let's see, there was also the best art show i've ever curated in chicago, this past march, and might i say, with 19 of 24 of the skateboards we exhibited SOLD, and a general head count reaching over 150 people, i think the girls and i did a spankin' good job. (p.fuckin'.s. the women i showed are absolutely amazing and talented individuals!)
aside from that, hmmmm, there's just been tons and tons of this and that. i've been collecting tons of new goodies for my vintage site, there's a huge arts festival in chicago's own humboldt park that i recently found out i will be showcasing my work in, and today, i i actually just came back from a pretty sweet photoshoot modeling for a pretty gigantor company,that as nervous as i was all morning because of, am actually pretty stoked about. (baby girl needs to get paidddddddd, hahahaha)
well, i guess so that this episode of mahalo club doesn't become too seemingly self-geared,(mainly because i have had some many things going on lately, this is the only way i can really sort everything out) i'll just wrangle up some photographic snippets of early spring's adventures.
exhibit bracket a:
(deckadent dutchess, and all that razz-ma-tazz)
here was my completed piece for the show. untitled, 2010.
here are the lovely ladies i co-curated with. corryn and lindsey represent three birds gallery in chicago. i <3 them.
this is my girl ife, pronounced ee-fay. she is a very close friend, and i have tons of love for her. i bought her board at the show, because it had this sassy little brown skinned pin up gal on that made me so happy.
this is oscar. he's also one of my favorite people, although it seems as if i have many favorites. but, that's not a never a bad thing. he is a well known photographer in chicago who documents many of the art happenings in and around the city and has done so for many years now. this is him standing next to the board he bought, painted by vintage garment badass/riot & soul girl singer, Gigi Lira. (love her, too.)
this is dominick, he's my boyfriend's son. and he is just the BEST! his father and i love him very, very much. this is him next to his favorite deck at the show. (he loves knives and such, probably because he's an eleven year old boy. ormaybe because he's a badass in training)
and here's a glimpse at how packed the gallery was within the first hour. just so you can get an idea of how the rest of the night panned out.
there will be many more photos of the event, but i'm a smidge behind schedule with all of this internet hooplah, so for now, you get the gist.
enter exhibit bracket b:
(three guys, three gals and a conversion van take on the road for the most ridiculously awesome new york wedding. brooklyn style.)
this is stu and justen.
and this is max.
their super awesome buddy from childhood, mark, decided to get hitched to his beautiful wife, pem. so the first weekend of march, these three guys wrangled up their ladies, myself, rebekah and janira, and hit the road to take part in the festivities.
here's a teeny glimpse of how that went.
this would be the infamous sweet crew. minus a couple of dudes, but with their ladies in addition. the super awesome smiley guy in the middle holding the wine glass and wearing a hat is mark, he was the groom. i don't know where his bride wandered off to while this was being taken, though. too bad, she was smokin' hot that night. go pem!!
this was my partner in crime most of the time, rebekah. we got to do fancy lady stuff. some of the time. when i wasn't wandering off with my friend's from chicago, who comepletely unrelated to the wedding party, also live and play in new york. a lot of wine and whiskey was consumed with this lovely lady.
(i really like my hair in this picture,it's definitely not as blond as it looks, but hey.)
we also got to hang out at the bride to be's bachelorette party and drink martini's and sangria and get our nails done, which was fan-cayyyy, while the guys were getting sweet crew lap dances at the strip club. mmmhmmmm.
then the random debauchery started. in no particular order. but mind you, none of these pictures have been in chronological order yet, anyway.
(the girl in the photo above is one of my favorite relocated homegirls, her name is ty, she is beautious, and whether it's back here in chicago or out in the burrows of new york, we rep our old crew, team h.u.n.nies forever and ever.)
my friend brian from high school also lives in new york now. after the wedding festivities, he took me and stu out on the town for drinks and dranks. rebekah and max met us and the evening continued with wine. and more whiskey.
and then we ended up in the hotel room with a phony pony and another bottle of wine, and somehow the phony pony boner came into play. talk about your making your last night worth while.
ahhhhhh, yes. good times were had by all.
anyway, i have to scoot for work now, but i'll have more to come in the next day or soooooo.
but before i leave, i'd also like to give a little visual hair update.
my afro has gotten so big and long, i can finally get it up into this weet carmen mranda influenced poof. which is great, because i'm a vintage gal through and through, and i generally bounce back and for from the late 60s/early 70s look to a more classic 50s rockabilly meets the current, and i've finally figured out a way to make my hair work for everything, without caving and going back to evil relaxers and all that jazz. i dunno, i guess it's exciting for me...
until next time.
xoxo
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