The most important Holiday

... is just around the corner!

I take Halloween very seriously.

I mean I love Halloween so much that I've taken 

it out of it's month of October on many occasions!

ie: Halloween in April

Grandma & Dead Ballerina

Dance Party

And who could forget the shit show that was my 

Freaky Friday the 13th Halloween in July 22nd Birthday Bash??

I was "Magical".... until I jumped in the pool.

I would have included shots of everyone
however I think my friends would disown me,
or lose their jobs.... and their dignity.

Needless to say, my friends and I excel at this holiday.

The past few years our costumes have been quite competitive.

Candy Corn & Scrabble 2009

Cheer Bear, Dora and Olive Oil 2010

Details! Details! Details!

So the question is..

What will I be this year?

My friend Dobis and I were suppose to be 

East Coast and West Coast Ke$ha.

However that involves me investing money that 

I don't have in a wig, stunnah shades and some skank shorts.

Or, like my brilliant friend Erica suggested, 

I could simply just wear a trash bag.

But last night I had a great money saving idea to be Patch from 101 Dalmatians!

I could wear my Phillip Lim Dalmatian print dress with my 

studded polka dot Guiseppe Zanotti pumps..

All I would have to buy would be ears, a collar and dog bone.

Decisions, decisions.

My options are quite similar here, which makes it more difficult.

 Between Ke$ha and a dog, they both smell, pee outside and drink out of a toilet. 

Ugh! I don't know guys! Help me out!

The Rivalry

I'm not embarrassed to say that I still sleep

with a stuffed animal... his name is Buddy Bear.

Now Buddy Bear has a little bit of a back story..

In my head Buddy is gay.. in his mid 40's and 

in the summers he'll occasionally sneak away to P Town 

for a few days... you know.. the norm.
And his butt use to smell like lavender.
(he was an aromatherapy bear in his prime)

Well for some reason my roommate has had a 

rivalry with my cuddly companion and it all started 

with this photo that she took of him.

Yes.. she put him in this scandalous position 

and captured it on film! 

I left him in NY last weekend and received a text message saying 

"I think something happened to Buddy Bear. Oops."

And came home to find this!

So last night I had guests staying at my apartment 

and my loving roommate told me I could stay in her

room while she was away for the week/weekend.

Immediately after she sweetly offered she squinted and said..

"but he's not allowed in my room."

I accepted with a smile and when she left... 

I sent her these.

Doing work.

Stretching.

Just lounging around. 

Um.......... ya know..

And then after I sent those... 

I took these.

What... he got tired.

This one is for you Noodle!

Happy Birthday Noodz

I love you.

The Man Post: Get suited up for Fall

So when Mother Nature decides to get her 

shit together so we can start experiencing some 

real New England style Fall weather you boys 

should be well equipped with Fall's favorite fabrics.

Flannel & Corduroy

Personally, I love the lumberjack look.

And I love that it's trending right now!

Like look at this guy. 

GANT

Hi! I love you.

I mean... he can really pull of a mean

Canadian Tuxedo. 

I love this jacket...
Well it looks more like a "shackardigan."
Those of you who don't speak Taryn that is a
shirt, jacket, cardigan hybrid.
An Outerwear Mutt if you will.

Either way, I love it.

GANT RUGGER Lambswool Check Jacket $298

GANT has some great flannels but

if you don't want to break the bank...

ugh I hate when people say that.. redo.

If you are broke as shit or a cheap ass go to

Kohls and pick up a fist full!  They're aboot

$15 a pop! Sorry my Canadian is showing.

Now onto the cords.

GANT

H&M usually has a great skinny cord 

for like $20.  If you want something a little nicer

take a look at Levi's 511 Skinny Corduroy.. 

not super cheap but it's a pretty decent price.

$58.

Levi's 511 Skinny Corduroy at Kohls

If you want to go another step up

check out J.Crew's Vintage Cord line.

I love the slim fit.. but I'm sure you knew that. 

$75.

J.Crew Vintage Slim Fit Cord

And if you really want to spoil yourself 

with a really nice pair of cords... Go GANT.

$168.

GANT The Cordster 5 Pocket Chip

Home & Nature

My life is a little upside down right now.

Lots of changes... for the better.  Even though it doesn't 

feel like it right now.  This weekend kind of threw me for a loop.

Anyways, I just thought these shots from the weekend

were pretty and wanted to share them with you guys.

I'm glad I got out of bed.

My favorite house in my home town.

It's grey.. it looks like it is completely made of cement.. 

has some cracks on its facade, it's creepy looking! I love it.

Ever since I can remember I've always wanted to capture 

a photograph of it.. but I was always either in a car or didn't have

a camera on me.  Sunday, on the one morning I almost didn't get out

of bed, I decided to go for a walk with my mom and it was perfect.

The things we talk about... we just get each other.

 

Today in the truck while eating McDonald's:

Me: You know what I'm going to miss?

Michael: No what..

Me: Being unemployed.. It's just so easy. I can do whatever I want whenever I want at any time.. bing bang boom.

Michael: Well that's why I work for myself now.

Me: I guess I could do that too.. but it's just so much easier doing nothing.

Michael: Most people don't realize how easy they could have it. You know they sit at work surfing the interweb... Little do they know they could sit on their very own couch in their pjs, do nothing and surf the interweb.

Me: I know right? I mean look at how many people work? Maybe I should tell them about this.

Michael: Nah. They're too stubborn. They won't wanna hear it.

Me: Ya.. I guess.

Michael: You can lead a horse to water.. but you can't make him drink.

We bond mostly over made up scenarios... because when either of us talks about things that we're "passionate" about or things that matter, the other usually loses interest and stops listening.