freddy&ma

i can see clearly now...

perhaps it's the recent clarity I've been experiencing in my personal life, but lately all I can think about are these clear glasses by Selima for JCrew.....I have been meaning to post about this for days and of course when I check my email this morning, whowhatwhendaily.com has beat me to the punch! except that they were talking about sunglasses and i am lusting after the "all clear" ; ) variety.....i adore all of my chunky black glasses but sometimes i feel like they hide my face a little bit too much and i think these might be the perfect solution especially for summer.  my friend and fellow designer jenny also styled her recent photo shoot with some similar frames.

only in new york

would you see this happening......yes, that's freddy with rocco on the upper west side where someone took this awesome photo and was kind enough to email it to us.  i think rocco needs his own helmet!

happy birthday rocco!

in honor of rocco (our office pomeranian) and his second birthday, this friday june 6th, i wanted to post some information i found about dog friendly cafes and bars!  happy birthday rocco-(a.k.a., rockstar-poopy-jerk-little guy-little jerk -rocky-tough guy)

The Gray Dog's Coffee on Carmine Street (west of 6th avenue) allows dogs inside; it's their policy and apparently they routinely and cheerfully pay off any health inspectors that come around (with regard to dog complaints.) It's a very cool place to hang out with your dog.The one thing to beware, however, is if your dog barks once, you're warned; twice, you're out.            

MUD on 9th street near 2nd avenue (and their coffee bar in Kiehl's Pharmacy on 13th and 3rd) allows dogs inside the     restaurant and in their backyard garden. (In the 9th street location, that is.) The one exception is that no dogs are allowed to set foot in the food preparation area in either location; I can live with that.

Cafe on Greene Street, Soho Dogs are allowed in this eatery            

VESPA:  1625 2nd ave btw. 84th &85th t: 212-472-2050            

Bar Rio 558 Broome Street (btw Sixth Ave & Varick) (212) 966-2174               All organic wine and beer            

Otto's Shrunken Head on 14th btw Ave. A and B ~ A allows leashed pooches.

DBA 41 First Avenue btw 2nd and 3rd St

Chumbley's 86 Bedford Street, ph: 212-675-4449 Another bar to hang out with Fido.

Von        3 Bleecker Street 212-473-3039

history of the hazel

our most popular clutch, the hazel, was named for our late grandmother, Hazel Grey Averitt Wiggs....."gramma hazel" as we liked to call her (although she never admitted to being a day past 29) had style, taste, charm and a wicked sense of humor.....she also had a wicked temper which made her even more spicy......i was always particularly close to her and as the years go by i see myself resembling her more and more and wishing she was still here to enjoy the success of her namesake clutch.  (that little girl on the left is our mom, aleta faye)

nice mention!

a great big thank you to grace at designsponge and the folks at domino for this colorful mention!

i stand corrected...

...the critics have lost their minds....sex & the city was utter perfection....i've been skeptical ever since i heard about this project, thought it was a mistake, thought it would be terrible....the movie could not have been any better, funnier, tragic, real, extravagant.......SJP was just, no words......i could not believe how much i enjoyed it, how much i laughed, how much i cried and how much i related to the story. 2 thumbs up, 4 stars, whatever, critics to you i say what - ever