South End Window Design Contest WINNER!!!

Actually Winners!! We just couldn’t decide between these two gorgeous S.E. Windows: Congrats to OCD and Aunt Sadie’s!!!

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Design) just opened their doors this month @ 460 Harrison Avenue offering holiday cards and beautiful gift bags and wrapping paper designed in-house.
We loved their clean contemporary design with holiday overtones…

Aunt Sadie’s at 18 Union Park Street is famous for their hand-poured candles (found all around Boston) and their eclectic collection of funky gifts items.
We loved their traditional and festive look with a touch of kitsch…

Congrats to the winners!
And to everyone who participated!
Here are more photos of the S.E. WDC runners up.
:)

South End Window Design Contest sponsored by SoWa Sundays, South End Business Alliance (SEBA) and Washington Gateway Main Streets :)

Mohr & McPherson G.O. Partaaay

Oooohh, this looks like fun! I was just in Mohr & McPherson and they have a couple of new jewelry lines that are gorgeous. And who doesn’t love a good fashion show?

“On Tuesday, October 13th, join us in celebrating the Grand Opening of our magnificent New Rug Gallery located steps from our flagship South End showroom! We will be opening our doors to friends old and new in celebration of our latest endeavor, and sharing the evening with Barakat of Cambridge.
The evening begins at 6:30pm, commencing with live music, food, wine and an interactive fashion show featuring styles from the Boston boutique Turtle. We will also host a silent auction with all proceeds going directly to Barakat.

To RSVP please email jim@mohr-mcpherson.com or call (617) 210-7900.”

Wichita filming in SoWa

Last week Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz were at Gaslight filming scenes for their new movie. The parking lot that houses the SoWa Open Market every Sunday was full of trailers and big trucks that generate massive amounts of electricity and caterers and crew members and security and a bunch more people doing probably-important things…

Here’s a photo of the paparazzi standing around… doing what they do best!

and a photo of a couple of extras waiting for their scene:

Tom Cruise’s trailer was parked right outside our back window at the office. He was there, avoiding the paparazzi, reading over lines. Where are the photos? I’m just not that kind of person! Sorry!
But lucky for you Tom Cruise’s appearance at the SoWa Open Market was captured on camera phone. Ah, technology!

SoWa fall preview

The weather is getting cooler and so is the South End…! Yeah, I said it. Coming up is first fridays on October 2nd along with this event from D SCALE:

PREVIEW – POLARIS ITALIAN FURNISHINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS OF ITALY BY ERIC ROTH

In the spirit of Italy; by design, D SCALE is hosting a preview reception Friday, October 2nd, for the Polaris line of finely detailed leather and upholstered furnishings. Established over thirty years ago in Forli, Italy, Polaris continues to reaffirm its reputation for skillfully crafted, handmade furnishings. www.polaris3b.it

Complementing this preview will be photographs of Italy by Eric Roth. Through the streets and scenes of Italy, Eric documented the Italian life and urban landscape. The lens of Eric Roth marvelously captured Italy; by design. www.ericrothphoto.com

First Friday Oct. 2, 2009…6:00-8:00 p.m….520 Harrison Avenue, Boston
D SCALE…RSVP info@dscalemodern.com…Free Parking

And we’ve still got 5 more weekends of SoWa Sundays which, by tradition, ends with a huge Halloween Party on the last Sunday in October (October 25th this year). At the SoWa Open Market there will be a pumpkin carving contest, a costume contest, music and goodies for the kids…

it was hot.

Sunday, Illinois-based band Elsinore surprised/graced the SoWa Open Market with their presence and quite possibly rocked our pants off, though I’d have to check on that.

Meanwhile, everyone has been making fun of Chris Masci (SoWa Open Market manager) for taking photos of the clouds. But these altered photos are freaking amazing! and kind of scary.