Happy Halloween!

Love you, mean it

Emily Barton

costumed kitties courtesy of itchmo, cats.about, catster, gotspot, i-pets, amazonaws, critteristic and viivi.com

Unconditional Love

 If you haven't heard the episode of This American Life entitled "Unconditional Love" - you're missing out.  The first story is about scientist Harry Harlow.  He basically proves that you need love to survive.  Kinda heavy sh*t I know.  But the story makes me cry every time :-)

Listen here.

Love you, mean it

Emily

Relation-Ships

I hope you find something to love this evening...


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Emily

photos via lastnightsparty, parachuteshark, mostbeautifuldarling, sabino, rackkandruin, rachel bone and the honey trees.

Have I Told You Lately?

Frye really makes the best boots. I would love to have someone prove me wrong. But alas, I don't think it's possible. Check out my fav's from the current season:

These boots are causing me to catch some adult feelings...  See all these and the rest of Frye's current collection here.


My birthday is coming up - I wear size 7 1/2. Just sayin...



Love you, mean it

Emily

Pictured here are the Paige Clovertab Cuff, Harness 12R, Dannika Campus, Shirley Studded Hurache, Melissa Riding, Dorado Chelsea, Deena Harness and the Shirley Over The Knee Riding Boot.

Pop Music...

...makes me happy. Cant stop wont stop... gimme her outfits.



love you, mean it.

barton

Really & Truly

LOVE YOU!!!!
MEAN IT!!!!

Emily

This is for us:

plus my dream costume:

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barton

the coolest kids on the block

Kiss Me, You Are Beautiful

Leaving too early in the morning...

music by:
Godspeed You Black Emperor playing San Francisco February 19th, 20th, 21st.


Love you, mean it

Emily


photography from youngdoo moon, lara alegre, ashley michelle, natasa adzic, niko linelr, digital media photography, sabino and audrey hepburn complex.

Nothing Gets Between Her and Her Calvins

Once again Calvin Klein finds itself in hot water.  Recently, an ad depicting Lara Stone (the current face of the brand) and three young men in various states of undress was banned due to its sexually explicit nature.  Namely, that the ad was promoting and condoning "gang rape" (dailymail).  The ad was banned by the Advertising Standards Board in Australia.

The Board said: “[We] considered that whilst the act depicted could be consensual, the overall impact and most likely takeout is that the scene is suggestive of violence and rape. The Board considered that the image was demeaning to women by suggesting that she is a plaything of these men. It also demeans men by implying sexualized violence against women” (Earsucker).

I for one think this ad is a little explicit.  Lara Stone obviously looks dispassionate about the event conspiring around her.  Her eyes are looking off in the distance and her hands lay disinterestedly on her stomach.  I think Refinery 29 put it best when they said "Did Australian officials take appropriate measures, or is this an overreaction?"

What do you think?  I am open for discussion.

Find the rest of the ad campaign here.


Love you, mean it

Emily

Food and Radio

Maybe we should rethink the mission of our blog to something along the lines of our passion for food, fashion and radio.

I was perusing NPR, listening to my morning news and happened upon the the food section, and there they were:

pretty, huh? 

Really this just reminded me that I haven't posted much about food. Lucky for me (and maybe for you) I'm going to have some of my evenings back and I'll be cooking during my prime cooking hours (Noon-4?) and soup season is upon us, and you know how much I love that!

Enjoy this article about making healthier versions of deep fried things.

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barton

images and subject matter 

Kitty Mondays

I mean... Music Mondays:




Holy F**k is right.

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barton

via: frenchpressfilms and my sister :)

Barton's Halloween Costume

Barton dear! 

I found a Halloween costume for you:

I figured you could reuse it later if you ever decide to become a stripper.

To see more hilariously BAD Halloween costumes go here.  I was quite tickled by more than a few.

Happy Sunday!


Love you, mean it

Emily

Black Swan

my walk today:

The lady at Black Swan Books on Piedmont was kind enough to inform me that she just received a whole case of those tights.  They were only 3 for $7 and a one-of-a-kind find I'm sure.

Black Swan Books is located at:
4236 Piedmont Ave.
in Oakland, CA
Mon-Sat 11 - 6pm (closed Wed)
Sun 12 - 6pm

Love you, mean it

Emily

p.s. Barton, if I had had $1.12 more we would now be the proud owners of typeset necklaces.  Alas...

Green Porno

This is seriously the best thing on the internet since, well, porno.

Isabella Rossellini's acclaimed series was created for Sundance Film Channel's website, using the internet as a forum for the lost art of short films. Rossellini feels drawn to the subject matter because of her own love of nature. In hopes to get people to care about the future of these creatures, she used subject matter people will listen to: sex. Now on season 3, in which Rossellini uses the show as a vehicle for messages about sustainable food.



Are you trying to seduce me?

Love you, mean it

Emily

White Sea

I am gifting you some free music in honor of Monday.

White Sea's new e.p. This Frontier is headed up by Morgan Kibby.  Kibby has been in and around the music scene in L.A. for years now.  White Sea is the first project where she is "writing and producing" everything herself.  Morgan was influenced by "ABBA, Donna Summer and the Bee Gees" for this e.p.  Though I would have to say the music is a lot darker than any of the musical outfits just mentioned.  It reminds me of Victorian disco ... using only ProTools and a smile.

All quotes come from a much longer article you can find here.

Love you, mean it

Emily

Tommy Boy Photoblogs Away

Here are some of my favorite street style photos of Paris Fashion Week by JakAndJill's Tommy Ton:

Who is this girl at the end and how do I contact her to thank her for changing my life?!  Also - Is that a watch necktie?  Holy-wah!

To see all of Tommy's pics go to Style.com.

Love you, mean it

Emily