Atlantic Fashion

October 30, 2008 – One comment I hear often at the shop is “it must be hard to find handmade and small-run stuff for your shop”. The truth is that it isn’t hard to find cool stuff for the shop but hard to narrow down what to bring in. There are alot of cool, fun, [...]

October 25, 2008 – Pretty Racoon is here! It was delivered yesterday. For the uninitiated, Pretty Raccoon is Toronto-based Andrea Winkler and she makes fun, quirky and adorable printed tops (as well as some vintage mixes) and…she always sells really quickly ’round these here parts.
    
We are stocked and ready to spice up your closet [...]

i love this city!

October 21, 2008 – For the most part I love this city. I suppose my only complaint might be weather related. (I’m not a fan of extended dampness.) But there are some days or collections of days where it strikes you how amazingly fortunate you are to live where you live. I love that within [...]

psssst….

October 17, 2008 – First person we see at the shop after 6 pm wearing their Nocturne button (not given to you by us) wins themselves the awesome, hot of the presses tees mentioned in the entry below. See tomorrow night!

make art

October 17, 2008 – I heart Glen Hansard. He is the lead singer of the super great Irish band The Frames. He & Marketa Irglova won an Academy Award this past year for their song “Falling Slowly” (from the film Once. If you haven’t seen this movie – go get it NOW!). In the acceptance speech, [...]

Brrr…

October 9, 2008 – As per our usual Nova Scotia fall, the sun can be high and bright (or it can be wet like today) but the chill in the air is here. I opted for a heavier coat earlier this week and having been thinking about relocating the mittens and scarves. Scarves are my favorite fall accessory.

A [...]

save the arts

October 8, 2008 – This past Friday (October 6, 2008) a rally to “Save the Arts” took place in downtown Halifax. Richard Rudnicki, an award winning Halifax artist and illustrator, sent around this sketch of the event.

Richard has a great blog where he posts one sketch from his week. Check it out here.
If you want [...]

more fall goodies

October 3, 2008 – Today is the most gorgeous fall day. The sun is warm and bright. The sky is clear. The leaves are only starting to change. And Love, Me is nice and full and bright as well. There are some awesome new vinyl bags for fall from Astrosatchel. I love LOVE the clutches. This [...]