NYers/Folk who know NYers - My company is looking for a freelance print designer who knows InDesign. If you know anyone who might be interested, have them email me.

The Great Emily and vw Get Rid of Stuff (TM) has begun. Up for grabs today is about $50 worth of silk fabric. It is natural in color and can be dyed. It is from Dharma Trading Company, which is a leader in fabric arts: [link] There is in the batch:

• a 6-8 yard piece of 8mm (I think) Silk Habotai (It was taken out of the bag and stuffed back in, so it's a bit wrinkled, but really lovely fabric)

• a 1 yard piece of 8 mm (I think) Silk Habotai

• a 4-yard piece of Raw Silk

Make me an offer I can't refuse to my profile addy, and it's yours.

edit: And it's gone.

LAistas who would like to see Maria--gathering at my place this Sunday for swimming and food. See F2F for details... KristinT "F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos." Jun 15, 2006 2:47:38 pm PDT

You'll All Pay #42

Ptang!

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(And there'll be a new address in a few days, once we get some technical issues figured out.

Also, check out Filter on the G4 network [http://www.g4tv.com/filter/index.html]. You might just see somebody you know.)

Victor may well be banking on my being a tremendous attention whore, in which case, go buy those lotto tickets, babe, but I finally made into November3rd. Here: [link] The credit for everything else goes to the brilliant Victor and his far-flung crew, though. My first fiction publication. I'm very proud.

"The November 3rd Club" an online journal of political writing Summer 2006 Edition

Writing, art and conversation by MARCUS BALES, RICHARD BEBAN, TONY BROWN, ELENA KARINA BYRNE, DANIEL COSHNEAR, CAMILLE DE TOLEDO, BARBARA DEMARCO-BARRETT, THERESA CECILIA GARCIA, DEBORAH GRABIEN, DANIELLE GRILLI, D.-ALLEN GUTHRIE, STEVE HALLE, GARY HICKS, BOB HOEPPNER, ERIKA JAHNEKE, ROZ KAVENEY, BILL KROHN, GARY LEMONS, JACK MCGUANE, KELLY MORELLO, ANDRE RECTOR, ELIZABETH ROSS, CHRIS MOONEY-SINGH, STEPHEN B. SMITH, MARC SOLOMON, TRUTH THOMAS, MARY WEEMS, LENORE WEISS, PHIL WEST, MAGGIE WESTLAND, TONY WILLIAMS and SHOLEH WOLPE.

Edited by:

Victor D. Infante (editor in chief) Carlye Archibeque & Richard Modiano (nonfiction) Lenore Weiss & Steve Berman (fiction) Ray McNiece & Richard Beban (poetry) Sam Hamill (contributing editor)

Also, if you haven't already, please join our mailing list.

(Yes, I know Erika mentioned this already, but I thought I'd expand. :)

New YAP...new site

Visit the new YAP #43 at its new home:

[link]

"A Sling and a Miss"

LAista corset-lovers: Farthingales, which is the mail-order supply house for corset supplies, is opening a storefront in Los Angeles. Details:

Farthingales is opening a US location to better serve our many American customers. Our new location is a retail store on Pico Blvd in Santa Monica, California. Farthingales L.A. Inc will be a bit different from our Canadian operation but we plan to offer the same great quality in product and service. The new location will offer not only corset making supplies but ready made historic corsets and ready made fashion corsets as well as classes.

We'll have day and evening classes for everything from making your own corset to hand embroidery for costume and corset embelishment.

We'll also offer on-line mail order to make shipping faster and more cost effective to all American addresses.

Retail store opens July 20th at 3306 Pico Blvd. just west of the Santa Monica Freeway. There's plenty of free parking around the back! Look for the black and white stripe awning. Note: The shop will be CLOSED August 4th, 5th,6th and 7th as all employees will be involved in Costume College.

Web ordering should be available by August 4th. VISIT our Farthingales L.A. web site regularly to keep up to date with our progress. [link]

A new lesson has been posted at Gothic Charm School:

An Assortment of Questions About Religion, Gossip, and Vampires.

Hi guys! I just put up some pictures from my trip to California in May. Just after the F2F! Enjoy.