Category Archives: Random Pimpy.

Monday: Something pretty.

“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” - Henry James

My friend Erin Jewell is an amazing photographer. And some of my favorite photos of hers are the ones she uploads to instagram from her phone, the photos that capture a moment in her family’s life … like this one of her adorable daughter at the beach. As summer winds down, this picture sums it up.

Friday – Week in Review.

Arrangement in Green and Black #12 Disco, Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother, http://www.alinesmithson.com  

1) Obsessed with this book series. (And despite being in the young adult section, the sales clerk at Barnes-n-Noble swears to me that plenty of adults love it.) 

2) Aline Smithson’s work reminds me of my grandmother. So the above work is now hanging in my office (despite the fact it makes no sense for the day job). 

3) Of course, I now can’t afford the new sofa I so desperately need .. Maybe if it was crazy on sale at Nandina’s Birthday Celebration sale?   

4) Hugs to CaseMate who immediately upped the pimpiness of my iPhone with this case. ATL HOLD IT DOWN.   

5) Wholesome Wave Georgia rocks. So does this event.  Can’t wait for dinner Sunday.

Still.Life.

Stopped by for a preview of Still.Life., the next exhibit at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery and confirmed I am in love with Maggie Taylor.

(Via http://maggietaylor.com/, Copyright (c) Maggie Taylor /All Rights Reserved)

It’s ethereal. It’s inspiring. It’s 2400$. Anyone want to pick this up for me?

Still.Life. | Opening Reception Friday, April 8th
Jennifer Schwartz Gallery
Featuring  the work of Julie Blackmon, Michael J. Marshall, Aline Smithson and Maggie Taylor

Addendum: Also in love with Aline Smithson, who dresses her 85-year-old mother up in various costumes to create her series “Arrangement in Green and Black: Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother” … It’s Whistler come 2011.

(Copyright (c) Aline Smithson /All Rights Reserved)

Last night we got sashy.

Last night we channeled Martha Stewart and designed sashes for the participants in this Thursday’s One Love Generation date auction.

Pretty fancy, no? It’s amazing what some glitter and puffy paint can do when five girls are inspired by red wine and the douchebaggery of a certain individual who will remain nameless.**

This Thursday, April 7, Trey Humphreys, Ace Amerson & Jennifer Lester will harness the cougar energy at Johnny’s Hideaway to host the second annual date auction where you can find love … or at least bid on hotties with equally awesome dates (dugout seats at a Braves game to tickets to see Katy Perry to the potentially very awkward couple’s massage).

Photos and details of this year’s auctionees are up on Metromix: http://atlanta.metromix.com/events/essay_photo_gallery/one-love-generation-date/2531303/content

$10 donation at the door to benefit One Love Generation, a non-profit organization empowering youth to inspire positive social change through art, service and awareness. More info at http://onelovegeneration.org.

** I don’t want to leave this person nameless and faceless but I promised.

Unabashedly dorky.

Some people try to hide their love of science fiction in boxes under their bed or in their parents’ garage.

Not me.

I have an entire room decorated around my Superman collection. I buy Star Wars books for my friends’ children and Twilight/Harry Potter/Vampire Academy books for myself. I have a “Nerds Love Me” t-shirt. I am — unabashedly and unapologetically — a total dork.

So of course I am amped for James Hance’s (free) solo show, The Dork Side, tonight at The Cornbred Gallery (www.cornbredgallery.com). Just check out his work:

(“Stormtrooper Fields Forever,” via http://jameshance.com/index.html

I mean, the man has made a Wookiee into Winnie the Pooh.I hope he wants to make babies with me because that would just be perfect in my unborn child’s future bedroom.