My favorite dream since childhood was always about whales and being at the ocean. I have always lived in California, close to the beach. I got the chicken pox before our class whale watching trip and missed out. Later my brother took me flying over the ocean to look for whales but we didn’t see any. As an adult, I excitedly took a friend from Michigan dolphin watching on a little boat with a photographer who took us around Catalina. We saw lots and lots of dolphins and tried to appreciate it through our sleepy haze from the dramamine. We also saw a whale, come up out of the water completely and splash back down. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen!
Last night I dreamt of the whales, the ocean, and my other favorite thing-trains! It was wonderful. I should really figure out how to see whales again in real life.
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getting ready for autumn
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. I love fall fashion and remembered this fun post from way back by Stephanie Congdon Barnes. Love her taste—these elbow patches are perfect!
renegade craft fair
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
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!
fun purchases
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. ^_^