Ohmygod-ohmygod-ohmygod. So, Duct Tape is awesome for just about everything, right? (Example). WELL. Guess what's even awesomer than regular Duct Tape. HOT PINK DUCT TAPE. It makes everything look ten times pinker AND you can use it everywhere. On walls, cats, for wrapping up koekje's (see previous post), fixing anything MacGyver would fix... The world … Continue reading Hot. Pink. Duct. Tape.

Cookies happened in my apartment yesterday. I got a bee in my bonnet about baking. So I did. On a really hot day in my no-A/C apartment. {Why wouldn't I wanna fire up my rarely used oven on a day like that! Sweet, sweaty, domestic bliss!} Maybe it was the heat stroke I was suffering, … Continue reading C is for Cookie.

Alriiiiiight... I finally did it. I had a night off (on a freakishly warm autumn day) and I witnessed the flight of the Swifts into the Chapman Elementary School chimney. These birds gather in the hundreds, swirling around the sky like a wild tornado, until the precise moment when they form a tight funnel and … Continue reading The Swifts.

I spent a weekend (a two night stand - !) losing my camping virginity to Harris Beach State Park in Brookings, Oregon. I was nervous about it, but as soon as I realized camping is all about fire, S'mores and whiskey, I had hearts in my eyes. It's a lovely, clean, safe camp site  in … Continue reading Losing my camping virginity.

I was browsing the interwebs and came across Natalia Fabia. She's based out of LA, painting a whole lot of sultry ladies. I love these two pieces in particular. The first, for its sort of unexceptional subject matter. A moment that seems to be happening out of frame. The second, for its over-the-top salaciousness, in … Continue reading Natalia Fabia.