Such stuff as dreams are made on

From Webloggistics:

I wake up, groggy, bed-headed, pajamaed. Lying next to me, fully dressed on top of the bed is Gregory Mankiw, the economist. "You're Greg Mankiw," I intelligently remark.

He springs out of bed and stands up. "Would you like to discuss consumer surplus and tariffs?"

"Why are you here?" I ask.

"Don't you remember the Make-a-Wish Foundation?"

emunique: jewelry empire

{ white pearl wrapped in silver earrings }


{ white peacock earrings }

brooklyn-based milda sedra has not one but *three* etsy stores. the largest, emunique, has colorful wire-wrapped and crocheted gold and silver jewelry; simplemunique is a pared down version of the same, and her wedding line, bridalemunique, is a relatively new offshoot. she takes on custom work as well, maybe sets for the bridal party or special gifts.

samples below are linked from all three stores:





more at emunique.etsy.com, simplemunique.etsy.com, and bridalmunique.etsy.com

evapaul redux: modern invites

{ custom calendar save-the-date }

since my first post, evapaul has added some lovely things -- here's an update!




more at evapaul.etsy.com

love: beirut

off-topic! here's my obsession of the week: this sweet, sad, mournful, joyful, intimate series of single-take videos from beirut:



"i'll gamble away my fright..." --

le sigh. makes me want to fall in love, move to brooklyn, and play the french horn.
there's one for each song on the album at flyingclubcup.com
what's your non-traditional love song, friends? maybe i'll start a series.

Hypocrisy Indeed

A friend recommends today's Washington Post column by Steve Pearlstein. It starts as follows:

Well, isn't this rich: Max Baucus of Montana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Finance Committee are suddenly in a lather that taxpayer funds might be implicated in the Federal Reserve's rescue of Bear Stearns. Would that be the same Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley who have made careers out of protecting and enhancing the lavish system of import restrictions, price supports and other subsidies that have transformed American farming and ranching into a vast socialist enterprise?

Continue reading here.

VILNIUS - on the street, gedimino prospektas & old town, 03/28/08

pocketfullofpoesy: engraved rings

{ hand-engraved silver ring }

"my life and my love" -- sounds beautiful in any language, no?

victoria of pocketfullofpoesy is new to etsy but has been creating beautiful rings in sydney for 14 years. not to mention she addressed me as 'ms. smallstar' -- how can i resist? you know how i feel about hand-engraved or stamped jewelry -- am in love with words and with the idea of creating something so intensely *personal* and meaningful. victoria works in both gold and silver and happily takes on custom wedding work, and prices with shipping from australia are quite reasonable.

her shop announcement says she's away until the 6th of april, so hoping this will be a nice surprise when she returns. check out her lovely, lovely things:



more at pocketfullofpoesy.etsy.com