loving... anthro's tropicalia dress

Edmonton's in the midst of a bitter cold snap and with spring still months away, dreaming of wearing this gorgeous dress is my only salvation from the winter doldrums.

This maxi is officially my first purchase of 2013. My second? These fun printed oxfords. Can you tell I�m tired of being wrapped up in thick winter clothes?

What about you? Have you bought anything from the spring collections yet? It�s hard not to, isn't it -especially with temptation lurking everywhere you turn � even at the dang supermarket. I�m looking at you Joe Fresh floral printed jeans.

Hope you're having a fantastic week and keeping warm.

Dajana

style: new specs!

Guys! You have to check out Zenni Optical. I purchased nerdy hipstery glasses online from them just before the new year (driving at night was becoming kinda hazardous) and I couldn't be happier.

Their website is easy to navigate and the process was super simple. I uploaded a picture of myself, spent a couple of hours virtually trying on over 700 pairs of glasses (which frankly, never would've happened if I had to try them on in person) and narrowed it down to these four pairs:

          
           

I ended up ordering three of the above pairs (the aviators on the bottom right didn't make the cut) for $112. Prescription and anti-glare coating included!

Less than two weeks later, my awesome new glasses arrived in the mail in their own little cases and let me tell you, life has never been clearer. I had no idea my poor eyes were working so dang hard these past few years! Plus, I get to channel my inner Liz Lemon (:

I'm psyched by how well (and quickly) it worked out. I'd highly recommend it!

thank you

January may be half over, but I'd still like to wish you a happy new year! Just before Christmas, bronchitis terrorized me and my plans of gorging on three turkey dinners. Thankfully, the pesky thing has finally released me from its tarantula clutches (yay for antibiotics!) and I'm feeling like myself again.

And I have some fun news for 2013. Last year, my modest goal was to reach 100 followers by the new year. Well, it's happened! And I'm over the moon.

Thank you so much for reading my blog. It means a lot to me that you take the time to come here. Especially since there are heaps of blogs vying for your attention.

I want to reach through the screen and hug you all. xoxo

p.s. Cards found here.

Michael Chandler

january 11 - february 3

opening reception

friday january 11, 6pm to 9pm

 

valentine 

464 seneca avenue

ridgewood, ny 11385

open friday, saturday & sunday 1-6

and by appointment

L train to dekalb ave or

M train to seneca ave

valentineridgewood@gmail.com

valentinegallery.blogspot.com

Born in Denver, Colorado, Michael Chandler was a student of Stan Brakhage at the University of Colorado in Boulder during the late 60�s and attended Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa. He began showing his paintings in 1985 at the galleries of Salvatore Ala in New York and Milan. Chandler has been a gardener in the Hollywood Hills, done mining assessment for the Anaconda Company, worked on Christo's Rifle Valley Curtain project, painted baseball dolls for the Pittsburg Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, was a surveyor for Contact Logging in Philipsburg, Montana, painted walls at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, worked on the production of Walter Hill�s movie The Warriors, painted cartoon cells for Animalympics, did installations at the Mudd Club and Club 57 with Mary-Ann Monforton and worked as an assistant to Dan Flavin through the Dia Art Foundation. Among others, he has exhibited in Munich with Galeria Paal; in Seoul at Gallerie Seomi; in Bologna at Galleria Comunale d�Arte Moderna; in Rio de Janeiro at the Museum of Modern Art; at the Rhode Island School of Design�s Museum of Art and in New York City at P.S.1, the Drawing Center and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Most recently his work could be seen at Jules de Balincourt�s Bushwick Basel. Chandler has worked out of his Lower East Side studio since 1980 and this is his first one person show in New York in 15 years.