Mary Van Notes

Hat, J Crew Top: Thrifted
Shoes: Bunny’s Shoes, Santa Cruz
Shorts: F21
Socks: Macy’s

Today I came to the conclusion that my personal style philosophy is that I like looking like a doll.  Plain and simple.  Today it was French 40s sailor doll.

I’ll be performing a long set of stand-up with some funny and quirky special guests:

Donny Divanian
David Hawkins
Loren Kraut

WHEN:
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10pm

WHERE:
Dark Room Theater
2263 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.401.7987

ADMISSION:
$10 at the door
$9 in advance http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/96185

Please come out and tell your friends!

Yes, Valentine’s Day is stupid, but I can’t help appreciating cutesy vintage valentines.  This one is for all my fellow vintage-lovin’ ladies whose blogs I follow.  There are so many of you I can’t name you all, but here are some of my faves Andi B. Goode, Calivintage, Strawberry Koi, Clothes Horse, Vixen Vintage, Agent Lover. Y’all inspire me so much.  Keep rockin’ the crazy hats and killer style, ladies!

Special thanks to Anita Drieseberg for sending me this valentine. We gotta grab a beverage and go gawking over vintage hats on Haight St!

Blouse and shorts: F21
Socks: Target
Shoes: Vivienne Westwood + Melissa
Vintage scarf with Western motif: Vintage Pink, Portland, OR

This is my entry for the forever sweetheart contest over at chictopia. I just joined the site and I’m digging all the inspiring stylish peeps.  I’m obviously eager for Spring with this outfit.  You can’t see the sign I’m holding but it says, “GAVIN NEWSOM will you Be Mine?”

I made this video a couple hours ago.  Don’t worry, I’m not as depressed as you think.  Not yet, at least.

Starting now, we’re in Mary,Don’t Get in A Funk watch.

This SNL Digital Short cracked me up:

p.s. I love you Jon Hamm.

I flew down to Los Angeles to see the Pee Wee Herman Show live.  I was able to do a set at my favorite show in LA, the Tomorrow Show, then flew out early the next morning.

I wore this outfit on the trip, and changed into a 60s dress when I performed.

Jean jacket: thrifted
Vintage Pee Wee shirt: ebay
cut-offs from old work pants
tights: F21
Boots: Paolo

The Pee Wee Show was really good.  If you didn’t already know, Pee Wee Herman is a big comedy influence of mine.  I loved Pee Wee’s Playhouse as a kid and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure will always be a favorite movie of mine.  When I saw the HBO Special of the Pee Wee show a couple years ago, it blew me away and completely inspired me.  So when I heard about the new live show I got a ticket pronto.  Unfortunately my day job cut my hours and I thought I wouldn’t be able to afford to go down to LA, but I did it anyway.   My only complaint was that the show wasn’t entirely new.  There were a lot of new characters and bits (which were awesome) but the main story of the show was the same as the original HBO special.   That was a bit disappointing for me.

Nevertheless, I will always be a Pee Wee fan.  I got a picture with Paul Reubens when he was here in SF for Sketchfest in 2007:

Photo from Johnny’s in the Basement blog

Every once and a while I get a song stuck in my head. I had to look up the lyrics on the web, because I forgot the name of the artist.  Then I found him.  Vic Chesnutt.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the song available on YouTube (I was looking for the song titled “Bug”).  When I looked further, I found out he had died on December 25, 2009.  This SF Examiner article does a good job of describing how inspiring and talented Chesnutt was and also the sad state of our health care system.

I first heard of Chesnutt when I took a southern lit class in college.  Our professor made us mixed cds with southern music.  Vic Chesnutt’s song “Bug” was on the cd.  I would play that track over and over again.  I remember loving the melody and his haunting voice, the storytelling lyrics.  Vic Chesnutt, you will be missed.

Vintage wool skirt: thrifted
Vintage blouse: ebay
Sweater: Mervyn’s (RIP)
Tights: Target
Boots: Paolo
Bag: custom bag made out of my Dad’s army shirt by UnderWing Designs (super special! I’ll totally do a more deserving post on UnderWing Designs once her etsy is up)