Vintage Mint

Update: Arcade Fire licensed their song for a Haiti Charity. Phew! Street cred restored.

Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” in an NFL commercial(s) {and played during commentary}? Okay? And now Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” in an, admittedly funny, VW commercial? During the Super Bowl?? I don’t know if I’m comfortable  having my hipster music convoluted with pro-sports media just yet. What’s next? The Shins in a McDonald’s commercial? Oh, wait…

{Finally!} New episode of my favorite show this Thursday {Jan 14th}!  Bring it.

{30 Rock}

Jack: Lemon, I’m impressed. You’re beginning to think like a businessman.
Liz: A businesswoman.
Jack: I don’t think that’s a word.

{Thanks for the reminder, Jo!}

Hello? Anyone out there? I know, I’ve been a terrible  blog hostess. I for sure need to brush up on some serious blogtiquette. I hope to have some posts up later this week since I finally have some “free” time! YES!

{Replace “Your” with “My”}

Noo!! Another one of my favorite mags hits the dust: Cookie. There’s no bun in my oven, but, I’ve loved reading this quasi-alt parenting magazine. Sometimes, it got a tad pretentious {read: gruppy}, but on a whole, it had great layouts, ideas + tips, and wow! the photos…definitely made me look forward to being a mom.

{One of my favorite Cookie-cover celeb moms…}

Wow! I can’t believe I didn’t think of this gem-of-an-idea: exchange the clothes in my closet that are in really good {somtimes, um, not even worn — that’s impulse shopping for you} condition with others in the same boat {and size}, ONLINE! But, thredUP got the leg-up on this concept. Makes sense, given that — according to their website — we use only 25% of the clothes in our closet.

Um, I’m 100%  guilty of this; sad, considering I have a completely stuffed closet, with tons of clothes in storage and yet I feel like I wear the same outfits every week.

{Jenna Lyons’ enviable closet}

{Photo via Domino Magazine}

I’d be doing my MS program a huge disservice if I didn’t mention this week was Banned Books Week; which “highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States” (ALA.org).

Crazy to think these great works were at one point, and probably still are somewhere in the nether-regions of the US, banned:

And of course…

 Celebrate the freedom to read.

My baby’s growing up so fast! Already celebrating our 1 year anniversary here at Vintage Mint. Can you believe it? Thank you for your patience, kind comments, and visits.

{Photo via Pink Sherbet Photography}.

Thought this was too funny not to share. {Sartorialist fans, I mean no ill-will. I’m a Sart-y fan myself.}

{Found via Refinery29}
{Design by Joshua Covarrubias}

Time to get your patriotism on — with sparklers + good barbecue + iced lemonade! Happy 233rd, America.

{Photos via Zeke .}

True, one of my better nicknames comes from the one and only, MJ.

RIP rhinestone glove, RIP.

{Boy’s got fierce dance moves.}

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