When I first discovered Show Pony shortly after moving to Los Angeles, it was like stumbling upon some weird, ultra-cool pocket of town that no one else knew about. Of course, I felt that way a lot in those days, because everything was unknown to me. Plenty of people knew and loved Kimme Buzzelli's boutique, a tiny closet-like space jumbled full of handmade and vintage clothes, walls decorated with her dreamlike drawings. The shop sat across from a deserted lot populated by weeds, fast food wrappers and stray high tops and never really kept a regular schedule. ("Don't hate if we open late" pronounces the Show Pony Myspace page.) 
"In the beginning, when the block was more like a ghost town, I have the best memories of the local kids and their contribution to the block parties," Buzzelli just wrote on her blog, The Moldy Doily. "One particular girl named Cherie who was adorable and would come by everyday and hug every customer. Most of those kids have long moved away." It's sad to know that Show Pony will be joining the ranks of the disappeared. To me, the store was always as vital to the neighborhood as Spaceland, out-of-season Christmas lights on the railings of hillside apartments and cheap Thai food.
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Ah man I didn't even know
Ah man I didn't even know she was going out of business! That makes me so sad. Her artwork is some of the greatest I have ever seen. It is positively girly and swirly and esthetically pleasing. I wonder if she still has pieces online?