Our hope has always been that people would develop a personal connection with our wax seal jewelry.  When we learned that Julie Benz of Buffy, Dexter, Desperate Housewives and now ABC's newest No Ordinary Family fame had a Pyrrha design tattooed on her wrist we were thrilled.  That's a serious commitment to a sentiment!  She wears the matching Winged Heart pendant around her neck.  Below is her very cool and understated white "Tout Pour Vous" tattoo paired with her Pyrrha dagger bracelet (my apologies for the less than stellar pic).

Here's a nice pic of Julie with her Winged Heart pendant.

This great tattoo inspired by our Scissors "We Part to Meet Again" pendant is the only other fan tattoo that we've seen. Any others out there that anyone wants to share?

OK, maybe that title is a bit of an exaggeration but the Grammy's came and went with nary a Pyrrha pendant in sight to grace Ms. Swift's neck. After meeting with Taylor's stylist we learned that she would be wearing one of two dresses - one of which the gold and sapphire winged heart pendant we made for her would pair nicely and the other that would be a difficult match with jewelry.  She chose the latter.  Oh well.  As a consolation we have a couple of pictures of her taken a few days earlier in a rarely seen Lion in Shield pendant.

We don't even have that one up on our website.  If you really need to buy one that she wears you can get this one http://www.pyrrha.com/shop/product/id/15/two-eagles

We only went to one Grammy after-party but it was chock full of eye candy.  I wish I'd taken some pictures but at least some of the outfits are burned into our memories forever.  Never leave home without your sequins.

This past Sunday Danielle and I had the pleasure of visiting Animal Acres in Acton, California.  As many of you already know, a few months ago we sponsored a rescued horse, a sheep, a goat and a Turkey (which we shamelessly named Pyrrha).  These were the first animals that we've connected with since our cat Horton passed away a couple of months ago so it was a pretty emotional experience.  When you're petting a farm animal you become acutely aware of how much they need and enjoy affection and that they're really no different than dogs or cats.

Vegetarian or not, it's a wonderful experience and I urge everyone who can to pay them a visit.  You can find more info on this paradise for animals at www.animalacres.org.

Every January we begin our new year in New York preparing for the AC Show (a trade show focused around accessories).  It's cold and windy here and we're ill equipped with our our unlined boots and Vancouver coats that don't do up to the neck.  

We love to walk the city from end to end but with weather like this we've been foregoing any exercise for the warmth of countless cabs.  Tomorrow is set up - the day that we find out whether our crate made it to the site or not.  It's a lot of work and a fair amount of stress but we manage to find some time (and head space) for some shopping and lots of eating.  

Today we hit Barney's (lightly):  I bought an Opening Ceremony sweater and Danielle picked up a cognac silk shirt dress.  Tonight we treated ourselves to the tasting menu at Kajitsu, a vegetarian Michelin starred restaurant serving Shojin cuisine, an ancient Japanese cuisine developed in Zen Buddhist monasteries.  Pictured is a gorgeous clear broth with grilled mochi, tiny turnip, carrot and daikon ribbons.  Oishii!