Nicholas James Luker

Hello All!
This weekend David and I had the great pleasure of meeting our new nephew born 12-9-10, Nicholas James Luker. He is the most precious little pea. I'm so excited and proud of parents Jay and Jennifer (David's sister). I can't wait to see him again and the rest of the family in a couple of weeks for Christmas. xoxo, Littlest

Getting Off The Ground: Dance-Art-In-Progress

Just wanted to let you all know about two work-in-progress showing this coming week at the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts. Lida Winfield is a long time friend and fellow dancer that I have had the pleasure of working with. She is a skilled performer and very talented. If you are in the area or can travel to this show I strongly recommend attending as I know it will be great.

Two shows: One on December 16th and one on December 18th both at 7pm. Dance Artists Lida Winfield and Ellen Smith Ahern are collaborating – come celebrate and be a part of their new work! They will perform an hour-long duet composed of both improvised and set material. Generated from images of moving water, hawks, deer, and people in the map of an imaginary landscape, the duet is full of humor, awkward grace, aggression and tenderness.
Following the performance, please join us for a reception and introduction to their 2011 project, Getting off the Ground, which involves making and sharing work, teaching, and fund raising for sustainable artistry.
$10 Suggested Donation

You can read about their work and other dancers in Vermont in the 12-1-10 issue of Seven Days this month. Also if you are on facebook check out the event here.
xo, Littlest

James D. Kelly

I am in love with this series of photos by James D. Kelly. See the rest here. Also how awesome would this dress be for New Year's Eve?

Everyone Can Dance!

This is a picture of Erinn I took this weekend at the Women's Festival of Crafts
My friend Erinn Simon has a great post here. Check out her piece on the local news! Yeah Urban Farm Girl!
In other news check out this week's Seven Days article on dance in Vermont. It's got me super pumped to start dancing and performing dance again. As the well as see some great up coming shows. I have tickets to Big APE:"Everyone Can Dance" . Some of my friends are in the show and I can't wait to check it out. If you are local I strongly recommend going to the show and getting tickets as soon as possible.

Thankful

Hi all!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I know I've been quiet with the post updates but sometimes life just gets busy and there is not much time for such things. Today it snowed. The first real snow of the season and I couldn't be happier! I'm looking forward to taking it easy and spending more time at home over the winter months working on personal projects and being crafty! We had a great Thanksgiving with friends and family and I'm looking forward to seeing more family over the holidays. Not to mention meeting my new niece or nephew (it's a going to be a surprise) in the next week or two! I started holiday shopping today and got some great gifts! Local and handmade rule! Oh and I also got earlier this week an early Christmas present....yes my very first iPhone! I've never had internets on my phone before! Watch out world! This hipstamatic feature on the iPhone is addicting. See self portrait. If all goes well with some projects I have planned be sure to see more posts more frequently regarding said secret projects....secret for now. Love, Littlest

Erinn Simon

Our lovely and talented friend Erinn is on this week's Stuck in Vermont vlog. Seven Days says it best: 10/16/10: Whether she is crocheting colorful creatures as an Urban Farmgirl or serving up healthy veggies as the Burlington Children's Space "Lunch Lady," Erinn Simon - mother of two with a third on the way - rarely has spare time on her hands.
Check out the video here: http://7d.blogs.com/stuckinvt/2010/11/erinn-simon-199.html

Paper Anniversary

It's our one year anniversary today! What a year it has been. I couldn't be happier. Tonight we celebrate dinner at The Inn at Shelburne Farms. Can't wait to walk the beautiful grounds and have a great meal.
xoxo, Holly

My Town

The lovely home and design site Design Sponge has done another Burlington, VT guide post. I live here and love it. Check out the post here.
Illustration by Julia Rothman

Back From Tour and Local Show Sunday!

Hey all!
We are back from our tour adventures! There are no words to express what a great time we had and how generous and amazing the people we had the pleasure of working with were. We played several shows in German for the first time and it was amazing! Oh and to bike around Paris-what a treat! We love and miss Allo Darlin'. Touring with them rocked our world. Words can't say enough so here are some pictures of tour-more to come!
This Sunday night we rock our own local venue The Monkey House in Winooski, VT with a Welcome Home Smittens CD Release Party with our friends The Poison Control Center. We can not wait to rock out in our own state this weekend! See you there! xoxo

London Bells Are Ringing

Great show in London last night at The Luminaire with Antarctica Takes It and Allo Darlin'. It was a sold out show and the energy was fantastic with the audience. Afterwards we went to our dear friend Camila's place and hung out before heading to sleep. She is a great host as usual. Today we head to Sheffield for our next show! Cheers luvs!

Smittens on Tour

Hi all!
Just wrapping up our second day of tour. I'm finally feeling like my cold is going away and my jet-lag. Glasgow, Scotland was so fun the first night despite my tiredness. Seeing our friends abroad and our friends who are touring as well from NYC was great. Tonight we played in Birmingham, England and tomorrow we head to London. Check out our tour schedule here. Ok off to bed. Check our Smittens blog for more updates too.

The Smittens Cover Story in Seven Days

I meant to post this Wednesday but here it is now. Our cover story in Seven Days VT came out on Wednesday. If your local pick up a physical copy. If not here is the story online, http://www.7dvt.com/2010smittens . Thanks Dan Bolles for writing such a good article. We were very excited! Also our talented friend Ted Olson did the cover for this issue as well as the art direction for our newest album, Dancing Shoes: The Smittens Remixed. The picture to the left is a copy of the paper's physical cover.
Next time I update The Smittens will be all together on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean touring for three weeks!

News from our band!

Hi All!
The Smittens are very excited to leave on our next international tour! We can't wait to see our friends and make new ones! Plus play music with so many cool musicians! For our tour dates check out the front page of the blog.
We are also excited to announce on July 19th London’s Oddbox records will release Dancing Shoes: The Smittens Remixed, which is an 8-song ep of Smittens songs re-imagined by 8 different awesome re-mixers! Check out the link! Also the lovely blog A Layer of Chips gave us this review. Check out another review on Side Ponytail. Yay!
Lastly there is a Smittens song – our cover of Tullycraft’s “Sweet” on the fourth coming Kept a Scrapbook: A Tribute to Tullycraft on Unchikun Records. Check out this amazing tribute to one of the best bands ever!
Keep posted tomorrow for another post! xo

NYC Popfest-Two Smittens Videos

I know it's been a while since I updated. Life just flies by sometimes but I promise to start updating again more often. The Smittens had a great weekend playing at NYC Popfest. Saw friends from abroad and friends from NYC and friends from everywhere else. It was a fun time to say the least. Even witnessed Johnny Rotten get in a fight at he restaurant across the street from the club. That was hilarious to witness.
Here are some videos I found online from our show Friday at NYC Popfest.

NYC Popfest 2010: The Smittens perform Half My Heart Beats at Don Hill's from BlearyEyedBrooklyn.com on Vimeo.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone!
Hope you have a great holiday. Here is a picture of me from around Easter last year at my favorite vintage shop in town. They always bring out the big bunny every year and I couldn't resist a photo op. David and I are off to meet my mother and sister for brunch and later do dinner at my best friend's house. The sun is out and its warm. Yay!
xoxo, Holly

Smittens show this Friday!

This Friday at Higher Ground in South Burlington!

FIRST FRIDAY
The Smittens (8-10pm)DJ Precious & DJ Llu (10pm-close)Showcase Lounge Friday, April 2nd
doors 7:30 show 8:00
ALL AGES $5 advance | $10 day of show

Four Smittens shows this week!!!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Yes all five Smittens and four shows on the east coast! First off The Smittens are excited to return to the Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse this Thursday- our last show there was on January 22nd, 2004, and prior to that was back in 2002 with My Favorite and the Alps! Come on out for a fun show and bring a mug for some free coffee, too!
Rhythm & Brews is a weekly coffee house that takes place every Thursday from 9:00-11:00 PM in the Fireplace Lounge of the Living/Learning (L/L) Center at the University of Vermont.(2nd Floor, Commons Building, one floor above the Marché)633 Main Street Burlington, VT 05405
Then we head to NYC Friday and our super psyched to play at Bruar Falls with our dear friends Knight School (ex Lil Hospital), Marisa Bestie (playing solo), and World Atlas for night of pop, dancing, and blueberry beer.
Show info: 8 p.m.- 12 a.m.$8 21+
On Saturday it is off to New Haven, CT where Tweefort presents The Smittens and The Wee Bees! Show info: ArtSpace Underground,ArtSpace New Haven, 50 Orange St. $5. 8-11 p.m. Drinks by 116 Crown.
We wrap it up on Sunday with an afternoon all ages show in Somerville Massachusetts. We are very excited to be playing Bloc 11 Cafe again. On the bill is Cotton Candy,Patrick Bryant performing SomervilleSpeakout and maybe some surprise guests! Show info: 4:00pm to 7pm at Bloc 11,11 Bow Street Somerville, MA 02143

We'll have our fresh new tote bags for sale. The big question is whether or not Colin will be sporting his beard for the weekend.... come see for yourself!

xo,
The band

And The Winner Is....

Us! This year we threw our Oscar party at Bluebird Tavern. I think it was the best one yet! Two of my friends came for the night from Massachusetts which made it even more special. It was a private event so we had the large blue room with the Oscars projected and then the bar area as well. I think 60 people came over the course of the evening. Our friends dressed up and everyone looked amazing. Here are just a few of the pictures taken on my camera. Thanks again Bluebird Tavern and thanks friends for making it a smashing success! xo, Holly p.s. I cut my bangs even more as you can see. Even better right?

I did it again

Today in a moment of spontaneity I gave myself bangs. I seem to back and forth with bangs and no bangs. Usually I have some one else cut the initial bangs and then trim myself but I was feeling brave this time I guess. Last time I think I had them was two years ago maybe. I also had a bob then and my bangs were crooked and even shorter. Anyhow what do you think? Also here is a funny link speaking of bangs.

My Owl Barn's Anthropologie Necklace Giveaway!

My Owl Barn's Anthropologie Necklace Giveaway!: "Use your imagination ;)"