Category Archives: true life 2007

Paisley Alert

I was sorting the junk mail today when the back of an American Stationary catalog caught my eye. The featured product? Paisley Calligraphy Notes. And they have other paisley products.

It’s coming back, and we’re helpless to stop it.

We don’t have to wear it, but soon we’re going to have to see it.

Everywhere.

I just know it.

Don’t you remember how awful this was last time?

Oh god, and what if someone puts paisley on…Crocs.

I just can’t bear to think about it.

you can sleep when you're dead

So much art-type excitement for one weekend:

[tag]Art Romp[/tag] 20 (20? 20? How is that possible? I’m so old I may turn to dust as I type).

Fri Sept 7
6pm til late
ART ROMP 20
the art romp to end all art romps!!!!!
the grand finale

*art *performance *projection inside and out *picnic in the parking lot artists – hipsters – friends – patrons come bring a friend – free

See the work of [tag]artists[/tag] from all the years of ArtRomps
See art in all the [tag]Warehouse[/tag] spaces buzzing with the echos of the past
Be part of the past and future of Warehouse. AND as usual Food – Drink – Fun

blk w/bear * Monocle Collective 4 * Adrienne Moumin * Nooni Reitig * Alexandra Silverthorne * Peter Romero * Angela White * Manon Cleary * Anne Marchand * Piero Passacantando * Beth Baldwin * Randall Stoltzfus * Beth Cartland * Rania Hassan * Bridget Sue Lambert * Jane Jerardi * Carolina Mayorga * Richard Wellons * Cameron Ayres * Joele Michaud * Dana Ellyn * Rosetta Deberardinis * Dara Friel * Peter Wood * Elizabeth Morrisette * Ruth Trevarow * Ellen Weiss * Frederick Nunley * Erwin Timmers * Tim Martin * Gregory Ferrand * Ryan Hackett * Gabriela Bulisova * Tim Tate * Gail Peck * Michael Janis * Ian Jehle * Karen Schnitz * Heather Schmaedeke * Stephanie Dinkins * Heather Levy * Matt Sesow * Ira Tattelman * Sheila Crider * Isabel Manalo * Sondra Arkin * James Coleman * Sonia Linebaugh * Jared Davis * Steven Strichter * Jason Gottlieb * Dan Murray * J S Adams * Terence Nicholson * Joroko * Tom Drymon * Jose Ruiz * Rick Delany * Karen Joan Topping * Verta Reyes * Karey Kessler * Travis Childers * Kevin Cowl * Douglas Kingsbury * Kerri Sheehan * Anita Walsh * Kristin Holder * Christina Ruppert * Richard Kightlingler * Scott Brooks * Kim Burke * Jo Anne Carr * Kristina Bilonick * Pat Goslee * Keith Stanley * Randall Stoltzfus * Laura Elkins * Jim Dadey * Linda Hesh *Emily Tellez * Mark Planisek * Richard Chartier * Margaret Dowell * Claudia Vess * Michele delamenardiere * Gatien Cezeget * TM Lowery * Andrew Wodzianski * Pat Dunning * Jenufa Kent * Lucy Clark * Sherill Gross * George Koch * Eric Hammesfahr * Edward Purcell * Seth Kaplan * Melissa Robinson * Barbara McConnell * Joan Clancy * Adrienne Mills * Jack Perlmutter

Saturday things get even wackier.

Stacie’s having her grand opening event at her great store, [tag]The Remix[/tag], now on [tag]Barracks Row[/tag]. Fashion. Art. Whatever. (I’m so sad I can’t walk over to the Del Ray shop anymore when I need to get my taffeta on, but the new store is only minutes away, and nicer so I’ll get over it).

I’m sure by now you’ve purchased you tickets for the grand re-opening of [tag]Buzz[/tag] which is taking place on the 21st, they’ll surely be sold out by the end of the weekend so hurryhurry. Plus, you’ll need to budget time for that endlessly recurring conversation that can be boiled down to:

“[tag]Moby[/tag]? He’s so over.”
“I. Know.”
“You going?”
“Duh.”
“Me too.”

Glowsticks sold seperately.

But back to this weekend…

Saturday night there’s an opening reception for All in the Family: A Juried Show of American University Alumni at the [tag]Katzen Center[/tag]. I can’t remember who else has told me they’re in the show besides [tag]Thom Flynn[/tag], but that leads me to the next event:

Thom Flynn’s curatorial debut, Peer Pressure, opens at Nevin Kelly Gallery.

Peer Pressure: Guest Curated by Thom Flynn Featuring the Work of Sue Huang, Carrie Mallory, Baby Martinez, and Pascual Sisto
Local artist and guest curator Thom Flynn has assembled a group of his peers to size-up contemporary trends in art. The exhibit will feature artists Sue Huang (LA), Carrie Mallory (DC), Baby Martinez (DC) and Pascual Sisto (LA). Flynn chose the title “Peer Pressure” to demonstrate the positive potential of a concept that is generally perceived as negative.

There’s also the [tag]Alexandria Festival of the Arts[/tag] in Old Town Saturday and Sunday and [tag]Adams Morgan Day[/tag] on Sunday.

If you’re post-cool and want to avoid crowds of hipsters, you can head to [tag]Havre de Grace, Maryland’s[/tag] 20th Annual [tag]Duck Fair[/tag]. I’ve never been to the Decoy Museum, but I used to have some great items from the gift shop thanks to old roommate Bob. As I discovered on Tuesday, Havre de Grace is a cute little town, with a very fine [tag]Waffle House[/tag]. (I emailed Dr. Birdcage from said Waffle House to inform her we must return to said town for a photo safari).

Personally, my choice for the weekend was to go see the Dyslexic Chicken but I wore myself out with the inlaws.

I wanted to take her some orange juice, but I hear she’s very particular about that kind of thing.

crap

Flipping through Vogue at the salon. There it was: paisley. It’s just a handbag. For now.

Oh hell, it’s the beginning of the end. I told you not to let your guard down.