Monthly Archives: July 2008

I woke up this morning with a whopping earache on my left side. I haven’t had one of these in years. Every time I swallow or hiccup, the eardrum pops. Rob has branded it a case of the”owfudgies” since I’ve been saying “ow, fudge” each time it happens. A hot pad and some tylenol are…

The heavy fog has returned to San Francisco today. It’s the first black-turtleneck-day of the summer! Perfect for some cozy reading at home. My friend, Margaret, asked me to put together some book suggestions: What I’m Reading: Pox Americana – A grim subject but excellently written. Rob bought this after all the smallpox references in…

As promised, here’s a photo of our cleaned out and fixed up bedroom. With my hectic schedule, I’ve managed to occasionally keep on task with the simplification project. For this room, I took down the large framed art that was making it seem smaller, cleaned out the bedside drawers, cleaned out the closet, cleaned out…

It seems that people either loved Be Kind Rewind, or hated it. I’m solidly in the love column and all due to the genius of Michel Gondry. He’s the same crafty director from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep. In BKR, Gondry introduces the concept of “sweding“: remaking something from…

This was a good weekend! Full of lots of creativity, friends and food. And with warm weather too, what more can you ask for? On Friday, Rob and I went to the climbing gym after work with a friend from the office. I’m trying to move up a grade, so I spent most of the…

The heat wave and the haze have left San Francisco feeling more like LA. It’s not necessarily a bad thing (I like the warmer evenings) but the whole city does appear to be having wardrobe issues. I ran out of good hot-weather outfits yesterday. Time to do a closet reorg and find some new combinations.…

I dug up the recipe for that amazing curry chicken salad that Kate served at my shower on Monday . It’s from the Swan House in Atlanta (ignore the photo on that page, it looks like the photo to the left but even better). The water chestnuts make it especially good. Kate recommends adding peanuts…

The de Young is currently running an exhibit of Jane Hammond’s paper compositions. They’re very clever; a balance of cultures and whimsey. Its the sort of show that makes you want to go home and play with construction paper and glue. My favorite was this print called “My Heavens!” In detail, you see imaginary constellations…

I’m happy with the way my shower invitations turned out last night. Random weeknight craft projects are fun! I made the design using a stock illustration of the San Francisco skyline and a Futura font for the text. Then printed it in black and white, made a photocopy on the old carbon machine they thankfully…

With 73 days left until the wedding, most of the major jobs are finished and I can focus on the smaller things. I’m looking for your input: What small detail have you appreciated at a wedding? I’m not talking about “I’ll have my wedding planner bake vegan brownies in the shape of my initials to…