sparkler.

i know i'm a little late to the party here, but i thought i'd share some sparkler and firework pictures from new year's eve. jon and bryan and i sat outside with a pack of huge gold sparklers, a georgia peach firework, and champagne. our neighbors took a much more extreme route; they were essentially setting off professional-grade fireworks down the block from us. cars couldn't go down the block because they were setting everything off in the street. south philadelphia goes insane on new year's (and pretty much any time a philadelphia sports team wins anything). there was paper and empty firework cases and beer cans littering the street the morning after; luckily, people are pretty good about cleaning up their mess.

ps: everything in my vintage shop is still 50% off with coupon code CLEANHOUSE. things are going quickly, so be sure to stop by soon!

memorial day.

while we were in the poconos, bryan and i picked up tons of sparklers and fireworks (i think we have about 400 sparklers). our friend jonathan was having a memorial day barbecue, and we thought sparkler-writing would be fun. if you haven't done this before, you should definitely try it - it's super easy to do. just set the shutter speed to very, very slow (i believe we had it open for 3-4 seconds). make sure the camera is held very still, and then run around and do your thang with the sparklers. we tried writing words, running around, and drawing shapes. i think i like the third picture the best - that's when all four of us ran around jumping and dancing. it looks like noone was even there!

magic, i tell you.