holiday look

these boots

this blanket scarf

and a cozy cabin with lots of popcorn tins...

sledding at the beach

on a run at the beach today i came across a great sight: the winter sand berms were serving as a sled run! some little ones with boogie boards and a thirst for adventure were riding the dunes and enjoying a southern california twist on a holiday pastime.

after a bit of research, yo venice explained that the berms help prevent winter waves from flooding the boardwalk and nearby streets.

bentwood 1.3

finished and delivered! painted, reuphostered, and voila ... the chairs are complete.

petit bureau

jocelyn's website is updated and perfect. Her wedding & event invitations are perfect. She even included my wedding invite as a sample of her work ... perfect.

rainy day dream

painting my nails this color while sipping a warm bevvy and looking over the rooftops of paris while they dry.

similar to goyard???

like these personalized bags. spotted them when i fullscreened lonny mag and finally gave myself over to the online magazine. i love lonny ... i just want it in my hands, not in my computer. i get the costs involved in printing a mag are prohibitive and that this is a new wave attempt at giving readers a shelter mag at 1/2 the cost while ... blah ... blah ... i just want to hold it, flag the pages, rip them out, store every issue in a gorgeous container store magazine holder ...

i digress ...

almont yard

need to go

thyme: ocean park

thyme has finally opened (perhaps 3 weeks now) and it's divine. just like jones and huckleberry but beyond low-key and there's no vicious fighting for a table.

december

just read susan miller's december post ... a bit lame. liking elle more these days ...

"It’s time to grow up, Libra—and to get your act together like never before. While you’re capable of true greatness, there are also parts of your life languishing in fuzzy, amorphous neglect. Now, it’s time to toughen up these “soft spots.”

rodarte for target

december 20

izzzzzzy

with a cupcake and jci hotdog.

dries van noten

bootie with a python pump was a hit making the thanksgiving rounds in h-town. here is a sampling of van noten's winter 2009 favorites.

alycia martin

cascading books ...

fall sort

R made two trips to Bed, Bath, and Beyond today. no real progress was made on the subject of closet organization. flickr searching came up with some fun closets i'd like to dream of ...

ARTransmissions

our first ARTransmissions visit last week was great ... the ruppersberg tour was colorful, the accompanying project was simple to set-up, and the laminating machine was very popular.

isabel marie

i'm an aunt for the second time! isa was born on 11/11 at around 1pm and weighed in at 7lbs. 5ozs.

tavern

PERFECT meal last night with L & L. i love how birthdays can last weeks after the actual date ... i feel so lucky.

candy corn

i made a mistake. i bought a bag of candy corn and have put it in a swish silver reed & barton bowl and placed it lovingly on the kitchen table. after i finished off my homemade granola this morning i dipped into the bowl and took out one slightly broken piece of candy corn and popped it in my mouth ... i was only trying to restore the bowl to perfection by removing the offending 1/2 corn. then i started to see other candy corn fragments and had to remove them ... and eat them. now i've had about 27 of those devilish things.

living walls and vertical gardens

i would love to buy one of these and just see how goes ... even though my thumb is only slightly celadon, the how-to instructions on their website are very encouraging.

tassle, trims, poms, and whathaveyou

why put a trimming on something? some say; why not? i feel that you can't just throw any old trimming on any old thing. it must just be the natural frill and flair that carry off a vibrant mission in service to the greater good. it really just depends.

herewith:

a scarf

a key

a napkin

egon and me

october is ending. egon and i are one.

cal-a-vie

heaven.

baby gelbard!!

she's almost ready to make her entrance into the world ... i'm just DESPERATE to meet her ...

airstream

went to dinner last night with a friend of r's who is driving with her husband from colorado to washington in an airstream. they are spending about 3 months on the road and making stops at every beautiful location along the way. i wish r and i could do this ... it seems so romantic and adventurous and solitary. herewith, her photos ...

fendi

ruby press gave me a glimpse of fendi's spring 2010 collection and i felt compelled to see the whole line.

the clothes invite me to a scandalous tea party at the penninsula hotel. or even a standing espresso at some spot along corso vittorio emanuele ii...

i also like karl and silvia venturini fendi ... who i assume is some empress of the familia di fendi or something. i wonder what she and karl talk about?

welcome home!

some additions to the family ... shot on my iphoney.

let's try again

i like the visual: sipping orange juice in the orangerie while reading the times in your stripes.

Ray LaMontagne- Empty (BBC FOUR Session)

or this

Jon Brion - "Here We Go"

one option

cool kids

it's energizing and defeating and astonishing to uncover all those other people (i guess i'm specifically talking about bloggers) out there.

http://elizabethandcatherine.blogspot.com

http://www.knighttcat.com

http://www.mintharvest.com/

http://majoanna.blogg.se

http://rememo.tumblr.com/

http://leprintemps.tumblr.com

and it just goes on and on and on and on and on

nikki's place

korea town, fabulous building from a long-ago los angeles, furnished with only the most perfect pieces, a well-curated art collection, and a fabulous vibe of glorious girls nights out.

october 6th, 2009

flowers (merci rd, brad & anna, & brenda!), cars (merci rd!), puppies, wallets (merci mom!), bracelets (merci liz 1!), gardening supplies and beautiful lotions and potions (merci mes petite amies!), cupcakes (merci asuka!), sweater and clutch (merci lulu!), and all topped off with a plate of truffle-covered pasta from capo. an embarrassment of riches for my 28th.

best new blog award

www.vetalicious.blogspot.com

bench

i love the look of an upholstered bench pulled up to a dining room table. as part of the portland loot, i got a danish bench with glorious casters. looking forward to recovering and pulling up to our table ...

sharpie decor

love these works by charlotte mann.

from apartment therapy: "Charlotte Mann's hard work has earned her a nomination for the British Design Awards 2009 in the Surface Design of the Year category. Her life size work presents not only exact details such as faux 2D blinds, but the view outside the fake windows themselves; flooring, fantasy art collections, furniture and even an illustrated feline prowls through her black and white enchanting menageries."

itime

the time finally came. my brother gave me his old 2g, jesse helped me unlock it, and everything is running smoothly ...

Lonny Magazine

I think I'm a little slow on this, but I just found out about Lonny Magazine. It's an online shelter mag in the vein of Domino! (Thank you Coco+Kelly for the tip and photo!)

bus stop city

ross always says that bus stops depress him. i wonder if these could change his mind? (found via black eiffel who found them through urlesque)

plaid

even though it's sunny today, i'm desperate for cozyness and plaids and fireplaces and slippers and and and ... (images from all over. ralph lauren, steven alan, apartment therapy, coco&kelly, ...)

for you

found these images on apartment therapy. who couldn't use a little floral pick-me-up today (daisy in an ice cream cone)?!

nutella-licious

my version is a bit strange, a little heavy, and unattractive looking ... but it seems to taste great.

no photos of my own ... here i'll just post the food & wine version that appeared next to the (very simple) recipe.

bringing one cake to break the fast and ate one yesterday during cooking school with leslie and lisa.

garance

her illustrations are a fantasy-land of parisian croissants, lip-stains, lace, and bon bons. i visit that land sometimes ...

Rodrigo Y Gabriela - 'Buster Voodoo' live at KOKO

didn't get to see them friday night ... the tickets were being scalped for too much ... but i'm happy to listen to them jam while i run.

downtown divineness

the buzz was deserved ... the impact of the space alone got me in a tizzy. (all images plucked from their blog)

1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage

enjoyed the article on Duchamp's Etant donnés in the Arts & Books section of the LA Times this morning. I love how the peepholes have had such use that the markings of all the spectators are now part of the Spanish door's patina.

review

good stuff

painting

my dad sent me a link to this artist. i dig realism.

15 twenty

stopped by after a brief visit to sunday's farmer's market. scored a 20 min. meter in front of the post office. neat space. was it designed by spacecraft? they are all over hollywood. all over.

the decision on the boots

rag & bone won. though a.p.c. came close ... but at over $200 more expensive, i'm happy with how it all turned out.

winfrey

perfect.