holidaze

I still like the idea that this blog exists, even if "we" aren't actually using it. happy merry days!

some people know me so well

attached to an email (at work) the other day came this photo, which I promptly printed out to live next to my nameplate/chalkboard outside my cube. it makes me happy, and those who are old enough/cool enough to know who Kojak is are equally as entertained. really, who loves ya, baby?

PS, I love you...

Even in 111 degree heat, Palm Springs never lets me down. Dawn and I stayed hydrated, happy and relaxed for a couple of really nice days in the desert. Wish all the girls could have been there, we must plan that one of these days.

I thought "Dawn, go stand behind the sign! So cute!" And then as the picture developed on my iPhone... I realized I placed her smack behind the "Short Bus" sign. Funny, but not exactly what I had imagined for the breezy ps photo...

I admit, we laughed extra hard while taking this one in the reflection of the mirror over the registration area. I'm fairly certain people thought we were just a little desert crazy.

LOVE my new hat. It didn't actually make it's debut this trip, as we didn't hit the pool until the sun was nearly down... but love it, I still do.

ahhhhhhhhhhh.

dwell on design

I got to do a rare work field trip today to see Dwell on Design at the LA Convention Center. I love these three things: work field trips, free entry passes and good design. I can probably think of more things I love even more than that, but today that was a good dose of stuff I heart.

I saw many many things I'd like to buy for my 20 million dollar home of the future, but a few of them could actually be realized in my lifetime such as...

A Super Moderne Chicken Coop! I tell you what, with real grass under their feet and an airy wooden home, they were two happy chicks. There was another plastique style one behind it called the Co-Op, but this one struck my fancy right away.

I have also, maybe not so secretly, always loved trailers/airstreams/teardrops. I think if I could I would live in one and travel the open road for awhile. The one they had here was so tricked out I'd move in tomorrow.

A company called Molo was there, they appear to specialize in all paper structures. Think yert style without the roofs, made of some paper between the strengths of heavy duty construction paper and cardboard. They were really cool, and they had everything from stools (surprisingly sturdy with really cool felt seat pads) to little igloo type things with window cut out. I'm not sure how one would use them (the white reflected light so beautifully, maybe as a room partition/dressing screen?) but I liked them. The actual light fixtures were cool until I decided they looked like mushrooms and then I was done wanting one.

Here's a small fraction of the magazine library they had hanging in one corner. It was hard not to five finger discount a couple of them...

There were also chandeliers made of 3 miles of chain (think necklace chain), made in Italy, only 14K... very shiny and also practical.

And lastly (we won't talk about the Remodelista shop outside where I dropped some cash), there was an artist there who was "painting your heartbeat" as a fundraiser for Japan/tsunami relief. I donated and had my co-worker sit in the chair while they hooked her up to broadcast her heartbeat while he spray painted on a canvas wall. Add in some dj-beats and it was sort of a live art installation for a good cause. I like good causes, heartbeats and artists who spray paint while wearing shiny silver suits.

the end.

The Ladies In Red

Hello ladies...

In the year (or so) since I've posted anything here, I have made two major transportation-type purchases, both happen to be in the color red. So, obviously red is a thing (always been a thing). This is my newest two-wheeled baby, and I love her. I tried to have a naming contest, but in the end I came up with the name on my own as it occurred to me a Linus bike needed a Lucy name. So, she's Lucy. It suits her, she's cool with it. We're totally best friends. She's not jealous of Ruby, my shiny red Prius, for all the quality time that we get to spend together making our way to and from work everyday.

Both of my new red lady-friends make me think of sunny days and summer, which is finally here. Though I hate to be super hot all the time, I love the fun and friend time that summer usually brings along with it. BRING IT summer, I say!

So here's to bike rides and picnics and palm springs and friend time. To outdoor concerts, large and small and of course, summer summer fruits it wouldn't be suummmer withouuuut them...

I'm determined to be back on the blog wagon. We shouldn't be so lame, we all agree reading them is fun, let's just do it! :)

xoxoRg