happy friday, friends. i just want to dedicate today's post to my sweetheart - today is his 30th birthday! he is the best and he make my life the best. tonight we will celebrate him with delicious dinner at the black trumpet, a roast in his honor (photos & video to come!) and an amazing dance party at the red door.
01/20/2012
01/19/2012
exciting news ~ park city, utah
hello, my loves! i have so much on my mind right now... the first thing is the exciting news i promised for this week! i wanted to wait until the word spread locally before sharing it here... and the big news? tan vampires is getting flown out to park city, utah to play the official after party for the sundance film festival! i am so excited for the dreamboat and his band - they are going to have so much fun. i mean, sundance is one thing... but seriously, park city? so gorgeous!
congratulations, fellas. you so deserve it!
11/23/2011
dreamy gift guide - buying for boyfriend!
happy wednesday, my darlings! i'm so excited for the holidays i can barely contain myself... i'm about to spend the day holiday shopping with my momma, so fun! while i'm out i'll be scoping out goodies for the dreamboat, but below is what i've scoped out thus far....
1 roosevelt fedora, $60 via brixton
2 river island carry-all, $71.88 via asos
3 mahogany veneer sunglasses by tumbleweed oddities, $65 via etsy
4 sterling, alpaca and copper tie bar by patricia gallucci, $78 via etsy
5 double cable-knit scarf, $34 via urban outfitters
6 clarks desert mali boot, $135 via urban outfitters
7 wood grain laptop sleeve by brokesy, $52 via etsy
8 j.crew factory bowery pant in wool tweed, $108 via j.crew
what are you going to buy for your sweeties this holiday?
11/08/2011
the lady vanishes
hello, my sweet friends. allow me first to apologize for disappearing for so long - i never intended on taking such an extended hiatus but sometimes life gets the best of us, oui? things got hectic once again in our world and - although it's far too much to explain in one post - i will say that we spent time in new york for the dreamboat's stint at cmj and it was so much fun!
now, onto another adventure - a couple of weeks ago we took a day trip down to salem to wander around and get in the halloween spirit.
we popped into boutiques, ogled the gorgeous old architecture, toured count orlok's nightmare gallery (as a horror movie buff i have to say this place is one of my abslute favorites!) and walked down to the waterfront holding hands.
we ate $4 mediocre cinnamon buns. we posed for total tourist photos (see above) - the dream was obviously way better at putting on a happy face for it than i was. we had the most perfect weather.
i so love day tripping and adventuring with my sweetheart. and i'm so glad to be back!
09/30/2011
quick glimpse - sweet snapshots
happy friday, loves! i am still sick (boo!) and have been blowing my nose and coughing and all of that good stuff for days now. hopefully i'll be feeling better soon, but for now - here are some sweet snapshots from earlier this week. enjoy!
we are so lucky to live in such a beautiful area - and i am so lucky to have such a dreamy boyfriend! have a lovely weekend!
08/30/2011
quick glimpse
last night the dream played a solo show at the red door with tonybear and tim williams (of la's soft swells). dreamboat played last and he started the set with the following song... which he also played at seth & isis' wedding. it was written by isis and for seth, and is legitimately one of my favorite songs of all time. enjoy.
honeybee from julia vivian on Vimeo.
08/17/2011
love love love!
i just wanted to post a couple of sweet photos that courtney took of my dreamboat and me. he got to wear his new j.crew ludlow suit and he looked so handsome in it... i'm such a lucky lady!
(ps - do you like the new signature stamp?)
07/23/2011
dreamy dreamboat!
i just want to take a moment to pay homage to my main squeeze. our life together is amazing because he works so very hard to make me happy. people have told me we'll get out of the honeymoon phase (technically we should already be out of it) but i'm not too worried... a year and a half later and everyday with the him is still such a dream.
06/28/2011
quick glimpse - tan vampires at precinct
so i have yet to really chat about it but for my readers who don't know, the dream is in a band! they've been playing every tuesday night in june at precinct in union square, somerville, and i've been going down every week because i love seeing them play and because i love taking the trip down to boston.
here are a few snapshots from one of those shows a few weeks back. enjoy!
dreamboat writing the set list
swag suitcase! i found this american tourister for $10 at the thrift store...
musical delight!
dreamy outfit - his and hers date night via jcrew.com
hello, hello, hello. did you love the picnic post? i really hope so! i love love love date night because it's a pretty nice excuse to get all gussied up! (let's be honest, though, those of you who know us know that neither the dream nor i need much of an excuse to get dressed up). in the spirit of that post, i decided to create a couple's dreamy outfit post, and i did all of my "shopping" in the sale section of jcrew.com!
for her
1 vivette dress, $69.99
2 cashmere shawl cardigan, $129.99
3 indio pursette, $129.99
4 crystal trio ring, $24.99
5 quorra high heel oxfords, $119.99
6 crystal wildfire necklace, $59.99
7 crystal petal ring, $39.99
for him
1 baird mcnutt linen camp shirt, $49.99
2 herringbone linen vest, $99.99
3 levi's 511 jean in rinsed indigo, $79.99
4 sperry topsiders, $120
5 herringbone linen sportcoat, $279.99
6 rugged boot laces, 2 for $6
the things i love about this for her look are as follows: mustard paired with navy is one of my favorite color combinations at the moment. i can't even handle a sweet, feminine dress paired with oxfords or booties - it's an impossibly perfect coupling. i love the raw edged silk on the bodice of the dress paired with big costume jewels and the geometric bib necklace plays perfectly against the gentle shawl collar of the cardigan.
the things i love about this for him look are as follows: brown and blue paired together, the casual feel of a gingham linen shirt and jeans balancing the formality of both a vest and suit jacket. topsiders are such a wonderful summer shoe and i love the idea of lacing them with colored laces. also, can i just say - these are the jeans that my dreamboat actually wears and dang do they make his cakes look fantastic!
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