Love this cheerful pennant-inspired necklace that Cheri is going to be selling at the Selby shop at Colette!  Congrats to her for landing such a sweet gig!  Check out her post for more of what she’ll be selling.

Department of Eagles premiered their new Patrick Daughters and Marcel Dzama directed video for the single “No One Does It Like You” on March 25th at MoMA.  It’s like watching Dzama’s paintings come to life.  Check it out.  The song is good too!

A dark heather grey oversized v-neck tee, some cuffed denim shorts, these shoes…

…and this necklace:

Makers of fine porcelain objets d’art, Grandey and Byers have a very fine little Etsy shop filled with fun things.

Machine Project is a small, local not-for-profit gallery in Los Angeles…  my husband used to do design for them from time to time, and we still keep up on their goings on.  This most recent installation is pretty awesome.  Christy McCaffrey and Sara Newey turned the Machine Project space into a mini forest.  Can’t wait to check it out…

They turned this:

Into this:

Check out the Machine Project flickr set for more photos…  (btw, how lame is it that when I look at this, aside from thinking “Awesome!” my second thought is, “Have fun cleaning it up!”).

Sorry for the lack of posts- the hubby and I went out of town for our 3rd anniversary this weekend.  We headed out on Friday morning and got back yesterday.  It was a leisurely weekend at the newly opened Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, mostly spent in the pool.  One day we ventured out into downtown Palm Springs, but I can’t really say that I felt there was much to report.  It’s one of those places that requires a local to show you the good stuff.   Anyway, we made good use of the Amigo Room and Kings Highway restaurant which are part of the Ace Hotel.

The Kings Highway Restaurant is very tasty… everything is presented in mason jars or glass bottles, which is lovely.  It has the atmosphere of old diner which has been revamped into a more cleanly-modern establishment.  My favourite meal was their ricotta pancakes with maple crunch butter.  When you order their coffee, you pay about $4 for a french press full of rich and delicious Stumptown coffee, perfect for a table of two.  Seth ordered their brisket burger and fries, which was apparently amazing.

Out by the pool we ordered boozy snowcones and beer.  Pretty awesome.  The Amigo Room bar had what seemed to be great drink specials on their menu like: “Whiskey Ginger”- Jameson Irish whiskey, honey, ginger juice & cinnamon tincture or “Dark and Stormy”- Appleton rum, Gosling rum, ginger beer & lime; sounds great right?  I came with the memory of my amazing Whiskey Ginger from Clyde Common in Portland (part of the Ace Hotel up there).  Unfortunately they were mixed poorly and were super sweet.  I suspect that the bartender had never actually sampled and of the drinks on their special menu.  I will cut them some slack since they just opened and are probably still training staff to make their special elixirs!

Anyway, it was a lovely place and we had a very relaxing time.  I totally recommend it if you need a little weekend away and you don’t want to do much but swim, drink, eat, and enjoy the company of your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse!

I never thought I’d find luggage I like on Etsy, but voila! This duffel bag is gorgeous (and this one too).

I love these illustrations by Ivan Bilibin of Baba Yaga (the lower illustration) and Vasilisa.  Dark and beautifully unsettling (as fairy tales really are).  I had never heard the tale of Baba Yaga until I worked with a Ukranian woman.  Today while refreshing my memory of her fable, I discovered Ivan Bilibin’s illustrations.

With so many of my friends having babies recently (or in the near future), I’m always on the lookout for baby presents.  The Wooly Baby shop makes the cutest baby and children’s slippers of all.  They use sweaters and re-purpose them into the most adorable little footwear.  A little out of my price range, but I do always love to see what they’ve made from time to time!

Here’s some new work from Albert Sjöstam that is in the new Lines and Shapes.