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In a few hours my lovely Chrissy and I will be making our way into the city for a night of giggling, drinking, and flirting (though not with each other on that last one)… I’m not the only one with friends in a band who’s got a concert tonight (Mucca Pazza is playing the Empty [...]

So this weekend while roaming around Funcie with my brother, I find the boots.
Tucked away in a corner display at a sports footware store that I had ignored the day before… There were the boots.  They met my criteria: near-knee high, warm, at least a little fake fur (if I wasn’t going for the popcorn [...]

The first real snow is finally here.
Though the great boot search is still under way (see: start walking (notes on cold weather fashion))… I managed to pick up a new coat and hat just in time this year.
I hadn’t actually been searching for a hat this year…  I had knit hats already — various ones [...]

(I seem to be on a fashion kick… oh well… and no pun intended for this next entry…)
I lived in the city long enough to go through one winter, and in that short time I learned there is just something you seriously cannot do without.  Good boots.
Chances are, here in the Second City area, you [...]

Chances are you’ve already heard about steampunk by now.
Or, at least, maybe you’ve seen various steampunk things — such as this keyboard.
More and more people are jumping on board with how awesome a lot of this steampunk stuff is.  I mean, seriously, I know I would like to take my gen 1 17″ intel iMac [...]

I change styles a lot, or at least, I dabble.
According to a fashion horoscope, I keep up with fashion and switch between looks.  The latter at least holds true.
“Keeping up” with fashion for me is merely noticing what people are wearing, and noticing what’s in the stores now.
I don’t have any magazine subscriptions at all [...]

So last night I found myself here — a fashion show hosted by local magazine…
Honestly, I don’t think I knew what I was getting myself into.  Not that it was superbly grand, had any hints of scandal, or even so tragic it was epic.  But it was amusing none-the-least.
Yesterday evening I received a call from [...]