Yes, though the Chinese New Year was a month ago, we were graciously invited to a party that had been postponed (if you remember, we have been trapped under a tundrous pocket of ice and snow for weeks, rendering all things Fun and Happening quite difficult to attend) at artist Josh Johnson's home last weekend. (First of all, check out Josh's art, for it is Le Bomb.)
- Art of Josh Johnson
illustrations, letterpress, watercolors and more featuring whimsical animals & magically mysterious characters - and one very special family called The Spindletons...
We were supposed to wear something that represented the Zodiac animals correlating with the year we were born. Mr. S. lucked out - he is a rabbit, and LO AND BEHOLD...Easter was throwing up all over the place everywhere we went. For him we settled on a wee stuffed hamster wearing bunny ears. I thought that was pretty funny. At the party, the hamsterbunny got friendly with various other animals as well as the Mr. T doll, who was apparently there to Pity the Party (seen here wearing the wine cozy we brought and appearing in further shenanigans later):
Mr. S arrived with said hamsterbunny pinned to his jacket, but for some reason he decided to take him off pretty quickly. Hmm...
My animal is the dragon (throw your hands up, 76ers! yay...we're 35 this year...errghh...yay?) and I didn't have as much luck figuring out how to incorporate that into a fun little accessory. So...I went classy. I went for the temporary tatt:
...which you can see here as I show off my contribution to the spontaneous jamming that was taking place throughout the night with various super-fun instruments...
(Also check out my friends Tonos Triad, who I photographed a few years ago and pretty much kick ass and jam ridiculous everywhere they play. Two of the members were there with others providing the *ahem* PROFESSIONAL instrumental yumminess during the evening.)
Here are some more photos from the party:
