new teen vogue posts, the end of the road

the last of my posts for TeenVogue are up...

1. baltimore



photo of the day, golden west cafe's awesome bathroom


2. baltimore



score of the day: chanel-esque silver sequins? life is ok.

teen vogue posts, southern comfortz

more teen vogue posts! please go check them out!

1. nashville!



score of the day: JILLS HAT! love, need, want.


2. nashville



photo of the day: ladies at the opry, thrift outfits all the way

3. nashville



TRAGEDY! kev's last moments (and jill's thrifted acid wash)


4. LOUISVILLE!



score of the day, this sweater was less than a dollar, whuuuut

teen vogue post: PEGGY NOLAND

um, new favorite person award goes to MISS PEGGY NOLAND, officially the craziest gal i have met in a good long while. she is the TOAST of kansas city. (ok, tied with shannon of ssion, the other gem of KC. thank you both for hanging out with us....)


photo by kat

get to know her and her CARAZAY store over at teen vogue.

teen vogue post: KC vintage

a WAREHOUSE full of vintage in kansas city (aka MECCA)



read about it at teen vogue..!!!!

i have no idea

somewhere around day 11 we were "losing the line"...the LINE being "NORMALCY".

our manners were headin downhill fast, we were talking way too loud everywhere and had weird inside INSIDE jokes that like, made no sense. ah, the weirdness that ensues when you spend 24 hrs a day with the same people for WEEKS.

i think it really came into play, FASHIONWISE, when we hit the thrifts in kentucky. our choices started getting really next levular.

not only did i put this outfit together, and not only did i think it was awesome, but so did jill & susan.



i mean...?

this is a silk bomber jacket that has a TIGER on the back.
and NEON YELLOW (the color is so off in this pic) volleyball shorts.
and the somewhat UNfeminine workboots i have gotten very attached to.
and my bra.

i know.
i mean...i know. WHAT?
i was LOVING IT.

i sent the pic to steve and bdonns and titled it "road dementia".
steve said ditch the jacket and be a fly girl, and brendan said not road dementia, road DARIA.

either way...this is now the only pair of shorts i own.

and i am not afraid to use them.
WATCH OUT, NEW YORK.

opinions were like kittens, i was givin them away

this is the longest i have ever gone without posting!
it feels wrong and weird and lame.
MY APOLOGIES!
i think i need a day to get my brain back in working order, i haven't been in new york in almost 2 months and i have filled my parent's apartment (aka my new place to live, SO CHIC AT MY AGE!) with 9000 plastic bags from the thrift stores of the nation.



BACK WITH A VENGEANCE (and with links to the rest of the teen vogue posts!) in the next day or so.

xo
WL

dust in the wind

TRAGEDY HAS STRUCK THE VAGABONDS!

our beloved kevin, aka champagne thunder, aka best van ever, IS NO LONGER WITH US.



2, 043 miles into the journey in white house, tennessee, kevin died during a routine procedure.
(it was much like those most tragic of grey's anatomy or ER episodes where someone goes in for a sore throat and dies on the operating table)

KEVVVVVVVVVINNNNNNN i will miss you dearly



I TiP MY 40 TO YOUR MEMORY

a private funeral service will be held today at white house garage.
in lieu of flowers, please send money- RENTING A CAR AIN'T CHEAP!

(and the beat goes on)

nobody sparkles like you

i can't find a video for liz phair's 'nashville', which is annoying becuase i am IN NASHVILLE. lamesauce.



how about a live version of 'fuck & run' from 1995? that's what i can do for you. track down nashville yrself and listen to it; ONE DAY i will learn how to post an mp3 on this dang thing. thing being blog.

beginning our 12th day on the road. i keep mixing up the cities and the stories and the what whats.

i will be back in new york in 4 days. i don't feel ready, can i admit that to all of you?

i shoulda bought the whole case

heart stopping moment of the week: the swap n shop in Kansas City



read it on teen vogue !

also: KANSAS CITY STREETSTYLE: sonic youth show. (photos by kat clements)

TEEN VOGUE UPDATES!

HEY BRAHS!

updates updates updates over at TEEN VOGUE

check out:

OMAHA
(my new favorite city!!)

streetstyle: the kids at hotel frank. new favorite people awards, all of 'em

score of the day: susan's jungle bellbottoms

musical appreciation: desaparecidos

snapshot of the day: home cafe

it didn't hurt at all

ohhh uh, HEY GUYS! so..i ACQUIRED a few new THANGTHANGS in ol' KANSAS CITAY..

FIRST:. a thrifted crocheted crop top (that my sis says is very "donna martin hits da club"). i am really into my BRA as outerwear these days, hey WHATEVS.



what was the second thing? can't remember.
OH RIGHT.

um..i got a tattoo?
teeny tiny lightnin bolt!

gross iphone closeup:



on multiple recs, we went to mercy seat here in KC..jill and susan got soem "INK" as well..this is sooo officially a chick flick roadtrip its nt even FUNNY.

i mean..i actually did this?
I DID, i totally did. sorry mom and dad?

ps thank you shannon & peggy, 2 new girlcrushes!!

they didn't play this song

went to a sonic youth show last night for the first time since i was a teenager...we are ALL considerably OLDER, oopsydoops. (the beat goes on)

sonic youth 100%
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they were great. kim looked dope and i think she was wearing marc jacobs? thurston moore is still crazy hot, that is just truesnfacts.

kansas city was a great daytime city, but the nightlife was just ok? we met some great folks and i have a bunch of posts coming on TV about it.

ON TO MEMPHIS!

state of the union

day 7 of VISION QUEST OH NINE completed.
sidenote: how the FUCK do people go on tour?!? this is mindgrape-exploding. i love it, but shit meng, your brain gets nuts. i know the blog is chronologically schizo right now, sorry charlies, that's LIFE ON THE ROAD.



craybrain case in point: i bought a tiedyed metallica 1997 tour teeshirt yesterday and i LIKE IT. i wanna wear it like a dress. i only wear these janky work boots and i DESPERATELY need to trim my bangs (i think i have eyebrows, not sure, i saw them in an old picture and they looked like a nice thing to have).

ps, i posed the afore-rambled situation to mr brendan donnelly and asked, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME. to which he replied: "it's called getting awesome / daria". na na na na na.

truefaxd.
kansas city until sunday. lemon out.

spanning time

reason number 850 million why i love my dear friend kat


pic by kat, duh

not only did she BUY that hat, but she is totally gonna wear it.

courtesy of the scariest thrift store in santa fe...there was a cracked out dude shuffling around wearing a baja with a belt over it and a winter hat (next level?)...

hey that's us

i suck at taking NIGHTLIFE photos..my strengths are my shoes, my bangs, and my breakfasts. sowwy. that's what the COBRASNAKE is for.

here's some GURL ON GURL action from the trip so far, i stole it from jill's blogue:



before shit got WEIRRRDDD in santa fe: margaritas. so many margarita. such GOOD maragaritas...

too easy

i mean.



this is a real fucking place.
in IOWA.
the town is located in THE YEAR NINETEEN FIFTY THREE.

the one motel boasted "telephones and color TV".

this lil gem 'STONER DRUG' has a soda fountain with booths INSIDE the drugstore. you sit at a counter and eat a grilled cheese for like $1.50 right next to the shelves of cold medicine and lady products. UNREAL.

POPULATION 1,200.

best take away EVER: you get a free lil plastic pillbox that says STONER DRUGS on it. awww cmon, stop bein so cute.

rise like a phoenix

do you wanna hang out in phoenix for a day? I GOT SOME IDEAS FOR YOU.



first, get a hermetically sealed air-conditioned bodysuit and a hydration machine.

THEN: do all this stuff!

CLICK IT!

more n more

we picked up susan in colorado a few days ago.



4 girls in a van + thrift orgies across the midwest = a car full of crap.

ps,. i am so addicted to these very UNGIRLY brenda walsh boots that i bought in santa fe (they were my score of the day over at TEEN VOGUE, go look). i am wearing them with everything. so far teh weather has been supermildtimez and almost cold at night, but i have feeling that the BEAST that is the DIRTY SOUTH IN SUMMER will make me put them away, sadface.

the gilded cage

i am like, reallllly getting into rush on this roadtrip? i blame the 47 paul rudd / jason segal / judd apatow movies i've watched on airplanes in the past few weeks.



as per usual, i've just used sheer ANNOYANCE to get the gals on board..i keep singing LIVING IN THE LIMELIGHTTTTTTT in my best geddy lee. The are all kinda hooked now too.

just for the record...

in case you didn't realize, intro post is up on teenV...keep checking, there are more on their way!

IT STARTS HERE.

xo