Happy Early Summer Weekend!!

Before our fair city acquires her very, er... distinctive summer fragrance, she is bathed in the most delightful scent of Linden trees. Right now - very early summer - the smell is everywhere and I find myself deeply inhaling it. This season is sweet, yet oh-so-short, and needs to be appreciated at every turn. 

Have an beautiful weekend everyone!!

xo

Rony

Desert Sharks

Our very own, Stephanie, along with her stone cold fox bandmates just released a super bad ass EP today. While we embarrass her by blaring it in the store (and on our iPods on the train), you should give it a listen as well. Template Hair, released via Manimal Records, is available here or in the handy playlist below. You are so welcome for your new girl crush.

Photos by our other birdette Maureen and catman Jeremy.

xoxo

Rachel

Weekend Kittens: Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Our Kitten (and studio manager!) Candice attended Coney Island's Mermaid Parade outfitted in the most mystical creation I've possibly ever laid eyes on. A former costume designer, her inspiration came from Luna Park, the recently resurrected theme park notorious for its unlucky history. 

The result is a pretty genius blend of the boardwalk's old-fashioned bathing suits and Luna's illuminated pinwheels, electric towers, and side shows. Amazing. 

Images c/o Getty and New York Magazine 

Maybe She's Born With It

That sorta surreal moment when your Tomboy clad fingers flip to Erin Wasson's Maybelline ad and she happens to be mirroring you in her very own Tomboy. 

Catbird takin' over! 

xo,

Sriya

The light from above.

In which the magic is revealed, the curtain pulled back, and the old and the new waltz happily together to my favorite kind of tune.

Claudia Cardinale, on the set of Visconti's The Leopard, 1963, found via LSD's Pinterest

-Leigh

Book Club: Friday the 13th Edition

It's Friday the 13th, which means we're swapping cocktails for a night in with Black Cats & Evil Eyes by Chloe Rhodes. Under the full Strawberry Moon, you'll find our noses buried in this history of the most widely spread superstitions. From the true power of a swan feather to when crossing your fingers really works, hundreds of beliefs are traced to their origin. 

And in the sprit of good fun, we're pairing this book club session with our Bittersweets 13 Pinky Ring. 

xo,

Sriya

Black Cats & Evil Eyes available here

What We Love Today: John Derian

Summer is in full swing. We bet you have weddings, birthdays, graduations and many barbecues to attend. Be the best guest and gift the hostess one of these neat John Derian decoupage handmade glass catch-all dishes and trays. 

See all John Derian objects we carry HERE.

- miss anna 

Dream Date: Anna Shechtman

...who published her first crossword in The Times at age 19 and gets to talk to Will Shortz about what is, and is not, a thing. Anna, want to have Sunday breakfast with me?

- Rony

via Opening Ceremony

Things That Taste Like Summer

Because today finally felt like a Brooklyn summer -- 80 degrees of heat cooled by an evening rain -- here are a few things that taste like summer: 

1. peach iced tea

2. corner store ice pops, like the one I had today courtesy of Darla

3. photos by Mark Borthwick, whose color and mood bring to mind the mellow days ahead**

** this last one is a case of synesthesia 

xo

Sriya

Dream Date: Clara Rockmore

Let's make some waaaaa-waaaaa Theremin (or, Theremini!) music together, you, me, and the memory of Clara Rockmore, "premiere artiste of the electronic museum medium." Now, if that's not a dream date, I don't know is. Waaaaa-waaaaaa...

-Leigh