girl with kaleidoscope eyes

nerd boyfriend

susan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:17:57 +0000

This guy was so hot when he was young. To find out who he is check out nerd boyfriend!

getting ready for autumn

susan — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:47:59 +0000

Cleaned out my closet today and am getting excited for autumn! The leaves have been turning for a couple of weeks since the Bay Area hardly had a summer. I bought a cute coat for my July birthday since it was already cool enough to start wearing it (looks like this). I love fall fashion and remembered this fun post from way back by Stephanie Congdon Barnes. Love her taste—these elbow patches are perfect!

design sponge: sneak peek

susan — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:35:52 +0000

I love the site Design Sponge and their Sneak Peeks are so much fun! My two favorites as of late are Susan and William Brinson’s Manhattan home and Bladon Conner’s Chicago home/studio!

renegade craft fair

susan — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:40:10 +0000

So the Renegade Craft Fair was super awesome. Since we had just returned from vacation and I had bought myself lots of birthday presents I really tried to show restraint at the craft fair. It was tough but I decided on a few perfect items with my big splurge being issues 3-6 of Uppercase magazine. I also got a canvas bag from Dutch Door Press and a string a colorful paper garland. maiki bought a gorgeous notebook cover and lots of other notebooks too. The weather was actually perfect and we love walking to Fort Mason from the BART station. I had some of the best food ever that day as well: japanese curry from Delica, meyer lemony lemon cupcake from Kara’s Cupcakes and cold tofu and a glass of Humanitas cabernet from Bushi Tei Bistro. It really was a perfect day.

b-day road trip

susan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:37:23 +0000

Reserved one of our regular City Car Share cars and went on a road trip. Visited our old home and old haunts. My actual birthday we went wine tasting and came home with a mostly full case of wine. ^_^ We made a figure eight of a drive there and back and made sure we crossed all three north bay area bridges in the process. Today off to the Renegade Craft Fair at Fort Mason!

Helen Musselwhite

susan — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:05:03 +0000

The layers in Helen Musselwhite’s work is what really gets me. And every piece is as fantastic as this. Be sure to check out the pieces in the glass domes!

wottle

susan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:51:00 +0000

I don’t get why the wottle isn’t available outside of the UK. I still want one!

Internationally renowned designer Orla Kiely and BRITA, the UK’s leading water filter company have teamed up to bring you the “Wottle”, – the world´s first designer reusable water bottle. So now you can combine the great taste of BRITA filtered water with great style on the move.

emersonmade

susan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:07:52 +0000

I usually don’t get excited about jeans anymore. They are all I wear though so I want pants that fit well. These emersonmade beauties look so nice. Based on vintage pairs, these are old school real denim and have no spandex or stretch to them. They are available for pre-order now.

fun purchases

susan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:17:12 +0000

Today I bought some fun design related stuff when I was in SF. First The Small Stakes book, a collection of works by Jason Munn. His work is so inspiring to me and I have always admired the simplicity in his designs. Second are my new addiction: Happy Socks! I found them at Azalea and have purchased several pairs so far. Also a fun postcard made by Three Fish Studios of their 39 Mile Drive sign artwork. It is red and green and hanging up in my cottage already. ^_^

Bikes + Beers

susan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:38:41 +0000

This weekend maiki got a new bicycle. We celebrated our holiday weekend by drinking brews from Drake’s at Local 123, Boont Amber from Seabreeze, Death & Taxes from Lanesplitter’s, and Anchor Steam in SF from a Thai sports bar in North Beach. ^_^