andersonville

Our friend Martha, came into town on Thursday night to visit all of her friends here in Chicago, so we decided to hit up Andersonville. Colt and I are thinking about moving up there (4 miles north of where we are) in the future. This area of Chicago, is a predominately Swedish neighborhood, I guess I will fit right in! ;-) Actually, I am 1/2 swedish coming from my mom's side and 1/2 mexican coming from my fathers side. No one would ever guess! Scroll below and see my mother... I definitely didn't get the blonde or blue eye genes! We first went and ate at Big Jones, coastal southern food, where they use local and organic ingredients. I had an amazing chicken fried steak! After our meal we headed to Mary's Attic to have a drink.  Here are some pictures of us over the weekend. I went for the lumberjack chic look that I have been sporting for awhile now. I just love my brawny man plaid! I also love my Sorrel boots that are not seen in these photos! I have no idea how I would survive a Chicago winter without them! 

and a shot of my Sorrel boots.. my winter staple!

my life

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サムサニモマケズ

Just came across these shots on flickr. How adorable is this family! Akihiro Furuta's compositions show genuine happiness and joy for life. I love them! I want to go to Japan really really bad! He lives in Tokyo and is a portrait photographer there. 

Akihiro Furuta's flickr photostream here.

designing through a recession

Yet another article about design and recession/depression. This article is written by Michael Beirut, who is one of the editors for Design Observer, located on the sidebar. There is some useful information for my fellow colleagues and designer friends. Read it here.

momma

My amazing mother and I...

then

now...

stamers kontor

uh-mazing! 

From Stamers Kontor.

interiors beautifully edited!

karen knorr

I share the following surreal images from photographer Karen Knorr's portfolio.

help me, help you

These are very interesting pair of tom's shoes. For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. 

TOMS shoes 

katarina hall

katarina hall

bi.cycle.2

I just came across this bike.... how freaking fabulous!

bon iver

I was listening to NPR's Best of 08', where I found Bon Iver. I have been listening to this album this whole week and I love it! I recommend you check it out too! 

listen here: myspace

look here:

gee oh el dee = gold

Add some bling to any interior with these:

by:

Andreas Angelidakis

sister in the desert

This is my sister Kristina, looking adorable & fashionable on the fringes of Big Bend Nat'l Park.