Moreland Avenue Revisited

Street Scene: East Atlanta

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Around Me: Art of Melanie Paulos

Paulos and her memory of Asheville | detail of chair seat repurposed as a palette 
The maturity of these paintings belies their status as a debut exhibition. Already known for hoop dancing magic, Melanie Anne Paulos chose to reveal her inner circus at Hodgepodge. Mirrors, and a kitchen cabinet door, join the canvases to find new life as media. Mixing a somber palette, she illuminates her whimsies, and sets them in motion geometrically. Of a lonely, billowing, purple mass say she:
Loving you is like wanting to know the touch of a raincloud.
I can only feel you in the form of rain.

On Moreland Avenue: A Walk With Mela

Floral To Open At Hodgepodge Saturday

The importance of flowers to this blog piqued my interest in what Molly Rose Freeman and Erin McManness are exhibiting at Hodgepodge. FLORAL opens tomorrow evening, so drop by 720 Moreland Avenue, SE between 7 and 9pm to celebrate the spring season.

Dressing For A Job Search In Little Five Points

Sometimes people tell me that they have dressed for employment interviews. Clothes that lend confidence and flair say as much about you as a resumé.

Ancestral Memory

Ancestral Memory

Moreland Avenue: Waiting For Her Bus

Only In Little Five Points

Street Scene: Moreland Avenue

Seen once before, her style harkens to Atlanta of the previous century. She curtsied when we parted ways. Saturday's ensemble featured a thrifted dress, Pervian necklace and millinery from Bertha Louise Designs.

In L5P: A Visitor From Germany

A salute from one fan of bowties to another!

Grandmother's Beret

Both striking and storied, her patterns converged from a variety of sources: family, a friend and Goodwill. Forever 21 provided the boots, but she alone, the inspiration to pull all this together.

Street Scene: Moreland Avenue

dress: René René

Street Scene: Moreland Avenue

Here is one of those rare portraits, grabbed on the fly without asking. There simply was no opportunity in the mid-afternoon traffic to get out of the car and pay complement to her choice of shoes and socks. Cropped by half, the resulting image salutes both her sartorial sense and nonchalance in the surrounding chaos at the corner of Moreland and Euclid Avenues.

Street Scene: Moreland Avenue

blouse: Forever 21
trousers: H&M
shoes: Top Shop
necklace: gift
watch: Gucci
bow: Festivity

Her Own Sunshine On Moreland Avenue

"When I feel down I need color to make me happy."
cardigan and Mickey Mouse shirt: thrifted
earrings and jeans: Bill Hallman
shoes: Vans
necklace: T&T
hat: Psycho Sisters