Recently I have been in the process of selling off a lot of my vintage wardrobe. I'm certainly not giving up vintage, rather I want to fund new outfits, and I wan't to make sure everything I own is something I really love. That's how I feel about this amazing 1930s style Drindl that Deborah From The Black Pinafore made me. It just couldn't be better.
I emailed Debora some pictures of 1930s and 40s Drindl's I found online
and asked her to make something similar, but with a hooded capelet, lately I've been really into hoods (see my amazing 1930s hooded robe). The result is wonderful, very 1930s or 40s Disney Princess, or Hobbit!, in the best way possible.
The artisan-ship on the Drindl is amazing. The hooded capelet is hooded brow velveteen. The sleeves are trimmed in the same velveteen as the cape and have zip closures. The apron ties on and the white section is faux blouse trimmed with brown ribbon. The entire dress zips up the back.
Amazing Craftsmanship!
I paired the drindl with a 1930s deer brooch, 1930s gloves, thick winter tights from Amazon, my trusty American Ducess oxfords, a 1920s petite point purse and a hair flower from my beloved Chatterblossom.
I wore my Drindl to the Mitsuwa market place which is seriously one of my favorite places in the world. Not only do they have the most delicious ramen:
But all of the Japanese supermarket items are incredibly cute:
And there is an amazing bookstore with tons of adorable animal books
and toys like this Ponyo puzzle.
I got a pug key cover that was sold out the last time I was here
and some super cute dog and cat buttons.
Here they are on my Freddie's of Pinewood jeans jacket.
Perhaps I should have left the pug life button though because it may be a bad influence on Fry and Weasley as they could be embracing their inner thug. On Wednesday there was a drive by shooting less then a block from our home and I was in the back yard with all of the dogs. Tuvok was terrified and ran toward me, but Fry and Weasley ran towards the gate and the sound of the shooting. It was very scary but we got inside safely and no one was hurt. (The bullets missed whoever the intended target was.) There are definitely downsides to living in the city, but Mitsuwa Market is an upside.
It's taking me a while to get around to writing this post, and not because I don't love the products I'm reviewing but just due to be being busy. I ordered 3 bandanas from Electrolucy back in September for Fry's second birthday.
I found the shop while doing a search for two of my favorite things on etsy Star Trek and dogs. Electrolucy makes awesome geeky dog bandannas and collars with themes such as Harry Potter, Dr. Who, Star Wars, Sherlock Holmes and of course, Star Trek. I ordered three Star Trek themed bandannas.
A Star Trek Dr. McCoy themed bandanna:
A Star Trek The Next Generation Wesley Crusher Bandanna:
A tribble themed bandanna:
The bandannas are all made of nice sturdy double sided fabric, with the design and wording stitched on. and a tie around the neck,. I really like the neck ties as I find them quicker and easier to take on and off then bandannas that slide over a collar. Each bandanna comes in sizes small, medium, and large and retails for ten to 14 dollars, depending on size. I ordered smalls and found them to be generously sized for the pugs, and perhaps a smidge to large on Tuvok.
These bandannas are too cute and I definitely recommend checking out Electrolucy.
This weekend we met Santa!
Sadly he didn't arrive in a cool 1950s car. He was at the Staten Island Pet Smart.
First we visited Grandpa in Bay Ridge
We didn't bring Bob because we know he is not too crazy about his Uncle Rocco, not pictured, a puggle. After visiting Grandpa we drove through Staten Island to see the big guy, sadly the NJ pet smart has stopped having a live Santa and our local pet store that used to do photos closed. So Pet Smart it was, and it was packed! The line wrapped around the store and I was reminded of my favorite Christmas Story, Santa Land Diaries by David Sedaris, if you haven't read or listened to it you must! Here is the link to the transcript and recording.
Anyway, I was relived we hadn't brought Bob because he would never have tolerated the line and there was a huge pet adoption event too, I was glad about that because we where able to make a donation. The line was filled with cute dogs so it was fun.
My favorite was a tiny chihuahua puppy, you can barely see him on his mom's shoulder here:
I got to hold him and should have taken a photo then but I was seriously overwhelmed! He was so tiny and cute. He weighed 1.5 lbs and was 14 weeks old. He made Tuvok look huge. His mom said he should get to be between 3.5 and 4 lbs fully grown which is a healthy weight for a chihuahua, I've done research. Why anyone on Earth would want an even smaller dog is beyond me but they do! Someday I will have a chihuahua from a reputable Chihuahua club of America breeder.
Anyway we finally reached the end of the line and there was Santa. Santa was very nice but the photo elf was kind of rude.
The pictures I too with my phone where better then the pet smart digital downloads and they didn't even give you a print out! That really dissapointed me because I have all the old Santa photos with our past pets displayed in the house. Here is a photo of our rescue pug Bingo form eight years ago. We adopted him after moving to NJ. He had cancer and was incontinent and had to use a stroller but he lived almost two years! He was such a sweet old guy.
I really wanted to be able to display Santa photos of Weasley Fry and Tuvok on our mantle along with our old dogs. Oh well.
Happy Holidays!
Living in the city as we do holiday markets are a big thing. We used to go into Manhattan to the Union Square Holiday Market, but now there is no need too. As legions of New Yorkers have been priced out of Manhattan and the boroughs, they have crossed the river to NJ and Jersey City, where we live, is becoming the 6th borough. This has meant a glut of new restaurants and stores and events. One cool new thing is Project Market, a bi-monthly outdoor market with food vendors and artists.
This past weekend Project Market had their biggest market of the year, the Holiday market. We biked down town with Fry in his basket to check it out. Fry is currently our best bicycling dog and I really should have gotten a picture of him on the bike. (Incidentally we have been seriously considering going car free which would mean investing in some different pet bike trailers for the other dogs. We rarely drive and I love the idea of being car free, except for occasional rentals, if we can figure out how to manage it. Luckily we are two blocks from our vet. Not only is biking it better for the environment, it saves money, and is great exercises. My husband is really passionate about biking.)
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Fry after his bike ride.
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The market was pretty big and Fry was maybe a little overwhelmed.
We tried S'mores hot chocolate with a gingersnap cookie rim and fried Wisconsin cheese curds. I didn't get a picture of the curds but they were delicious.
There were tons of stands, more then I could photograph:
My favorite stand was unsurprisingly, the vintage one. They had a cute collection of vintage valentine cards:
and some fun poodle things, I bought the 1950s poodle book ends.
The one thing the market was missing was dog treats! I was pretty disapointed. We made it up to Fry by giving him part of a donut from the Italian bakery, so he was happy.
All in all we had a great time at the market, and I love my new book ends.
