Patrick & I are forever grateful to have been included in our dear friends’, Hana & Daniel, nuptials in the Umbrian hills. It was a unforgettable week of adventure, romance, and surreal beauty. I will let the photos do the talking.
* my beautiful fish skin bag designed by Julie Pearson (amazing).
I can’t believe it, even now that I am here, but I am taking a month to travel around Italy. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a dear friend’s wedding and a family gathering all in May, so I will be treking around a bit in between.
We started in Rome this week, and I can definitively say that the best way to see Rome is in the early morning light, in the quiet hours before the tourists have sprung from their beds and it is only me, my running shoes, and the old men in hats shuffling along with their ancient, scruffy terriers.
My apologies for being so absent from my humble little journal – but this month has been a doozy in Spartan Land – remodeling our Austin space & opening our new collaborative project in Portland, Beam & Anchor!
Last summer I met Robert & Jocelyn Rahm, a vibrant, creative, magnetic couple who were toiling away renovating a 7,000 square foot space in North Portland to house creative working spaces upstairs as well as a retail shop called Beam & Anchor on the ground floor. The three of us were immediately drawn to each other and 6 months later Robert & Jocelyn invited me to be a partner in the retail arm of the business.
We officially opened the Beam & Anchor store on April 20th and I am incredibly proud to contribute to such a gorgeous space with such great energy – the icing on top is that our upstairs folks are the nicest group of creative bad-asses that a girl could dream to work amongst.
Please stop by, hang out, & get to know Beam & Anchor!! Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6 // Sun 12-5 // Closed Mon
Kinfolk Magazine is gorgeous.
Dedicated to beauty of gathering and the profound pleasure of eating in lovely surroundings with the people that matter to you, Kinfolk has an insane roster of talent working with them. We hosted one of Kinfolk’s official dinners at Spartan’s new home in Portland, Beam & Anchor (opening soon!!). You can get a glimpse of the evening here.
Volume 3 of Kinfolk is available at Spartan in Austin & Voyager in San Francisco.
Volume 2 and 3 are both available online at spartan-shop.com.
My friends know that I am seldom without a brass bracelet. I took my collection out to polish today & realized that they represent some of my very favorite shops & designers, and they each make me so happy every time I put them on.
Reliquary, San Francisco (vintage)
Samma (I accidentally died it pink, but I think it’s kinda cool)
General Store (vintage)
Iko Iko , Los Angeles
Looking out across my yard on a gray and rain-soaked morning, to a crimson bird house mounted on our fence, triggered a memory of Cathrine Ryan‘s bold artwork. I did a quick search and spent my morning coffee re-admiring her portfolio. I love the strong statements of color and pattern punctuating the gray surroundings, eerie religious symbolism, and Americana imagery.
The first time I saw a gal wearing one of Erin’s pieces, I literally stopped her in her tracks to admire it for several minutes. I collect Erin’s jewelry and wear it often. It adds that special something that makes a minimal outfit shine. They are conversation pieces that don’t scream for attention.
All of her pieces are hand-made in her studio in Brooklyn with naturally dyed silk and cotton. The icing on the cake is that Erin, herself, is as smart and amazing as her designs, an absolute pleasure to hang with for a long meal whenever I happen to be in Brooklyn.
Shop Erin’s Spring collection here And her earrings here
We are so excited to have these awesome unisex shades in time for the sunny months.
Han Sunglasses are from Denmark and have a classic style with a little edge to them. I have been sporting mine non-stop.
THE UNION IN HORN
THE TIMELESS IN TORTOISE
THE WOLFGANG IN BLACK/ARMY OR TORTOISE
Back home from a week at SXSW that felt like a year. Amazing times, glad to be back in snowy, peaceful Portland.
Our High Tea party was beautiful – huge thanks to Lysa Cooper & Shelby Meade for organizing, Hitomi & Charlie from Electric Love for the amazing bags & dream catchers (the are pretty much all sold out!), Dripping Springs Vodka for spiking our lemonade, and Shanee Pink for lending her gorgeous voice.
I didn’t even have time to take out my nice camera- here are some snaps from Instagram.
Shanee Pink in the perfect SXSW ensemble
essential festival satchel from Collina Strada @ Spartan
the Texas state flower in full glory
dinner @ Justine’s listening to over soul records & french 75′s
awesome bro’s manning the bar @ the Mohawk
dropping off goods for the shop @ the Saint Cecilia Hotel
high tea party with the musical stylings of shanee pink & electric love dream catcher
beautiful spring evening at Willie’s ranch
If you are coming to Austin for SXSW please stop by Spartan & Bows + Arrows and escape the madness with us on THURSDAY, March 15th, 2-6pm
We will be serving up spiked iced teas with Dripping Springs Vodka, featuring a special installation of dream catchers from Electric Love, an acoustic set with Shanee Pink, signed prints from The Wild Unknown, and a DJ set by Family Band.
The shop is full of amazing new spring arrivals — so this is a good excuse for all of our beautiful local friends to show their faces as well. Hope to see you there!!
