Corita, Corita, Corita

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Inspired today by the Boston skyline's Rainbow Swash, I've pulled together some splashy finds for wardrobe and home. Created on the side of a giant gas tank by nun/artist/activist Corita Kent and critisized by some for featuring the profile of Ho Chi Minh in the blue stripe, Rainbow Swash is a city landmark that satisfies both latent communist sympathies and our imperial quest for foreign energy all in one!

Original painting, oil and water. Emulsion Arts. $29.

Hand printed pillow. Art by Albion. $56.

Tote bag. Pom by Pomegranate. $27.

Postscript: Whats up with the blog title today? I have A Tribe Called Quest's Bonita Applebum stuck in my head, thats what. Bonita, Bonita, Bonita.

Sunshine Daydream

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Summer faked us out here in DC. I naturally assumed that the 80 degree temps in February was signaling  1) the coming Mayan Apocolypse and 2) a great opportunity to build a base tan. So I packed away my winter wardrobe only to get blitzed with two weeks of 50 degree weather; or what I like to call the Eeyore of temperature gradients.

So today, I'm picturing a cluster of this goodness on a sunny white wall in honor of summer's betrayal of my trust.

"Sunny Day" 8x10 photo print by The Maple Tea House. $19.

"I Love Summer" Abstract oil acrylic painting by Agnese Marhele. $220.

"Orange Merging with Rose" Original watercolor by Malissa Ryder. $60.

"Kitchen Art-Lollipop" original photograph by Marianne LoMonaco. $15.

Globe Trotter

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I almost skipped over this little masterpiece before I realized just exactly what was going on. From afar and lit from within, it looks like your standard statement piece; gorgeous, but you don't really know what the hell is going on.

Thank goodness that Glass Lion Home included a close up, because the "Raleigh" is not your run-of-the-mill pendant lamp. The artist uses several hundred paper rosettes snipped from vintage maps, encyclopedias, books and dictionaries from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s.

If you have ever tried to curl paper (2010's Thanksgiving placecards haunt my dreams), you'll understand that this pendant is a steal at $130.  Plus, if you spring for this globe, your dinner guests  might just pick up some obscure Jeopardy knowledge via osmosis.