happy friday!

all i want to do is sit in a light filled spot with some tea and read. a scene like this photo above.
right now i'm reading kim severson's spoon fed and it is just knocking me off my feet. she is a food writer for the new york times and her book is about how her career developed and how food culture in america has been developing--all of this told through profiles of 8 women who are influential in the kitchen. there is so much inspiration in this book. more on that next week, where i will have a few quotes from my recent readings to share.

for now, have a great weekend. i have a lot of cooking planned.

you're the best

thank you!!
thank you for all those amazing links--most of which were new to me. i really needed that boost. tonight i am so so excited because one of my best friends is coming into town to stay with me for a week. we have so much to catch up on and lots of lazing around in the sun, coffee drinking and long walks to take. i think i'm even going to take her to this wonderful place. and here and if she's lucky, here, too.

i am going to take a long weekend and won't be back here until tuesday. you can keep up with me here, though. enjoy yourselves. and really, thank you for sharing all those links with me. i knew i just needed to ask.

a photo walk

 

a photo walk. a peek down an alley. bright sun, intense shadows. an installation. recycled bottles hanging. waste not, they spell. a friend, new shoes. the sun.

a bit of an update: i am pulling down the shutters of my shop for awhile. i need a little breather room to decide how i want to continue with my photography and i just feel bad advertising my shop without putting energy into it. that being said, for now i am not removing items from it. the page will stay the same until i decide my next step. thanks for all your support out there.

happy friday!

full days

 
these past few days have been very full, i quite like it. friday i participated in the fremont arts walk, with my photos hanging in the fremont place book co. it was very full and fun with lots of people, lots of smiling faces, lots of good friends and family. over the weekend i walked around town with a good friend who was visiting after two years away. we stopped by all his old favorite spots. one highlight was an amazing exhibit of sculpture and photography by kiki smith at the henry art gallery. it was my second time seeing it and i connected that much more with the whole show on round two. jon and i went on a long walk to a friend's and took the long walk back home. it was refreshing and calming. we celebrated easter with a nice brunch. today i went dress shopping for a big event this weekend and was successful my first try (so rare). now, i'm going to lay in bed and read a junot diaz story in the new yorker.

signs of spring

 

spring is here in full force! this weekend was an unreliable mixture of sunny and drizzly and windy and warm. it seems that the whole city is about to bloom. people are excited, happy, smiling, and friendly in a way that only spring in seattle can generate. i feel a wave of optimism coming over me and i am ready to embrace it. spring always gives me the sense of new beginnings and recreations. this spring, i am hoping for more challenging creative endeavors, new friendships and a revitalization of older ones, plenty of time wandering around noticing new flowers and smelling the air, to add some gluten-free baked goods to my recipe repertoire, iced coffees, and time for myself.

here's to refreshing our day to day lives!

blog it forward: what inspires me

good morning! today i'm participating in the blog it forward mashup, put on by victoria of sfgirlbybay. thanks to ashley of that is all for passing the baton to me. and make sure to check out tomorow's post by shayna of the lovely the cabin house.  

alright. without further ado, here is what inspires me:

color

books, literature

paper

art

fresh and simple food

people, honesty

thanks victoria for organizing blog it forward!
don't forget to check out shayna's post tomorrow at the cabin house.