KOSHi Luvs... Gala Darling's 'Things I Love Thursday'

♥ This pic of Jessica Stam for Vogue UK.


♥ The rain. It's a bit gloomy, but the hermit in me kinda likes that.

♥ Since Gus Van Sant is bringing back Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test", Huffingtonpost did this groovy lil retrospective on Ken Kesey, complete with b/w pics & commentary.


♥ Steve Albini. For better or worse, that dude always calls it as he see it. Here he is basically holding Sonic Youth responsible for tainting the purity of indie rock.

♥ I would have loved to have been one of the first people on the scene when these vintage posters were discovered in an abandoned subway station. Hauntingly cool!


♥ The big red pillow-for-two that I bought to lean against for the Harry Potter reading marathon I've been having with my awesome kid.

♥ Steel cut oatmeal with ginger & coconut oil.

♥ The video for Julie Christmas - Bow. It's girl-punk rawkness is probably not for everyone, but it's definitely for me. "It's not because you didn't ask me nicely. It's because you didn't ask at all..."


♥ Paulina Porizkova's piece on aging gracefully- or not so gracefully.

♥ Vanessa Jackman.

♥ This bronzey freckle-faced goodness!

KOSHi Luvs... Gala Darling's 'Things I Love Thursday'

♥ Fall is here!


♥ Interpol's "Antics" on repeat.

♥ Anthropologie's Cyclorama Jacket. The only problem? Can't decide which color I like better. Brown or Grey??? I'd love & wear em both!



♥ Baked or mashed sweet potatoes with my special sauce (black strap molasses, extra virgin cold-pressed coconut oil, raw organic honey, cinnamon, nutmeg) & chopped pistachios sprinkled on top. Heavenly :O)

♥ Long naps.

♥ The bowl of crystals that I keep on the night stand next to my side of the bed. My favorites are an obsidian egg that Billy got me at an outdoor market in Monterey, a purple flourite skull named "Frank", and my lapis lazuli heart.

♥ Lara Stone. One of the hottest models of all time. The face! That body! Those Quirky-Cute Teeth!






♥ The Selvedge Yard! Jon Patrick's retro-cool blog provides endless inspiration with a manly point of view...






♥ David Wolfe. Here is the first in a multi-part series of his talk on hormones at the Longevity Now Conference. If you're interested in health & you've never heard of David Wolfe, you are in for treat!

KOSHi Luvs... Gala Darling's 'Things I Love Thursday'

Looks like we're going to have to make a regular feature of 'Things I Love Thursday', cuzz, well, I love it!

♥ The Folk Yeah poster for Arcade Fire's upcoming show at (my love!) The Henry Miller Library in Big Sur.


♥ Fresh ginger.

♥ Pink ink.

♥ Steve, the outside cat. He's a major pain, a real nuisance, but still I am helpless against the power of his cuteness.

♥ NYmag.com

♥ The Ettes - Take It With You


♥ Albert & Gillian Maysles home in Harlem via The Selby.


♥ The Mistress Of Spices. Last week, while stuck on the couch with the flu, I randomly caught this pretty little movie starring Aishwarya Rai on HBO. It's not the most spectacular story, but still I found it mesmerizing. It's yummy to look at & I'm a sucker for all things witchy. This trailer doesn't really do it justice- it's more like Chocolat meets Monsoon Wedding with a pinch of Big Night. Very moody. Super scrumptious.


♥ Cru's gluten free, dairy free, blueberry buckwheat pancakes with honey.

♥ Purple liner with blue eyes.


♥ The farmer's market at The Americana on Saturdays. It's within walking distance from my house, the produce is ORGANiC (yeah!), and the setting is so picturesque.

♥ And, last but definitely not least, Carrie the Dancing Dog...

KOSHi Luvs... Gala Darling's 'Things I Love Thursday'

Anyone ever keep a gratitude journal? I do- off & on. I know it sounds cheesy, but it really cheers me up & helps refocus my energy when I start to feel myself slipping into a downward spiral. It's a little trick I've learned to play on myself that actually works. So does making myself go on a nature walk, organizing my closet, ad-libbing in the kitchen, or visiting Gala Darling's blog for inspiration.

GalaDarling.com is billed as "The Playgirl's Guide To Radical Self-Love" & I find that quite fitting. It's a steady stream of positive energy wrapped in punk rock sequins & pretty pink bows. It also has the kind of get-down-to-business, I'm-a-kickass-female energy that I long to channel through KOSHi, so I've decided to do just that, channel some of that bitchin' energy right here on KOSHi BLOG by starting my own weekly nod to Ms. Gala.

I hereby declare every fifth day of the week, "Things I Love Thursday", a kind of online gratitude journal that I hope will inspire you to do the same or will, at the very least, brighten your day.

Here are the things I'm loving this fine Thursday morn...

♥ Interpol. The record & the band.



They're still, despite Carlos Dengler's recent departure, one of the coolest bands to see live, Paul Banks is the shit & their latest release features five, count em, FiVE of my favorite new songs... Success, Summer Well, Try It On, Lights & Barricade.

♥ Laura Spector's Functional Fantasy Garden Furniture



♥ Black plums! I was all about the cherries this summer, but when they (SADLY) went out of season I needed a replacement & found myself drawn to a perfectly stacked mountain of plums. I took a bag-full home & was delighted to find that they hit the exact same spot for me, which matters since I start every day with a lot of fresh, organic fruit & I've got to keep it interesting.

♥ Randy Susan Meyer's "41 Over 40: Novelists Debuting Over Age 40".

♥ Hot tea in bed. 'Nuff said!

♥ These Alexander Wang booties. They will be mine!



♥ Fiona Apple. Word on the street is she's got a new album coming out next spring. SWOON!

♥ New York Magazine's piece on Daphne Guinness. Her life is so stylishly kooky & fantastical. It's fun to imagine how the other half (okay- .0001% of the lucky few) lives.

♥ Science rocks my world. Archaeology is especially interesting & Archaeobotany is freaking mind-blowing. Take for instance this story about some 2,000 year old pills that were found dry & in tact under water in a shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany.

♥ Reading Harry Potter with my kid. The language is still over his head, but when I ask if he wants to stop or keeping going, he always answers, "keep going!"

♥ Suno, the brand. Wonderfully girlie & surprising.

Suno : Spring 2011



Suno : Resort 2011



Suno : Fall 2010