fantastic nights of terror

another place i ended up visiting in nyc this weekend was alphaville ... they sell an assortment of dated ephemera the likes of which i hadn't seen in ages ... one deal they have is three 11" x 17" movie posters for $40, including one of my favorites, devil girl from mars.

sign is not the signifier

so i was in new york this weekend and saw these $10 bowls in pylones ... they're pretty great. they have them with ice cream and chocolate and pizza patterns too (the pizza is on a big plate). sometimes i feel like i'm gonna have a kitsch attack if i stay in pylones too long, but i feel like the shiny plastic nausea can be avoided by going to the website.

audiophiles

turntablelab has gone from obscure shangi-la of record junkies to surprise success over the last while, and while obviously their strong point is vinyl they get some beautiful music-related addendums as well. i've been having inappropriate nerdy thoughts about this turntable watch for weeks. they're currently restocking it but in the meantime you can look at these beautiful green and cream headphones:

war of the gerberas

in my quest to find the cheapest interesting valentine bouquet, i've come across some stunners. the one i'd buy if i had $150 to drop are the above saint's hot tulips and orchids from twig in the boston area.




















what i ended up deciding on were these affordable gerberas (the "zen gerbera bowl") from flower giant teleflora (they work through local florists to get orders to customers). they're having a $10 off sale using the promotion code: psgg10d which pretty much settles all of my restless flower comparison shopping. my guy likes orange things and i have black sheep issues, so i'm opting out of the traditional rose thing .... sorted.

an introduction

as a reader of other shopping/retail blogs, i've stumbled across some genius objects throughout the interwebs, not to mention some sweet deals. object d'crave is my occasional effort to do the same for others, occasionally inspired by some of my our favorite sites. for instance today, inspired by rare bird find's deal of the day, i ended up at the weekend store, and i've been staring at these cufflinks off and on all day. the only occasion i can think of buying them for is valentine's day, but they're more to my taste than my fella's, so i thought i'd bring them to your attention instead.