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Another cappuccino from Urth

So, do you think it trumps this one in the cuteness department?

Posted February 27th, 2009 in design, food, general, local (L.A.).

Sumi Ink Club collaboration outcome

You may remember me posting this a few weeks ago:

Here is the outcome of this collaboration, which I promised I would document and finally have! You could say I’ve documented their documentation…

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Posted February 26th, 2009 in design, fashion, local (L.A.), print, textiles.

Next month’s reservations

I’m very excited. My husband just booked us into the newly opened Ace Hotel in Palm Springs for our 3rd anniversary. It looks like it will be beautiful. Any specific suggestions as to what there is to do and see in Palm Springs? I haven’t been there since I was a child, and all I remember are a lot of date stands where you can get things like “date shakes” (I guess that dates are something you can grow successfully in a desert). Anyway, I’m totally looking forward to it!

Posted February 18th, 2009 in architecture, general, local (L.A.).

Sumi Ink Club collaboration

My husband took this photo of Sarah Rara when he crashed a drawing collaboration with the Sumi Ink Club (aka Glaciers of Nice, or The Lucky Dragons). Seth contributed a few doodles and jots of his own to this fabric which was used to make tunics for some clothing line (don’t remember which one). I will take photos of the resulting zine that they were kind enough to send at the end of the project, which explores close-ups of the pattern.

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Posted February 7th, 2009 in design, fashion, local (L.A.), print, textiles.

Urth Caffé

A delicious and oddly adorable cappuccino that I had today. I’ve seen cappuccino hearts and flowers, but a teddy bear!!! Totally awesome. Kinda made my day.

Posted January 20th, 2009 in food, general, local (L.A.).

Bodies of Water: Under the Pines music video

My good friends over at Bodies of Water just sent over a link to their music video for “Under the Pines” which was a long time in the making. *Warning there is some fake violence and gore.* ~~Click on the image below for a link to the hi-res version of the video.~~ It’s been pulled, so the image will just take you to YouTube… sorry.

Andy Bruntel- Director
Eli Born- Director of Photography

Posted January 8th, 2009 in local (L.A.), music, video.

Some recent photos

Here are a few photos I’ve managed to take recently…

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1. This is a peek of how my garden is looking this month… covered in leaves, but still happy. 2. From a recent trip to the Huntington Gardens 3. A vintage topper for our Christmas tree found at the Goodwill yesterday 4. My cat Milo rolling around on the warm sidewalk

Posted December 9th, 2008 in flickr, general, local (L.A.), photography, plants, vintage.