Balloons & Kisses

Before I post pictures up

of my fun filled weekend at Angel Island

etc, I wanted to highlight

this special moment for a friend

of mine who is engaged - getting married in August!

Here are a few of

their engagement photos...

I LOVE THEM!

So excited for the couple!

Congratulations!!!

A "Brothers Bloom" kinda night

So I must say that I'm REALLY looking forward to this weekend!

To start things off, I'll be heading to this

amazing crepe restaurant with a group of friends after work

then...

we're going to carpool on over to the local

movie theater and see this awesome new flick,

"The Brothers Bloom". It's a fun & quirky

adventure story about two brothers who

are con artists, with the one brother

struggling to leave their criminal past.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

A Concert Worth Watching

DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS: LIVE AT RADIOCITY

This has to be one of the best DVD purchases I've ever made! I can't emphasize enough how highly I recommend this! I've watched it three times within a two week period! Go ahead and buy your own copy (used/new) at Amazon.com by clicking on the *picture*.

Here is what Blue-Ray Reviews had to say about it:

"What dazzles the most is the transparent clarity of the presentation. The amazing, diverse sounds Dave Matthews and particularly Tim Reynolds are able to create with just a pair of acoustic guitars (and a few foot pedal-fueled effects) are as breathtaking as the sense of realism and purity to the TrueHD track. 'Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City' is an excellent record of a one-of-a-kind show. Visually sparse but musically brilliant, the concert itself manages to be captivating even for non die-hard fans. . If you're at all a Matthews and/or Reynolds fan -- or if you just want a great music demo disc to show off your home theater -- this one's a must-buy."

Curves in the road

I realize it's been a while since I've posted anything!
So much has happened these past few weeks...

I posted this picture, by photographer pink sherbet because I felt it kind of represented me and my life at times...a bit mis-matched, a bit everywhere, but still cute and innocent at the same time.

So in these last few weeks I had like a week long celebration for my 25th birthday and got to see Neko case in concert! Then I was supposed to fly out to Seattle for a week to lay down some tracks for an upcoming CD I'm to release, but things fell through with that (for a variety of reasons). On one level I'm sad about that because I was hoping to record with the producer Jay Hallstrom, and also have the chance to see good friends. But on another level it will work out better for me because I have a NEW opportunity for recording at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley! I'll be able to fit in more songs during a two day period rather than a week, and it's closer to where I live...so it just works all the way around. I'm excited because I will officially head into the studio to record on July 13-14th.

Because...

Because...I believe in true love

Because...I want to have kids someday (preferably boys)

Days with my Father

I checked out this site

through another blogger

and was touched in such a deep way

Please check it out: http://www.dayswithmyfather.com

Garden Style

Over the weekend
I took a quiz off of "Sunset" magazine
for what my backyard style was
and I got a perfect match between
playful and relaxed
A backyard that looks something like this
would be awesome!

*pics can be found on Sunset Magazines website*

REMIX Party

Last night one of the local high schools
had a dance party - called "THE REMIX"
which I was asked to help be a chaperone for...
The theme involved everyone dressing up
in bright, funky colors
Here are some pictures with a couple of
the other chaperones! We had a great time...I love dressing up!

I LOVED my SHOES! Thrift store for only $1.00!

So You Think You Can Dance

My favorite TV summer program has just started!!!

I Loooovveee So You Think You Can Dance! I'm absolutely addicted to the show.
I'm not a dancer myself, but I'm completely fascinated

by the amount of work and effort it takes to become such a gifted and talented dancer

If I wasn't a musician, I think I would've liked to be a dancer...

A Burger Weekend

Don't you just love soaking in those three day weekends?!

I so thoroughly enjoyed myself that I was slow getting up for work

this morning!

I ate WAY too much: everything from pizza to ice cream, and burgers two days in a row.

And let me just say, I've eaten many burgers in my life, but there

is no comparison to the burgers you get from IN-N-OUT.

I'd like a cheeseburger, fries and a strawberry shake please!


Mmmm! You should take a roadtrip to California
just to eat this bit of goodness!

Enjoying the sun

My Vote is In!

Voted: Most Likely to Wear

Voted: Best Layout

Voted: Most Vintage

Voted: Best Costume

Voted: Most Interesting

Voted: Most Exotic

My Favorite

The other day I was at a Hallmark store, picking up a gift for my Grandparents 50th wedding anniversary...and I got a bit side-tracked with all these cool "knick-knack" things that's packaged so well by the store. I ended up getting a hot pink gift bag holding a package of gummiworm flip-flops tied with a yellow bow (YES, I know! How cute is that!?) along with a black martini glass that said, "Designated Diva". I KNEW I had to get this for my sister, Kristen. Random, I know...the gift wasn't for any apparent reason but simply because her and I are best friends and I like to make her day feel special. We always have this phrase we say to eachother, "You're my favorite". Love you sis

More Kisses

I just love kissee photos!
Here are some more that I like

Two of them being from http://www.punambean.com/blog/

Happy Wednesday!

Summer clothes

It's only Tuesday but I'm already thinking about the weekend!

I'm in desperate need of summer clothes and I've made the

plan for this Saturday to do some major shopping - hit the local shops downtown

like this fantastic boutique, "Splendid little shoppe"

then explore all the treasure troves hidden in thrift stores!

There's some great finds!

Hoping to get:

1. a couple of bright colored tanks and fun tees

2. funky flats

3. a pair of shorts/bermuda shorts

4. a swirly skirt

5. A bathing suit *it's been YEARS*

6. A summer dress

Favorite colors to wear:

1. Red

2. Yellow

3. Orange

4. Purple

5. Green

6. Teal

7. Black

DeYoung Museum

A great place to go to in San Francisco:

Deyoung Museum

My sister & I went to the Yves Saint Laurent

and Andy Warhol exhibit at the DeYoung Museum...

Talk about a stark contrast! Yves Saint Laurent & Andy Warhol couldn't have been more different!

I loved Yves Saint Laurent and thought the clothes were absolutely gorgeous!!!

Andy Warhol's exhibit was, to be honest, one of the strangest things I've ever been to

He was very weird - like, VERY weird!

Nonetheless, I just love museums, and art galleries! It's fascinating

to take a peek into someone else's life - how they see the world and express

that through creativity

Fantastical Poetry

I had to share this poem I found on Le Love

one of the most beautiful poems I've ever heard!

p.s. I like putting flowers in my hair

"I want to be a lost poem in a stranger's coat pocket, that conveys the importance of you.To assure you of my desire, to assure you of dreams. I want all the possibilities of you in writing.I want to give you your reflection, I want your eyes on me, I want to travel to the lightness with you and stay there, and I want everything before you......everything before you to follow us like a trail behind me.I want never to say goodbye to you, even on the street corner or the phone.I want, I want so much... I'm breathless.I want to put my power into a poem to burn a hole in your pocket so I can sew it.I want my words to scream through you. I want the poem not to mean that much.And I want to contradict myself by accident, and for you to know what I mean.I want you to be distant and for me to feel you close, I want endless days when it's day and... nighttime never to end when it's night.I want all the seasons in one day. I want the sun to set before us and come up in front of us.I want water up to our waists and to be drenched by the rain, up to our ankles with holes in our shoes....with holes in our shoes. I want to think your thoughts because they're mine.I want only what's urgent with you.I want to get in the way of the barriers and I want you to be a tough guy when you're supposed to,like you do already....when you're supposed to. And I want you to be tender, like you do already.And I want us to have met for a reason and I want that reason to be important.And I want it to be bigger than us, I want it to take over us.I want to forget. I want to remember us.And when you say you love me I don't want to think you really mean New York City, and all the fun we have in it.And I want your smile always, and your grimaces too.I want your scar on my lips, and I want your disappointments in my heart.I want your strength in my soul and I want your soul in my eyes.I want to believe everything you say, and I do.And I want you to tell me what's best when I don't know.And when you're lost I want to find you.And when you're weary I want to give you steeples and cathedral thoughts and coliseum dreams.I want to drag you from the darkness and kneel with you exhausted with the blinding light blaring on us... and..."- by: chelsea walls

Crossroads Trading Co.

Crossroads Trading Company is a favorite

clothing store of mine! You can

buy AND sell your clothes to them getting

cash back or trade in for their clothes.

Most often when I sell my clothes, I

end up just buying more clothes from them. *hehe*

Their stores are located throughout

California, Oregon, Seattle, and Chicago!

I love, love, love this store!

*click pictures for link to store site*

I would wear this outfit...

with these shoes...

All in the Look

I just like this picture so much

and

thought I would share with you

Have a great Wednesday!

What I've Been Listening to...

Sia is one of my favorite musical artists. Her music is quirky/wonderful/beautiful, and something I've been listening to alot of lately. I can be a pretty melancholy person, so her music is food to my soul. Give her a listen. The song, "breathe" is one of my personal favs.

Madre's weekend & the Cupcake Disaster

This past Sunday was of course a very special day - Mother's Day!
My sister & I worked hard on putting a french/garden themed luncheon

together for her. We went out to a beautiful park outside of the city and setup

a picnic table that had elegant decorations and place settings. We were pretty

pleased with ourselves! The food was delicious, because we got some of the sandwiches

from the place I mentioned before, "La Boulange." However, my biggest disappointment

was the cupcakes I prepared! I can't even begin to describe the horrible mess the cupcakes

morphed into...I tried using a recipe that had this beautiful design for "sunflower cupcakes"
and, gosh - dang it! I couldn't create that cool petal effect for the icing!

So instead of it looking like a sunflower, it looked more like a scary spider or something

Ah, well. Despite the disaster, my mom seemed to enjoy herself out in nature and

with her girls...so that is what was important.