While we are in New Orleans we are going to an Anne Rice
Lestat costume ball. I am very excited but it means I will have to dress up. I am not normally into dressing up. Although I love Halloween, truth be told, dressing up and being around others in costume wigs me out a bit. I guess being unsettled is the point but it is also kinda a thing with me - maybe it is the whole clownish aspect, ick. So I have been search online for ages for a cool mask. Something wearable and distinctive but comfort was the main criteria. It is so hard to order one on line because you cannot touch it, a major reason I don't like shopping online in general. Also you can not really see the quality or try it on or anything. I finally broke down, made a decision and placed an order. I had no clue where the company was. Well they called me the next day with some questions and it turned out the store - which could have been anywhere in the 50 United States - was just over in La
Jolla.
Yay! I told them I would just come over Saturday and make the purchase. What a cool store right on the ocean in downtown La
Jolla. The shop is called La Mano. The incredibly
lovely and sweet owner is named Lydia and she is from Venice. All the masks are handmade in Venice and imported. Some were so elaborate and well over $300 but I decided, although I could work that many feathers there was really no need. I did get stuck and so ending up buying two masks because I still just could not decide. No pics yet of the masks I got - you will have to wait for the big reveal. However I was excited before and now I am super excited!
While we are in New Orleans we are going to an Anne Rice Lestat costume ball. I am very excited but it means I will have to dress up. I am not normally into dressing up. Although I love Halloween, truth be told, dressing up and being around others in costume wigs me out a bit. I guess being unsettled is the point but it is also kinda a thing with me - maybe it is the whole clownish aspect, ick. So I have been search online for ages for a cool mask. Something wearable and distinctive but comfort was the main criteria. It is so hard to order one on line because you cannot touch it, a major reason I don't like shopping online in general. Also you can not really see the quality or try it on or anything. I finally broke down, made a decision and placed an order. I had no clue where the company was. Well they called me the next day with some questions and it turned out the store - which could have been anywhere in the 50 United States - was just over in La Jolla. Yay! I told them I would just come over Saturday and make the purchase. What a cool store right on the ocean in downtown La Jolla. The shop is called La Mano. The incredibly lovely and sweet owner is named Lydia and she is from Venice. All the masks are handmade in Venice and imported. Some were so elaborate and well over $300 but I decided, although I could work that many feathers there was really no need. I did get stuck and so ending up buying two masks because I still just could not decide. No pics yet of the masks I got - you will have to wait for the big reveal. However I was excited before and now I am super excited!
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