Lets do the time warp again

Friday night I set out on an adventure to find my creative side and wound up in 1972 surrounded by antique avocado dishes and polyester...lots of polyester. Flower Child, located directly on Clifton, provides thrifters and vintage advocates alike a chance to time warp. Serving the Greater CLE area, Flower Child has been open for 7 years dishing out decor and threads from the 1930's through 1970's. I found myself aimlessly walking through set displays wanting to purchase everything and anything. I have to say the furniture was a bit pricey but is really fun to look at. Sifting through the record albums, I found a few that would look great on the office wall and knew I could easily mount them with UO record frames. Not wanting to waste the classic beats I would send em' off to Bob (dad) who has a record player. I figured he would enjoy the sweet sounds of a young Santana and James Taylor (the record actually had a version of Taylor signing You've Got a Friend which is Bob and my's father-daughter song). Walking up to the counter with what I thought would be my purchases, the woman working casually asked me if I had been downstairs yet... uh oh, I knew then and there I aka my budget was in trouble.

Creaking down the tiny stairwell lands you in a mecca of housewares, barware, clothing and furniture from varying decades. 20 different rooms, each owned by a specific vendor, are scattered throughout the slanting lines of the basement. Rooms like the one featured below had me trying on hats, fumbling through racks of synthetic fiber and wondering how Pam (mom) ever fit into those leather pants...

I have to say, for the hour I spent in Flower Child, a smile never left my face. I wanted to make a bed out of the

vintage Ladies Home Journal and spend the night! Totally awesome place to go on a Friday night. I ended up

ditching the records and opted for this amazing Mens cardigan in my favorite color of the moment, Avocado!

I also snagged a cute little pom pom hat in off white. Hoping to wear it soon, as CLE is blistery these days

Enjoy the evening and stay warm Lakewood!

To learn more about Flower Child visit http://www.flowerchildretro.com/

Next stop -----> West Side Market with Chase (nephew) Stef (sister) and Kurt (brother in law)

2 words: Cleveland Winter

Today at about 2:30 pm, it started snowing, a lot. So much actually that we received an email from HR that if conditions were as bad tomorrow and we couldn't drive to work, we should work from home. To bad the office is 5 minutes away from my apartment. Driving in the snow is extremely fun for me because I have Izzy underneath me. She's a happy healthy 1 year old Subaru Impreza, and the chick knows how to tear it up on the side streets. Unfortunately if your from Ohio, you've come to realize that even though we're used to extreme conditions, some act like they are from Florida. "What is that white stuff and why am I fishtailing everywhere?" Seriously! Pick it up people! I know you want to be safe, but you're more likely to spin at 5 mph than keeping it a steady 25. I can't even imagine what people did when they didn't have snow plows. According to this picture from the Cleveland storm of 1950, they had shoveling parties to clear the streets.

The weather is going to be pretty bad for the next few days, just in time for our first winter football game on Saturday! The team looks great this season - broken bones have healed and we have added some height in the back zones. Nothing like playing outside in the middle of a Winter Snow Storm! PS: If you google image "touch football" you get a lot of results, some involving "touch", some involving "football" and a few involving Elvis??

I... get... so... weak in the knees, I can hardly speak.....

....No seriously! The elliptical is killing my legs and taking my breath away! Luckily I'm enjoying every second of it! I joined the Lakewood YMCA just before the new year and have to say I have only seen 1 attractive male there so far... WTF! I mean sure that's not the only reason I joined. As my mom says we all need to be a bit healthier this year. Also it helps relieve some of the stresses of the work day. Of course I did think, maybe, by some act of God I would happen to stumble into the man of my dreams. I'm sure no one wants to really approach me after 3 miles on the tready. A girl can dream though.

Here are a few other reasons I like the Y:

1. I can swim whenever I want and I look really good doing it next to all those older people.

2. Working out never made me feel crappy. Endorphins are always buzzing!

3. Workout Mixes... I love the way my butt starts to move a little bit more when a really awesome song comes on

4. Because what else am I supposed to do this winter - I live in Cleveland!

A few things I could do without:

1. Remember those older people in the pool... try that in the locker room. ugh

2. Stinky people

3. Dudes who grunt while they lift - I think I can hear you moaning over Girl Talk

4. Forgetting my Nalgene in the car, going to purchase water from the vending machine, and now having $4 in quarters sitting in my book bag because I only had a 5 on me

All in all, I'm starting to love going to the gym.

What helps you enjoy your workouts???

I'm Stunned

You wouldn't think Cleveland, Ohio would be featured in a Perez Hilton fashion blog, but the city has made it! The item of discussion isn't an up-and-coming designer, but fashionable pepper spray and stun guns. Rose Guardian, located inside the City Club building at E. 9th and Euclid, sells items for self defense and home security in chic packaging. Pepper spray disguised as a blush brush or walking weights, provide immediate protection. Or, my favorite, the cat key chain. Eyes become finger holes and the ears pack a powerful punch!

Head into 2010 safely and with a bit of style, while supporting a local CLE vendor.

http://cocoperez.com/2009-12-25-would-you-use-disguised-weapons

http://www.roseguardian.com/

Texas = Snow?

Cleveland loves me so much, it's weather patterns have decided to follow me all the way to Texas! This morning I awoke to snow flurries through out the sky. Although I wish I were in Cleveland for my first snow of the season, its nice to know that my city is thinking about be :)