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The Santa Rosa Cocktail!

July 23, 2010

To celebrate the weekend and the return of Madmen this Sunday, I would like to share my boyfriend Will’s most recent cocktail creation: The Santa Rosa.

Tagged as: cocktails, food, madmen, television

You may not know this about me, but I am a huge fan of Days of Our Lives. I’ve watched the show since I was in high school, and am lucky to have witnessed Marlena’s head spinning and projectile vomiting a la The Exorcist when she was possessed by the devil, numerous serial killers [...]

Tagged as: marketing, soap opera digest, television, the Guster

comcastic

May 26, 2010

Today I was surfing the internets as one does, and came across an article in consumerist about a mystery fee that Comcast apparently leverages on customers in order to have the customers contact them and complain. Apparently the fee is only leveraged on accounts whose initial offer of discounted prices has expired. If I understand [...]

Of Penguins and Theatre

May 25, 2010

Last January, I concocted a plan. My great friend John was starting up his theatre company, Hella Fresh Theatre. I was in the process of designing his website for him, which features a penguin very prominently. I decided that John absolutely needed an actual penguin mascot to be present for the first [...]

Tagged as: felting, hella fresh theatre, penguins, textiles

No, Seriously

May 25, 2010

I’m serious this year.
I have evaluated my goals and priorities and preparing for the Halloween karaoke contest is pretty close to #1. The actual #1 priority is and has been, unfortunately, predisposed with survival. And keeping the house clean.
I’m taking voice lessons. I think this summer I will take up tap dance again–perhaps [...]

Tagged as: karaoke

some cartoon in me

May 14, 2010

I have been wanting to try my hand at a self-portrait.
I’m not really sure how it’s going.
I have been planning this portrait for many weeks, and when I mentioned to my boyfriend that I was going to start on it the other evening, he said, “You know, I’m not entirely on board with [...]

let’s put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old life

March 20, 2010

I’ve been going through my blog for a couple months now…adding photos, fixing the links. Trying to figure out where the line is between appropriate and inappropriate. In my dreams I actively promote this website. My dreams are fun. Most of the time.

today

February 22, 2010

We wandered around West Oakland. The clouds were brilliant and the photographs satisfying.

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