Best friends since elementary school, Zoe Pawlak and Gen Ennis and are on a mission to inspire and “arm” female entrepreneurs via their sweet blog, Loaded Bow. Namely, “The Mad Ones.” As Kerouac once embroidered,
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
“Hello!” said I. We already had something on common.
So we met up for a drink at the beautifully lit Chill Winston in Vancouver and played dressup. My friend, The Amazing Janos Sitar, shot some brilliant photography (including some blurry “styling action” shots – y’know, I move like a gazelle on speed) while we giggled a hell of a lot and rearranged the furniture in the bar. Zoe and Gen are precisely as talented, charming, inspiring and adorable as they appear. We had a short, but glowing time. Roman candles, indeed.
Thanks, Gen, Zoe and Janos! Be sure to check out Zoe’s beautiful fine art paintings at ZoePawlak.com and Janos’ blog at NeoPlasticUtopia.com
….So get this:
After a 2 week tour of the coast and the SF Bay Area, I’m TOTALLY MOVING TO TUCSON for the winter. Diana and I will be ROOMIES.
Watch the fuck out, World.
I know, right?? We can hardly believe it either.
Cute! And I think I recognize that pink flutter slv dress…
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FAB dresses
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shit, i work at chills and i kind of love you, so my heart’s going two fifty. when did you take these?
Awww, Gracie! We took these last Thursday the 6th! That sucks that you weren’t working! That reminds me, I told the manager I would link to your site! Will fix that ASAP.
i love your dress here, great pictures
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i love you! i know those dresses! that quote gave me goose-bumps! it actually made me cry a little bit… i can’t stop hitting the exclamation key!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was at our apartment this evening… i stood in all the rooms and thought about how in just a FEW FREAKIN’ WEEKS our things will be in there and we’ll be a FAMILY!!
will you marry me?
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oh! and the most important thing!! i almost forgot – i know ALL about your cracked-out-gazelle moves! i have so many blurry amber-mid-styling shots on my computer…
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Red bricks, dark bar, vintage pieces. Ingredients of a wonderful shoot. Love that blurry one of you, Amber
-meream
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lady, WHERE is that strapless dress from? I’m going to steal it from you.
AZ thrift store. For like $4. But I got it for “free” because I swapped it with Diana! I love it.
And THANKS! But you can’t have it. You have to have some voluptuous double As to fill this shit out.
Thanks Amber!
It was a really fun shoot! You inspire me to blog more! More!
The Amber and Diana Show! I am picturing a Painfully Hip loft space, a clothing line, lots of long-exposure desert photo shoots, maybe a zip over to Mexico for a bullfight with an accompanying fashion post, perhaps some Painfully Hip reality TV. Too ambitious?
OMG, Barrie! Do you have a crystal ball??
seriously barrie, DO YOU HAVE A FREAKIN CRYSTAL BALL?!?! i am SO into making shit-quality/fantastical-content documentaries with the video option on my camera right now… HOW DID YOU KNOW THIS?!?! and when are you going to be here to join on on the fun?!?!
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You are so lucky ! I wish I could travel like you when I’ll be a little bit older…
What about the black and white striped dress? Also thrifted? So cute!
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Hi Sheri!
Yup. Thrifted. Actually I acquired it from Diana in a clothing swap for a very very similar dress that was also thrifted. There must be more out there!