THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME

NO SLEEP TILL DETROIT.

so im going home in 4.5 days and i couldnt be happier. i miss the tobester already but he gets it. its been two years since i was in michigan and that should be a crime considering how much i love the mitten. i also get to go to my recently deceased grandfathers house and pay my proper last respects as well as enjoy the house i spent some of the best days of my childhood in. saying 'up north' in suburban detroit is the equivalent of saying 'on the cape' in boston. everyone has a summer house there and you dont quite get it unless you are from there. home! home! home! as geena davis said in beetlejuice to get the hell out of the model that alec baldwin built i will make the most out of the roughly 72 hours i have with my family.
for now i will play catch up because its been way too long and its almost the holiday season which is my fave! lets thank tobi for this new computer and the ability to bbbbblog again.

true story judy.

PARAKEETS NAMED MURRAY. RIP.

I FOUND A BIRD ON THE GROUND AND HE BELONGED TO ME.

in 2005 david and i found a yellow parakeet on the ground in detroit. he was dehydrated and terribly out of place so we took him home and tried to make him well. it worked for a day or so but he quit eating and drinking and seemed very sad. at a loss i thought of playing some parakeet calls on the computer and he was so excited i knew he needed a friend. along came a blue and white budgie which looked like a cloud and was named murray. the little yellow fellow was named robes pierre, after the french revolutionary scoundrel whom i had recently watched a documentary on. robes for short. when i moved to boston five years ago a friend happily adopted our birds. i have always been very grateful for this.

i learned today that murray passed away. it makes me very sad, i recall him flying around our detroit apartment chirping and lovely. robes is still here and he is going to mourn this loss but i hope eventually a new friend will help him through. i miss detroit. fate.

murray is left. rip. robes is yellow.

if you found an animal on the ground would you change your life to care for it? 

I LIKE BANKS

banks are sweet. regardless of what branch moves in or whose name is on the checks the general layout of most bank buildings has not changed since they were all built in the fifties and sixties. this is obviously because aside from technological advances the day to day activities of general banking is the same. cash money in cash money out. you want to hang out in some good looking mid century architecture start cruising banks. i would avoid lingering for too long or hitting up the same places too often. i think photography is a no-no. unless you do a tourist move and enlist a friend and a couple fanny packs and point a lot at the ceiling while snapping away.

A COCO A DAY

typically i take a photo each day of the outfit i wear to work. i am aware a million others do as well but this isnt their blog its mine so even though i instagram it (cocotalon, #acocoaday) i am going to give everyone here a glimpse as well as information and the ability to ask questions. woo hoo! i am also going to back track a bit so lets look at some of my great and not so great working girl ensembles. i wont bore you with opinions but will give designers.

sweatshirt- superior belly, shorts- wayne

socks- american apparel, shoes- prada

jacket- band of outsiders, leggings- j brand, briefcase- want essentials, moccasins- minnetonka 

cardigan and tee- american apparel, denim- current elliott, moccasins- minnetonka

dress- opening ceremony, denim- j brand, wedges- costume national

top- helmut lang, trousers- vintage yves saint laurent, shoes- christian louboutin

samesies.

glasses- chanel, tee- marc jacobs, skirt- mina stone

dress and shoes- anthropologie label

top- estuay (S2A), denim- rag & bone

sweater- target, trousers- filippa k, shoes- christian louboutin

infinity scarf- anthropologie, jacket- american apparel, denim- j brand, shoes- toms

scarf- ann taylor, sweater- anthropologie, denim- joes, shoes- toms

scarf- anthropologie, tunic- acne, denim- j brand, shoes- balenciaga

sweater- vintage french, trousers- brooklyn industries, shoes- acne

sweater- banana republic, skirt- acne, shoes- kris van asche

jacket- wayne, denim- joes

top- wayne, denim- ernest sewn, shoes- fifth ave shoe repair

scarf- we are owls, sweatshirt- brooklyn industries, leggings- j brand, boots- chloe

jacket- built by wendy

sweater- brooklyn industries, denim- j brand, moccasins- minnetonka

skirt- united bamboo, booties- prada

top- acne, fox stole- vintage, skirt- opening ceremony

hat- alexander mcqueen stole, sweater- lutz and patmos

hat- kangol, sweatshirt- kai aakmann, denim- joes, boots- vintage prada

skirt- urban outfitters, socks- american apparel, shoes- givenchy

top- american apparel, denim- rag & bone, cocktail ring- alexander mcqueen

dress and cardigan- maison martin margiela, shoes- fifth ave shoe repair

top- under ligne, infinity scarf- cardigan

glasses- chanel sweatshirt- kai aakmann, denim- j brand

shoes- betty mueller

top- vintage dvf, trousers- filippa k

sweater- banana republic, skirt- steven alan, socks- american apparel, boots- vintage prada

sweatshirt- fifth ave shoe repair, trousers- rag & bone, shoes- ld tuttle

dress- american apparel

booties- balenciaga

booties- kris van asche

top- helmut lang

dress- opening ceremony

dress- filippa k, booties- acne

dress- anthropologie

dress- opening ceremony, socks- american apparel, shoes- givenchy

cardigan- lutz and patmos, tank- alexander wang t, trousers- rag & bone, shoes- costume national

tank- josh goot, skirt- mina stone