New shoes in the shop! Those fringed clogs have the flag of sweden on the insides. I remember sitting in the park once talking with a friend about dating deal breakers, I can't remember what mine were but I remember him pausing to carefully think about it, he suddenly exclaimed "clogs!" and I never forgot that. My opinion of them has changed over time, nowadays I think they are very cool. I spent today with no elecricity, I was on the verge of lighting candles when it suddenly came back on. I was so hungry I tried to heat water to make oatmeal on the grill. It was not good. I started to read the book "American Wife" by Curtis Sittenfeld and I am surprised I haven't picked it up before, it is so good. I also thrifted the book "Self Portrait: Gene Tierney," it is from 1979. The cover reads "The bestselling story of the woman too beautiful for love." That coupled with the swirly 70's font made me grab it off the shelf. It is next in line on my reading list.

Oh yeah, this is my mom who I did not forget to call today. That was her first dog, Pepper. The first in a long line of poodles.

Some of the new things going into the shop. Things have been slow at secretlake this past week because I was working alot at a freelance job, I worked in an office which is super unusual for me. I don't know how office workers do it, the lack of fresh air, the florescent lighting, the general weirdness, it seems unpleasant if it's your all the time thing. I thought of asking someone to take my picture pretending to make a conference call but I don't think anyone would have found it funny besides me.

a vintage paper table cloth

I took a trip to Boston this past weekend, my friend Katie works for a store called Machine Age and they were having a warehouse sale, I came to help out. I stayed over at Katie's apartment. She is also the maker of very rad drawings, she has been making them since I've known her which is like forever.
My friend Michael got a new car, a Porsche. It's from 1984 and it is very cool. He gave me a ride across the parking lot.The sale was full of all kinds of weird stuff, I was fond of this vintage upholstery fabricI was also an admirer of this couch, it was pretty dusty though.
There were plenty of old t.v.s and fans as well. I regretted not setting aside a little navy blue fan that I liked, of course someone bought it up quick. Michael made a time lapse movie of the sale, you can see me working at the table here: http://vimeo.com/11427029. All and all a very fun trip, I hadn't been to boston in ages. On the bus ride in I remarked at how it seemed as though things hadn't changed, it wasn't until I got around that I saw that all my favorite places had disappeared. I was misty eyed over my long gone Amvets, I believe it is now an Autozone. My biggest shock was that V Majestic is gone, I couldn't believe it. I guess it's been awhile.

now up in the shop

I just came across this video on the blog freedanger, it's really quite something