polaroid

The "new" polaroid cameras are one of my favorite things on the market today. They are so fun and retro, and although I can instantly see every picture I take these days with my digital camera, there is something so much fun about shaking a photo and having to wait a full 60 seconds to see the outcome. Brendan and I went to a Christmas party this weekend with a mini polaroid and guests were asked to take photos and hang them in a designated spot. I was probably (way) more excited than Brendan about this, as evidenced in the photo below (he said they caught him in the middle of a brownie, so I believe that), but I still love the vintage coloring and aesthetic!

the best chocolate cake in the world

Been there, done that and eaten a slice. Brendan and I went to a much anticipated restaurant on Saturday night (more anticipation by him than me) to see if we had finally found what the rest of the world has long been searching for: the best chocolate cake in the world. The name of the restaurant actually is The Best Chocolate Cake in the World. I was skeptical, but the cake was good. Sadly, though, it was far overshadowed by the incredible design of this tiny little hole in the wall. It was tee-niny space in SoHo where only about 10 people, max, would fit. Brendan spent the whole time eating the cake while I spent the whole time swooning over this beautiful, fabulous sofa. It was like nothing I had ever seen before, but I'm pretty sure it is now on my list to own something like this someday...

The sofa was covered in a cork fabric! I had seen fabrics like this before for commercial use when I worked at Perkins Eastman, but I had never seen any application of it. You can find different variations of the fabric, here, at Stratford Hall Textiles.

Then, as you can see in the photo below, it had a deep chocolate brown rope piping that offset the color of the "cork" so perfectly... the two neutrals especially set the stage for the main effect: the buttons in the tufting.

Every button in every tuft was different! They had one American flag button, solid color, multicolor, buttons with rhinestones...every button imaginable! It added such a nice pop of color but not so much that you were confused about the main design idea. I've been thinking about this couch all week and can't get over how amazing it was!

Then, for proof that we really did try out the cake, I took a pic of our clean plate!

This place gets two thumbs up from me: one for the pretty good dessert and another for the superb atmosphere and design.

speaking of vintage halloween...

Check out these vintage Halloween photos circa 1989 and 1987 (or somewhere around there):

Pettus tradition: dressing as black-eyed-peas for Halloween.

Funny, I was almost Rainbow Brite this year, too...