ODJ: 4/18 Club Annual Meeting

Though I won’t actually see Lil A for the 4/18 Club annual meeting till a bit later, we could at least coordinate our outfits around my favorite color on our shared birthday. Grey is the new black, and this is Lil A’s ODJ: As for me, I’m going with a...

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Matchy-Matchy 4/16/2014

Sometimes there is no back-story to tell; I simply like pairing and photographing fashion items. Today’s entry starts yet another series I’ll feature here called Matchy-Matchy. And it’ll only be about the eye...

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The Chanel Jacket Diaries, Part 3

Hypothetically speaking, if I woke up with my closet ablaze and could only save one Chanel jacket, which would it be? Logically it would make sense to save the practical jacket from the last episode since it would get me the most mileage, especially if I had no other...

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The Chanel Jacket Diaries, Part 2

My Chanel jackets are like my children–they are all my favorites, for different reasons. I have different relationships with each of them, and some make me look better than others :D. In today’s episode of The Chanel Jacket Diaries, Part 2, I’m...

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The Chanel Jacket Diaries, Part 1

A few months ago I mentioned starting a new series here as a tribute to my obsession with Chanel jackets, having been particularly inspired by this The Little Black Jacket book/exhibit that’s been touring the world: There’s probably a story or a memory...

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Breaking Bad

I always told myself that I’d stay on the straight and narrow just in case some day, when they’ve pretty much run out of options some state would give me a robe and a gavel for a seat on the bench. But that’s probably a fantasy more farfetched than...

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Road To Adoption: When Two Birds Collide

Sometimes you just shouldn’t taunt Mother Nature. Last week I glibly wrote to someone that we Los Angelenos don’t even roll out of bed for any earthquake weaker than a 4.5. Fast forward to Friday around 9pm, when I was in the middle of preparing for a big...

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Wooden Music Box

This will be brief. My email box was swamped with requests from readers about the little robot I got from Taiwan so I’m posting more photos with info about it so that you can look for your own special music box online, but if you pass through the Taipei...

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Collier De Chien

So I’m in Taipei, deciphering my fortune cookie messages (wondering if that means one of my successful work projects will take me finally to base camp at Mount Everest!). And all I have to show for Taipei are these photos: Aren’t those cool wooden music...

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