it runs in the family

Having a big brother is kind of like having training wheels on being awesome- at least for me. For as long as I can remember my brother has been teaching me cool things, and style this is definitely notwithstanding. From an early age he was fascinated by antiquated things; cars, clothes, basically the entire 1930′s (and earlier) aesthetic. So for much of his life that was how he dressed- suspenders, fedoras, wingtips and bowties. As you can see, it rubbed off on me.

I was recently doing some cleaning at our dad’s house when I found an entire bag of bowties from Dan’s childhood! Needless to say I was pretty thrilled and immediately grabbed them to bring home. After I sent him some of these pictures he told me that he received that particular bowtie in first grade as a present from our Gramma. I’ve also taken to wearing a bunch of the antique watches that she gave me as bracelets, which is a great way to still sport them since none of them work! She knows how to make stylish grandkids for sure.

WHAT: fedora, thrift

oxford shirt, thrift

bowtie, my brother’s

leather belt, chicken lays an egg

pleated skirt, flea market

socks, chicken lays an egg

oxford heels, macy’s

watches, my gramma

WHERE: work at chicken lays an egg

WHEN: monday, march 21

found

One of my favorite things in Cincinnati is the Contemporary Arts Center, which has been offering some really amazing shows for years. Last month they hosted Davy Rothbart of Found Magazine and author of The Lone Surfer of Montana Kansas. Occasionally you can catch Davy reading a short story or talking about his family on This American Life (another of my favorite things). Being the little garbage-picker and nosy person that I am, I’m a huge fan of Found. It is a compilation of found things ranging from love notes and pictures to homework assignments sent in by people across the world. Anyway, I’d always really wanted to go to a Found event because Davy reads all the items himself, and has a really great delivery. I have to say, the best part of the evening definitely had to be getting to meet him at the end and give him my big shoebox full of finds. I took some pictures but I felt too awkward using a flash so they didn’t really turn out.

Anyway, on our walk from the CAC to our car, we passed my favorite downtown photo spot, The House of Adam! I was also sporting my fabulous new Jessica Simpson shoes and a sparkly sweater, so what more could you want??

Here’s our fat sleepy pigeon friend.

I should have gotten a close up of my amazing new shoes, but I’m out of practice and forgot.

He didn’t move a muscle the entire time!!

I love the House of Adam so much.

EDIT: I was playing around with photo booth and rediscovered this one of myself playing with my sparkle sweater and new hair!

WHAT: sparkle sweater, my gramma

tan bag, charming charlie

high waisted jeans, urban outfitters

dany platforms, jessica simpson online

WHERE: kick my heart’s ass with davy rothbart, contemporary arts center

WHEN: february 5

really.

Hey ladies and gents! Despite what you may have thought, I didn’t join a nudist colony or get eaten by wolves, I just haven’t been able to set aside time to post lately. I really do wish that I was able to blog on a more regular basis but with all the hours I spend at my shop, my job at Northslice (the awesome pizza place across the street), and babysitting, I barely have time to hang with my boy much less anything else. No matter how busy I am I always end up feeling guilty about the things that I’m not able to do. Oh well, things at Chicken Lays An Egg are going great and I really have nothing to complain about!

I do actually have some more recent pictures to post, but I found these the other day and I can’t believe I never put them up! My brother sent me this AMAZING shirt from Korea and needless to say, I thought it was perfect.

Peekaboo!

WHAT: really shirt, gift from my brother

sweater, tj maxx

mr. t chain, chicken lays an egg

conductor stripe jeans, forever 21

winter heels, rainbow

WHERE: work at northslice

Thankfully the snow is gone here in Cincinnati (hopefully for good) and I am ready for the spring! I’ll get some more recent pictures up soon and you can tell me what you think of me as a blond. Thanks for reading!