another self indulgent moment...snow hate.

snow i rebuke thee. i was born in a town that i love, and a climate i hate. so i choose to rebuke winter in the midst of this insane snow. harnessing the skills learned from listening to oprah talk about that book the secret, i'll positive affirmation my way out of this snowy misery. as burger king says, have it your way. i bring you heat served dim sum style...many styles. enjoy. viva la snow rev-oh-luuuu-say-yawn.




ahhh.street festivals, celia cruz, i feel summer breezes a comin'(btw check dj quick's "summer breeze" for more seasonal respiration)
and below she brings that old/fresh cool/hot heat and fire. gimme a bubble gum wuuh-ta ice and a cheese pretzel w/spicy mustard.

spikes joint...update, i'm late!

this is called beyond procrastination. i had it on my mental checklist to go to spikes joint, store owned by famed director spike lee in the fort greene section of brooklyn, since well....ever since i heard it had opened. i just didn't realize both how fast time had flown,and how far gone my mental checklist had gotten. (note to self...time to scratch or skip the list). so on a little google quest getting ready for a trip to bk borough i find out (school daze spike moment "waaaaaaaaaaaaaake uuuuuuuuup!"), that friggin store has been shuttered since 97'. that is ridiculous. i lower my head, hope for flyjunkie attonment, and offer you this as a reprieve.(oh boy, shaking my head)

Spike's Joint

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and everytime i heard this i got so amped to check out that store. sigh.
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iconography...ladies first--dee barnes

there are two ways to remember dee barnes. one...as a note to self of why you loath dr. dre and should never forget what a *@#%@#$*&%! he really is before supporting his bank account. two...as the flyest chick that like ever was. the original cool girl with the dopest style and vibe. she gave the most inspiration that a girl, with a brother as her only style reference and no cable tv, could acess from her living room. i still have taped episodes of pump it up on vhs, meticulously recorded by my brother and me. check the historical references below and tell me her style, like goverment cheese, still doesn't hold up with time.


classic


she was so much cooler than i remembered. i didn't even know she was behind this classic joint.

iconography...the birth of the cool

here's what i want to make a regular feature (mainly so i clear some space on this inspiration board going on in my head). and wouldn't it be just a sweet coincidence that i was able to start the year off by catching the last day of this Barkley L. Hendricks exibit at the p.a.f.a. (note to self "resolve to stop friggin' procastinating so much this year"). i love that he is from philly and you can feel it in the swag (sorry last time i'll use that word) of his potraiture. long before the satorialist blog, and street style feeds from hipsters worldwide i present to you...







...p.s. fellow junkies if you, like me, wanna be the envy of all the kids on the block scoop the leading image sweet-tee jawn from the p.a.f.a. gift shop if in the city or at www.pafa.org. it'll make you feel good good good good!