on the devil being in the details

I posted some images of these antique children's clothes on my tumblr a few weeks back, but the work is so exquisite, I wanted to share the more detailed photos I took here.

All these pieces are handmade and were rescued from being thrown out (Sacrilege!) by Anthony's mom who now keeps them safe and sound.

When we were in Providence, she brought them out and we spent the afternoon admiring the hours and hours of hand work that must have gone into making them.

I literally cannot imagine doing this without the aid of a sewing machine.

Can you imagine putting this level of handcrafted detail onto what is essentially underwear for a toddler?

The photo below is my favorite piece: a teeny tiny skirt of cream cotton covered with a pattern of cornflower blue. If the waist wasn't all of about 10 inches, I would be wearing it all over the place.

on a good looking dude

After our last show on Sunday, fellow Wishbone member Brandon and I headed out to take some photos for an event he is participating in this week.

Brandon heads up most of Wishbone's sketch comedy revues and with good reason - he's a pretty hilarious guy. I think we were able to capture that in the above photo. On a separate note, not many guys could pull off a bright orange shirt and suspenders, but he totally makes it work!

on sad truths

Topics include:

great works of literature, important social quandaries, the history of our universe as written by a man-robot, biographies of great minds and lives, the failure and successes of the human race. All things I really want to learn about. Honest.

Topics include:

dragons and, um...vampires

....I'm not sure I like what this says about my priorities.

on good eating

A little rundown of the meals that began and ended our vacation.

Pre-dinner refreshments. Have you ever had Cocchi Americano? It's the perfect mix of sweet and bitter and is totally delicious. I don't even like to mix mine with anything except occasionally a little lemon.

Flatware

A last minute dinner - pasta with some rustic tomato sauce, basil and Parmesan. Simple and very (ververy) tasty.

And clams. This was my first time ever tasting a clam that wasn't deep fried and crammed between a bun on a Friendly's clamwich (which I don't even think they carry anymore). They were delicious and oh-so-rich. Then again, I'm partial to any food that requires submersion in melted butter before consumption.

A dash of vegetables because they are good for you.

Prior to total demolition.

Summer flowers.

the week in tumblrs returns!

This is more like a summer recap in tumblrs as I was mighty negligent in my posting duties this summer. You'll have to forgive me though - in Chicago it is cold and dark for so much of the year that when summer comes around, replenishing the vitamin D supply takes priority over just about everything else.

The main project of my summer has been working on Spandex which debuted at the Chicago Fringe Festival last week to a great response. We spent weeks building the story and characters from numerous rounds of improv and Harolds and really thought provoking discussions about the American legal system. Above is half of our super talented cast modeling their costumes.

A few weeks ago, Fiat held a little event near one of our favorite restaurants. Since I am a tiny bit obsessed with Fiat we paid a visit and were rewarded with free gelato, a test drive and the above gem of a car that I wanted to steal and keep foreverandeveramen. Look at that little thing. Don't you just want to take it home and be best friends with it? Can you tell that I miss driving soveryverymuch?

I spent a good majority of my time this summer working on re-branding Wishbone's identity and creating a look for our season theme. Above is some of the collateral that we had made for our Season Announcement party in July. I love how they turned out and have been pinning the buttons to everything I own.

On my birthday, Anthony took me to a spectacular dinner at Gilt Bar which is the only restaurant I have ever wanted to permanently take up residence in...that's how good the food is. If you are in Chicago, you have to eat there if for no other reason than their mint chocolate chip ice cream is OUT OF THIS WORLD. Other things that are also out of this world include the entire rest of the menu. It's all I can do not to lick my plate.

on highly competitive word games

Among Anthony's family, Scrabble is not for the faint of heart.

It is a ferocious all-out-battle that sometimes demands an audience.

The stress is intense. I doubt world championship chess matches demand this much brain power.

This man is a ruthless Scrabbler. On our third date he challenged me to a game and I, being the naive and sweet tempered girl that I am (ha) thought 'oh, how cute. I love words. This will be funnn.' Yes, well, after losing by a several hundred point margin I realized that I was no longer in the Scrabble-Kansas of my youth.

Za on a triple letter score still gives me PTSD episodes. Unless I am the one playing it of course.

The Consultant.

Do you see that?!? 

Equine on a triple word score. This is what you go up against when you challenge a Dumville. Whenever I sit down to play, every lovely and eloquent word I know flies out of my head and are replaced with cat, hat, bat, etc. And if I don't have a 't,' well, then it's a REAL problem.