an inspiring project via boooom.

found furniture - patternity

i want this in my apartment asap. so gorgeous - the phase bureau & furniture collaboration from patternity & toby winteringham.

via another.

found jewelry - dotoverdot

dotoverdot via teenangster. these necklaces are so freakin' great - i love the geometric trends right now.

found art - will bryant

part of will bryant's make something not that cool everyday series on flickr - this print makes me smile.

found design - graypants

i admire these pendant lights everytime i'm at vermillion & was finally motivated to hunt them down this am. graypants is a three-man design studio right here in my hood & i'm loving what they're doing.

side note - i participated in a small craft show yesterday & shared the spotlight with some great artists. i refered to my table as the "little guy," filled with my weekend crafts. i loved the beautiful silver from caitlin scott jewelry & picked up some gorgeous little window pieces from joby stained glass.

found goodness - sunday morning in tacoma

i went down to tacoma this morning for the nw trend show & on my way home i got the chance to snap some pics of pacific avenue. every time i drive this strip i want to bust out the camera; today was the perfect day for it - crisp, blue skies. tacoma is such a beautiful, but seemingly empty. i stare out at the port, all the cranes & large industrial buildings; all of this is paired with a quaint historic avenue with lovely old buildings, museums & public plazas - but it is so quiet.

another tip to all my favorite seattle readers - please please eat at afrikando afrikando. it is so delicious, the price is right & the people are friendly. there are some things you should know before going - it takes a while, the pace is slow & there is no booze (but the juices are to die for, tamarind & ginger, yummm). still, it's some of the best grub i've had in months.

found blog - lake jane

a friend sent me a link to this great diy idea & i was instantly drawn to the entire lake jane blog. based out of montreal (i want to go to there), lake jane leads us to discover a ton of inspiration & beauty.

last week was craziness as i ramped up for cph 09. i skipped my weekly music to listen to, but will give you this little piece of advice - nino moschella. continue to call will have you aching to shake your assets.

found photography - laura flippen

something about laura flippen's work feels like fall. it feels like sweaters & sandals. i'm a nerd.

found painting - francoise nielly

francoise nielly does beautiful work - i love her palette knife strokes & firey colors. i like this, taken from her bio, "...her painting is sexual, her colors free, exuberant, surprising, even explosive..."

found via looks like good design.

found photography - marc bordons

this is just a teaser, marc bordon's portfolio is to die for; dark, quiet, vintage & sexy.

found mixology

this isn't a new find, we've been sipping on the inside kid since early spring. but, it was last night that bart & i had one of the best we've had & named it the inside kid.

it started at via tribunali, where they suggested a makers, campari & grapefruit juice over ice, with a blood orange garnish. the drink was a delicious sipper, a drastic change from my standard vodka soda with lemon. the next was at a friend's party where he poured me a whiskey, campari on the rocks - it was a little stiffer, but still a solid choice. at this point, i was hooked. having a drink that no one knows gets tiring, especially when you haven't perfected it yourself. we had many terrible versions (garage, chutneys) & we've had some great ones (oddfellows, pink door). pink door made it official:

1 part makers (or whatever whiskey)
1 part campari
splash of sweet vermouth
served on the rocks with an orange garnish.

the perfection of the drink & our goofy moods made naming it at that moment neccessary. bart insisted on inside kid, i think it's a sexier drink. his argument - the drink is so classy & sexy that the name then becomes that. sure. so there it is, a found cocktail now known as the inside kid. learn it, drink it, love it.

found street art

such gorgeous pieces found through the fame festival blog. this studiocromie produced festival is the meeting of about a dozen artists in the italian village of grottaglie. i want to go to there.

Found Brunch

we hit up the corson building for their sunday brunch & were simply blown away! i've heard such good things about matt dillon's (of sitka & spruce) new space, especially the brunch. as we pulled up, we had a good laugh as bart & i realized the building used to be the home/studio of our friend augie.

the yard of the restaurant houses herb gardens, a monstrous fig tree & a chicken coop. we had fun poking around while we waited for our spot at one of two communal tables. once we sat down we ordered some coffee & juice before heading to their modest, yet delicious all you can eat buffet. i started with a cucumber & shallot salad, bread & jam, yogurt & preserves, farrow salad with summer beans & cured salmon. as if that weren't delicious enough, our pulled pork with cherry tomatoes, roasted shallots & a poached egg in the most amazing broth entree was quite possibly the most decilious dish i've had in months.

so next sunday if you find yourself in seattle - head to georgetown for a brunch you won't regret.

found illustration

beautiful illustrations from norway based designer, taylor white.

found place

bart & i ventured out for a night at shi shi beach in the olympic national park this weekend; i now feel like an official seattle resident. after a much longer drive (route) out there, we arrived at the trailhead about 4pm on saturday. i suggest taking a three day weekend for all of you; between the ferry schedule, stopping for permits & bear canisters, obtaining a makah permit & driving the windy 112 - you'd be surprised how long the 160 mile venture actually takes.

the hike from our car to the campsite was just under 3 miles - .6 miles to the trailhead & 1.7 into the beach. the hike was fairly flat, but muddy with a steep (but short) descent to the beach. before seeing the ocean you find yourself in a tunnel of trees that seems a bit haunting, needles & dead branches line a long walkway parallel to the beach. the beach was fogged in almost completely but we were optimistic. our neighbors led us to a prime driftwood location after we set up the tent & we started a fire. dinner was quick & was finished off with a beautiful sunset breaking the fog. all along the beach you could see campers gravitating to the shore as this was the first sunset in days. bart & i spent some time running around & admiring the now exposed scenery.

we woke up early morning & spent hours discovering the tide pools. knowing that the drive would be a lot of the day, we packed everything up around 1 & headed back to the car. the drive was beautiful & fueled by a fat smitty burger & shake. we got home a bit later than planned, but were happy to have made the journey.

found shop

we stopped into great stuff during the georgetown artwalk & a night of stellar pizza & 9lb hammer drinks. store owner & good hunter extraordinaire, kirk, was more than happy to chat us up & make sure we gave the nice mannequin a squeeze. each item feels hand picked, serves as a great conversation starter & seems like a possibility for whimsy in any home.

check out last march's write up from decorno (obviously hipper to the scene than me).

image via vklahti.

stockholm street art

oh dear it's ice cube, baby bee!

found flickr

sodo street art via beatnikside.




paper installation from jek in the box.


kids at cal anderson via tamara childress.

found bakery

next time you have a couple hours to burn & want something hearty, delicious & beautiful - visit west seattle's bakery nouveau. you can smell it from a block away! not only was the food delicious, atmosphere perfect, but the staff was really helpful & friendly. the macaroons melt perfectly in your mouth; i gave the raspberry one a shot, but fell in love with the salted caramel.

on a side note, there is an antique mall in west seattle that i'd love to go back to. they had great dishware & some even better oil paintings for reasonable prices.

images via bakery nouveau.

found jewelry

this weekend was our first full weekend in the new apartment & surprisingly enough, we are pretty darn settled in. most boxes are unpacked - the only left are those filled with books. we haven't figured out what to do with the front of our smaller room & we figured that should happen before we load up bookshelves.

with that said; we were able to enjoy a little friday night happy hour on the roof, visit the henry art gallery* & frye art museum, i headed to the thao show at chop suey & today i got my hair did (one more big up to carly, the best bleach & toner in the city).

on the way to the frye this afternoon i stopped into i heart rummage & stumbled upon etcetera jewelry. aside from gorgeous, feminine, gypsie-inspired necklaces & earrings, her display was fantastic. between the vintage mannequin & ironning board, to tree trunks & rabbit feet - i thought i was in heaven. check out her blog for the entire collection, prices range from $35 - $100.

*thanks to strath & emily for the post that finally got my ass there. the anne lislegaard: 2062 exhibit was pretty incredible & i found myself fascinated with the illustrations & films by william kentridge.