Photo: Shanna Fisher

Photo: Shanna Fisher

These pieces are from my series “My Friends, My Spirit Animals”

www.shannafisher.com

What is so lovely about New York in Autumn?  It’s the go back to school feeling, let’s get some work done and buy books and look at the leaves change and thank God the weather is so livable again.  I find myself taking long walks around the city in places I’ve never been before… like the quaint cafes along the streets in the UES and along the alley ways between SoHo and the West Village to stop in Jacques Torres’ chocolate factory for heaps of chocolate and along the water in Williamsburg all the while looking for new product, new gift concepts.

Shanna Fisher came over this last weekend to photograph some stuff for my new “Top Secret Project”… it’s not that secret, it’s just not finished yet… all in good time (last week of November hopefully). www.GraceLockwood.com

It took until actually pulling out some holiday decorations (I know – it’s October!  personal shoppers are constantly living in the future!!) to realize how much I love the holidays more in the north east than California.

And as it is the day before Halloween, I live in a city where you don’t really notice the people dressed in costumes… in NYC this could be any day of the year.  Except there’s a prettier background with all of the incredible foliage.

I moved to NY in June.  It’s been an interesting summer.  I plan to keep all the joy and all the sorrow a secret.  Fall is the time I plan renew my blog and get back to work.

So much happening, hardly any time to blog.  

June 6th – dashow 

Artshow featuring the works of yours truly, Kristen Coates, Kathryn Warren, Kat Turner & more.  Details to come

Hypernova is play a bevy of shows in June in LA … yes!  check out their info Hypernova  

Following their show, a birthday bbq at Patrick’s and a secret blow out going away party, I will be moving to NYC.  Looking for a sublet for July/a 2bdrm long term.

Lots of love,

Kristen

Can’t wait to see this.  Looking forward to seeing fashion portrayed as a serious form of art ….

http://www.valentinomovie.com/

This band is so good. They’re playing at SXSW and they’ll be back in LA over the summer (yay!)

www.hypernovamusic.com

Greetings Friends,

Hypernova is coming back to Washington DC to perform a very special show!

We are performing @

DC-9
1940 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 483-5000

18+ w/valid ID
Tix are 8$

Spread the word!

http://www.dcnine.com/

OMGGGG I can’t believe I haven’t gone out since Friday. I don’t know what to do with all this pent up dance fever. I almost tricked myself into going out with Matthew last night to the Bar, but I need some control.

This weekend I decided that I needed to stay in a bit more, save for taxes (seriously, I owe more to the IRS than I do to the BMW dealership). I also decided that I would stop eating junk food. Primarily cookies. Today I caved. One chocolate chip cook and two Oreos. Okay and two Girl Scout Cookies. Who can really resist those adorable little things? Not me!

I suspect by the weekend I will be going out again per usual and waking up to eat cookies for breakfast. Now if only I could magically make that IRS bill disappear, all my problems would be solved!

My Mom is so radical it hurts to think about it.  She has one of those mystical life stories you only dream about… the one thing she really can’t get though is the future.  I must share.

She asked me about 10 years ago if she had to send away for a hotmail account.  She learned how to text a couple of years ago.  I am always concerned when I read them because they are always in caps.  I also receive gems such as this:

Mar 9, 2009 5:09 PM

:^) HI KRISTEN!  :’)  MISS YOU :-

(  LOVE YOU!  LOOK WHAT I HAVE

FOUND ON MY PHONE!  :-Q ONLY HAD

IT FOR OVER A YEAR – OR TWO!

My mother also thinks that because I live in LA, I experience everything she sees on the news or reads in the paper within the state borders.  She says things like “How about that poor guy in Chatsworth”?  with the most sincere sympathy.  I explain to her that I don’t know where Chatsworth is, but yes, very sad about that guy.  Forget if there is an earthquake in San Francisco or a fire in San Diego… she calls and texts until I answer.  Which I find sweet

Mar 10, 2009 6:56pm

HI! IM WATCHING AMER IDOL & THEY

HAD AN INCREDIBLE SINGER FROM

HOLLYWOOD NAMED ADAM

LAMBERT.  TELLING U B CAUS HE LOOKS

LIKE SOME1 U’D NO!  DO U?  LOVE

YOU XOXO!

This is the first time she has abbreviated in text lingo… maybe she finally is in the future!!  Love you Mom.

Teddy’s was a bore last night so we set sail to Yacht Club.  The Rosencrantz brothers rarely disappoint…. we danced forever and had our fill of champagne, what else could a girl ask for on a Friday night?

Alissa and I have decided not to go out tonight.  What will we do instead?!  I would be happy sitting here staring at my record collection (without a record player mind you) – there is no way I’m going to Bardot or H’wood.  The last few times I’ve been to either place have been traumatizing.  Why have a rope/door guy/blablabla if once inside it’s a bunch of gross people?  Pull it together and put out the trash.  

Perhaps we could go to the Burgundy room.. it was strangely fun there a few weeks ago.  Wait!  We’re not going out!!!

Okay, going to yoga/detox/acai smoothie heaven.  Then we will probably go out.