So many new(ish) vintage/thrift/retro stores are popping up all over St. Louis right now, that it’s making my weekends busy trying to get out and visit all these places (First world problems). The next shop I was targeting is MoModerne, an antique/retro store down on Cherokee Ave (also spotted through Mr. Modtomic’s blog – he keeps me up to date on local shopping hot spots!). I started following them on Facebook a while ago and they have been posting beautiful images of beautiful furniture. I’ve wanted almost every item they’ve posted. So, out of fear for my wallet, I stayed away for a while. Then an opening in our calendar popped up this last weekend and I dragged JT down to see the place.
What did I find but a little bullet planter waiting to come home with me. (I’ve been dreaming about them for a while – see my posts here and here.) Perched high up on the shelf, I didn’t notice it until a second perusal of the place prompted me to snatch the tag off of it before anyone else in the store could make off with my find. When I checked out, the guy said they used to have a bunch of the big ones too. Why, oh why did I wait so long?
I don’t know what kind of plant this is and it’s one of the few in the house that I haven’t named, but it’s looking pretty gosh-darn happy in its new home. It feels pretty good to wish and wish and wish for something and finally find it.
In related plant news Little Walter, the tree, seems to be doing better. He finally stopped dropping leaves and seems to have stabilized. I potted him in the IKEA wicker woven basket/planter I snatched up on our IKEA trip the weekend before last. It was the only thing like it in the plant area and even the check-out lady seemed a little intrigued/puzzled by it. All I know is it had a plastic liner for plants but a nice woven white/blue-grey pattern I couldn’t resist. I keep moving him around the living room, but for now he’s living here:
The height isn’t quite right so he’s perched on one of the Target Alto stool knock-offs. We’ll see.
What else. Well, since we were down on Cherokee for MoModerne, we also checked out the Mud House (found through Third Story(ies), another STL blog). I had a yummy chickpea salad sandwich. I never would have thought of chickpea salad but I sure am glad the Mud House did. They also had great interior space and some fun, funky artwork. Another plus — they play good music. It can be hard to not run out of a restaurant screaming if they play bad music. There have been times where we have considered leaving the grocery cart in the aisle and abandoning our grocery shopping because the store used to play such bad music.
And the Oscars! I made “murder” cupcakes (red velvet) complete with Ryan Gosling’s little face as an inside joke for JT’s movie-watching dudes. They were actually pretty easy to make with my handy 1″ diameter punch (plus toothpicks and some good old-fashioned Elmer’s glue).
All-in-all a good weekend. On to a great week, right? I had a small epiphany this weekend. A little late but here’s what I realized:
Life is what you make it. So be sure to make it what you want.
Living Analog 