Fashion. Music. Family. Life.
Circa 1975, aren’t we cute?
Just a quick post to say happy birthday to my sister, Rholnna! She’s always been my musical partner in crime, and if you have been following my blog then you know that I took her to see OMD for her birthday last year (whom we had the pleasure of meeting as well, post can be seen here). This year, we are planning to see Madness, although it will be next month. Have a wonderful birthday my dear sister, and to everyone else, have a great weekend!
I recently attended a great food truck event called the “Third Friday Food Truck Extravaganza” in the back parking lot at Fifty Seven Degrees, a fantastic wine bar in Downtown San Diego. My best friend Janice found the event on the San Diego Food Truck site, so we decided to go. My mom had not experienced a food truck event yet, so she came along so see what all the fuss was about. I assured her that she would have a great time. One truck on the list of food trucks stood out: “Therapie Boutique (a new clothing truck!)”. Really, a mobile boutique? As any of my friends would know, I’m up for shopping anytime, anywhere!
Already, I was drawn to the brightly painted mural on the sides of the truck with the words “Style on the go!” on the front, which I thought was incredibly clever. I excitedly skipped to the entrance and was greeted by owner Kelly Carney. The interior of the truck was just as bright and beautiful as the exterior, done up in silver, orange and pretty bits and pieces like the cute little ottoman by the mirror, fur-lined seats in the fitting rooms and crystal lights above. Kelly took a bit of time to answer some of my questions on how she decided to go mobile!
In our brief chat, you mentioned that you were in retail for 23 years. Did you own your own boutique prior to investing in your mobile venture? Yes, I worked in, owned, and operated small businesses in San Diego. I also worked for Nordstrom for 15 years.
What finally drove you to the decision to create a clothing boutique truck? I was looking at what the food trucks were doing and said if they can do it then I can. All women need shopping therapy and I wanted to be able to bring my concept and clothes to busy women all over San Diego.
What kind of “truck” did you decide to renovate and how long did it take for the total renovation? I renovated a 27-foot RV. It is a Thor Fun Mover originally built to move motorcycles and ATVs. I gutted the entire thing—from floor to ceiling. It took about 6 weeks from start to finish.
Who designed your exterior and interior? The exterior is a one of a kind work of art by Gerardo Yepiz, known as Acamonchi, a local artist. I conceived of and designed the interior. I wanted it feel like a Gorky boutique with chandeliers and real dressing rooms.
What would you say is your “style” and how is that reflected in what you have to offer? My style is classic contemporary with a little bit of edge. I offer something for everyone no matter your age, style, or size Therapie Boutique has something for everyone.
When I visited your boutique, I spoke to a friend of yours, Kelly Evans, who had a couple of jewelry tables on display. Do you plan on asking other retailers or friends to also join you at future events as a featured designer? Yes, with every event I will host a local artist/designer for trunk shows. I want to be able to support local artists and give them a platform to show and sell their creations.
(Click here for Kelly Evans Designs on Etsy)
What do you like best about this new venture? That I am able to do anything—the sky is the limit! I can go to people homes, farmers markets, local events, and fundraisers. Therapie Boutique brings shopping therapy to every woman—we are Style on the Go!
(Kelly Carney can be contacted at [email protected] or on Twitter at @TherapieSD)
February 29 – something you’re listening to #joydivision
As stated in a previous post regarding the “Photo a Day” meme from Fat Mum Slim (March’s photo theme list seen here), I’m more inclined to post musically themed pictures, and here are a few recent ones from March. I’ve also recently gotten into hash-tagging my pictures (all of these were marked with a hash-tag of #marchphotoaday). It’s interesting to see just how many people are trending the groups I’m listening to, especially Joy Division.
March 1 – up #depechemode #thompsontwins
March 5 – a smile #depechemode #seeyou
March 7 – something you wore #duranduran
I’m amazed at how artistic my son has become, coordinating colors when using his building blocks. Dominic can sit for at least an hour when he’s really concentrating on creating something, then will tear it all down again to build anew. At one point, he was building tower and said, “Mama, look it’s so tall!” He loves to listen to the music on my iPhone, so I played a song called “Empire State Human” by The Human League because of the lyrics “I want to be tall, tall, tall,” like his awesome tower. Who knew that he would take my iPhone just to keep playing the song each time he wanted to build something new? I’m glad my son loves my 80’s music.
This was posted a couple of weeks ago on Alan Wilder’s blog: A concert film will be released of Recoil’s “A Strange Hour in Budapest”, which was a show that came at the end of 2010 (the leg that I attended here in San Diego). Per the blog: “The proposed package will feature the full concert film, running at approximately 84 minutes in HD resolution and with 5.1 & stereo audio options. Also included will be some extra promo films and live projections. It has been decided to limit the format to Blu-ray only for a couple of reasons – the main being that the film works infinitely better at its highest resolution and we don’t want to compromise this aspect.”
There has been some discussion in the blog comments of choice to release it to Blu-ray, but I think it’s an excellent idea because the show was both musically and visually stunning and the best format to capture it would be Blu-ray. Either way, I’m very excited to finally have a copy of a show from the “Selected” tour. I’ll post when it’s available as soon as I find out!
(Photos taken by me during the “Selected” tour in San Diego, October 2010)
Aren’t my fuchsia platform pumps FAB?
I discovered an addicting new app through the Minkette blog called Snapette. If you recall my post on Pose (seen here), it’s basically the same type of photo app, but truly more dedicated to accessories. I love this app because I can be anywhere, in any store and just snap my favorite accessories, in addition to snapping some that I already have from outfit posts. And just like Pose, I can upload my “snaps” to my favorite forms of social media (in my case, Facebook and Twitter).
The Snapette Rebecca Minkoff contest ends today (contest was March 5-March 19), so you still have a chance to download this great app and enter. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of the snaps I uploaded of my favorite accessories (a couple ended up in their “Hot” section). Happy snapping!
Vintage Judith Leiber
Louis, Alexander and Rebecca
More Rebecca Minkoff, and a preview of an upcoming outfit post (can you tell how much I love RM?)
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of meeting two local fashion bloggers at the El Camino restaurant in Little Italy (I shot the outfit post for the Idle Vice Violator dress there). Jennifer of the blog Malcriada organized the mini-event, which initially consisted a list of seven bloggers, but ended up being Jennifer, myself and Vanessa of Fashion Mixtape. I was glad that Jennifer suggested to meet at El Camino because I finally got the chance to try the food, which was fantastic!
Jennifer posted a roll call of San Diego fashion bloggers she discovered through the recent Refinery 29 contest (her post was called this town is our town, this town is so glamorous), so hopefully we can make this mini-meet up something of a regular event. In meeting Vanessa and Jennifer, we discovered that we each incorporate our love of music with our love of fashion. If we can make this a regular event, it would be great to get to know the other fashionable bloggers of our fair city to see our different styles and what else we all have in common. Be sure to check out Jennifer and Vanessa’s blogs and have a great weekend!
Me and Jennifer (we’ll get Vanessa in a picture next time!)
I’ve got a few circle scarves, including this cute green one. It was a last-minute purchase during a recent mini-shopping spree, but I’m glad that I bought it. It added a subtle punch of color to this black & white outfit. I really am trying to embrace more color, so I think accessories are a great place to start.
Outfit – H&M Jacket and shirt; Guess jeans; Axxiom Boots; Cotton On scarf; iSee glasses ℅ GlassesUSA
Excited about his new bike from Daddy (he got a matching helmet, too!)
Here are a few images from Dominic’s birthday party last month. It was such a beautiful day at the park, which is unusual for February. Now that he’s three, he completely understands that this was his party, to celebrate all things about him. And when you’re that age, isn’t that all that matters? Hope you had a great weekend!
Playing with his new InnoTab from Grandma (he calls it his iPad). He takes it everywhere!
