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I’m not entirely sure what the Halloween plans are going to be– Halloween in the city or the small town? It should be said that I LOVE holidays. Adore them. I grew up with a mother who would give all of us cards at St. Patrick’s day, pull out all things patriotic on the Fourth of July, etc., etc., and her love of holiday celebration has definitely been inherited by yours truly.
So when mom and I were on the phone recently, she said to me “Well, I better go. Need to research zombies. Have a great evening!” I learned of her and my stepdad’s plans to be zombies at the hometown haunted house this year.
“Want to come be a zombie with us?” She asked.
Um…. Uh….
Well, if zombies wear shoes like this… I’m totally in.
(Thanks Notcouture.com!)
How can you not feel love for a manifesto like this:
And my mom would LOVE to hear this bit– one of their services is to create MoodBoards which are basically collages specific to you space with suggested design tips, colors, textures, etc. (My mom’s been making MoodBoards for years…perhaps I can persuade her to post one!!)
Here is one of Kelly + Olive’s MoodBoards:
This makes me want to design something, paint a wall, recover a chair… of course I don’t think the executive apartment folks in NYC would like that much. *Sigh*
For now I will live vicariously through Kelly + Olive.
The High Line park debuted itself to the city of Manhattan last week — the perfect opportunity to investigate this long (1 1/2 mile) elevated park on the West Side of the city. This reprieve from the city streets below is surprisingly calm — one genuinely feels a bit smoother on the inside upon arrival. And I know this wasn’t just me — the pace of the people walking the length of the park (that spans through the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Clinton’s/Hell’s Kitchen) on opening weekend was that of a meander. A rare pace in the (great!) madness that is Manhattan.
The original “High Line” was built in the 1930′s when the city decided that sending speeding trains through Manhattan was not an all-together safe idea — apparently, when the tracks were still at street level, their path was referred to as “Death Avenue” — men on horseback rode in front of the trains (West Side Cowboys!) to alert people that a train was coming. So cool! (And yet logistically frightening!)
(Image from the High Line Website– click through to see more or visit the High Line Blog for more info.)
Anyway, today they integrated the original train tracks into the design… mixing horticulture and history. A great addition to the city indeed!
