Yea, it's about time to play catch-up with my two and a half loyal blog readers and fill you in with exciting stuff that's been happening over the month of October! (Really, nothing too exciting). I meant to blog about my pick ups a while back, but have just been lagging in this weird October heat which just drains my energy from basically doing anything productive (except maybe cursing at the sun and eating ice cream).
I was in F-Town a couple weekends ago and visited my two favorite stores there- Otto and Out of Vogue (which I blogged about in
this post). Anyway, from Otto, I picked up a book about Neutra. The pic of him on the back cover is kinda scary, but it's a good read about a lot of the architectural greatness that he created around the Silver Lake area. I also picked up this awesome Tiki Sea World mug.
I thought it was an authentic Fire King mug cuz I looked at the branding underneath and saw an "F." Sweet, says I...but when I got home and did my research it actually turned out to be "Federal" instead of Fire King. Cool mug which will be added to my growing collection of Pyrex bowls. Speaking of Tiki culture, if you're in the Glendizzle area, be sure to check out Forest Lawn's exhibit, "In Search of Tiki," which features tons of Tiki artifacts from the Pacific Islands as well as Tiki artist Shag and a few collections from Marc and Alice Davis (awesome sketches from Adventureland and the Tiki Room).
Mmmk, I just ate left over Thai food and now I'm food coma-ing.
So here's a list of random pick ups for this month (cuz the combination of greasy thai food and the warm sun in my room is making me groggy).
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Posters for the People: The Art of the WPA > awesome hard cover book featuring eye-catching posters
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Krazy Kids vintage food graphics > Nice compilation of food product logos and packaging from the 50s-70s
-Orla Kiely bag (I couldn't resist, it was on sale)
-The Office quote pens from Target's $1 section "The Schrutes produce very thirsty babies"
