flower of the moment: the DAHLIA

Every Monday/Wednesday/Friday morning, as I venture to work through Union Square, I'm lucky enough to get to walk through the USQ Green Market! Currently, everywhere I turn all of the flower vendors are selling Dahlia's fresh from their farms. I'm obsessed! They look like a delicate piece of oragami made of tissue paper.

precious

The shoes!!!

SUCC(ulent) IT!

Last night, Allison, Francesca and I headed over to Sprout in Williamsburg

for a class on Terrariums! Everyone brought their own vessel and went to town with

all the materials provided by Sprout. The above pics don't do it justice, but my little terrarium is its own perfect little world, complete with a flowering cactus and a monkey figurine. Very Planet of the Apes. Can't wait to make more!

N.T.S.

Need built-ins just like these for my house one day.

photo from www.theselby.com

And I'm Back...

the beach on a rainy day

our snail friend we met on the way to Coit Tower

Gina and I in Healdsburg, CA at Barndiva- home of goat cheese fritters-YUM

Lynmar Estate Winery-Sonoma,CA

Iron Horse Winery- Sonoma,CA

Breakfast at Mr. Mom's-Petaluma, CA

Succulent bike!!!

Haye's Valley, SF

G's garden!

Midnight Mint Juleps (with umbrellas!)

Succulents!

Robot statue on your house is an option?

Beauty!

Succ it!

So it's been a while since my last post. Since then, I have been to Columbus, Ohio to shoot guns and drink beer and then shortly after to San Francisco to visit Gina and shop/eat/drink my way through that lovely city. Here are some of my favorite shots from my SF trip.

iKat Keds

wanting these ikat slip ons from the Steven Alan X Keds collab.

Green Thumb

This weekend in the midst of my post-potluck hangover, I decided it would be

a great idea to buy a window box at my favorite store, Sprout in Williamsburg.

The next day, I bought the plants at the Union Square Green Market and went to town!
Above is the end result. Everytime I look at it, I smile! I recommend gardening in the Spring time to everyone!

Back then...

1. My parents

2. My Mom

Maybe it's the colors, or just the attitude, but people were so beautiful back then.

But perhaps I'm slightly biased...

LOVE

Love this set of "Hello: Artist" prints from

Brainstorm Print and Design.

(click to enlarge photo)

NEED

I think I NEED 3 or 4 of these glass globes.

I'm thinking of hanging them in my living room, in front of

a sliding glass door at varying lengths. I especially love the Air Plant inside!

Available at Sprout Home, $15.

San Francisco Treat

Yesterday I booked my ticket to visit the lovely city of San Francisco to visit my best friend, Miss Gina Esposito. I think her and I both have already started compiling a list of places to go, things to eat, and booze to drink!

One of the places I am dying to visit is Flora Grubb Gardens. I actually despise roses, but her bouquet of "Forever Roses" is beautiful, and better yet it's actually a succulent bouquet. Can't wait to check it out in person!

Philadelphia Flower Show

This weekend while visiting my family in Philly, I went to check out the Philadelphia Flower Show. The photos above were some of my favorites. The bottom 3 photos were from the Best in Show installation from Moda Botanica. Flower shows can tend to get repetitive and personally I think pretty bland, but the crew at Moda took flowers to a new level, creating mini gallery spaces within stacked shipping crates. Absolutely brilliant, and smelled wonderful! And actually made me consider a career change???

Vanessa Bruno Wins

Vanessa Bruno, FA10, Paris Fashion Week.

Probably one of, if not my favorite collection I've seen this entire season.
(photos www.style.com)

Refrigerator Art: by Mark Menjivar

I stumbled upon these photos on 20x200 which is a website

that features 2 new pieces a week, offered at prices from $20 to $2000.

Using the internet as its gallery space, 20x200 allows up and coming artists

to showcase authentic limited edition pieces to a mass market.

The 2 photographs above are by Mark Menjivar. Mark traveled the US and photographed

peoples refrigerators, simple-yes but pretty impactful.

Both taken in San Antonio, TX, the photo on the left is the fridge of a

Midwife and Middle School Teacher. The fridge on the right is owned by a Bartender.

Bits and Pieces

Sometimes select bits of color and texture can be just as breathtaking as a whole look.

These 3 bits were taken from the Dries Van Noten show, Paris Fashion Week FA10.

(photos http://www.style.com/, cropped by moi)

Boy does Girl

Thanks BOY by Band of Outsiders for creating 2 precious looks I would

love to be wearing right now.

(photos www.style.com)

Blonde

1.Agyness Deyn

2.Kate Lanphear (my personal favorite blondie)

3.Chloe Sevigny

these ladies make me wanna go blonde.

COLOR: Burberry Prorsum FA10

(all photos www.style.com)