look at chicago-based photographer paul octavious‘ rad work. numbers, chicago, images of the same place on different days, and plane photos are all some favorite things we share in common. going to reno tomorrow for passover. remember this? bringing teresa with me this time, her first seder! sooo excited….
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JASMINE! john weeded and cleaned up the backyard this weekend while i potted some plants and sowed some seeds….inch by inch! the house is looking great these days! man at work. my fave plant + children 🙂 lindsay’s jungle plants living room looking sparkly! my bedside table w/new plant!
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hot days are hard to come by in sf, but this past week has been GLORIOUS!!! the first bikerides to golden gate park, gardening, wearing of sandals and dresses, and bbqs of 2010 are complete! lounging in dolores park, booty bassment at the knockout, ice cream at humphry slocombe (3x this week!), zeitgeist (ew!),...
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these mindboggling photos are part of The Pink and Blue Project by korean photographer, jeongmee yoon. she photographs children in their bedrooms surrounded by every single blue (for boys) or pink (for girls) item that they own. the project stemmed from her daughter’s obsession with all things pink, which is apparently common all over...
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as much as i hate st. patrick’s day, these are pretty fucking awesome photochroms of ireland from between 1890 and 1900 courtesy of the library of congress flickr. i accidentally wore green today- no joke! happy st. paddy’s!
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jen and gabe and i drove up to mt. tam to celebrate sharon’s birthday with her husband bill, friends, and a picnic on saturday. it was AMAZINGLY clear and beautiful and sunny. i found an antler and jen found some rocks that looked suspiciously like a few parts of the body that shall remain...
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koko is a gorilla who can “speak” using sign language! teresa and i watched koko: a talking gorilla, a documentary by barbet schroeder about 4-year old koko the gorilla and her communicative relationship with her trainer, penny patterson. koko was born in the san francisco zoo in the 70s and then taken to stanford...
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sonja hahn-ekberg’s neckpieces are extraordinary! bejeweled sculptures of wrapped string and fabric! i’ve been very inspired to create necklaces lately, even made a trip to the discount fabric store for supplies. so if i actually get something done, i’ll let you know. in the meantime, enjoy these… images via prins eugens waldemarsudde
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i stayed at jen’s place on saturday so we could get up early to sell at the fleamarket on sunday morning. we made some quick pitstops at MAC (had never been but was blown away! beautiful aesthetic–folk art quirk decor and racks of modern appealing clothing by dries, jil sander, jen!!!) and gimme shoes...
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chermayeff & geismar is a design firm famous for their icons and branding for huuuuuuge clients: pbs, national geographic, nbc, barney’s, pan am, the museum of modern art, etc etc etc. the AIGA (american institute of graphic arts) has a great online design archive (with an impressive interface, duh) with some of c&g’s work...
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