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Teddy Thompson

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:42:24 -0400

My latest obsession recommended to me by a dear customer - Teddy Thompson.

&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is him performing Down Low from the album 'Up Front and Down Low'.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

This is him performing Down Low from the album 'Up Front and Down Low'.

Steve Earle

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:10:40 -0400

I am so excited - beyond wagging my tail!! Steve Earle is coming to The King's Arms on April 11.

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I am then seeing Justin Townes Earle (his son) for 2 concerts when he is here on 21 and 22 April at The King's Arms and Leigh Sawmill.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3aYydNQiT5Q" mce_src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3aYydNQiT5Q" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0"/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Here he is playing a Townes van Zandt song with Steve Earle.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

I am then seeing Justin Townes Earle for 2 concerts when he is here on 21 and 22 April at The King's Arms and Leigh Sawmill.

&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Here he is playing with Steve Earle.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;

Here he is playing with Steve Earle.

His new album came out today - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me.

Update

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:52:38 -0400

I had tea this morning at such a cute cafe in Epsom called FLORENTINE TEA ROOMS, I know that I may be a bit late on this recomendation, but I had never been there before.

I cannot recommend it enough, had the best club sandwiches ever and I loved the low key atmosphere of the place. Take your mum or nana, they will love it.

I will now be going there daily after school drop off, and may not make it to work as I will be working my way through all the cakes.

Karlya Smith

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:17:01 -0500

I have known Karlya and admired her work now for years, so I approached her to draw three styles from our winter collection at mei mei for our home page, as she has drawn shoes of ours over the years for herself. We chose a selection of Dries van Noten, Costume National and Barbara Bui. Thank you Karlya.

You can see more of Karlya's work on her website www.karlyasmith.com.

I especially love her illustrations.

Competition

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:32:19 -0500

We have a competition running on Facebook to give away a pair of Chloe boots! Link and image below:

click here for mei mei Facebook competition

Fleet Foxes

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:23:22 -0500

Lucia and I went to see the Feet Foxes at the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday night and they were amazing. The support act was Tiny Ruins, the most beautiful singer songwriter; a couple of pics below:

Fleet Foxes at Auckland Town Hall

&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A new find - a great band that I like called Humming House.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

A new find that I like - a band called Humming House.

DVN and Rupert

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:35:16 -0500

A couple of links to Dries van Noten and Rupert Sanderson below:

Enjoy!

Tiny Ruins

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:18:17 -0500

Tiny Ruins - Little Notes

New discovery to us; she is playing support to Fleet Foxes in January at the Town Hall.

New discovery to us; she is playing support to The Fleet Foxes at the Town Hall in January.

House

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:18:09 -0500

We are so in love with our giant dolls house that we had builit for the shop window - looks too cute with all the Chie Mihara living in it.

Hasta Kala

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:59:48 -0500

Went along the other day to hasta kala at 65-67 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby and got lots of lovely Christmas presents for friends, wanted to of course keep it all for myself.

They are beside Everyday Needs which is open until Christmas by a very clever lady called Katie Lockhart www.everyday-needs.com.

Picture below of some of the goodies from hasta kala:

Kurt Vile

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:56:35 -0500

So excited to be seeing Kurt Vile at The King's Arms on December 1, one of my favouritre songs below:

Kurt Vile - Baby's Arms

What I love about summer

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:53:31 -0400

What I love about summer

Going to see Bic Runga at The King's Arms On November 9.

Madeleine Peyroux at the Town Hall on March 6

My buying trip

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:19:39 -0400

A few photos below from Milan and Paris from my recent buying trip:

I love the dogs in cafes in Paris.

One of my favorite stores in Paris.

Imagine this at Bambina.......

Lunch with Marty from Fabric.

This reminded me to start biking to work again.

Beautiful street.

My hotel room in Paris.

View from my Paris hotel room.

Paris hotel room.

My favorite store in Milan.

Lobby of my Milan hotel.

Dinner in Milan.

Side street Milan style.

Michi Girl

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:28:33 -0400

Here's a little snippet about mei mei on a beautiful website called www.michigirl.com

Amanda Shires

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:46:23 -0400

Favourite new song / album - she has the voice of an angel and also plays with Justin Townes Earle - not that I'm stalking or anything....

&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;Amanda Shires - Swimmer&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

Amanda Shires - Swimmer

Amanda Shires - Ghostbird

Amanda Shires - Ghostbird

The Rosebuds

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:31:35 -0400

You'll thank me for this - favourite new song at the moment.......

The Rosebuds - 'Woods'; they are currently touring with Bon Iver

The Rosebuds - 'Woods'; they are currently touring with Bon Iver.

Wendy Nichol

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:20:43 -0400

Wendy Nichol's video lookbook makes us all want to be bag ladies.

&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/25676616" mce_href="http://vimeo.com/25676616"&gt;Wendy Nichol AW2012 Lookbook&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/wendynicholnyc" mce_href="http://vimeo.com/wendynicholnyc"&gt;Wendy Nichol&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com" mce_href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;NYC rent is outrageous, the subway crowds make us mad, and quite frankly, there just isn't enough nature to satisfy our inner Heidi. Thankfully, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wendynicholnyc.com/" mce_href="http://www.wendynicholnyc.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Wendy Nichol&lt;/a&gt; has appealed to our simpler and grittier side (&lt;a href="http://www.refinery29.com/wendy-wendy-nichols-new-fall-2010-collection-the-savage-nyc-huntress" mce_href="http://www.refinery29.com/wendy-wendy-nichols-new-fall-2010-collection-the-savage-nyc-huntress"&gt;once again&lt;/a&gt;) with a &lt;b&gt;video lookbook of petticoat-wearing bag ladies that are anything but plain-Janes&lt;/b&gt;. Take away the black and white cinematography and the creepy, barren trees, and you're left with a gem of a fall '11 collection that's ruggedly pretty, undoubtedly bohemian, and ultra-lux. We've got our peepers set on Wendy's collection of &lt;b&gt;weaved Bullet Bags, knitted and fringed scarves, and sleek, leather jewelry&lt;/b&gt;. Inspired by spiritual freedom and nomadic travels, the line also includes wide-brimmed hats and lots of luxurious leather bags for the journey. Take a couple minutes to check out Wendy Nichol's theatrical approach to a lookbook filled with pieces that can be lifted from the scene and easily transplanted right into our wardrobes (and NYC commutes). Maybe it's just us, but the vignette also totally makes our minds flash to Haillee Steinfeld in &lt;i&gt;True Grit&lt;/i&gt;, minus the bloody revenge, add the killer accessories.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

NYC rent is outrageous, the subway crowds make us mad, and quite frankly, there just isn't enough nature to satisfy our inner Heidi. Thankfully, Wendy Nichol has appealed to our simpler and grittier side (once again) with a video lookbook of petticoat-wearing bag ladies that are anything but plain-Janes. Take away the black and white cinematography and the creepy, barren trees, and you're left with a gem of a fall '11 collection that's ruggedly pretty, undoubtedly bohemian, and ultra-lux. We've got our peepers set on Wendy's collection of weaved Bullet Bags, knitted and fringed scarves, and sleek, leather jewelry. Inspired by spiritual freedom and nomadic travels, the line also includes wide-brimmed hats and lots of luxurious leather bags for the journey. Take a couple minutes to check out Wendy Nichol's theatrical approach to a lookbook filled with pieces that can be lifted from the scene and easily transplanted right into our wardrobes (and NYC commutes). Maybe it's just us, but the vignette also totally makes our minds flash to Haillee Steinfeld in True Grit, minus the bloody revenge, add the killer accessories.

Jacob 6

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:04:23 -0400

Jacob was 6 yesterday so I had a party on Sunday.......

The dogs watching the party action from their prison!

My party table - whoop whoop!!

Treasure hunt!

Jacob on a pony

I want one at my next party!

Sartorialist

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:59:50 -0400

These photos from The Sartorialist at the Costume National show in Milan remind us that we are so excited to be stocking women's Costume National Winter from July!

Costume National Milan June 2011

Kaikoura

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:02:28 -0400

We just spent a wonderful weekend away in Kaikoura - amazing scenery, great people - and seals!!

Some favourite pics below and a couple of videos of the baby seals - truly wonderful.

Hapuku Lodge and Treehouses - our treehouse for the weekend

The view from inside

Nin's Bin - an institution since the '70's

A seal by the side of the road

And another one!

The salt mines just outside Blenheim

Mounds of salt at the salt mines

Dusky dolphins playing with the Whale Watch boat

A Hector's dolphin - only 4,000 left

A sperm whale diving

The view from the back of the Whale Watch boat on the way out - stunning day

&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Baby fur seals near Kaikoura&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XlK2mz_3Las" mce_src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XlK2mz_3Las" width="560" height="349" frameborder="0"/&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;More of the fur seal pups&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Fur seal pups just outside Kaikoura make their way upstream daily to play

&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;More of the baby fur seals playing&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

More of the baby fur seals playing upstream