Brooklyn Half Marathon is on Saturday! The start is conveniently located just outside my front door. Waking up at 6:30 for a race that starts at 7:30 seems totally awesome; a week and a half ago I had to get up at 4 for the NJ half—which started at 6:45—in order to drive to the start and worry about parking.

I am also excited about actually running the race. FLATBUSH CLOSED TO TRAFFIC! Finish at Coney Island!

I was at Coney Island last weekend, with my Parents. We stopped into the Coney Island Beach Shop to get my sister a t-shirt with a mermaid on it (it’s kind of her thing), and saw these Occupy Coney Island t-shirts for sale.

I guess you can commodify anything.

Maybe maybe maybe, if we live in a reasonable world, money from these shirts is going to Occupy Sandy Relief, but there were no signs or posters attesting to that. Just t-shirts and flip flops and the requisite Fishs Eddy Brooklyn stuff for sale.

Just yes

buzzfeed:

Friendly reminder: The weather tomorrow should be pretty nice.

“52 Forms of Fungi” knitted sculptural work by Leigh Martin

Of course I love this. This is reblog bait for me.

This is rad: someone used a Police Line slab of wood (usually used more like this) to frame this street tree pit on Sterling Place in my neighbourhood.

wnycradiolab:

Um, guys: public radio temporary tattoos.  Apparently some stations will offer these at pledge drive time.  And WE LOVE THEM.

lucyknisley:

moosekleenex:

My 100$ hair cut.

EVERY HAIRCUT EVER. Every time. I always come in for my next one, and my stylist KNOWS. And SCOLDS ME. Oh hair.

Eff yeah reproductive health!!!

LINK!

femmefatalist:

asgardiancherrypudding:

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, GENDER ROLES?

Perfection.

Two pink trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden! Thanks to @dabbsicle for the heads up!

cuteboyswithcats:

submission from unicorn-kk

plandrea:

This is so rad!! Taking informational street signs to a new level.   

ryanpanos:

JAY SHELL’S “THE RAP QUOTES” via Juxtapoz

Multidisciplinary artist, Jay Shells, has recently been creating legitimate looking signs containing rap quotes that reference specific locations in New York. After compiling over 30 signs, Shells set out installing these signs in the locations mentioned in the quotes. The artist has quoted many well-known rappers such as Jay Z, Mos Def, Kanye West, Gza, Nas, Jeru the Damaja, DJ Premier, and many more. Check out others via The Rap Quotes.

YES!

fiberistanora:

lucyknisley:

RELISH WARDROBE!

You may have read in this tumblr post  how I’m nervous about my tour and was contemplating what to wear, in magical fantasy dress land. WELL. Now I have FOUR COSTUMES OUTFITS to wear on my tour, each an homage to my book cover! My pal Susan hooked me up with a custom dressmaker, who was then furnished with a little Spoonflower fabric of the hand-drawn repeat pattern from the back of my book cover, and TA DA. She made me an amazing 1950s style dress (with pockets!) and fancy T-shirt! (I made the skirt. You maybe can’t tell in the photo, but you could probably tell in real life. I’m not so good at sewing.)

And THEN, because of FABULOUSNESS, I commissioned my pal Nora to make me an amazing Relish tunic for the tour! She screenprinted a little fork/knife/spoon drawing I did in GOLD onto a lovely tunic the color of my book cover, and it looks GORGEOUS. You can see the concept photo I sent to her, and the accompanying shot she sent back of the finished product (SO ACCURATE).

I’m pretty excited/nervous about my tour. Now I’m gonna be excited/nervous IN STYLE!

Huzzah! I made that shirt! I can’t wait to see Lucy in it on her book tour! And don’t be nervous, Lucy- you’re always amazing. :0)