updates

we leave for our cross country road trip tomorrow! after 6 years in LA, it's hard to believe the day has actually come, but we are going back home!

we will still be accepting orders, but we will be unable to process them until we are settled in brooklyn. once we get there, we will be launching the new fall/ winter line, "untamed youth". after that, we will not be taking anymore custom orders for "wild at heart". if you see something you like, you better snatch it up now.

because i am completely obsessed- i will be checking my email while we are out on the road, hopefully blogging, and definitely twittering. if you have any road trip suggestions- send me a message. we will be going up from LA to San Francisco and over on 80 to NYC. in my 2 previous trips cross country, i have never done this route so i am very excited.

follow our adventures on twitter! http://twitter.com/averyshygirl

i wish i could write more...but i have to get back to cleaning & packing. it's so painful to throw so much away!

transforming the men's oxford

another treasure from Nylon magazine- this DIY tutorial from Preen designers, Justin Thorton and Thea Bregazzi. i am totally going to try this once i find the time.

boys love winnie cooper

in preparation for moving, i've been going through the stacks and stacks of magazines i've been collecting over the years. it took many long nights, but i have finally done it. i've gone through them all, ripping out everything i really loved, and organized them in books. it was a long overdue project, but so worth it.

this one is one of my favorites from Nylon magazine, an ode to Winnie Cooper- the ultimate schoolgirl.

drinking in LA

continuing on with the things i will miss about LA...drinking. more specifically drinking with friends. some of my favorites:

1. Taix- my local go-to bar. dark, cozy, old school, mixed crowd and not overrun with east side hipsters
2. The Edison- fancy schmancy, a throwback to the 20's, good for playing dress up, and on thursday you can get a drink for 35 cents, although it was better when it first opened. odd crowd.
3. Cole's- old school drinking, again...another throwback to the 20's. i do love a bartender in suspenders.
4. The Must- excellent happy hour, delicious grilled cheese and tomato soup.
5. Figaro Bistrot- the most "french" thing we have in LA, therefore i love it AND happy hour is every day.
6. The Drawing Room- the ultimate in dive bars
7. The Redwood Bar & Grill- adam hates this place. i love it. i love the kitschy nautical theme. and they make a good veggie burger. yum.

(above, me and one of my best amigas, sharona @ The Short Stop. the photo booth was broken, so we took our own pics)

things i will miss: sunset from our window

one of the things i will miss the most is the view from our apartment.

leaving los angeles

we are leaving california!

so here it is- the big news. adam and i and every little counts are leaving los angeles. after 5 long years we are going back to brooklyn where we first met. the two of us are native new englanders, so the constant sun and warm weather of los angeles was just something we couldn't get used to. i know- some people like it. maybe most people like it. but i have a really hard time going throughout life with no change in the weather. i miss the seasons- fall, winter, spring, summer. i love them all. i miss the mark they have on your life. i miss being near our families. i miss too much.

but, this is not a bash on los angeles. there are definitely things i will miss. i will miss my amazing friends- new and old. i will miss morning hikes in griffith park, the ocean, the mountains, the semi- exciting celebrity sighting (donovan leitch, crispin glover, jonathon rhys meyer- a few of my favorites), cheap produce, wine tasting, the occasional party on a yaht or mansion in the hills (come on, you don't get much more LA than that), our huge apartment with a view- esp. my walk in closet!, eating al fresco, and i will say it again...our friends- you are the reason why it's been so hard to leave all along.

reading: jane, april '07