Here are some random shots from my beautiful trip to Peru. Of course the greatest beauty I encountered there was undoubtedly in the people I met. I’ll be frank – Peru seems to have an overabundance of gorgeous people, but it was their warmth, generosity and humor that knocked my socks off. I don’t have …
Category Archives: Great design
Celebrations
Tom’s birthday continued till Saturday and we had a big barbeque with a bunch of great friends. Birthday + party = cupcakes. Right?? This year, we got all fancy with our party and actually hung decorations! We love having a barbeque at this time of year, not just to celebrate our hope for …
Fishs Eddy
Here is a story about a platter, a mad hatter, and some old-school customer service. My daughter dances at a great studio here in our town. They have performances at the end of their class cycles, like many other schools. I like the performances at this school because there are the mandatory insanely cute tiny …
Beautiful bins
We moved our trash bins from behind the garage to the side of our driveway. More convenient, less pretty. So Tom built us a gorgeous enclosure for them. Check it out: [You’ll find it back behind the pool, dahling.] Here’s a close-up Isn’t it lovely? If you’re from around here, it probably reminds you …
Ultracool
This is not my usual title. But today is an exception, because I’m wearing this: [See that metal cockatoo hanging from our garage? It’s thinking, “WOW you look cool!” and I’m thinking, “Don’t I know it.”] This awesome shirt was designed by my friend Austin. He’s 6. (Look out, world.) Just because I’m ultracool …
Now Showing
Hey all you arty people – get yourselves over to the RISD Northern California Alumni Biennial 2008 at the Oakland Art Gallery! It opens tonight, March 4 (happy birthday Mike D!) and runs till March 29. When you get there, make sure you check out our friend Peter’s photographs – they’re fantastic. Have some lame excuse, like …
Livingstones
For far too long, I have been (not so) secretly coveting these amazing felted furniture pieces called livingstones. They’re just the most beautiful things – like oversized stones from the beach. Foam inside and felted outside, they range in size from sofa down to basketball. I just love the look of them and only wish …