Tuesday

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday. Today is my day to get caught up on everything. (Or at least try). I'm feeling much better after a full 9 hours of sleep. I have more wonderful Polaroids I want to show you. Will upload them this evening.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you this picture of Brigitte Bardot. I've had it up as my computer wallpaper. It's been inspiring me to, well, grow my hair and get back into shape (ha!).

I found it in the LIFE magazine archives, where there are tons of photos of everyone famous you can imagine. It's an excellent resource for blog art! I could spend hours browsing. I adore vintage photographs from old magazines.

Alas, now I have to work...sigh...

Have a wonderful day!

Eden

It's officially spring -- at least in my little patch of yard. I found the first full rose bloom of the season on my favorite rosebush, a climber called "Eden." It's a big, pink complicated cabbage-like rose. I planted the bush five years ago and now it covers the railing along the front porch. It's spectacular when it's fully in bloom.

For now, this single rose is positively perfect.

Thank you all for keeping me company during my insomnia last night. I've read all your comments three times already! Can't wait to drop in on your blogs -- such a creative, International group! So happy to meet you in this beautiful corner of the Internet.

xoxo

(Tonight, I've resolved to go to bed early!)

What time is it where you are?

It's 12:44 am in Los Angeles and, as usual, I can't sleep...I was just wondering...



Where are you? And...



What time is it there?


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Paper Bullet

Hello everyone! To start your week off right, I'm happy to announce a very special giveaway. San Francisco artist Lisa Romero, one of my favorite Facebook friends, is having a drawing for this lovely Easter illustration...



...a rabbit aptly named "Bruiser." To enter to win said bunny, heart Lisa's Etsy store Paper Bullet (or one of her fabulous works of art) by midnight Pacific Standard Time tomorrow night (April 6th). You'll probably want to browse awhile...



...She has so many beautiful, colorful creations in her store and on her Paper Bullet website...



...It's hard to pick a favorite!

Not a cloud in the sky...

...Today at the beach...



...Just a cool breeze...


...rustling the palm trees...

We had such a lovely time today. I took a nap on a beach blanket under a huge umbrella.

And now it's Sunday evening. I've always disliked Sunday evenings. Such a letdown from the weekend....I always try to distract myself with a good movie (or TV show)...Tonight: The Tudors...

How was your weekend?

Muse Shoes

My friend Tina Tarnoff, an artist extraordinaire, sent me the loveliest gift today: A papercut she created of striped flats with pink bows. What a fantastic surprise! I love wearing ballerina flats and a few weeks ago I started a group on Facebook (just for fun) called the International Society of Girls in Flats. It's grown to than 300 members! It includes many of my past and present girlfriends at the Los Angeles Times, with the exception of Carla Hall who says she won't join because she only wears heels. (I still love you Carla.) The group also includes my poor husband, who is the only male member from what I can tell.

And now, thanks to the lovely Ms. Tarnoff, the group has an official logo!

Please visit Tina's fabulous Etsy store {here} and her blog, Thought Patterns, {here}. (She lives in San Francisco and writes about it so beautifully.)

Beyond Beautiful...

...On a balmy afternoon with puffs of clouds...



...I am definitely going to the beach this weekend...



...with Polaroid camera in tow...


(By the way, thank you for visiting my blog! So happy you're here. Happy weekend... xoxo)

Friday, at last...

I'm so looking forward to the weekend. What do you have planned? We were hoping to go to the beach on Saturday, but the it's supposed to be a bit cloudy and chilly here in Los Angeles.

We're still stuck between seasons, sort of like the sky in the photo above: a diptych of winter and spring. The photo is by the fantastic Sarah Faust, whose work (including the piece above) is being featured in the Catherine Edelman Gallery's  online Chicago Project.

Maybe a visit to an art gallery would be a better choice than the beach...

Lit Lantern Windows

After discovering where the bookstore photo (two posts below) came from, I decided to flip through the rest of MorBCN's amazing photos in his Amsterdam flickr set. Look at the windows on these beautiful buildings, like glass-encased jewel boxes.

I'm ready to go to Amsterdam now! Who wants to go!? And, which one of these townhouses do you want to live in?! (Imagine climbing the stairs in the really skinny one on the top left!)