vintage graphic design goodness

while searching the internets for hawiian-themed inspiration i found arkiva tropica. if you get all nerdy about 50s/60s/70s graphic design i highly recommend it. there is a collection of scanned restaurant/bar menus, matchbooks, etc. from "exotic" theme restaurants, mostly polynesian.. and this is all the collection of a lady named mimi payne, of whom i am very jealous.

c/o my new friend Danr0k

roof sitting + reminiscng

this weekend was a bust. spent all day saturday deciphering html/css and then most of the day and night sunday doodling web banners. and i am not done. i now have wordpress rage. make sure to NOT ask me to do a website for you because apparently i lack the skills.

we did get to roof sit on saturday night and have chats. it smelled of roof tar and gave me anxiety but beers help.. and we found out our friends are having a baby! now i've got baby on the brain. i can't stop thinking about tiny thrift store kid outfits. and starting a collection of glass baby bottles. and the increased urge to pee my mother always spoke about.

the countdown to vacation/wedding time/our MI visit is underway and i keep reminiscing about fun old friend times. like when we saw the 4th of july fireworks at freedom hill and tried to have a KFC gravy chugging contest and then tried to knock over cones on south blvd on the drive home, circa 2001. or when we played catch in kelly's backyard for far too long because we couldn't decide what else to do, circa 2001. or when we played "extreme" volleyball with the giant, pink bouncy ball at firefighters park and i made rachel, kelly and alicia spell out letters with their bodies so i could photograph them, circa 2001. or when we got drunk in the parking lot then went to see the ring and AD fell asleep then i got lost on the way to ram's horn, circa 2001. OR when kelly's mom paid us to paint their house that one week and we went to kmart to buy yellow paint from peter [but we said it "the diary of anne frank" style], then to seema's open house to eat pizza.. then moms decided to hire pros to repaint it all, circa 2001. what a productive year that was.

learn about man-size tissues via the peep show.

and just watch the first 20 seconds because there is some fabulous dancing.. AND the high five @ 2:20. rofl as kristen would wisely say.

cava crazy-talk

so how is it june already?

i have this weird thing where i don't like to miss out on any social gatherings. i also used to hate missing school for the same reason. i like to think that if i'm not there, nothing is going to happen.. but just in case, i'll always be there. i blame that quirk for not keeping in touch with friends. i'm hopeful things will just pick up where they left off when we eventually reunite. so i'm sorry - to the three friends that read this - for not writing letters like i said i would. don't worry, you didn't miss much.

lets continue this philosophical binge.. being married is great. if you're in you're drunk in your underpants and don't want to take the dog out you have a backup. same if you need a straw to drink your wine while lying on the couch.. there are other, non-alcohol related benefits as well.. they can feed the cat after she wakes you up by nudging your face with her paw in the night. it is just real handy.

- people have been cooperating so nice lately. even if that if that is not a real sentence, it is true. thank you friends for your cooperation and bartering of talents. it is like we are real grown ups.
- i got these elf-toe shoes today, only minus the elastic strap and in navy. they were $3 at goodwill. i wore them to the grocery store
- can't wait to see the hangover w. andy from the office. i like that mike tyson has a cameo
- i like to find baltimore and detroit related statistics
- we'll be back in the mitten in 20 days!

this post was brought to you by refreshing and delicious spanish cava

slacking + sowebofest

i have been busy-ish for the past few weeks and slacking. it is a nice change of pace. hopefully a lot of good things will be happening soon.

two weekends ago was sowebofest. it was hot and we slowly drank beers all day and marveled at how the neighborhood looks with hundreds [or thousands] of people in it. at night we celebrated with mexican food kindly made by neighbor friends, smack talking and a margarita nightcap at zellas. here is peter pouring beers:

check out my awesome mc friend charles. you can download his album for free here. i highly recommend it, and not just because we're friends.

BMA, blisters, bbq + books

last saturday we ate a giant fake-full english with non-heniz baked beans and veggie dogs instead of sausages. it tasted much better than it looked. afterward we walked out to the BMA scupture garden and stopped along the way at poe's grave site and then got iced bluebird coffee at an art mart in mt. vernon and peed in penn station. on the walk back into town we were zombies.. and i was wearing evil sandals.. so we were hot and tired and hungry and i was whining about my blister feet. as usual. eating giant sandwiches at trinacria made things better. later that afternoon we met peter's co-worker at max's for a beer and tried not to fall asleep. then i re-arranged furniture and did some sewing.

last sunday our super new neighbors/friends hosted a bbq with lots of good people and food and drinks.. we had chats and shared stories about the neighborhood. it was a good time.

this past week was week #2 of temping. i only work part time but it has caused me to stall on my search for permanent employment. hopefully i will remember how to be productive with less disposable free time. i am slacking.

friday night we picked up another bookshelf via craigslist [woo!] then we watched breaking bad and i drank wine out of a plastic bottle. it was alright.. it made me pass out early just like wine out of a glass bottle.

yesterday we went to a church sale and found the most perfect, giant 70s fabric wall art. then we posted flyers for the sowebo festival and ate lunch at the acropolis. i had lamb giouvetsi. it tasted kind of like spaghetti o's but in an alright way. it also could have fed a family of four. after lunch we did some more flyering then went to the library to hear michael pollan speak. there were lots of people wearing sandals and also lots of dad beards. i like it. then we met friends to drank beers and eat yummy garlic fries at the brewer's art. then we tried to watch pecker but i fell asleep.

today we went to the farmer's market then finished watching pecker.. now peter is working on his thesis and paying kongregate games simultaneously. i finished re-arranging the books. go me.

my hood circa 1996

as of lately

i actually had a busy week so i feel extra deserving of my celebratory friday drinks.








behind b&0 on the way home from pig town
cute face henry
the view from the driver's seat
waiting from the kinetic sculpture race finishers on fed hill
sunday's farmer's market haul
how we found alice after returning from cinco de mayo drinks
today's breakfast

obligatory mr. t song in honor of mothers day: