like beads on a string

happy anniversary, peek.

2010-04-08T10:30:00.000-07:00

from our first date

to falling in love,

i am a happier, smarter, better person because you are in my life.

happy birthday

2010-04-01T10:51:00.000-07:00

to my april fools' day baby little sis who turns 17 today!

i love you, nicole amber.
i'm so proud of to be your older sister.

xoxo

paintography.

2010-03-19T19:19:00.000-07:00

check out these amazing ~~paintings~~ photographs by artist alexa meade.

she's so talented!

and my personal fave:

this beautiful self-portrait.

[via peta pixel]

happy st. patty's day

2010-03-17T09:29:00.000-07:00

patrick picked me this four-leafed clover when we were hiking in the redwoods at muir national forest. i've had it pressed in my journal for months. i smile every time i come across it.

isn't she lovely?

2010-03-16T23:10:00.000-07:00

i'm absolutely in love with this fantastic mayfair steamer secretary trunk
by designer timothy oulton.

the workspace offers plenty of cubbies and drawers to store knick-knacks and supplies while keeping a chic and sophisticated appearance.

it even has wheels for easy[ier?] maneuverability and closes completely for privacy and storage.

what fun it would be to clear up space for guests by tucking away a messy desk, or just for some extra floor space!

and doesn't it look just as good closed as it does open?

[wait- did i mention i was in love?]

okay, so i won't exactly call it a steal, but knowing it's not going out of style may make dropping $2,995 on such an amazing piece a little easier to sleep at night. may.

[via like cool]

first aid kit.

2010-03-14T18:52:00.000-07:00

this music video by swedish folk-rockers first aid kit is equal parts adorable and fascinating.

[and let's be real: totally strange, right?]

[via something's hiding in here]

babies.

2010-03-12T09:19:00.000-08:00

four babies. four countries.

babies debuts mother's day weekend.

[via focus features]

an open letter

2010-03-10T15:06:00.000-08:00

dear ryan gosling,

seriously, ryan?

is it not enough to be a talented, oscar-nominated actor with the kinds of looks girls swoon for and guys are jealous of? you also have to be the singer of a totally creepy band, dead man's bones, that sings eerie songs about the supernatural? oh, with various children's choirs from across america?

i still want to hate you for breaking up with ~~allie~~ rachel mcadams in 2008...but damn. YOU'RE MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT.

signed,

a fan of pretty much anything you do anyway because you look so good doing it

cool cutlery.

2010-03-09T23:51:00.000-08:00

how wonderfully creative are these designs?

fearing that as technology grows we are becoming forgetful of food's origins, vladimir rachev created 'soil' in the shape of gardening tools to bring us back to our roots. via design launches.

'cut' by thomas feichtner follows the maxim of form over function, departing from traditional ideas of cutlery. via yanko design.

'gone fishin' by yamazaki imitates the smooth lines and curves of little fishies. via like cool.

'evolution' by gosia hop aims to unleash the "feeling of hidden power."

inspired by humans' first feeding means of teeth, nails, spears and palms, 'origin cutlery' by eynan kimhi aims for the user to investigate the evolution of the pieces.

and finally, mark reigelman created 'bite' in an effort to "highlight the daunting reality" of worldwide plagues such as obesity and starvation. via design milk.

stone forest.

2010-03-05T14:00:00.000-08:00

these limestone towers in the tsingy be bemaraha strict nature reserve

in madagascar are simply stunning.

for more of these amazing photos from steven alvarez, check out

national geographic & read the accompanying story here.

hold your horses!

2010-03-04T00:17:00.000-08:00

so good.

yes, yes, yes.

2010-03-03T22:55:00.000-08:00

terry richardson for aldo spring/summer 2010.

damnit, terry! this right after you take this photo of kobe looking all dapper in GQ? really?

i love you, i do.

[via the fashionisto]

feelin' covetous.

2010-03-02T00:48:00.000-08:00

can you blame me? this girl is gorgeous
and has impeccable fashion sense.

well done, miss.

[constance]

pretty rainbow.

2010-03-01T22:22:00.000-08:00

[via masashikawamura]

file this under "not even a little bit sfw"

2010-02-23T00:31:00.000-08:00

advertiser/brander/designer andrej krahne created these striking, salacious and downright dirty images for durex. yes, the condom company.

did you know their name is a portmanteau of durability, reliability and excellence? me neither.

[thanks, wikipedia.]

according to andrej...

the task: communicate the joy with durex.
the idea: don't tell it, demonstrate it.
solution: type shows like an x-ray the inner feelings during the act with durex.

[NSFW or timid eyes after the jump.]

although they are so [insert about a hundred million words here] i think they're lovely in a "this-is-what-art-is-supposed-to-be-and-do" kind of way. also, it's likely it was done on spec so only time will tell if these graphics will find their way into your copy of vanity fair. or marie claire. or penthouse.

and for the record, i promise i'm not a pervert. PROMISE.

[via media bistro]

recycling never looked so good.

2010-02-22T22:09:00.000-08:00

this couch had me at "made entirely from 100% recycled cardboard paper & 100% recycled wood waste."

the pieces are "accordion-like" and have a honeycomb structure designed to be extended and collapsed to accomodate small areas and up to sixteen people.

like everything else amazing it's not yet sold in the u.s. but i'm sure it'll show up soon enough.

click on the video below to see it in action.

[via like cool & flexible love]

a little obsession.

2010-02-18T14:27:00.000-08:00

the ultra-hip, super-sexy duo from ~~the 60s~~ denmark, quadron.

hmm.

2010-02-18T09:00:00.000-08:00

i'm not quite sure what to think.

bless "picture" glasses available at colette.

[via street giant]

alice in wonderland.

2010-02-17T21:48:00.000-08:00

[via ramdaq]

i respect wood.

2010-02-16T00:40:00.000-08:00

[language nsfw. but, you know... it's probably not the
greatest idea to be youtubing at work anyway.]

[bookcase, flat pack bike & wood clock]

congratulations!

2010-02-15T23:00:00.000-08:00

to my [barely] older brother dan & his lovely wife delaine
who are expecting their second baby in october!

[isn't reagan the cutest?!?]

xoxo.

it'll put color in your cheeks.

2010-02-11T09:00:00.000-08:00

yes.

2010-02-09T21:44:00.000-08:00

[via backyard bill]

i love science. & scientists. & scientists with science tattoos.

2010-02-09T17:39:00.000-08:00

horseshoe crab

schrodinger's cat

occam's razor

zermelo-fraenkel set theory

apollo 1, challenger, columbia

hms beagle

phonetic vowel chart

freud

a santiago ramon y cajal drawing of a motor cortex pyramidal cell

rock art

darwin kong

[via carl zimmer's science tattoo emporium]

pretty things.

2010-02-09T15:14:00.000-08:00

can i have this white dress from forever 21? oh, & everything in this store?

PLEASE?

[via fashion toast]

would you get old, old fashioned with me?

2010-02-08T23:26:00.000-08:00

i'm loving scottish indie-folk-rockers frightened rabbit.

and this song? it makes my heart melt.

i'll turn off the TV
it's killing us, we never speak
there's a radio in the corner
it's dying to make a scene
so give me soft, soft static
with a human voice underneath
& we can both get old fashioned
put the brakes on these fast, fast wheels
oh let's get old fashioned
back to how things used to be
if i get old, old fashioned
would you get old, old fashioned with me?

put the wall clock in the top drawer
turn off the lights so we can see
we will waltz across the carpet
1-2-3-2-2-3
so give me the soft, soft static
of the open fire and the shuffle of our feet
we can both get old fashioned
do it like they did in '43
oh let's get old fashioned
back to how things used to be
if i get old, old fashioned
would you get old, old fashioned with me?

so give me soft, soft static
we won't need no electricity
if we both get old fashioned
we won't have to rely on our memories
oh let's get old fashioned
back to how things used to be
if i get old, old fashioned
would you get old, old fashioned with me?

treehouse fun.

2010-02-05T17:46:00.000-08:00

[one, two, three via treehugger, four, five, six, seven via zegarkus]

"there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom."

2010-02-05T16:55:00.000-08:00

[symphony of science]

swoon.

2010-02-02T02:04:00.000-08:00

GIRL CRUSH DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE.

[via backyard bill]

bummer.

2010-02-01T01:49:00.000-08:00

[toothpaste for dinner]

la musica lunes.

2010-02-01T00:38:00.000-08:00

hearts.

2010-01-28T15:35:00.000-08:00

[violetta]

a dinosaur ballet

2010-01-27T23:03:00.000-08:00

i laughed, i cried, i think i'm in love.

[via geekologie]

rockin' it.

2010-01-27T22:44:00.000-08:00

brinja has the greatest style!

[and also the most adorable baby bump.]

i'd LOVE to look this good pregnant. or even...not pregnant.

[via brinja]

even though tv rots your brain...

2010-01-26T16:43:00.000-08:00

i would love to watch the office on the lg serie 1 retro classic television because it is too awesome for words. i love the rabbit ears, the ufo-like chrome legs and the channel changer/volume knobs! and even though it's made with old crt technology it comes with composite video for gaming and a cute remote for us couch potatoes that enjoy the modern amenities of this generation. like nintendo wii. and not having to get up to change the channel. because that might get old after, like, a day.

and if you aren't yet sold you can even flip between color, black and white and sepia modes.
[did that do it?]

and perhaps now that i have made you fall in love with it as much as i have, i can stop clearing off the vintage yellow table where i intended to place it because IT IS ONLY SOLD IN KOREA.

also, it's pretty small at 14 inches. damn.

[false hopes provided by geekologie and technabob].

music monday.

2010-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:00

[via la blogotheque]

stockholm style.

2010-01-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

[via stockholmstreetstyle]

that hipster porn.

2010-01-25T18:35:00.000-08:00

[via thathipsterporn]

vonnegut knows best.

2010-01-23T14:34:00.000-08:00

"It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one,

like beads on a string,

and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever."

- Slaughterhouse-Five

what they're wearing: portugal

2010-01-21T17:01:00.000-08:00

[sofia, micael, migus, carla, mario, sara]

i could stare at this for hours.

2010-01-21T13:31:00.000-08:00

the okinawa churaumi aquarium in japan, the second-largest aquarium in the world.

[via the snaz]

qwerty.

2010-01-20T22:21:00.000-08:00

so i was thinking "how cool would it be to have a typewriter bag?" not quite a screen-printed typewriter on a canvas tote, but a fashionable bag, a purse with, oh i don't know, some sort of typewriter keyboard on it? something classy and mechanical but not edward scissorhand-like?

alright, so i had enough sense to know it sounded kind of crazy and fairly unrealistic but on a whim i googled "typewriter bag" anyway, not really knowing what i was looking for but hoping i would find it.

AND I DID. these little lovelies are from italian artist/fashion designer patrizia dona.

i am positively SMITTEN.

[via personal cyber botanica]

i'll take...

2010-01-20T19:44:00.000-08:00

everything!

[via secret forts]

from peek.

2010-01-19T20:43:00.000-08:00

just because.

where's my checkbook?

2010-01-13T23:04:00.000-08:00

"the property includes two large stone horse barns, a 1500 square foot farm house and 147 acres of wooded privacy..."

asking price for my new home

[located in scenic hudson valley]?

a cool 1.9 mil.

[via BDDW]

road trippin' with the boy.

2010-01-12T21:25:00.000-08:00

santa cruz, berkeley & s.f.

[that's what love is.]

well, damn.

2010-01-03T14:39:00.000-08:00

what a man.

[via backyard bill]

because paleontology is sexy.

2010-01-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

[via jannike via geekologie]

is it spring yet?

2010-01-02T13:27:00.000-08:00

i'm ready for more sun.

terry richardson does it again.

2009-12-30T20:18:00.000-08:00

models.com released a preview of v models' collaboration with the always incendiary terry richardson on a provocative, eyebrow-raising piece on size as related to fashion.

point taken, terry.

[via carrie share]

what they're wearing: sweden

2009-12-29T09:29:00.000-08:00

[anna, frida, alice, andreas, ellen, hanna, jeff]

snap, snap.

2009-12-29T01:51:00.000-08:00

i like this.

[via sweet home style via obliterated]

christmas & other things.

2009-12-28T22:37:00.000-08:00

highlights from christmas & the last few days:

presents with the family. hugs, tears, laughs & more tears.

listening to dustin kensrue [for a third year christmas-listening tradition] while driving down to peek's house to spend christmas with his family.

watching lord of the rings: the two towers

& lord of the rings: the return of the king...

for the FIRST time.

[i know, i know.]

falling asleep to peek, tim, taylor & sean playing munchkin.

[okay, it was slightly less nerdy than this.]

waking up to morning kisses.

an afternoon walk to the lighthouse with fingers entwined.

ear flap hat shopping for the boy at urban.

[although this adorable hat is from american eagle.]

our adorable rendition of my favorite folk duet.

and the listening party for the drive home? explosions in the sky.

so.aptly.titled.

[one, two, three, four]

i hope to be awesome one day.

2009-12-23T21:03:00.000-08:00

i can only hope that one day my kids will stumble upon some old, long-forgotten photos of my husband & me and think:

"damn. my parents looked good."

also, in love.

[via my parents were awesome].

pitter patter.

2009-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:00

the boots! the socks! the legs!

[adeline]

that's what it's like.

2009-12-23T03:37:00.000-08:00

[whispered apologies]

san francisco fog.

2009-12-23T01:25:00.000-08:00

[one, two, three]

love song shuffle.

2009-12-22T18:26:00.000-08:00

while stuck in [the sadly typical] only-in-l.a.-is-it-ever-like-this-at-2:00pm-on-a-tuesday-afternoon stop-and-go traffic, i set my ipod to shuffle to take my mind off how badly i wanted to kill myself. with each [could it have even been random?] love song that popped up, i seemed to mind less and less that it was taking me two-and-a-half hours to complete a one-hour trip.

city & colour- the girl

bjork- oh so quiet

ben folds- the luckiest

iron & wine- such great heights [the postal service cover]

jack johnson- banana pancakes

dustin kensrue- pistol

the album leaf- always for you

winter solsticing.

2009-12-21T10:00:00.000-08:00

in celebration of the winter solstice i'm spending the evening with my boyfriend, his friends and his family, who are hosting a lovely, pagan-inspired, almost-entirely-vegan [save for two turkeys], candle-lit feast.

update: wassail may be the most delicious thing ever.

[image via wikipedia]

i love me some james franco.

2009-12-20T16:22:00.001-08:00

yes, please.

2009-12-20T14:46:00.000-08:00

a [somewhat late, but still pertinent] peek at vanessa bruno's fall/winter 2009 collection.

beautifully shot & wonderfully mesmerising.

[via corduroy.]

beautiful morning.

2009-12-19T21:41:00.000-08:00

a bedside serenade? i could get used to this.

Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.

<3<3<3

oh baby.

2009-12-18T20:23:00.000-08:00

do i even need to gush about how adorable this bike is?

i'd fill its bags with my camera and journal [plus cute flowers from the farmers' market] & ride it wearing a sundress & slip-ons or a pea coat and rain boots. and then i'd travel home to my fancy, gorgeously decorated apartment in the city where i'd be excitedly greeted by my well-mannered little pug or french bulldog. and then we'd snuggle atop my fluffy, cloud-like duvet-covered bed.

sigh. a girl can dream.

[via flickr. by MAP bicycles.]

crash.into.me.

2009-12-17T10:46:00.000-08:00

erika darling,

you

are

absolutely

fabulous.

the hair. the skin. the style.

[erika]

"everyone has a dark side to their personalities."

2009-12-16T21:19:00.000-08:00

to set the mood for the blog, an inaugural post on an iconic woman:

the ever-gorgeous, always true-to-herself isabella rossellini

'class' doesn't even begin to describe.

and isabella? you've only gotten better with age.

[green porno via sundance channel]