from the 80s

bits I have trouble getting rid off.

eggs w/ corks

An amazing windowfront in Rome + a thousand eggs for you all.
The big blue egg measured about a foot or so.


The modern myth of the easter bunny.

deceiving

This 1940s Avon catalog raises a number of questions—was the Avon rep a lover of the ladies, was the husband a pervy scrapbook hound, did it cause a divorce, did the rep gasp when she opened it to show her customers' Avon's latest?

One of my favorite finds—lllllllllllllllooooove it.

roman snippit

Just a quick update and preview of my springbreak in Rome. I had the opportunity to visit my sister + family in Rome while Jay prepared for his exhibition at The Federica Schiavo Gallery. The generous gallery director lent Jen and Jay their home and guesthouse for the last four months—outrageous huh!

Words can't describe the experience—pictures do a better job. For more textures, signs and roman greatness, check out my flickr.

Oh, and The Red Balloon made it from France to Rome and landed in the Colosseum's basement!

best present ever

Lemme spit some rhymes for a favourite professor
always lookin sharp— she gotta fail-proof dresser
but her skill-set full and clothes ONLY the beginning
you should see this kid she made, that'll keep you grinning
but her bagga tricks too big, you can't touch them cases
...it'd take years of rapping, she gots way too much aces
so we won't try to list 'em cause the endeavour futile
just rest assured her prowess beyond clever true style
now I'll finally adress what I came to do
birthday well-wishes & some rhymes for you
I got a little off-track, as I'm often known to tend
hadda work my way back with a little verbal mend
but the thing I meant to say, become my means to an end
no longer my professor, Im honoured to call you a friend

HAPPY BIRFDAY KINJA!!!!


(thank you Colin!)

kombucha time

Kombucha = my recent science experiment and it's as fascinating and fun as this gif! I'm currently in my third brewing and it's not quite right (yet). does anyone have tips or the perfect proportions?

winter recap

We've been buried again.
74.9 inches of snow this winter = a little crazy & slightly beautiful. I surrender.

k records studio tour

From my archives:
K records!

I just uncovered these photos that I shot while traveling with two friends, back in 98. My friend Barb set up a visit to K records in Olympia which was a incredible! The person working at K—unfortunately, I can't remember the name—graciously gave us a grand tour of the storeroom and the huge upstairs recording studio, which I believe used to be an old dancehall?? The walls were covered with these incredible characters and markings from the 40s. I've scoured the internet today trying to find information—I'm unsure if these artifacts still remain? Hopefully they were't painted over.

I wish my photos were better quality, but you get the picture. a few more on my flickr site.

it's friday

and nearly 32°F!

! 4 !

my groundhog turned 4 today and here's a story about her day.

dullDiamond j e w e l s!

It's been a long-abominable winter, so you may want to take a LOOK at these colorful gems by dullDiamond. Here are some of my favorites that got swooped up—oh ratz.

dullDiamond is a collaboration between two people near-and-dear to me——jen and emily. Make sure to check their etsy shop!

back into the cave?

Protect the Environment.

more uploaded today!

it is friday!

Summary of a long rattling icy week.

It's something like-15° here and it's time for a sauna.

These images are scanned from one of my all-time favorites Fairburn System: The Fairburn System of Visual References. I occasionally pick them up on ebaby, I'll acquire the whole set someday.

enjoy the start of your weekend!