What It Is

I know I shouldn’t say so myself, but I have the coolest birthdate. Ever. No sh*t.

What makes it so much cooler than, say, your birthday?

Well, I will tell you.

My birthday is 6/23/1966. I was born at 11:23pm- which I only recently (yeah, at my advanced age!) realized is also known as 23:23.

That’s 6/23/66 23:23 for those of you just tuning in. Two days before Rosemary’s baby; 3 6s, 3 23s.

3 is my all-time favorite number, the only one whose multiples always add up to a number divisible by 3. In other words, if you can divide a number by 3, you can also add up that number’s integers and the sum of those integers will also be a number divisible by 3. 3 is always 3! Once I told a good friend of mine that 3 was my favorite number, to which he replied that he preferred pi. Dude, pi is also 3, just with some extra sauce.

The photo, though it’s hard to tell, is a Chocolate Bomb, my chosen birthday dessert indulgence. It is comprised of chocolate sponge cake, milk chocolate pudding and dark chocolate pudding, combined in an unholy, decadent combo that is comforting and silky and almost a religious experience. I was indirectly involved in the creation of the Chocolate Bomb when I gave a friend a Chocolate Trifle as a birthday present. He suggested the lovely folks at Sugar Sweet Sunshine make something similar. And now they do, every day.

There was also champagne, dinner…  and a perfect, delectable Loved One. 43, yum!

So I should have written about this ages and ages ago, but now will just have to do.

It’s So You is 35 interesting, articulate women talking about their relationships and experiences with personal style, beauty and fashion. One of them is Jennifer Blowdryer, writer and underground style icon, who wears TuraLura and was kind enough to mention the fact in her essay.

Among the contributors: Salon.com’s Cintra Wilson, Warhol superstar and actress Mary Woronov, No-Wave badass Adele Bertei, SF club diva Chelsea Starr, the list goes on and on. Pick this book up, it’s too much fun to miss out on.

Here’s the Turalura Hanging Kicks Tshirt. What do you know about the Hanging Kicks?

When I was a little kid and I saw a pair of sneakers hanging over a lamppost, I assumed that this was something bullies do: steal other kids’ kicks and then throw them up there so the kid couldn’t get them back. The kid would be forced to go home shoeless, certain to get in some very big trouble. The diabolism of the bully mind: humiliate you in front of your peers and then send you off barefoot to be punished by your parents

I never actually saw this happen, but the hanging kicks were an ever-present part of the urban landscape.

Now I understand that the hanging kicks may actually be a street code for “Drugs Sold on This Block”. However this interpretation has not been verified. If you know something, say something!

Weeds growing up through the sidewalk cracks is another omnipresent urban environmental element. When we turn our backs for a second, nature encroaches in even the unlikeliest places.

I think that’s very cool.

100% cotton Tshirt hand embroidered with 100% cotton thread. Design from original photograph.

Buy it here.