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emmaopeel

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About Me



I am fond of pop-rivets, polkadots, and plums.

My Interests

books, cakes, fresh air, good people, pretty magazines, ice cream sodas, nostalgia, smart dames, phillip marlowe boys, thrilling tales, caped crusaders, marcel dzama ghosts, jaques prevert paroles, lomography, print gocco, orla kiely, marimekko, lady's jackets, mary janes, buster keaton, blossom dearie, sarah vaughan, brownbears

I'd like to meet:

nice people!
mean people with good hearts!
someone to show me how to stylesheet this page!
someone who might write a telephone story with me!
someone to teach me portuguese!
a serger master (I have tension trouble)
girls and boys who want to join a bowling + knitting gang
anyone who can tease me out of the house with fun things to do
girls who like snow!
collectors of flair magazine
the Thin Man enthusiasts
the real Kouka

Music:

sarah vaughan, blossom dearie, wanda jackson, janis martin, howlin' wolf, otis redding, nina simone, jeff buckley, the cardigans (from years ago), stereo total (ooh!), broadcast, blonde redhead, m. ward, mates of state, american analog set, the raveonettes, rilo kiley, and lots of other things...

Movies:

the thin man, band of outsiders, kiss me deadly, double indemnity, gigi, the big heat, once upon a time in the west, how to marry a millionaire, eight women, the naked kiss, in the mood for love (and anything by wong kar wai), indiscreet, notorious, gaslight, the five obstructions...

Television:

tv on dvd! the prisoner, cowboy bebop, wonder woman, columbo (oh my!), secret agent, the avengers, old twilight zones

Books:

thomas hardy, graham greene, a.s. byatt, raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, simon winchester, italio calvino, h. rider haggard's "SHE" (amazing), alfred hitchcock's story collections, the blind assassin, zelda + savage beauty by nancy milford, nancy mitford fiction, thrilling tales from mcsweeney's, patricia highsmith

Heroes:

kouka, lucy snowe, bathsheba everdene, nancy drew (for driving as fast as the law will allow), ingrid bergman, wanda jackson + janis martin, orla kiely, maija isola, buster keaton, bridget riley, jenny holtzer, fleur cowles, nancy mitford, diana rigg as dr. emma peel!

My Blog

wears + wares

I have an exciting new project! A young designers' market Wears + Wares in Downtown Crossing. My friend Kelly (Etcetera Media) and I are looking to start a regular saturday market, with independent ve...
Posted by emmaopeel on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:09:00 PST

pretty pretty

the dress shop saga continues... after a small meltdown in the south end, the prospect in coolidge corner looks interesting! I have spent the past few weeks looking into indie fashion & jewelry desig...
Posted by emmaopeel on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:43:00 PST

wallets!

I am super excited! Rena Tom at Rare Device in Brooklyn (Park Slope) is carrying a rainbow of the pop-rivet wallets.the cute picture can be seen here on her blog, or you can read her little write up.....
Posted by emmaopeel on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:07:00 PST

test your spatial awareness

if you can get to 18 seconds you are doing brilliantly! red square game (( thanks to john and newstoday ))
Posted by emmaopeel on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:34:00 PST

a little art + intellect on thursday...

I just heard about this today  it looks lovely and interesting and I want to tell lots of nice people to come along... so come along! view invitation or read all about the fun details below:...
Posted by emmaopeel on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:54:00 PST

I walked with a zombie

and other amazing val lewton classics, now out on dvd! I found this out thanks to gather.com (they must have very smart people working there)...
Posted by emmaopeel on Sat, 05 Nov 2005 05:57:00 PST

three things I would do in nyc this weekend...

1. new drawings from the acme novelty library no. 16 :: chris ware at the adam baumgold gallery 2. ryan mcginness at danziger projects 3. saturday: the Ganzfeld 4 (oh la! a new one! but I think ...
Posted by emmaopeel on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:17:00 PST

four notes...

four unrelated thoughts: 1. thanks to khurtan, I have found my new favorite band, the go! team  which was a super pop inspiration complete with a hopping harmonica and tube socks 2. also thanks...
Posted by emmaopeel on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:16:00 PST

reading list

sunshine and park reading helped me finish these two this weekend: The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene (with a satisfying ending) The Lone Surfer of Montana Kansas by Davy Rothbart of Found m...
Posted by emmaopeel on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:24:00 PST

bazaar bizarre!

mittenmitten made the bazaar bizarre cut! come play at the cyclorama on december 11!
Posted by emmaopeel on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:19:00 PST