Feels good being away from my office a few hours a week now that I’ve started a design internship. Especially on the Friday before a long weekend- things are on the up! Top: Project boards and a newly arrived textile order. Middle: The materials library. Bottom: One of the retail tables downstairs.
Happy Friday all! xo
Nothing better than a sunny Saturday with no where to be and great company…We took the Coug out and headed to the Marin Headlands with sandwiches and speakers…Good day.
Today’s cold weather has chairs empty and the streets quiet…I don’t mind the chill or the fog, though. It reminds me of childhood; it’s familiar. It feels like home. I find it comforting. Anyway, I enjoyed the quiet streets today- I went for a good 45 minute walk doing work errands- but then promptly brought my coffee and scone back upstairs, next to my heater, where I belong. xo
Via The Weight of Perfection
Via Old Souls Welcome
Via Old Souls Welcome Tumblr
Like really, really love summer… Maybe because I’m a summer baby, or maybe because I’m a night owl and the thought of a warm, free night is like my dream come true…. In any event, I’m getting excited and happy, but also a little restless in my routine, in the (perpetually 60 something degrees) city, in the office, in the traffic, on the clock, etc., etc. I love my urban life, I really do, and feel incredibly blessed with everything I’ve got going on (nice place, steady job, exciting design internship, good social life, whole foods, starbucks…) but the great outdoors are calling. Loud and clear. At the risk of sounding cliche, I’m so ready to get away.
I don’t have a camping trip lined up until late July (though not just any trip: my 25th (give or take a year) annual trip to the Yuba River, my very own little slice of heaven) but I’m counting the days until I can slip into quiet mornings, fresh air, grilled food and cold coronas, swimming/sun bathing/swimming/sun bathing circuits, and warm night shenanigans by the camp fire with family and good friends.
Until then I may just have to cross a bridge or two and take advantage of the warm weather and great outdoors right here in the Bay Area, get away for a weekend, perhaps, and enjoy the summer farmers’ markets (favorite produce is summer produce!), the baseball, the adventures waiting to be had and most of all, that carefree spirit that lingers in the summer air….Happy [almost] summer! xo
Via wit + delight tumblr
Boyfriend jeans, smooth layers, a chunky sweater and even chunkier bracelets topped with a fat gold watch and metallic clutch make this my look of the day….love. Via wit + delight tumblr, a favorite.
Dating an amazing [street, mural, portrait, canvas, tattoo, etc.] artist over the past few years has, of course, turned me on to some pretty awesome stuff. So when German graffiti artists Hera and Akut, aka Herakut, graced our very own SF neighborhood with a wall, I was personally escorted down Hemlock alley with a full art lesson and some interesting stories. Love the piece they did (my own photos, above) and their style in general (some other examples below).
“The Sooner All The Animals Are Extinct, The Sooner We Will Find Their Money” (see Herakut on Facebook)
installation at NUART11
photo by martin hawkes
[Taken from FB]
I am loving this camera (La Sadina from Lomography) and flash… It’s great for beginners (like me) and I think it would bring some fun and creativity to the table this summer! And it’s covered in deck chair fabric…I just love that.
Check out the full product description:
Making Waves – Covered in bold pink and black stripes, La Sardina Camera & Flash Capri – Grotta Azzurra will add a dash of class to your seaside snap-shooting. Make an analogue splash at your next beach party with this compact camera!
Uniquely Yours – Each La Sardina Beach Edition is wrapped in fun, deck chair fabrics. The cloth is cut a different way each time, making each and every camera one-of-a-kind.
Fritz the Blitz Flash – This camera comes with Lomography’s most powerful flash ever, Fritz the Blitz. With 3 distance settings and different color filters, you enjoy full control over your flash photography!
Mind-blowing Wide-Angle Lens – With an 89° field of view wide-angle lens, La Sardina loves to take in all the action
Rewind Dial and MX switch – Multiple exposures have never been this easy
Easy-to-use Focusing – With two simple settings to choose from, focusing with La Sardina is a breeze even for beginners
Bulb Setting – La Sardina is perfect for long-exposure experimentation; just switch to the Bulb setting and you can hold the shutter open for as long as you’d like!
Film cartridge Window – Just look through the window to remind yourself what film you’re shooting
Super Convenient 35mm – Load La Sardina with any kind of 35mm film you’d like – It’s the kind of film you can pick up and develop in your local store
Too all over the place to put together a logical post, but I wanted to share these images just because….they make me smile. I guess sometimes that is enough…or more than enough.. Finding simple pleasures when life is getting complicated…yes. I’ll take it. xo
