Thursday, April 19, 2007
Spring Cleaning
Great article from Blueprint's website about how to recycle things you don't want anymore. I can't help it, I just love that magazine and the website. Hopefully this will kick my rear in gear for spring cleaning because my closet desperately needs it.Labels: good links, spring
Monday, April 09, 2007
Ready, Set, Spring!
I feel a little overwhelmed, mostly in a positive way, lately. I don't know if it's all this peek-a-boo spring weather and my growing anxiety for warm summer days, or if it is the feeling of Friggin'-Finally!-a-job-I-like! and the exciting influx of ideas that come with routine. I don't know if this makes any sense, but it all comes down to the quote about commitment I posted a few days ago. Even though I found it on a Starbucks cup (how LA am I now), this quote only makes more sense every time I read it. Now that I'm happy where I rest my feet from 9-to-5, I've started to dream about all the projects I want to embark on with my free time.
Among these is starting the 3AM Epiphany writing group up again, based on the book of the same name. Please join me if you're a writer or if you dabble in writing for fun!
I'm also starting a short story anthology project entitled Anthologie with my talented friend Gina, participating in two more swaps (including Marta's mellow+yellow swap) and developing a new photography&illustration portfolio website for my work. And speaking of such, can anyone recommend a decent-to-good scanner for artwork?
Along with thinking up too many ways to spend my time, I've also been having fun exploring more of LA. This past weekend, I explored a terrible karaoke place (Karaoke Bleu on Sawtelle, do NOT go here unless you want to live by rules that dictate how you spend your money there) and one really great bar (Cha Cha Lounge in Silverlake, progeny of the one in Seattle). Cha Cha had a photobooth (with unfortunately bad chemical fix, so your photos will come out yellowed BUT STILL WORTH IT) and two foosball tables, along with fantastically gaudy decorations and red lighting. What more could your little hipster heart want? Oh yeah and after having so many hit-or-misses in my misadventures around LA in just the past seven months, I'm going to start tracking and reviewing the places I (a) am mad about spending money at, or (b) will make a new staple in my life.
So far:
Karaoke Bleu: F
Cha Cha Lounge: A-Labels: arts+crafts, losangeles, spring, twentysomething
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
You go back to her, and I go back to black
I caved and bought the Amy Winehouse Back To Black album. I just can't resist a good soul voice that sounds like it's been dragged through a gutter of cigarette ashes and razored hearts. Some times there is nothing better than lying on the carpet of your studio apartment with a stack of NYLON magazines, a glass of red wine or strawberry soy milkshake (your choice), and a really good record on.
In other news, here is a photo I took last week on a walk seeking to document all the beautiful flowers and bushes around my neighborhood (click on it for a few more on Flickr).
 Labels: music, photolog, spring
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