Totally Clawsome

I very much like this bracelet. 

It's hand forged from the pincers of an actual crab, you guys. It comes in brass for $55 and sterling silver for $125 and is made to order by Brooklyn-based Lauren Newton of The Green Glass Door. I haven't worn a stitch of jewelry in months, for fear that it will either scratch my kid up when I am trying to change him, or that said kid will rip it off me like a mugger on a subway platform. (That happened to me and a pair of $5 sunglasses once! True story! The bandit's fingers raked through my hair, grabbed my glasses, and slipped out the closing doors before I could even whelp. Trauma.) But all of this is just to say that I would seriously consider wearing jewelry again for these little guys, baby maiming and mugging be damned.

- Cathleen 

When Crabs Attack!

It's Show & Tell Time! Today I thought I'd post a phenomenal photo taken by my good friend Victor Mak while on one of his many tropical trips with my other good friend and his new wife, Andrea Ju. I first saw it in a vacation photo slideshow (one of my favorite things to do!) while hanging out over at their place and was completely stunned when it came on the screen. This picture has been my desktop wallpaper for the last few months and is probably one of the best photographs I've seen EVER. The colors are just incredible. I love the bright points of electric blue and slashes of hot red on the backs of those deep dark crab shells, and that juicy bubblegum pink of whatever it is they're ripping apart. It's like a gruesome taffy pull! And I want in!

- Cathleen

[Photo courtesy of Victor Mak]