i saw the knit kid on the oh joy blog and around pinterest recently...
knitwear that's perfect for summertime tans!
knitwear that's perfect for summertime tans!
6/19/12
artistic appreciation: carrie schneider!
these burning house images by artist carrie schneider are not only haunting and engaging, but eerily balanced. to me, the placement of the solitary fury and destruction of a home on fire within a completely stark landscape seems to keep the danger in check.
6/18/12
6/15/12
goodbye/hello...a serious post.
this may be my first "serious" post...where i talk about my life and not about my favorite artist, etsy shop or song. so, sigh, here goes: last year around this time my life was turned upside down by the sudden dissolution of my long-term relationship and all of the related messy aftermath. and, to be brutally honest, it was a really tough year that i am still healing from, but i must acknowledge that it has also been one of tremendous growth - professionally (i got a promotion and an award at work), personally (i ran 10 miles...in a row and i got new glasses!), and even emotionally.
through these ups and downs a small seed of an idea started to grow inside my head. i came to realize that RIGHT NOW in my life i can do anything i want to do...and i what do i want to do? i want to decorate my very own bungalow! i want to plant a raspberry patch! i want to take my niece and nephew on an adventure! to name a few things.
and i realized that i didn't want to do any of these things in philly. so, in order to open myself up to a whole slew of new challenges - i have decided to leave my life here in philadelphia at the end of august and move (back) to minnesota.
of course it's with a little terror and a lot of excitement that i plan this major life change. i have been living in philly for over 11 years and it has become more than a home filled with amazing people and places that i love - it's an utterly unique city and i'm forever blessed to have experienced a decade of my life here.
but, it's time for my exit...so....
goodbye rocky, hello paul bunyan!
goodbye cheese steaks and "wooder"-ice, hello walleye and state fair food on a stick!
goodbye roots, hello prince!
goodbye 100% humidity, hello snowstorms!
goodbye mummers, hello? actually the mummers have no comparison!
...and MOST importantly...goodbye to my supportive and amazing philadelphia and east coast friends, hello to my supportive and amazing minnesota friends and family. i cannot begin to thank every freaking one you for all you have done for me! i am excited to share the next phase of my life with you...even if we are in different time-zones!
i want to savor the time i have left in philly and will try to get that on the blog as often as i can...as well as adding some new MN flavor as the big MOVE date gets closer.
thanks for letting me get serious and have a wonderful weekend!
(these marc johns prints are my new mantra - image source)
6/14/12
just because...i love geeky chic!
i saw a little blurb about (waterproof) native shoes on the a cup of joy blog, but i had no idea that
they would so totally appeal to my geeky chic tendencies and my cheapskate tendencies as well.
they would so totally appeal to my geeky chic tendencies and my cheapskate tendencies as well.
perfect for maintaining style while biking in a rainstorm!
ear candy: elvis meets my itunes library!
for some reason i have been listening to a lot of elvis on my itunes lately...solid summer BBQ/public dancing/public beer drinking music! thought these "pause and play" earrings from secret find were a perfect fit!
6/13/12
just because...andy lifschutz's jewelry speaks for itself!
i heart the creations by andy lifschutz. ahhh...sigh.
a picture & a poem: dancing!
Nostalgia by Billy Collins
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Remember the 1340s? We were doing a dance called the Catapult.
You always wore brown, the color craze of the decade,
and I was draped in one of those capes that were popular,
the ones with unicorns and pomegranates in needlework.
Everyone would pause for beer and onions in the afternoon,
and at night we would play a game called “Find the Cow.”
Everything was hand-lettered then, not like today.
Where has the summer of 1572 gone? Brocade and sonnet
marathons were the rage. We used to dress up in the flags
of rival baronies and conquer one another in cold rooms of stone.
Out on the dance floor we were all doing the Struggle
while your sister practiced the Daphne all alone in her room.
We borrowed the jargon of farriers for our slang.
These days language seems transparent, a badly broken code.
The 1790s will never come again. Childhood was big.
People would take walks to the very tops of hills
and write down what they saw in their journals without speaking.
Our collars were high and our hats were extremely soft.
We would surprise each other with alphabets made of twigs.
It was a wonderful time to be alive, or even dead.
I am very fond of the period between 1815 and 1821.
Europe trembled while we sat still for our portraits.
And I would love to return to 1901 if only for a moment,
time enough to wind up a music box and do a few dance steps,
or shoot me back to 1922 or 1941, or at least let me
recapture the serenity of last month when we picked
berries and glided through afternoons in a canoe.
Even this morning would be an improvement over the present.
I was in the garden then, surrounded by the hum of bees
and the Latin names of flowers, watching the early light
flash off the slanted windows of the greenhouse
and silver the limbs on the rows of dark hemlocks.
As usual, I was thinking about the moments of the past,
letting my memory rush over them like water
rushing over the stones on the bottom of a stream.
I was even thinking a little about the future, that place
where people are doing a dance we cannot imagine,
a dance whose name we can only guess.
(poem source)
6/12/12
artistic appreciation: keep company!
this is less of an individual appreciation and more of a brand appreciation...specifically the LA based keep company. i want to put all their comfy casual (yet stylish looking) shoes on my "wish list" ASAP...my arthritic toes are already thanking me.
6/11/12
just because...i want to eat cold things right now!
this green apple sorbet recipe from kitsch in the kitchen looks like it would hit the spot. yes, and yum.
6/8/12
friday fab/five: SCDP/amino acids/thunder, etc!
1. quinoa: i'm trying to break-up with white rice...and it's freaking hard! basically, my strategy is to phase out the rice and bring in the "super food" quinoa. strange fact: "quinoa is being considered a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration human occupied spaceflights." wow...all nine of those essential amino acids quinoa contains will help the me and astronauts! this recipe looks yummy!
2. crazy nail polish: i have even started to get into this fad, but what the heck - crazy nails are fun and it's fun to have a party on your fingers every once in a while. find all kinds of nail tutorials here and here.
3. thunderstorms: being from the mid-west, i just love a good thunder/lightening show. i prefer to experience this type of weather awesomeness tucked into bed since getting caught in a soaking downpour is no fun.
4. mad men: i'm losing sleep over the recent twists and turns on this beloved show and super SAD that the season is ending on sunday. how will they end it? HOW? HOW? HOW? and more importantly, how long do we have to wait until season 6?
5. hero king jewelry: AKA zachary little from ohio. i want every single thing on his etsy page. really.
6/7/12
just because...moonrise kingdom was really lovely!
i had a chance to see the new wes anderson movie - moonrise kingdom - last night and it was delightful...really. and it made me cry...which is not too hard, but should be noted as a positive reaction. see it!
(image source)
6/6/12
a picture & a poem: matthew rohrer
Childhood Stories by Matthew Rohrer
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They learned to turn off the gravity in an auditorium
and we all rose into the air,
the same room where they demonstrated
pow-wows and prestidigitation.
But not everyone believed it.
That was the most important lesson
I learned—that a truck driven by a dog
could roll down a hill at dusk
and roll right off a dock into a lake
and sink, and if no one believes you
then what is the point
of telling them wonderful things?
I walked home from the pow-wow
on an early winter night in amazement:
they let me buy the toy tomahawk!
As soon as I got home I was going
to hit my sister with it, but I didn’t know this.
(poem source)
6/5/12
artistic appreciation: alex farnum!
i just love all the LIFE, richness and depth in the work of san fransisco based photographer alex farnum. you have probably already seen many of his pictures in your favorite magazines, cookbooks, websites, etc...enjoy a few of my favorites:
6/1/12
friday fab/five: edward sharpe and samosas!
1. it's time to embrace the season of outdoor eating and drinking...i recently enjoyed having a few watermelon beers at the newly open morgan's pier along the (lovely?) delaware river.
2. i just kept listening to the new edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros album (that was streaming for free) on my NPR music app over and over...so dreamy. (image source)
3. indian food. i know, how could you want to eat hot food when it's so hot outside? let my samosa and basmati rice addiction speak loudly here...because indian food is so flipping good. especially the local fast food indian from mumbai bistro on 10th and locust or you can make make your own samosas!
4. organic elements in jewelry! i just love this trend...check out: midwest alchemy // lexluxe // emiliebliguet.
5. salads...as much as i love hot food, who likes cooking right now? not me. spicy arugula salads are making my stomach smile, but here is a delicious recipe for the blood orange, beet and fennel salad pictured above.
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