Day 2: 30 days has Sept: today's theme: do something for someone else

To balance out yesterday's theme, we are today focusing on what we can do for other people!

The happiest feelings come from seeing a smile on another person's beautiful face, and Monkey & the BrownMan believe strongly in doing what you can to support and assist other's when needed.

As they say, charity starts at home, so this 'home' is going to the pub tonight for a few drinks with our friends from SurfStitch.com - not just for a beer, but all in the name of raising support for a local fundraising event 'Dig Deep for Donny'.

We promise to post some pics, or clips later tonight :)

30dhs - Day 1 - Blatant Self Promotion

It's day 1 of our challenge - for '30 days has September' and the theme for today's experience is: Blatant Self Promotion*

This month we have the best possible reason to achieve the goal of beginning and sustaining a regular blog all about our funky fashion brand Monkey & the BrownMan - and to tell you straight up why we are so cool (*that's the self promotion part), and all about how we are building our brand with the aim to live an extraordinary life :)

So here it is - our first edition of M&BM - the '30 days has Sept' event.

Stay tuned to our progress, and all the other 'comfort zone' breaking challenges we have set ourselves for the month of September.

*oh by the way - if you haven't visited our store yet, we highly recommend you do - there are so many supercool women's and men's fashion items that you just gotta check out!

30 days has September

As you all may know, last September I spent the whole month in Paris, and now I'm struggling to top that this year - I just may have a solution though!

I've made the brave step to participate in a new national event called '30 days has September'....

basically, what it is is a month long challenge to break through your usual comfort zones, and have new experiences.

I'm aiming to take Monkey & the BrownMan on a bit of a ride, and get through my fears about what is really needed to have a 'remarkable' life, find new experiences, and at the same time actually do some of the things I've always said I want to do, but have held myself back from having.

It is actually all in the name of raising sponsorship/donations for a charity - the Ted Noffs Foundation, an organisation that runs programs & services to help kids/teens affected by substance abuse, mental illness, and homelessness.

I'm going to be sponsoring myself for the whole month - by giving up my daily take away coffee for 30 days - a large soy latte costs $4.50 here in Sydney... and all I ask from people I know is please sponsor me just one of your take away coffees or lunches this month, and put it toward something that can help make a difference to someone's life.

Donations/sponsorship for my participation can be made @: http://www.30dayshasseptember.com/stacey__brown

and I will be keeping a blog, updating my facebook page, and the 30dhs page also, if you want to keep up with what I'm doing, and see how much money I have raised.

I really, really appreciate any donations, and hope that not only can I raise funds for Ted Noffs, but also encourage you to try at least one new thing this September.

with love XXX

Valleys of Neptune is rising.

Been crazy busy here in Monkey-town, prep-ing for the upcoming season, and having a rocking time designing our funky new range of men's Tshirts, and super-cool women's clothing!

Fortunately everything is coming together at a rapid pace, and our exciting re-launch is only a few weeks away...

When does real-life mirror the movies? Almost never, but we've felt like we're in a vintage black-action film, as we've absorbed ourselves completely in the decade of mis-taste, the 1970's.

'Oh no', I hear you say, well, I'm sorry to tell you that it is true. Like never before the 70's are coming back with avengence - and 'thank God', I say, as I've seen enough poorly fitting shoulder pads, reminiscent of the 80's, to last me a lifetime.

Flares and clogs are on the agenda for all cool-cats this summer - and you heard it here first... ;) Seriously, if you didn't do it the first time - I highly recommend giving it a shot this time around, just punctuate your attitude with some Jimi Hendrix tunes, and rose-coloured glasses.

Can you dig it?