Beloved Katie Burley Hats was given mad props by the Cool Hunting blog for her awesome contribution to the revival of the art of custom millinery (hat making). Way to go Katie!!

Gregory Dawson, a friend of mine for many years and a friend of CodeFab’s, has passed on. Greg was surrounded by friends and family today when he and the doctors decided the time had come. We will all miss him very much.

Greg had a rich and varied life, producing theater, radio and television, as well as the cabaret at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in New York. He was also the creative force and founding partner for the trend setting New York cabaret and restaurant The Ballroom in the 1980’s.

Greg was an artist and sculptor his whole life, with a prodigious and amazingly varied output. He achieved a cult status in the 80’s and 90’s with elaborate tableaux of tiny sculpted wax and clay figurines, many depicting the wild side of New York night life of the era. His recent work has been a joyful explosion of constructivist abstract sculpture and paintings which can be viewed at his website DaWsoNWoRK.