Mr. Monkeys Always Look and I needed a little time off since we haven't had a proper vacation in over 2 years! We both love our jobs so much that we kind of forget that normal people want to take a break. I know, weirdos! So we have taken off for a few days up to the San Francisco Bay Area and then to a super deluxe hotel in Napa Valley for a few nights. Oh joy! Photos to come soon. White Grapes by findcarlie.
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March 2010
heritage culinary artifacts
I'm in Napa, California right now for a little getaway with Mr. Monkeys Always Look. We did a little shopping at Heritage Culinary Artifacts this afternoon which just blew my mind. There were too many things that I wanted and not enough money to buy them all. All I can say was that is had to be the best antique shop I have even been in and I have been in A LOT of them, believe me. If you are even in the area check it out. I think this naked lady bottle opener is coming home with us! It from the 1940's and was found in New Orleans.
All photos taken from their site.
burn baby burn
Candles are a tiny part of my shop selection but one that I'm most passionate about. I love coming home and having the house smell of whatever new concoction I'm working on. So I'm very excited that a new super cool "e-tailer" (details to come!) has started carry my candles. I took a lot of inspiration from a number of very cool candles that are on the market.
new little succulent terrarium
New little hanging glass globe succulent terrarium in the shop!
contest bi'ɐches! with giveaway!
I have done A LOT of garden markers in my day. I'm thinking I have probably stamped over 10,000 garden markers in the last year. Most of it has been pretty fun because I usually watch bad tv while stamping silverware. You know, The Real Housewives (I admit it and you should too!), or America's Next Top Model, or sometimes I take a higher road and watch Martha Stewart. Though it all I have learned what it is like to live in Orange County or make it in the high stress world of modeling on two pieces of toast a day or fashion a cute little sweater for my dog with only a used sweater and $750 worth of equipment I just happen to have. I have only squashed my thumb once so bad I had to take a day off, but other then that I have been pretty lucky considering I throw around a huge hammer that is capable of busting some skulls, if ya know what I mean.
So this bring me to the CONTEST! I want to you to comment on the best garden marker you can think of. I have done some pretty good ones like No Snails Allowed, F*uck Off (a warning to all the gophers in the garden), Sadie (a memorial to a lost cat, who actually came back after the customer place the order), and others a little too nasty for general blogging audience (but also my favorite).
So let me know what would be your favorite/funniest/unique/odd/weird garden marker and I will choose from everyone's entry and send my favorite to the winner. PLUS! I will also pick a random winner for all entries and send their choice to them.
I will pick the winners next Friday the 12th.
Any questions? Go!
tweed
Teed Rides are popping up all over the world. What is it? A Tweed constitute a rare breed of cyclist — ladies and gents who refuse to endure anymore spandex! The Tweed Ride invites local cyclists to don classic woolen attire, set
their caps at a jaunty angle, and take part in an unforgettably stylish
ride. - From Laughing Squid & SF Tweed.
sick
Today I find myself stuck in bed with a horrible cold. I use to get sick a lot but since leaving the germ filled world of office cubicles and shared air space I rarely, if ever, get sick. This reminded me of a trip I made to The Musée Dupuytren medical museum in Paris and that no matter the state of our current health care industry, at least it is obvious that the practice of medicine has improved. All images from Phisick.
