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The Moon Made Me Do It

August 7, 2017

From the Mojave to the Sahara

I never would have thought that jumping on a plane to Europe for my first world tour with Italian artist Zucchero almost one year ago today would take me to all corners of the globe. I’m a desert bunnie through and through and found another desert haven only last week in Tunis, Tunisia. On the coast of the Baltic Sea and just the cusp of the Sahara Desert, I got a glimpse of other worldly sandscapes. Omar the camel took me on a beach walk and I successfully got lost and found my way out of the market of Medina. (The later is definitely not something I would recommend if you’re flying solo). This also happens to be the ten year anniversary week that I moved to Los Angeles AND on the day of a full moon. It couldn’t be more fitting for a Mysterioso Rock Art post photographed in my second home, the Joshua Tree desert. Cheers to world traveling, career success and ten years in a city that I’m proud to call home, Los Angeles.

Happy traveling, my bunnies!

The Moon Made Me Do It Tee Mysterioso Rock Art / Geometric Swim Bottoms Novelly Royale

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

Nasty

July 10, 2017

Desert sun and buns

My home away from home, under the desert sun of Joshua Tree. The cities I have traveled to this summer on the European tour with Zucchero have been AMAZING, but I’m itchin to get to the coastline. To me there’s nothing more energizing than sand, sun and water. Joshua Tree is far from my thirst for a large body of water, but these photos sure do inspire me to jump on a beach in the South of France. And actually pretty similar to something I’d don on the beach (sans the glitter leggings and boots of course:) These little Nasty boy shorts from Mysterioso Rock Art can go from vacation mode, to music festival mode, to ‘I’m not leaving the hotel on my day off’ mode. I love the hand designed font on all of their apparel, and of course they’re printed onto super cozy fabrics.

I sure do love me some glitter leggings!

Stay nasty, my bunnies!

Nasty Panties Mysterioso Rock Art / Glitter Leggings Gypsy Junkies / Snakeskin Boots Free People

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

American Girl

July 4, 2017

Well, she was an American Girl, Raised on promises

It’s fourth of July. In France. No fireworks, bbq’s or American flag regalia for me this year…considering I’m in a country with a reputation towards American tourists and even more heightened by the clown that’s in charge of our country, I’m headed across the border to neutral Switzerland to jump on a boat in Lake Zurich. I can’t think of a better way to spend our county’s birthday across the pond. Back home in the US in the wild west of Joshua Tree, it can’t get more patriotic than denim, bandanas and Budweiser. At a liquor store. Happy Fourth y’all!

Band camp has been treating me well this summer!

“After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die tryin’
She had one little promise she was gonna keep.”

Striped Pants GM Studio LA / Denim Frayed Shirt GM Studio LA / Vintage Tee GM Studio LA / Bandana GM Studio LA / Sunnis Nasty Gal

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

Model Starrie Sky Books

Sand Shapes

June 18, 2017

Musings in the desert

Glitter, sequins, thigh highs and body suits in the desert, why not? From my 4th visit to Joshua Tree, I can confirm that just about anything goes. There’s a whole mix of locals that live in my favorite getaway in the desert that keep the burning man fashion alive all year, there’s true grit cowboys, Gram Parsons wannabes and anything in between. Therefore headed into a coffee shop with a next-to-nothing space age outfit equipped with sparkly tights rarely turns heads. But what better way than rolling around in the sand to show off some desert reflections. The next time Ashley and I will be making sand art will be in just a few months on the islands of Greece. While I’m always missing my Joshua Tree skyline, I have a feeling the Grecian islands will suffice.

Cheers to summer, my sand bunnies.

Sequin Sweater LA Hip Threads / Thigh Highs Free People

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

Kozmic Blues

June 6, 2017

I keep pushing so hard a dream,
I keep trying to make it right.

It’s officially day one in Italy. The beginning of a four month tour in Europe (and a short stint in Tunisia). In the middle of trying to beat jet lag, I’ve become deeply immersed in the Grateful Dead documentary “Long Strange Trip” so everything is seemingly pretty ‘kozmic’ right now. Also fitting for this blog post title, LA based fashion designer GM Studio LA designed this dress with inspiration from Janis Joplin. And to bring it full circle, Cinzia Simone (the designer), is Italian herself. I can’t believe this is just the beginning of the summer tour with Zucchero. Today we film a music awards show here in Verona (starting to feel like a second home), and the festival tour officially begins on June 16th in Germany. This dress is one of those pieces I could show up with in heels or roll out of the tour bus with cowboy boots. I’m so in love with the cut and kozmic flow of it all.

“There’s a fire inside of everyone of us, huh-uh,
I’m gonna need it now,
I’m gonna hold it yeah,
I’m gonna use it till the day I die.”

Janis Joplin Ruffle Dress GM Studio LA / Firebird Cuff Boho Global / Thigh High Socks Free People

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

Palace of Fine Arts

May 31, 2017

Zucchero, San Francisco 2017

This shoot in San Francisco with Jay Blakesberg was something I wasn’t expecting to happen for years down the road. The whole connection happened when Jay released his book, Hippie Chick, an amazing photo collection of true free-spirited female festival goers starting from the early Grateful Dead years. Through a little help from social media, Jay and I connected for a collaboration here on Bohemian Bunnie. We met in person at his book signing where by complete coincidence he featured a photo of my decorated envelope for the Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well shows. Literally he featured five envelopes that he photographed while at the Stinson Beach headquarters out of nearly 30,000 mail order ticket requests. From that meeting, Jay graciously invited me to perform with the all female fronted band at Terrapin Crossroads for his book release party. Having been a fan of the Dead since I was twelve, being invited to perform at Phil Lesh’s club with musicians that are part of the Grateful Dead community, for the Grateful Dead’s main photographer, was an insanely incredible honor. At that show I told Jay I couldn’t wait for the day that he would photograph me on stage, full on rock star style. That day came just 18 months later in San Francisco on March 19th, 2017 at Palace of Fine Arts. Just before the show we shot around the exterior of the venue, one of the most beautiful venue exteriors of the tour this past year. Thank you, Jay, for this amazing shoot! It’s so fun when events come full circle.

Corset Dress Violet Vixen

All photography by Jay Blakesberg

Sugaree

May 24, 2017

Shake it, shake it, Sugaree
Just don’t tell them that you know me.

This post is coming to you all the way from the land down under. I’m finishing up a short run of shows here in New Zealand and Australia with Zucchero before heading back to the US for a quick regroup to leave the country again for four months. I can’t believe how fortunate I am to be able to go to the Dead and Company shows in the 5 days I’ll actually be back in my own hood. Grateful Dead have always had a special place in my heart. It literally seems like yesterday I was 13 discovering ‘Workingman’s Dead’ for the first time and put that cd on repeat in my discman. Little did I know all the solos that I could hum to a T for the past 20 years would be the inspiration for me learning my secondary instrument, pedal steel guitar. I had no idea what instrument made those sounds on ‘Dire Wolf” or ‘Sugar Magnolia’, I just knew it to be the sound of the Dead. When I purchased my first steel almost four years ago, I was determined to learn Jerry Garcia’s solo over ‘Dire Wolf.’ That’s what started everything. That’s the very instrument I’ve been obsessing over (and not leaving my house much) the past four years of my life. That’s the reason I’m writing this post in Australia, and that’s why I owe the Grateful Dead many thanks for inspiration to help me carve my own musical path.

“Just one thing I ask of you
Just one thing for me
Please forget you knew my name
My darling, Sugaree.”

Steel Your Face Tshirt Adam Carstens / High-Waisted Vintage Denim GM Studio LA / Suede Booties (similar) Free People

HAIR: Ashley Layton / MAKEUP: Marlene Sullivan

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

Play With Fire

May 13, 2017

Well, you’ve got your diamonds and you’ve got your pretty clothes

As a musician I have my fair share of black clothing. So much black that I have a bin the the garage labeled “black overflow.” I have no idea what kind of ‘overflow’ I’ve stowed away, but certainly not important enough to have even opened the ten gallon plastic bin I filled over three years ago. Honestly, sometimes it’s fun to set it and forget it, and later revisit the forgotten garments of years past. It’s like going vintage shopping in my garage! Back to black…it’s only been recently that I’ve been getting into bold reds (starting with the dramatic color change in my hair last fall) and mixing fire tones with basic black has been one of my favorite color combos recently. This Pachamama Bohemian jacket is anything BUT basic, however, just using three colors this is one of my favorite boldest pieces I own. And it makes it all the more special that it was gifted to me for my birthday this year by the designer herself when she came to a show of mine in Florida this April. I love you Val!

Bold reds amongst the desert tones at Pappy and Harriet’s.

My favorite little bandana I got in Tokyo last March.

“But don’t play with me, ’cause you’re playing with fire.”

Hand-stiched Bohemian Jacket Pachamama Bohemian / Leather Pants GM Studio LA / Vintage Bolo

Hair: Ashley Layton / MU: Marelene Sullivan

Photography by Ashley Marie Myers

Ramble On Rose

April 19, 2017

Ramble on baby, settle down easy…

Dirt roads, dustings of pink, greens, sun-faded blues and yellows make the desert a sight for sore eyes. If I’m jumping in my car, driving due east of Los Angeles is my favorite direction to head. The solace of desert life is something I always dreamed of as a midwestern kid, and beginning only just a year ago with my first trip to Joshua Tree, the desert has never let me down. I can guarantee I’ll own a second home there before the end of my thirties. Besides the artistic way of life that comes so easily in Joshua Tree, there is so much inspiration in the desert. The vegetation, wildlife, the night sky, the mom and pop shops that will always be ahead of the trend, and the locals. It’s the outlaw way of life that has become so desired by the creative types like myself. Desert outfitters such as Pachamama Bohemian and The Champagne Gypsy will forever fill my wild west inspired closet.