Art That Moves You. Literally. New York Taxis to Display Art.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XYcBm7sM8iBksQqaiTrTHif4GV0tzcZDdn_XDntlZ2fR6Tmc98lyrwugBBqwRQm4uWbINQPZ5prap9b2afe8sKQxJNxQ-f4hYOv7fk3QhLNO1w9VuJVarEbgZxG0qtcVWCxW0J9wEaBG/s1600-h/NYCabsArt1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419678533431048114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XYcBm7sM8iBksQqaiTrTHif4GV0tzcZDdn_XDntlZ2fR6Tmc98lyrwugBBqwRQm4uWbINQPZ5prap9b2afe8sKQxJNxQ-f4hYOv7fk3QhLNO1w9VuJVarEbgZxG0qtcVWCxW0J9wEaBG/s400/NYCabsArt1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 523px;" /></a><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br />In January 2010, 480 New York City taxicabs will be doing more than just shuttling people around. They'll be displaying three different artists' works in lieu of their usual rooftop advertising.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.showmedia.com/">Show Media</a>, the company that places the advertising signs atop of cabs (often referred to as taxi decks) and the <a href="http://www.artproductionfund.org/">Art Production Fund</a>, a non-profit organization that represents art around the city (and also makes those <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/11/21010-artist-beach-towels-are-here.html">wonderful artist beach towels</a>) have collaborated to replace 480 New York taxicabs' rooftop signage with works of fine art by contemporary artists Shirin Neshat, Alex Katz and Yoko Ono.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGKPWg5uZju6P-l0OkAMDSDvhHb-j6P1ipsRl3pkoEbGHqsCB66XUkVbF9B9DKxq8DyLwgaV1jRsx90GQA78MsGfJpKfni1_8lRU77hXY1yuZDPfTpqvR7p6sGpQkj6kGh5v4iJDYESqoP/s1600-h/Picture+39.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419657097166312242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGKPWg5uZju6P-l0OkAMDSDvhHb-j6P1ipsRl3pkoEbGHqsCB66XUkVbF9B9DKxq8DyLwgaV1jRsx90GQA78MsGfJpKfni1_8lRU77hXY1yuZDPfTpqvR7p6sGpQkj6kGh5v4iJDYESqoP/s400/Picture+39.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 357px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji54K7JVCCkvHajnj6QnbqOoeFFSp0QxCJr5M9SQ6R-c6u28qztoryktwdsyi5TFQqAB18fifIFjf3jOSoAULNAH_v3d5jMKiybL_V1hjK2ql3Kp__vFdM530DR07fQT0m_xzq_aRYjfUt/s1600-h/artaddscabs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419656209399074898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji54K7JVCCkvHajnj6QnbqOoeFFSp0QxCJr5M9SQ6R-c6u28qztoryktwdsyi5TFQqAB18fifIFjf3jOSoAULNAH_v3d5jMKiybL_V1hjK2ql3Kp__vFdM530DR07fQT0m_xzq_aRYjfUt/s400/artaddscabs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 540px; height: 135px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above images are simulations of the proposed art. Comprised photo illustrations by Show Media and the Art Production Fund, courtesy of the NY Times</span></span><br /><br />The project, called "Art Adds" will place each of the three artists' works atop 160 cabs a piece throughout the city.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alex Katz:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGDOm0FrL7x_NfunsvkXQuH9pBf8u-U7HLkJpdEDbl6MtAb6f744QPuzENUD0_QhCmC8zt1Ozpijixwl90WKXQc62fv5a1OswJfbDX0EtMicfyDQxwJZBHCU8xkgb-wiPZmi-CswuwOex/s1600-h/Picture+43.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419669854800919538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGDOm0FrL7x_NfunsvkXQuH9pBf8u-U7HLkJpdEDbl6MtAb6f744QPuzENUD0_QhCmC8zt1Ozpijixwl90WKXQc62fv5a1OswJfbDX0EtMicfyDQxwJZBHCU8xkgb-wiPZmi-CswuwOex/s400/Picture+43.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 680px;" /></a><br /><br />Artist <a href="http://www.alexkatz.com/">Alex Katz</a> will combine two of his graphic figurative portraits for which he is best known (a forward facing female and a backward facing male) and place them together a top a black background- not unlike his Pas De Deux series of paintings and prints. This will be repeated on both sides of the deck:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiII1KHl0dF3RK-rN-PpkbbqOVCWPn5o2Kc2pNC9lKTJc4Q-xnfNgPYY2ybolGnko7yi3FhXHWOlofy3g8_3e3y6h4YWum-ZLDQwZJtBdLxeqAoACLvuNaQLFqtDX9yRLHj1N5wMXOVrY/s1600-h/katzcab.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419678662689228322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiII1KHl0dF3RK-rN-PpkbbqOVCWPn5o2Kc2pNC9lKTJc4Q-xnfNgPYY2ybolGnko7yi3FhXHWOlofy3g8_3e3y6h4YWum-ZLDQwZJtBdLxeqAoACLvuNaQLFqtDX9yRLHj1N5wMXOVrY/s400/katzcab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 211px;" /></a><br />Alex Katz, Pas De Deux, 1983:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidocr_IFPebiW_wsIle4kV7s2CgKihlgz9JswdtmVxe7VJ0EyDjE793PK-OgSpFEVbSL11-j6R2KldLa18YsFH6Zq_vOpF-SnUqvkurOL4jrfOgIkNwNppOX07C-CTydXzPUU0QHHd7yRh/s1600-h/Picture+47.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419674921504545586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidocr_IFPebiW_wsIle4kV7s2CgKihlgz9JswdtmVxe7VJ0EyDjE793PK-OgSpFEVbSL11-j6R2KldLa18YsFH6Zq_vOpF-SnUqvkurOL4jrfOgIkNwNppOX07C-CTydXzPUU0QHHd7yRh/s400/Picture+47.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 198px;" /></a><br />Alex Katz at work:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zlLTar6wC0hrJna3VUxkgZbG9iYAfU5wNkavOY3E9yFPxqA5B2DWy2vAb7LITnMgqOGb71vC31NIhMnEJZa8f3srIWJZasy1SIt7sxU_9rpcdMZwybU5OPvYpo_jWyT9szfSTe5U0Sdx/s1600-h/Picture+45.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419678891599228434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zlLTar6wC0hrJna3VUxkgZbG9iYAfU5wNkavOY3E9yFPxqA5B2DWy2vAb7LITnMgqOGb71vC31NIhMnEJZa8f3srIWJZasy1SIt7sxU_9rpcdMZwybU5OPvYpo_jWyT9szfSTe5U0Sdx/s400/Picture+45.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above image courtesy of Smithsonian, Pas De Deux, courtesy of the artist</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shirin Neshat:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_zjLWMhnNYecafepxWCEPEGKaO1RH8m88l6kRisk1-J48BIleN6-0pW9EShSJduPUZIlNcZAEkgjh_C6HEERTBV2Yx7Cxd6dqIiQp4PF49sRGRp145Hn-XmrY_O8KMJgBVIx5-xyEcHH/s1600-h/shirin-neshat11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419654764800153090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_zjLWMhnNYecafepxWCEPEGKaO1RH8m88l6kRisk1-J48BIleN6-0pW9EShSJduPUZIlNcZAEkgjh_C6HEERTBV2Yx7Cxd6dqIiQp4PF49sRGRp145Hn-XmrY_O8KMJgBVIx5-xyEcHH/s400/shirin-neshat11.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 362px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gladstonegallery.com/neshat.asp">Shirin Neshat</a>, a multimedia Iranian born artist, will decorate the two sides differently. One will feature her photo of illustrated hands clasped in a handshake, the artist’s symbol of unity and solidarity:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdCzapU-EgGygviYRGs2K1k12WC1WzxljX4vA1T1u6iOz-ueZ9WsI141QaFSAuEKSrNDEVPJOYMlbrOB_miFhL4Sr-9ydPYJoLBmBdKwwpRJZbLxS8Op_TaRlXgi2uWsTcgHtBTe_WHzU/s1600-h/shirin2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419668052745728770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdCzapU-EgGygviYRGs2K1k12WC1WzxljX4vA1T1u6iOz-ueZ9WsI141QaFSAuEKSrNDEVPJOYMlbrOB_miFhL4Sr-9ydPYJoLBmBdKwwpRJZbLxS8Op_TaRlXgi2uWsTcgHtBTe_WHzU/s400/shirin2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 157px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wG3A8TazzGi8BrHNS0P9ZD-7z9NZ_zmQrYcG3YIx2cKTueKJip71J_zndFb3d66JI683TSuC_bQUD6aB0HiFjTc5MVSKRKUBlW96Lxei_cqbV5FloC7iYTjIkeBAAo7sP_qEGxmKz6XY/s1600-h/shirin_neshat+photo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419661951993370658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wG3A8TazzGi8BrHNS0P9ZD-7z9NZ_zmQrYcG3YIx2cKTueKJip71J_zndFb3d66JI683TSuC_bQUD6aB0HiFjTc5MVSKRKUBlW96Lxei_cqbV5FloC7iYTjIkeBAAo7sP_qEGxmKz6XY/s400/shirin_neshat+photo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 355px;" /></a><br /><br />The other, shows her photo of an eye, on which the poem titled “I Feel Sorry for the Garden,” by <a href="http://www.forughfarrokhzad.org/">Forough Farokhzad</a>, a celebrated female Iranian poet is written:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIB0wvGWqUtZzdYIqkOit09WyXSvxJAGHwgsRQEj-DVwFOxwRdgnvuZ0kprMRlrZvDxAmXu9rhZAryuriaR4VJW95mx0AmrcC3eKJWVr4Oywf1eeSYQuDPLDjJoXkfgjW4O0Y5ETPZLlt/s1600-h/shirin1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419668796650758242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIB0wvGWqUtZzdYIqkOit09WyXSvxJAGHwgsRQEj-DVwFOxwRdgnvuZ0kprMRlrZvDxAmXu9rhZAryuriaR4VJW95mx0AmrcC3eKJWVr4Oywf1eeSYQuDPLDjJoXkfgjW4O0Y5ETPZLlt/s400/shirin1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 167px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XPmoFhyikZu67HM2wwp5pPD_zYNk4UOA7jACVacMktA2hbyW2LfmC1yLAk12B-V6aiYdCOrdT-KauDNFLGA-HcejiPn0yuV2rFT27RvsPpVexUMcEuVGXiry6BgEjGqeiWXv06C7V_iW/s1600-h/Picture+42.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419666149752891906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XPmoFhyikZu67HM2wwp5pPD_zYNk4UOA7jACVacMktA2hbyW2LfmC1yLAk12B-V6aiYdCOrdT-KauDNFLGA-HcejiPn0yuV2rFT27RvsPpVexUMcEuVGXiry6BgEjGqeiWXv06C7V_iW/s400/Picture+42.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 507px;" /></a><br />The filmmaker, photographer and artist has often integrated written poetry into her photography and films.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yoko Ono:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVasxQNKU1IxxFE_4bryTb8yI3UfCz0iUIlILKuYsS3EzNjgfUNGES2XGHA_ZbVOc7IyzItQlC3Edm1YPnvqEl_qV0Svb2tbPGFvXIRNJ6mC2aTFTS2Jz3tR_lIikBLZUsHLwcJOVjFrOz/s1600-h/yoko_ono_.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419654819695799410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVasxQNKU1IxxFE_4bryTb8yI3UfCz0iUIlILKuYsS3EzNjgfUNGES2XGHA_ZbVOc7IyzItQlC3Edm1YPnvqEl_qV0Svb2tbPGFvXIRNJ6mC2aTFTS2Jz3tR_lIikBLZUsHLwcJOVjFrOz/s400/yoko_ono_.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://imaginepeace.com/">Yoko Ono</a> is employing the theme “<span style="font-weight: bold;">War Is Over,</span>” a slogan she and John Lennon used when they took their message of peace around the world in 1969-70. It will appear in english on one side and sign language on the other, like Yoko and John's original posters and artwork shown below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXvlHBHzopI3ZRjL7SjkVy_hKiQUthHFDx9VQtdzkSIS34R-RX_R1_NrkzvCrVoDnD9axTjw4rqYtsCjHSLHAR45NmNeSizaXZzHbNY1JwhO20GZuwuezDTpbB4CDzXKUgE_K2TR-jXRJ/s1600-h/yokocab2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419668448288610722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXvlHBHzopI3ZRjL7SjkVy_hKiQUthHFDx9VQtdzkSIS34R-RX_R1_NrkzvCrVoDnD9axTjw4rqYtsCjHSLHAR45NmNeSizaXZzHbNY1JwhO20GZuwuezDTpbB4CDzXKUgE_K2TR-jXRJ/s400/yokocab2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 213px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW5eBv8_AfQ3_6CqP5bcJSK_tYDI3xxac27VAP-4pcO3mQk1ZAhcCopuI2-xxF3aaeGBQMgS18QYuKwGGOL2gpAZnsLaA0HISfGNhtiCtSjLd9dtuwJqo0jz28FM_XttHThx9hSVT62tV/s1600-h/Picture+44.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419670486075152690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW5eBv8_AfQ3_6CqP5bcJSK_tYDI3xxac27VAP-4pcO3mQk1ZAhcCopuI2-xxF3aaeGBQMgS18QYuKwGGOL2gpAZnsLaA0HISfGNhtiCtSjLd9dtuwJqo0jz28FM_XttHThx9hSVT62tV/s400/Picture+44.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 306px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNTj7vG8udW9KZHQdu5xRg9mAM8PerpvjM4VrTpJrhwZTlSaJcK3QLUI0_oNPL4wA29UrxhinSbFH-a7LDljdC0zNxis-GPLgFgbVr3PE6-FF2cEne5_qZytBvHK4GWEm7B7Cj9OzrqDx/s1600-h/yoko+sign+language.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419680768729302034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNTj7vG8udW9KZHQdu5xRg9mAM8PerpvjM4VrTpJrhwZTlSaJcK3QLUI0_oNPL4wA29UrxhinSbFH-a7LDljdC0zNxis-GPLgFgbVr3PE6-FF2cEne5_qZytBvHK4GWEm7B7Cj9OzrqDx/s400/yoko+sign+language.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 306px;" /></a><br /><br />Perhaps this will open the eyes of busy New Yorkers to art, perhaps not. But it certainly is an effort worth noting. You can read more about the project <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/arts/design/26taxicab.html?ref=todayspaper">here.</a><br /><br />Other New York Taxi Cab related posts:<br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-official-everyone-hates-re-designed.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">•It's Official. Everyone HATES the re-designed NYC TAXI logo.</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/nyc-taxi-logo-redesign-submissions.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• NYC Taxi Logo Redesign Submissions</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/09/hope-flowers-in-new-york-garden-in.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">•Hope Flowers In New York: Garden In Transit</span></a><br><br>

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I Was A Very Good Girl (according to Santa)

<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"><map id="ThisNext_map_966456E9" name="ThisNext_map_966456E9"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/C1D0ED68/28127DC1/Alex-Katz-Beach-Towel?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Alex Katz Beach Towel!!!!" shape="rect" coords="11,11,132,132"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/26FF8E69/C06808F6/Great-fish-bowl-table-pod?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Great fish bowl table pod" shape="rect" coords="134,11,255,132"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/4970825A/48B35D80/DESIGN-CHAIR-COLLECTION-VOLUME?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="DESIGN CHAIR COLLECTION VOLUME 3-- WHOLE SET" shape="rect" coords="257,11,378,132"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/DD7290D9/5A35C4F9/Mind-If-I-Smoke-A-Doobie?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Mind If I Smoke A Doobie Matches | BlueQ" shape="rect" coords="11,134,132,255"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/262AA347/F82E1FC6/pet-bunk?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="pet bunk" shape="rect" coords="134,134,255,255"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/C855EF0F/655DB858/Another-wood-Notepad-Bachelor?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Another wood Notepad - Bachelor #2" shape="rect" coords="257,134,378,255"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/B8ECB7FC/3780B3CF/Paint-By-Number-Postcards?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Paint By Number Postcards" shape="rect" coords="11,257,132,378"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/EB750560/D394E1B9/Pantone-Dinnerware?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Pantone Dinnerware" shape="rect" coords="134,257,255,378"><area href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/9804F927/B667502F/Sterling-silver-Unwedding-Ring?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog" title="Sterling silver Unwedding Ring" shape="rect" coords="257,257,378,378"></map><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl?u=laurasweet&p=/list/9A3AC4A7/I-was-a-very-good-girl&t=blog"><img alt="" src="http://www.thisnext.com/media/blogit/966456E9.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-width: 1px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 535px; height: 548px;" title="I was a very good girl" usemap="#ThisNext_map_966456E9" /></a></span></div><br />Santa was very good to me this year. And good to Abbey, my dog, as well! I received some of my favorite things from my This Next wish list and more!<br /><br />No returns or ebaying this year (okay, I got doubles of a few things and will ebay those), so look out for them!<br /><br />See more of my (now over 3000) shopping picks, categorized by lists,on Thisnext.com <a href="http://www.thisnext.com/by/laurasweet/dashboard/">here.</a><br><br>

I Was A Very Good Girl (according to Santa)

Santa was very good to me this year. And good to Abbey, my dog, as well! I received some of my favorite things from my This Next wish list a...

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