The Hood

My location for the summer is perfect-- next to a park (where things like hipsters vs. hippies water fights break out), 2 blocks from the best food ever, close to people I love, and somewhere where I magically bump into people all the time. Summer 2011 is magical!

Maracas!

New album coming soon. In the meantime enjoy a preview of a new Mates of State song.


::: syncopated breathing!:::

Catching up..

Sharing the love

Thanks to everyone who recommended Angelina's for hot chocolate. It really was a-mazing. I wanted to buy some hot chocolate but got flustered as they were closing. I ended up with a *large* bag. And also some of their stickers.
So, I bought a few containers at the grocery, and made a paper funnel and...
voila! Hot chocolate for two *
*hopefully you'll still appreciate them even after I've destroyed the mystery with this post.

Vacation: All I Ever Wanted!!

London & Paris. Thanks to Jordan and clan for putting us up and to Mary for being the world's
best tour guide!

Delicious cheese from my homeland, that gets its own very special look from me:
My favorite gargoyle at Oxford:
Taxidermy at the exterminator's=Overkill?:
Eiffels for sale at the Eiffel:
That delicious looking chocolate covered macaron was headed to MY mouth:
Delicious hot chocolate. Photo and subject styling by Mark:
Oh, Mona!
Me and we at the Pompidou:

Oh, Google!

You made my day with the Roger Hargreaves doodles! I grew up reading these (and learned a few valuable life lessons along the way). Thanks!

Spring Break 11

There and back on my camera phone. So many pretty things and people I adore in between.

The last winter solstice ever? no actual skulls here
happy feet!
obligatory Senor Frog's shot
pixelated madonna
SF has the best cereal related graffiti
accidental tilt-shift space needle pretty, pretty campus

Charley!

Not sure where I stumbled across this, but Housetrends magazine (go Cincinnati!) has a cool article on the house where Charley Harper and his wife lived for 50 years. That's right. A house with a giant ladybug on it.I also love this tile mosaic by Harper in the Cincinnati Federal building.

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Toot-toot

The guest book I made for Rebecca's wedding made it onto the Martha Stewart Wedding blog! Check out all the pictures- it was such a fun and happy day! I feel lucky I got to be a part of it. Picture by Rachel Thurston from here

Love Sweet Love

I really like Valentines Day-- mainly because there's so many people I love in this world, and it's always nice to get to tell them so. A few things that I'm especially loving today:

Heart Shaped Boiled Egg (all natural!!) from Anna the Red

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Heart Shaped Umbrella (found via fieldguided)

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My Roomy sent me these-- so cute!

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I love this. So. Much.

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This book is amazing. Olivia gave me a copy a few years back, and I treasure it. Make sure to read this story by Mark Twain. The line " Wheresoever she was, THERE was Eden" gets me every time.

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My heart BEETS only for you. You know who you are.
Also, I find safety gear and technology incredibly sexy. Don't you?
Happy Valentine's Day. I love you all