Y. Morytah update
You may remember me posting this a while back. Well, it’s been a while since I’ve seen new work up on his flickr set, but Y. Morytah just put up this mind-blowing image and I love it.
You may remember me posting this a while back. Well, it’s been a while since I’ve seen new work up on his flickr set, but Y. Morytah just put up this mind-blowing image and I love it.
So just last night I was talking to my friend Jessie about how hard it is to find sets of glasses at thrift stores in sets of more than two. We agreed that two just seems to be the magic number. Then of course today I find a set of NINE glasses but four of them are cracked because the thrift store workers broke them in their haste to jam them inside of one-another. Grr. But at least I have a set of four nice little cherry blossom glasses with gold rims. I’m envisioning drinking some cold lemonade out of these little gems this summer. Did I mention that I paid less than $2 for all of them? I have a serious glassware addiction.
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!
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).