I want this #2
Author: Jake
I saw this in Format, today. It doesn’t seem very practical. But I feel like, what it lacks in practicality, it makes up for in Vespacality. It is a Lamponi scooter lamp. In addition to Vespa, Lamponi makes Lambretta and bicycle lamps. I may hold out for the Ducati lamp.
Second-Hand Goodies
Author: Jake
Ok; First of all, I apologize for the blurry blackberry photos. When Reagan and I were in UT, recently, we stopped through some of the local thrift stores in SLC. The Mormon church runs and subsidizes a chain of thrift stores in the mountain west region called “Deseret Industries.” Growing up in SLC, DI enabled me to to amass a very impressive bowling ball collection, as well as a huge collection of oversized wooden forks and spoons with carved handles.
The SLC thrift stores are basically a hipster’s paradise. I will admit that I have seen some pretty amazing stuff at thrift stores and flea markets in NYC (only because Reagan dragged me along, hehe). But in NYC, they call it “vintage” and try to charge as much or more than you could purchase the item new. It doesn’t deter hipsters (or Reagan) from buying the stuff. But I just can’t bring myself to pay cash money for the stuff.
At DI, it is the exact opposite. Instead of being overpriced, most of the items are priced much lower than their actual value. The wingtip slip-ons above are Bostonians, with leather soles and Vibram heels. I scored them for $4. They aren’t exactly Prada, but for $4, I wasn’t about to complain.
In addition to the shoes, I was totally stoked about a pair of glasses that I dug up. They were definitely my best find during our visit (and possibly my best DI find, to date). They are a pair of original B&L 5022 (the 1952 model) Ray Ban Wayfarers that I picked up for the extremely reasonable price of 50 cents. Check ‘em:
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Im really, really behind.
Author: Reagan
I have so much to catch up on. I still don’t know how to blob on a real computer so please enjoy this phone post with it’s glorious phone pictures. Please note that Jake has offered to teach me how to blob for reals every day and every time I’ve been like “I’d rather watch old 90210 eps, but thanks”. I think I’ll take him up on it soon enough.
Here is a dainty list of things I want to blob about:
~new babies. Asher, Penelope and Clover. My arms smiled at the mention of their names because they thought they were going to get to hold them. Sorry arms.
~family pictures.
~snow shoe-ing in waist deep powder. My butt and thighs burn just typing it.
~marley. We took a few glamour shots of her in cedar city. Only a few though because she thinks the camera is a weapon.
~bowling. And me taking last place.
~kolob. southern Utah is beautiful.
~visitors. Linda, Aubrey, Jamie and Jessica (pictured) came to see piper Jane and jon and kat came to see me and jake. Luckies (us).
~alice and wonderland. Was awesome.
~running club. Jake and Becca started a running club and we have uniforms that make us look fast and scary.
See? Behind. Real behind.
Above is Jessica and Pippy. They got lucky because these pics were on my phone. Jessica is a childhood friend from Tennessee. We have been friends for like 20 years. Woah, that sounds like a lot. She has been living in South America for a year and a half so she hadn’t seen me and the Pip since her 1st birthday. Now that she is in Oak Ridge again im hoping to see her more often. She has family and college friends in town so I felt very privleged to have a whole morning with her. Hooray!
Ok, I have a lot of work to do on the blob. Help, Jake!
Love, reags.
ps yesterday Jessica and I took the pip out of school early because she was falling asleep in the middle of class! Haha. The patch is doing some crazy things to her. At least she seems to be feeling better. But also can’t you tell how tired it makes her? She always looks tired. Poor little thing.
La Musica Coolica #60 (STG)
Author: Jake
Don’t hate me for this one. I kind of consider Shiny Toy Guns as, kind of, the Jonas Brothers of electro-rock. It may seem like an oxymoron. But that is just my take. So I can totally understand if you just want to skip right past this one. However, I am really kind of digging their sound, and if you grew up listening to what I did, you might, also. I feel kind of bad coming off of a two week hiatus with these guys (especially since it is #60 [It would be nice to hit hard on the tens]). Just the same, here it is, and I’m standing behind it.
Oddly enough, the song that I’m sharing is actually a cover of one of my favorite new wave 80’s hits. It is new take of “Major Tom (Coming Home),” by Peter Schilling. Such a great song. And I feel like STG really does it justice. Check it out.
Goofing off
Author: Jake
After our race on Sunday morning, Reagan and I had a very long and relaxing visit with Piper. For some reason, all of the photos that I took, came out looking like Piper was groggy and sad. She probably was groggy. She definitely wasn’t sad though. Just the same, I thought that if she could talk, she probably wouldn’t want me posting those shots of her, not looking like her normal princess self.
After our visit with Piper, we met up with some friends of ours (John and Kat), who are visiting from SC. Reagan knows John from HS. We spend the evening palling around lower Manhattan, since it was so nice out.
Highlights included a jumping contest on the benches at the Battery Park City Promenade.
^–Reagan’s Jump
^—John’s Jump
^—My Jump (shot by Reagan)
Kat also had a pretty impressive jump. But the lighting was throwing off the AF, so it came out all blurry. I’m retarded. More photos of this outing are here.
New York Running Club
Author: Jake
Our new running club had it’s first club points race, last weekend. Our friend Zach Tolbert came out and shot the race for us. It was perfect weather and a lot of fun. Becca was totally on the ball, with getting our jerseys made and delivered before the race.
It was a bit chilly, before the race, but the sun was out, and it was perfect temperature, for running. Our team did very well. Additionally, we had a mystery person sign up as an NYRC affiliate, who beat everyone else on the team, by almost a minute. Jessica (whoever you are) if that is your way of trying out, you passed. Hahaha.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Author: Jake
With the impending warm weather, comes spring fashion. Yay! Flipping through the ads at the beginning of my magazines has made me especially excited for the warm weather. Among all of the uber-creative and super aesthetically appealing ads, there are always a handful of duds. To me, the Hilfiger ad above was the largest dud in the most recent issue of GQ. I “get” using a little bit of irony, to get attention. But, come on, dude. Is anyone really going to go water skiing with sunglasses, button-up long sleeve shirt and jacket, complete with a pocket square? These kind of ads remind me of those over-saturated family portraits shot on railroad tracks. In what universe does that composition naturally occur? I’m not hating, here. I’m just posing a question. Maybe I just need to be educated. Anyone?
Anyway, the Hilfiger water-ski ad still takes a back seat to Khaki Jogging. And of course, underwear pull-ups is still squarely in first place.
I was being dramatic
Author: Reagan
I was being really dramatic last night when I published that post. Sorry to be annoying. Right now i’m blobbing from a wordpress app on my phone(which I clearly know how to use). But I cannot figure out the real life-sized way to blob on my computer. I have all these awesome pictures to post along with stories about Utah, and I spent (wasted) about infinity years last night working on it for no nothing. Anyway, Jake will teach me soon and it will be ok. I was really just pouting last night.
I’m with piper right now and she is killing me (the good kind). So, bye!
I want this
Author: Jake
I saw this board on Format, today. So sick. It has all of the essentials, like sprayed on grip tape (old school Nash-style) and a built in bottle opener. Here is the Format description:
Santa Cruz introduces the ‘Land Shark’ Cruzer, which will surely revolutionize the age-old beer run tradition; full-equipped with a bottle opener on the bottom of the board, the Land Shark is just the kind of ride you’ll want for trips to the corner store before grabbing brews with their buddies this summer. The first board from this new range is the Rasta and it measures 8.8×27.5-inches and features 65mm Santa Cruz Road Rider wheels and spray-on, clear grip on the deck. The Santa Cruz Land Shark Cruzer is currently available for purchase here…
Man, I am so ready for warm weather.
My Grandparents
Author: Jake
When Reagan and I were in Salt Lake, I had the great privilege of photographing my grandparents, at their house. When I was very small, I lived next door to these grandparents. When I was younger, I didn’t realize how fortunate I was to have known all of my grandparents. Living so far away from them now, I certainly appreciate the time that I have to visit with them, a lot more.
^—This is my grandfather’s infamous work room. Many a fine piece of steel jewelry was crafted on the bench grinder.
^— I really liked this shot, because I feel like it captures what happy people they are.
^—–This is my cute grandma, showing us her canning storage. The majority, if not all of the items contained in those jars, were grown right in their own garden.
