusinga Island, Kenya
- The Mumpsimus on Claude Cahun + Laird Hunt on "Nonrealist Fiction"
- Indie Workshop on Man Man Live. Personally, I can't get enough of: "I'd Rather Go Blind" (MM plays NYC Thursday with Standing Nudes and The Fiery Furnaces)
- Lola is Beauty's Paris Diary
Tattoo You
Marcy's posted the new cover for TWINS, in paperback this fall, and, as you can see, it is an absolute beauty! See also: the UK cover. My favorite comment I've read in relation to TWINS: My friend Peaches has a twin brother, and when they get together they act as strange as can be.
Big Apple, Little Apple
All I know about Meaford, Ontario, is that it's a small town in the middle of nowhere with at least one apple-shaped building... but, seeing as it's hosting the Electric Eclectics Sound Art + Media Festival, I'm dying to go!
Windowlicker
This week's been so busy that it feels like I'm running late on everything (or always running)! Perhaps I should start wearing a watch? XO.
Previously: Sometimes I want my apartment to look like an enchanted forest...
