Posts in the “VANITAS” category

GADJO DISKO – Glamour + Sickle

by angeliska on October 15, 2009

Here we go! Time for another Gadjo Disko! Are you ready? I am! Or I will be, just as soon as I make my headdress! The next one is this Saturday, October 17th 10pm-4am at The Cockpit, 113 San Jacinto (…)

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Magic Windows #3

by angeliska on September 18, 2009

A quick Magic Windows update from afar, these are actually all Austin related images that I’ve been meaning to show you for awhile.. Don’t worry, the New York edition of Magic Windows is shaping up to be pretty great. Just (…)

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New York Redux circa 2006

by angeliska on September 13, 2009

Oh my. It’s been a while since I was last in New York. I just dug up these pictures from the last time I was there, and I’m flooded by memories of how much fun we had.. Now I’m even (…)

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Laudanum Honey

by angeliska on September 9, 2009

This past weekend, we made a quick jaunt to San Antonio to see Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey at the McNay Museum. It was truly everything I could have wished for and more- completely worth the trip. I (…)

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MAGIC WINDOWS #2

by angeliska on September 7, 2009

So, our house caught on fire last night! We were so incredible lucky that we caught it before it spread into the ceiling- I am really feeling so grateful right now to whatever is protecting us. We smelled smoke, and (…)

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Endless Summer

by angeliska on September 2, 2009

Yes, so I’m aware it’s September and autumn is creeping in, but here in Texas it’s going to be summer for a while yet! It’s strange- Fall has always been my favorite season, and yet despite this hideous drought and (…)

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Magic Windows #1

by angeliska on August 26, 2009

Want to see into my day-to-day? My crazy-ass hyper-power robot celephone records it fairly faithfully for me, and it’s high-time for a magic window party! Jewels from the shop. Sometimes I cannot resist the sparkle. Okay, I admit that I (…)

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Snakes + Leather

by angeliska on July 3, 2009

Recently we had a wonderful opportunity to spend some time with a very lovely snake named Sugar. Our friends Scott and Jen who are the founders of the Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata were married recently, and went to (…)

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Strawberry Honey

by angeliska on June 28, 2009

I remember a few years ago, in New Orleans, I bought a carton of strawberries at the Farmer’s Market. I had become somewhat ambivalent about them over the years, having eaten far too many over-inflated, pale and watery mutants with (…)

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Disko Duets

by angeliska on June 15, 2009

Normally I don’t end up posting the Gadjo Disko photos here until just before the next one, for various reasons (mainly laziness!) but it was such a fabulous night, I just couldn’t wait until then! This ensemble was my favorite (…)

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