• fashion,  green living,  local,  music,  vintage

    Rock Star-Worthy Looks

    Stars put on a great show on Friday night at the Barrymore, complete with multicolored lights, bubbles, and a keyboard kazoo. And guitarist and vocalist Amy Millan wore sequins, just like the last time I saw her. If I were a rock star, I would wear sequins every night. Seeing all of the beautiful young things in the audience in their carefully-selected concert clothes got me thinking about (what else?) fashion. Here are some rock star-worthy looks from three of my favorite style bloggers. I’d be happy to wear any of the following ensembles to a show. What the three looks have in common is that they all involve at…

  • green living,  local

    Guest Blogging on Green Living

    Today and every Thursday for the next 10 weeks I’m guest blogging over at Wisconsin Public Television’s Engage Wisconsin site. The focus of my recurring column will be “green living” for the urban dweller. Today’s post is on the growing trend of front-yard vegetable gardening. Along with other Engage Wisconsin bloggers, I hope to raise awareness of what Wisconsin residents are doing to live more sustainably in ways that don’t involve granola or hugging trees.