WINDOW DRESSING: Giant Vintage Sunglasses

Giant Vintage Sunglasses is pretty awesome, and I got turned on to it by Gmail. Yes, that weird quirk that makes it read all your e-mails and tailor ads and websites to what it thinks you're interested in. It creeps me out, but this time it was pretty dead-on. Also, sometimes I like to figure out which e-mail it spied on, this time it was my receipt for some (gulp) Dior sunglasses I just bought. So ashamed...

Anyway, it's pretty self-explanatory. The website is oversized vintage frames from the 70s and 80s at super reasonable prices. Modeled by hipster ladies with black hair and hipster boys with beards.

The Party's Over --- An Ancient Story from the Summer

September 06

So for those of you who didn’t know and are currently kicking yourselves, the Williamsburg venue McCarren Pool has been hosting free (FREE!) parties all summer featuring bands that you’d normally have to pay $20 and up to see in a hot smoky bar/party/basement and a featured DJ spinning between sets. The Bon Savants, Deerhoof and Of Montreal were just a few. The best part, other than not having to lug my bulky wallet around, is that the venue is actually a large, drained community pool with a Slip & Slide, a Ben & Jerry’s truck and organic burgers and hot dogs.

This last pool party was headlined by none other than fellow Philly alum MC SpankRock, the skinny jean-wearing, fitted cap-sporting porn rapper that makes it cool for indie hip-hoppers to wear belly shirts. Gang Gang Dance, Shy Child, and Nuclear Family started the show, with the Rub DJs/Park Slope heroes Cosmo Baker and DJ Ayres supplying the background beats. When SpankRock took the stage the crowd could not have been more excited---until M.I.A. and Diplo surprised everyone with a cameo and the pool was covered in rainbow confetti, balloons and Brooklyn Lager. All in all, a purely satisfying end to the summer---see everyone next year!