poolside read -- check

eyeshadow -- check

fish in a tin -- check

14K gold retainer necklace -- double check

{available here.}

tini mods.  groom them now.  worship them later.

{tini mod paper dolls circa 1968 available at blue carrot shop.}

...it's fabulous.

{harry allen roller stop at areaware.}

assume the position.

{fabulousness by artist allan peters.}

STEP ONE:  buy a rotary telephone.

STEP TWO:  download the latest rotary phone app.

{recondtioned rotary phones available at pedlars, pmc telecom, and design shop uk.  mona ling vinyl album via retro space.}

the mad men season 4 premiere is tonight, darlings!  here is a condensed version of seasons 1-3 shaken and served straight up in 4:37 minutes for your edification.  enjoy!

{via gawker.}

have a wonderful weekend, kittens.  pose appropriately and keep your toys efficiently charged.

xoxo,
tula

tasty to the core.

{apple ukulele available at celentano woodworks' etsy shoppe.  via ghostly ferns.}

{above:  karl lagerfeld in his library in wallpaper magazine via yellow trace.}

{above left: eero alone in the library via karin and bruce;  above right: the map via ethanollie.}

{above left: color coded library via eismann-sf;  eames house bird via xtremetothemax.}

{above:  new english books via ivy style 33.}

{valley of the dolls on shag via the stylish mirror mirror.}

...not to mention -- fabulous.

...would be played on this.

{1970s ball speakers and tulip-based turntable via teddy qui dit.}