Happy No Mermaid Parade! Today the fabulous Mermaid Parade would have taken place in Coney Island! But alas, due to the Covid 19 pandemic it was postponed!
BUT, that didn’t stop a bunch of socially distanced sea creatures from crashing the boardwalk in full spender in the sunshine today! Hoping to see you on the boardwalk soon! We will be open again tomorrow from 11-7. Phot Photo by Norman Blake
This is the beginning of a new chapter. For me. For Coney Island. My shop. Everything. I am truly hoping we can all work together to help Coney Island recover from these difficult times. As you may know, in March of 2020, I was on the verge of being forced out of my beloved shop because…
Twenty years ago I bought this amazing sweater/work of art from a little booth at the Union Square Holiday Gift Market! Some of you may recall, when I began my tee shirt line I had a booth in that Holiday Market for 10 consecutive years! The first year I did the market I had the…
Eight years ago today I moved my Lola Star production & design studio from red hook to Industry City! The Lola Star Studio at IC is where I design & we hand print all of the merchandise we sell at my shops! I found these photos of my move, from the day our pink unicorn…
The opening of our brand new Dreamland Roller Rink in Industry Sunset Park, Brooklyn is less then one week away! The Dreamland Roller rink dream began on the Coney Island boardwalk when Lola Star had a rink in the Child’s Building for two years! After 5 years of hosting themed, dress up,roller disco parties every Friday in Prospect…
Yesterday I pulled up to the stop light, feeling heavy with sadness & deep in thought about what I should do that night, on the eve of what would have been Shimmer’s 16th birthday. I thought really hard as I sat there at the stoplight “What would *she* want me to do to celebrate her…
“What makes you feel fierce?” No one really answered. “What do you do really well?” @Maxalix asked her yoga class as we settled into the warrior pose. Still no one answered. I was put on the spot and then I sheepishly said as I struggled to get into pose …. “ I throw really great…