OK, now that we're on to vintage-y cool bikes, check out Renaissance Bikes, which we saw on dude's blog below. They are SO close to us doing such amazing things. They take a vintage frame and "Renaissance" it with mod components. This bike isn't one they added to when they sold it, but is HECKA cool! They have a de Rosa rode bike we collectively want.
When we lived in SF and NYC (and Oakland and CLT) we rode our bikes instead of driving. Really, we ONLY rode. It's a way of life. Andy found this blog bicycle design and we likey. This guy must be a designer and he has all sorts of in-the-know type stuff, like this NEW bike from Fuji. This particular model (2009 Connoisseur) looks exactly like the 1984 Peugeot Melinda rides & is apparently a new trend in bike designs. Kudos.
Beautiful little baubles made from all kinds of celluloid objects: antique hand mirrors, piano keys, toothbrushes. Marina Granger forwarded them along. The blog attached to the same page is super interesting, look at the drivers licenses. Man, she knows some good looking folks.
Here is a garage door with a mural painting by Bethany Kalk. Her work is showing at mina dresden's gallery in SF and her work is very Bay Area aesthetic, but cooler because it's out of a great city in the Midwest!
This is a great concept that is debuting in Philly, a very cool city. Imagine being able to afford a brand new totally green-built house, especially in an innercity location! The project is called $100khouse.
How much do we love the textural soft sculpture by Jennifer McNeely? She is a NW artist who shows all over the west coast. Her installations are made from almost anything - nylons, bras, fabric, tassels - all kinds of "women's" stuff. It's very touchy-feely, sometimes nice, sometimes kind of aggro. Her installations have the tendency to take over the exhibitions they're in. Nary a wallflower among them.
We heard about these suits from friend Steve W. in Wmsburg, Bklyn, but it's an LA company. They are so fresh & so clean.
