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A Vintage Blow-out

Now that I am far from New York City, my love of thrifting, rummaging and antiquing has returned. This post is dedicated to this amazing vintage find–A Lady Schick Consolette Hairdryer for… $1.00! It was dirty and neglected, not attracting much attention, but after a quick clean: 😍 First, the Read more…


❄️ Ice πŸ‘‘ Queen ❄️ 2024

So I had this idea for a snow photoshoot, but wimped out about doing it outside in the frigid temperatures. So after getting all dressed up in the spare bedroom, a photoshoot with the extremely gaudy lamp I scored at the Salvation Army a few weeks back. Notice the lamp… Read more…


Halloween 2023

A quick photodump of Halloween’s antics.. . Silly photoshoots Googly eyes This was a great event at The Little… Nosferatu with a live score (containing a singing saw) It was really cool! Ridiculous Halloween filters Update on the Halloween wreath… gotta get back into crafting More silly photoshoots We found Read more…


Perhaps the Most Beautiful Place in New York
Green Lakes State Park {Pictorial}

Here, look at how beautiful this place is, one of my new favorite places in New York.


New York Renaissance Faire (2023)
Pirate Weekend πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ

It was time for the annual Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York. This tradition bookends a season of mermaiding that starts with the preparations for Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade in the Spring. This season has been tremendously busy. But I am happy to report that I have all kinds of Read more…


Lunch at the Malibu Barbie Cafe

It was a pink send-off at Malibu Barbie Cafe, a pop-up themed restaurant in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. Though the movie was disappointingly dumb, nothing is tainting my own Barbie nostalgia. To follow, a lot of pink and some surprisingly good vegan food! Ready to be in the pink! Originally Read more…


࿐ ΰΏ”*:ο½₯゚Mermaid Parade 2023 🐠 🐚 🦐 🎐 🐑

Finally, Coney Island’s 41st Annual Mermaid Parade is here! A sign of impending summer, the parade is the gateway to the best time of the year. This year’s mermaid vision was set quite some time ago in my sketchbook. And through the months, it came to fruition. Now that the Read more…


May the Fourth Be With You (2023)

One of my favorite baking themes merges with my love of costumes on Star Wars Day! This May the Fourth had some themed treats, starting with Han in the carbonite chocolates. A few air bubbles, but this is the first time I have used this mold. Next time I will Read more…


Let the Good Times Roll πŸ›Ό

Though we were looking forward to skating at a rando roller rink in New Jersey, we were completely spent. My itineraries suffer this flaw often. They leave no room for rest; they render you useless after its checks. But staying overnight across from a horrifyingly hilarious strip club, we decided Read more…


Mermaids of Lake Ontario (2023)

I’m getting ready for a mermaid shoot at one of my new most favorite places, Chimney Bluffs State Park. We’d shoot at dusk and stay for the stars. The chosen rock… Goodbye sun, hello mermaid It was really windy and the lake was cold. The inspiration from the Brooklyn Bodega: Read more…


March Outtakes

March’s wrath is officially over. It is a tough month; but it’s the portal to summer. To follow some highlights that cannot be sorted elsewhere… The cookie that can get me through an 8-hour day. Yardsale‘s vegan pistachio chocolate chip… Ok, this is also work-related. Because March is one of Read more…


Into the Desert Wilderness🌡
Shady Dell Trailer Park {Pictorial}
Bisbee, Arizona

The Shady Dell Trailer Park in Bisbee, Arizona.


December Outtakes

It was a grueling month leading up to Christmas. I guess because I go hard with festivities! To follow are some captured images of the mad dash. More shots of my tree. This year’s Christmas card shoot Pigeons dancing Special treats before work Cold mornings… even though now it’s like Read more…


V.V. Holidaze 2022:
Holiday in the Sun 🌞

Holidays are moving in… and I am doing my best to bask! So a trip to see my friend on Long Island’s North Fork would have us helping out Santa. But first, synchronized lattes from Hampton Coffee Company! And a bagel for Black Sheep Bagels in Jamesport. The beautiful seashell Read more…


π”šπ”’ π”žπ”―π”’ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 π”šπ”’π”¦π”―π”‘π”¬π”°, 𝔐𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔒𝔯

Ah, Generation X-ers are the last true weirdos. So who better to frolic in a cemetery with for some fun Halloween photography. In the midst of busy times, a quick photo dump. And a little Freddy Krueger action… pre and post photoshop Halloween is in 7 days! What are your Read more…


Bat Magic Woman πŸ¦‡

This dress from Retrolicious has been sitting in my closet for a couple of years. Little did I know it had some witchy magic inside it… As I flap my wings, something happened… Ok, ridiculousness: over. πŸ˜‚ Happy Halloween! πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈβš°οΈπŸ‘»


More Vegan Food at the
New York Renaissance Faire βš”πŸ°πŸ›‘πŸ§
Plus My Fairy Costume! 🧚

It was that time of the year again, time to find our way to the New York Renaissance Faire for festive merry-making. This year, a first: I would be a fairy, complete with a crafted headdress, top and bottom. A mess of nature and iridescence, the trunk was an explosion Read more…


My First Merry Merfolk ParadeπŸŒŠπŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦ͺ
at the Maritime Festival
Greenport, New York

We were very excited to finally join Long Island’s Merry Merfolk Parade, part of the Annual Maritime Festival in Greenport. The celebration and parade is on a smaller scale than Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade (with a limit of 60 participants), but it is with a serious mission: to raise awareness Read more…


πŸŒŠπŸ§œβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦ͺGoodbye Mermaid Season {2022}

With only a couple of mermaid shoots this season, I promise more crafted pieces (and shoots) once I gather more seashells. To tide us over (hehe), some of the pretty pictures of the mermaids of 2022.


Lady Sunbeam, Nostalgia 🫧🫧

I had this vision of a vintage commercial for this vintage set of Lady Sunbeam hot rollers I scored from the Rochester Goodwill Bins. But it was better in my mind. Still here is some related content for archival purposes. Little me in curlers…


❀️‍πŸ”₯ Cove Haven Poconos Resort ❀️‍πŸ”₯
Some Vintage Fun in the Land of Love

As may have been evident during my reporting on abandoned honeymoon resorts, my fascination with these resorts runs deep. They have got it all: vintage kitsch and aesthetic, bygone-ism, and the gloriously futile attempt to harness the impossible… love … and create its physical manifestation. Being a hopeless romantic, I’ve Read more…


A Night at Joshua Tree National Park

Looking at these shots from my evening at Joshua Tree National Park, I am grateful I pushed myself to darkness when my body was calling for a motel room. I had originally planned to camp near Mojave, where I spent the day in the sun. But the forecast for the Read more…


Arkansas, Carnival, Undated

Watch out. If I know you don’t mind photoshoots at the whim of my fancy, you may be a redneck… sipping on a tall boy, sauntering through a carnival, with nothing more to do than lean on the car. Though this shoot was initially planned to be at the monster Read more…


Mermaid of Lake Ontario (2022)

When I saw this rock at Chimney Bluffs State Park in April, I knew I would be returning for a sunset mermaid shoot. And though there were more clouds during our eventual visit, the subtle sunset proved to be perfect for the shoot I had dreamed up in my mind. Read more…


Where My Fairies At? 🧚

Fairy tops are a new favorite craft. They’re so much lighter and faster than a mermaid top… a different kind of collage. And because of the fairy tops, I’ve been using this ridiculous filter. I was excited to try it ou on my first fairy shoot. But first, the couch. Read more…


The Mermaid Parade 2022
Coney Island, Brooklyn

After a two-year in-person hiatus, finally the Mermaid Parade returned to Coney Island, Brooklyn! That meant I need to transform into a mermaid… starting with my hair. Well, I suppose it was mostly not my hair. But it sure made me want to grow it out! Now if my hair Read more…