Pasadena swap meet

I have never been to the Rose Bowl, for what I have been told is the most epic swap meet you could ever go to. So finally, FINALLY, I was able to go, (Thank You Anna!!!) and let me just say, I could not have been more thrilled. I got an old owl sculpture & cookie jar, and most importantly, an old school film camera. All for under $50.

So basically its $10 to enter, & once you're in, you may roam as you please. There are rows & rows, tent after tent of one mans trash & another mans treasure. There is a section of mostly furniture & odd trinkets, the other half is clothing, mostly vintage. Feel free to exercise your haggling capabilities, but don't do what I did, & go "WOW! 15 dollars! thats Cheap!!!" because than they know. And its pretty hard to back pedal that one. And here are the photos....

Did you watch Styl'd???

Tara's show premiered Nov 1st on MTV, I told you to watch it! Anyway, its every TUESDAY at 11pm so tivo it! After the premiere, we went to Bardon't but it was soo packed we left & chilled at a very mellow Beauty Bar.

























How was your Halloween? I LOVE halloween! I hope you all had a great one! People who dont dress up, you're stoops!

Josh & I dressed up as Margot & Richie Tenenbaum, forbidden lovers. ha







Max & Tara were Boris & Natasha. "Must find Moose & Squirrel!" HA!













Halloween day I had to work, which I was not bummed on. I love my job, the people I work with are the best. I love them.

The buying Counter


Everyone hates Dressing Rooms









This is my fashion inspiration, Anna.

Prince Peter x Mick Rock

Tara invited me to go with her & the rest of her cast members for Styl'd to attend a collection release party at this bar called Guys & Dolls on Robertson. The collection features famed photographer Mick Rock. He did a lot of photos of bowie in the 70s, this being one of them. So amazing.



SS10 for Prince Pete x Mick Rock uses original photographs of famous icons, such as David Bowie and Syd Barrett. He had models dancing up above the seats wearing the new collection.


























I want these sooo bad!!!! They are so cool. Look at the little western buckles! I'm such a sucker for a good wedge platform, too. Chloe for Opening Ceremony.





Tara's show is gonna air Nov 1st, mtv so please watch it!

I walked with a Zombie

Zombify yourself!



Last night Josh & I went to see Paranormal Activity. I was a tad disappointed, but what can you do? And I slept just fine which sucks, I wanted to be scared. What do you think, if you've seen it? So Halloween is coming up! Can't figure out what we're gonna be yet. We've have been mulling over a few ideas but nothing's concrete.


In more exciting news, Ruubs & I bought our tickets for a tropical christmas & new year! Why do I have the best most amazing boyfriend of all time? Hawaii for two weeks, thats all I can think about. I can't wait to go out there with my camera & build the nature side of my portfolio.


Woo! Also, guys, if you didn't know, my friend Tara is gonna be famous. Watch her tv show on MTV Nov 1st. It's call Styl'd. Check out the website & trailer here. Don't worry, I'll be posting about this again.

I'm Happy

Hope you're happy too!

So I just realized I've had this blog for over a year. It's funny, thisfish is nothing like how it started... with an actual purpose, haha. No longer do I tell you tales of free or cheap things unless they coincide with something I want to post pictures of anyway. So I find it to be more than appropriate to ask you to enjoy a lengthy, frivolous post about nothing.

Myself & the roomies (ruubs & stooph) carved some pumpkins to get in the halloween spirit. I made John Lennon, he made the Lakers, & Stephanie carved a desert scene. I was sad when they became mutilated by mold in a matter of only four or five days.










Halloween Horror Nights with Josh & some friends.


























These are photos from Providence & The Bazaar. Eat at both of these places!





























Cotton Candy Mojitos: Cotton Candy dissolves into the drink as mojito is poured over.






Stephanie & Brandon agreed to model in some photos for me out in Palm Springs. Inspired by palm springs popularity & history in the 1920s.



















And the rest of these are just photos I'm fond of.

In the heat of the morning

Let me just tell you, Palm Springs is a death hole this time of year! But I love it none the less! Here's some photos from my recent trip.







crazed little donovan ha!

Yet Another

Burton/Alien Workshop Roof Party. This time it was sponsored by Gravis & Analog so they had girls with fake boobs serving the beer. It was a beautiful day, one could not complain. Josh handled the grill, ensuring a perfectly roasted 'dog or burger. Josh takes food very seriously, you see. Anyway, lots of familiar faces & friends came through, & I guess I'd just like to say, thanks Burton & co, for delivering the good times.

Nicole's 21st Birthday!

Happy Birthday my friend. I miss you at Melrose. :(














































All in all, I'd say great success. Happy Birthday!

The Fourth

Fourth of July!!

PS. Visitors of my blog should notice larger images. Hope you like it better because it took a lot of savvy html work to get it like this and its gonna be this way for now on.

Betsey Johnson

I got my first photography gig taking pictures for Betsey Johnson's Birthday Party. Thank you soo much Tara, for hooking that up for me. It was super cool & Betsey said she loved my dress. Here are a few of my favorites.

Finally!!!

Everything is in proper order to proceed with full fledge blogging once again. I'm happy to say I am now a mac user. Anyway, without further ado, here's my life via my favorite photos I've taken in the last couple months.


Indo food at the Grove.


Santa Monica


Tahoe






Josh's little sister Gillian.


LA Zoo






Fourth of July


Life after people... hah


Some crazy flower down the street



Tahoe again. At the baseball field.

Tahoe

Here's some pictures from my trip to Tahoe to visit a few siblings of mine who reside there. Laurie, & the Jibster. I'll most likely be posting more photos in the next week or two when I figure out this computer situation. Soon postings will become more frequent like back in the good ol' blogging days of thisfish.

Hey! Help me!

I found my usb cord. But! I need to know how to upload only a select few pictures from a memory card onto a mac computer. Let me know what you know.

Woop!

House, meet civilization. We got internet & cable hooked up, finally!! But I lost my usb cord so I cant even do a picture post. Wah wah wah. Its gotta be sooooomewhere!

Gypsy Land

So my friend Sam took me to this really cool vintage thrift store in Desert Hot Springs. I'd seriously have to say this is the best thrift store in all the land. They have amazing stuff, & its all dirt cheap. I got this cool rope owl thingy for 12 bucks. And they gave me crabs for free!!!! hah jk a crab pin. They have an array of inventory, clothing, knick knacks & furniture. Basically everything in between. Its worth the mish to get out there.

Check out their myspace link here.

















check out their dressing room!





So now im heading back to Hollywood, & have to part with this lil face.

Palm Sprizzles

I'm melting in Palm Springs right now. Picture Post!









Calla Lily BBQ Fest 09.









My Cousin Mikey with Lil' Alden.













The Freaky Deaky Files of Venice Beach.











END (for now)

Free Things

Lately I've realized thisfish has veered more in the direction of "other" postings instead of free & cheap. So to get back into the orginal spirit of things; I have equipped this posting with not one, but TWO free things to do in the los angeles area. Well Well Well.


Yesterday Burton/Channel Islands/Alien Workshop (but namely Channel Islands) threw another party. As always, Burton hooked it up with the free booze & food, this time it was in & out which I unfortunately wasn't able to fully optimize. But next time, next time. Check out the photos from previous Burton & Co. parties in the archive.



























Buy your skate goods here!!!












On my day off, we tried making it out to LACMA because
A.) I've never been &
B.) Its free after five
But alas, lacma is closed on Wednesdays for what ever reason. We still walked around the premises which was pretty neat.













And uh, Discovery Channel?..... have your people call my people. I've got tons of pictures of snails & things.

Anenome

Gloria thought we were really gonna let her birthday get mushed together with Coachella & I guess that's a good thing because she wasn't expecting her surprise party we threw for her at my house. We had those good times, complete with peach margarita's with umbrellas, basil & mozzarella bread chips, & birthday cupcakes. Thanks to everyone who came through.













Hm lets see what else........ Steph & I are in the process of painting the bathroom. Obviously its not done yet but here's what it looks like so far.










And today Gloria & I went into this secret field so I could practice the different light exposures on my baby, aka camera.

Coach-hell-ah

Wow Coachella was the worst!!! Our ticket connect fell through so we decided we'd sneak in. I swear it felt like Gloria & I were trying to hop the boarder the way we were creeping. We hop the first fence, which took us to another fence, this one equipped with barbed wire, where we had to run across this dirt field, into an apple orchard that let to the back stage area. At this point Morrisey's onstage singing, and we're in the orchard dancing, feeling so high on life. We hop the last fence and out of no where all these other kids sneaking into coachella join in, & that's what basically killed it for us. Security heard the fence going crazy & rushed over to give us the boot. Not to mention I lost my cell phone in all this craziness. So my life long dreams of frolicking merrily in fields of grass, (amongst a Beatle for heavens sake!!) were tarnished before it could ever even begin.

But mark my words, world; someday I will see Sir Paul McCartney & he will play Monkberry Moon Delight at that show and I'll think back like, "the man can keep his $300+!!! Such ridiculous demands!!! (It obviously still stings pretty bad incase you can't tell.) Heres some of the pics from the drive there and what not.

















Our friends rented a condo for the weekend out by Coachella. It was really nice, & I'm always a fan of fake indoor plants. But upon further inspection, we realized these leaves resembled a different kind of plant.





Last Saturday was Gloria's 21st birthday!!! I Love you Mama G!





I'm posting these ones for my mom, she just got a new little kitten. But really, who's gonna object to a few extra pictures of these faces???













And these are of life lately. Just a lot of food & animals. And Josh's hand me down zip zingers.

Coachella!!!

so some friends & I just arrived in palm springs after a mish & a half. But we made it! After all these years of pining & longing to go to Coachella!!