I hope you all are having a great run-up to Halloweekend! I haven't decided what on earth I am going to be this year.... totally typical Me. Sexy Spaceman is in the running, as is "dead ____" (circus performer? prom queen? Marilyn Monroe?). I never can get it together ahead of time! And the multiple-day dress up just blows my mind out entirely.
In the meantime, this is my favorite new band, Veronica Falls, and a very Halloween-appropriate song... "Love in a Graveyard"! They are kind of like a more gothic Lush or Belle and Sebastian.... enjoy!
I am so lucky to have a new camera- after years of wanting and hoping! I killed my old camera (really- I killed it. It was a terrible day.) and that kicked my butt into buying a lovely Nikon D70 from a friend. A nice camera is great for improving my finesse on Etsy, classing it up, showing fabric detail and all that jazz- but what is a camera really for? Pictures of kitties, of course!
Meet Zazou as you have never met him before.... in front of the lens of a fancy camera! He totally understood what was going on and hammed it up for me for this photo shoot.
I just returned from the amazing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco- three days of amazing free (!) music in Golden Gate Park. The weather this year was incredible... sunshine all three days! T-shirts and shorts, bare legs, mom and dad and grandma and babies and dogs and hippies and magic brownies... the park was about to lift off the ground from the good vibes.
One of my favorite acts was Dr. John and the Lower 911. It was my first time seeing him live- and what a venue to see him in! Dr. John is from New Orleans, and he brings all the fun and magic and musical tradition of that city to his work. He had the (very willing and able) crowd in Golden Gate Park partying their booties off on Sunday!
This is the song that first hooked me on Dr. John:
This video for the Scott McKenzie song "San Francisco" has some footage that could have just as well been shot this weekend- dancing girls! headbands! bare feet! and a parade of kooky characters on Haight Street, where we went on Saturday night. Remember, if you're going to San Francisco... be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
