Ice

I like the schizophrenic interior/exterior style of The Violet Hour in Wicker Park, Chicago.
They use eight types of ice in their cocktails, apparently.
Great article about them in this month's Atlantic.
Images via metromix.

Collection

Via kaylovesvintage.

Joe Colombo storage

When you've wanted something for so long, should you just go ahead and buy a repro?
Or is it better to wait for vintage luck?
Via midcenturymodernist.
At nova66.

Nonsense graphs

Graphs make me think of a great academic paper title I came across recently:
"Self Destructive Acts Linked to Limited View of Future."
Another good one, from Paul Krugman:
"The World is Fat: Dynamics of the World Nutrition Transition.”
Via FFFound!

Lady Gaga

I don't love her music nearly as much as I love her fashion crazy.
Via starpulse, x17online, starinvader.

Lego boots

Black-and-white Frida Ringström foam boots.
Perfect for running errands.
Via Agnes B.

Sorry red velvet cake

This was completely gone about 30 seconds later.
Apology accepted.

Creepy

Yes, that is a raccoon nose made into a tie tack.
Goth taxidermy from etsy seller lovedtodeath.

Ron Gilad

Ron Gilad room outlines and brushstrokes via Wallpaper*.

London fashion week

TraiT has a sweet roundup of London fashion week.
The Ann-Sofie Back collection (bottom) is exactly how I want to look these days.

Vests

I always love an androgynous model.
Vest by the brilliant Baptiste Viry
via highsnobette via notcouture.

Storm clouds

"Raindrops keep falling on my head"

What's with all the songs from my childhood that are resurfacing today?

A.K. keeps imploring me to keep this, but it deserves to be loved and actually worn.

Thierry Mugler

The original iterations of the dystopian/bondage/cyborg trend.

Vintage Thierry Mugler is now my shopping obsession.

Via The Curated Object, The Age, psymbiote.

Moon globe

"Well, I'd like to visit the moon/ In a rocket ship high in the air/

Yes, I'd like to visit the moon/ But I don't think I'd like to live there."

Punk covers of this song make my heart melt.

From etsy seller newandoldbyadelaide.

Slightly less awesome but much better priced version here.

Cheap thrill

Got this impulse-worthy shirt at Forever 21 yesterday.

Will look great once it gets roughed-up a bit. Also not bad:

Museum ad banners

Street signs: Matthew Barney, Bill Viola, Junya Watanabe.
At BetterWall.

Gold bobby pins

I'm really tempted to DIY a rip-off of these.

At Catbird.

UPDATE: Etsy seller MarlasOtherStuff has gold-colored bobby pins.

Icon

I agree with below14th completely.
Bring back the snap-on!

Otomi blankets

What's the statute of limitations on a really trendy item?

Is it okay to want an Otomi bedspread again?

At Jacaranda.

Iran

M_Razdasht takes amazing photographs of Iran and Afghanistan.

That blue-eyed boy in the sheepskin cocoon is gorgeous.

Etsy crochet

I love knitalatte's new crochet and stone necklaces.

Backlund Fall 2009

Sandra Backlund is a knitwear virtuoso.

And now she's designed a machine-made line for manufacture by an Italian company.

I'm saving up.

Via cyanatrendland.