love the lash necklace! i've been wanting to wear false eyelashes as a new daily regime but may just settle on wearing this one around my neck.
and great drawings from the unknown 'soon to be known' hipster.
it's a holiday here in the good old US of A and i am recovering from a crazy paella party we had here last night. so delicious that i had some more for breakfast with a poached egg on top.
and as the weather heats up i thought you might like to try this soba salad perhaps with a little added poached chicken or fish.
i would like to make it wearing one of these aprons from daiso but it seems they only sell in multiples? might have to go to my little japanese dollar store to find.
hope you are enjoying the sunshine and fresh air of bancouber.
i was debating a dress, when i happened upon this stephanie simek necklace for you.
and if my camera was cooperating, there'd be a picture of lovely sorrel sauce with poached salmon and new potatoes too - spring has sprung, and god bless the trout lake farmer's market.
here's more on my ongoing folded sphere obsession, this one from daiso (and of course starting here:)
i have a parallel dishtowel obsession, and have been searching searching for a wholesale supplier for natural linen dishtowels. not as easy as all that.
the sun is out, the wisteria is in bloom. happy friday.
the light coming through your windows will even make your new lamp more beautiful and if you don't install it right away, the packaging itself is cool enough to hang somewhere.
tea towels always remind me of you and there is a wide variety of them here crafted with all sorts of creative designs.
i also like the whimsical drawings of this artist emma magenta and this plate. dancing does help no? (bringing back fond memories of you dancing on carrol street post nightclub outing)
had a quick look at her blog and noticed the wee style rookie hung with the Rodarte girls while she was here in LA and they of course made a trip to opening ceremony.
thought if you had an extra $625 bucks kicking around you might want to order a pair of these as OC is having an exclusive presale till May 20.
as for me i am trying to start wearing all those lovely vintage shoes we buy when we are out thrifting together that just seem to sit in my closet. will post some photos soon.
i am more than a little jealous of your weekend - mine was spent house sitting, and when we got there, NO INTERNET. sometimes this is a good thing, but not this time. (at least it made the vegetable garden a priority...)
had wanted to share style rookie with you (they get younger and younger, eh?)
Master Shodo uses my block to teach about applying the ink
our groups finished woodblock prints.
one of master shodo's pieces at the show.
baronessa,
on saturday i took a japanese woodblock workshop given by a japanese zen buddhist monk and very talented artist, Shodo Iwagaki. we based our designs on a circle, square and triangle which are the 3 shapes which represent the universe in buddhist teachings. was nice and very therapeutic sitting there carving wood next to this lovely man. his show is on at tortoise gallery here in venice. it took him 2 days to carve the text for his woodblock invite.
hope you had a nice weekend and there was no snow. we had a 5.0 earthquake here last night and as i lay in bed reading it felt like gigantic hands shook house. crazy.
that poster is beautiful! i think it has to be todays post on belle heir. just got back from the venice farmers market where i bought these fragrant sweet peas.
you are a sweet pea. happy weekend!
o x j - ello
p.s. your friend keyo sounds like quite the character... hope she magically appears again one day soon.
many, many years ago my friend keyo had that very same luggage set. what's more, she had the same flowers in some kind of vintage mac tac (sp?), and completely covered her tiny '70s 90cc vespa in black and white flowers.
later she lived on an abandoned flower farm on hawaii, then squatted in a shack on bowen island for a few winters (without water or electricity), then lived in jimi hendrix's old house in strathcona. last i heard she was cooking for oil drillers up in the arctic somewhere. true story.
Here are some flowers to brighten you day, from the talented claire nereim.
thought this might interest you as a variation on the chalkboard paint wall. this new product transforms any smooth surface into a dry erase board which is perfect for jotting and scribbling all those many genius ideas that you have running through your head or just a place for cy to get his picasso on.
we put out an old broken fridge when we got here and it was immediately tagged by UFO
had wine with the beautiful eva who skates next weekend in the roller derby it's the brooklyn bombshells vs. manhattan mayhem (she skates for the bombshells)
we had dinner at moto and this music act and especially her voice transported you back into the 1930's...truly magical. that's broadway street in the background with the JMZ tracks above her head. i had my usual chicken dijonaise with mashed potatoes and seghesio zinfandel.
saw this fabulous set of samsonite luggage at the brooklyn flea. there were actually 7 pieces in all for the asking price of $300. i was tempted but they're just not functional enough ie: too heavy
i hope your day is filled with sunshine + smiles + delicious treats.
this made me smile yesterday as i cut through a park in chinatown and just a minute before i took this they were all cracking up with laughter about one of their hands of cards
and this made me smile just now ( thanks harry )
This video was made in the Antwerp, Belgium Central (Train) Station on March 23, 2009, with no warning to the passengers passing through the station. At 8:00 am a recording of Julie Andrews singing 'Do, Re, Mi' begins to play on the public address system.
As the bemused passengers watch in amazement, some 200 dancers begin to appear from the crowd and station entrances.
They created this amazing stunt with just two rehearsals!
tea a drink with jam and bread... you get 'Mother of the Year' award from me by the way
and i am sorry to hear about your house in santa barbara. i just heard about the fires there yesterday. devastating!
i learned today that my childhood home in santa barbara burnt to the ground in the jesusita fires. such a terrible tragedy for so many, especially after the recent tea fires that did so much damage to nearby montecito. thankfully, no lives were lost.
i love the weber paella - there are some great recipes in the moro cookbook, which i hauled up to savary with a big bag of bomba rice last year so i could paella with fresh clams and prawns plucked off the beach (well, the prawns aren't plucked off the sand exactly, but you get the idea...)
have just landed in nyc for a week to catch up with a few things here at the house and get myself an art hit of some kind. any suggestions? saw these watches today and of course they reminded me of you and your love for andy's illustrations. not sure if cell phones have put watches on the road to obscurity but just in case, they are available here.
dark grey skies and a storm rolling in as i sign off here.
all you need is one of these weber bbq's and this recipe. mind you we had this last night at a friends place and they did it on a gas bbq. either works as long as the paella pan is covered. also this recipe says for 8 people but i find it works for 10 - 12 easily.
a great dish for a crowd ...just add salad, wine and laughter. maybe we could make for our new friends post performance in sao paulo?
Enrico David, "Bulbous Marauder" (2008) Roger Hiorns, "Seizure" (2008) Lucy Skaer, "Black Alphabet" (2008) Richard Wright, "No Title" (2007)
dahlink.
these are the artists that have been shortlisted for this years Turner Prize. any favourites? i'm liking the harlequin painting and black alphabet sculpture myself. i wonder who's going to get it...
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