Meghan is a high school friend who now lives in NYC. She makes beautiful jewelry. (website, etsy) In fact, at this point, almost all my jewelry is made by her. During September’s New York Fashion Week, Meghan had her first … Continue reading
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Opening Ceremony Blog – Spike Jonze Presents: Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma
A reminder that artistry is beautiful and transcendent. From Spike Jonze: The other day, I was lucky enough to be at an event to bring the arts back into schools and got to see an amazing collaboration between Yo-Yo Ma … Continue reading
Robby Ingebretsen’s Trip to Pixar… and the First Rendered 3D Film
Robby Ingebretsen is an old coworker (and officemate!). He just posted about his recent trip to Pixar, and the first rendered 3D film (ever)… which his dad had a hand in. Check it out – it’s very cool!
New Chapters
Today, my apartment in Seattle was packed up and sent into storage. In a few weeks, I’ll be in Buenos Aires, enjoying a South American summer. And then this spring, I’ll settle – at least for a couple years – … Continue reading
Mt Baker
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scorbsphotography.com
I finally finished a photography site! Check it out: Also, thanks to Trevin for pointing me to this Lightroom template!
“Hell”
Thank you xkcd for this deep insight.
Top 100 Global Brands of 2009
BusinessWeek published an article on the top global brands this year. It’s interesting to see who made this list – some of them are pretty obvious (e.g. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon). Others make total sense, but I probably wouldn’t … Continue reading
Sounders Game
Yesterday, I went to my second Sounders game. I grew up on baseball and tennis – and have been pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy soccer games. My one real complaint is that both games I went to ended … Continue reading
OMG – It’s HOT
It is… HOT… here. Record heat & sun this summer. Ridiculous snow storms this past winter. Ah, climate change! That said, I’m LOVING the sun. (Though my apartment was so hot last night, I honestly considered sleeping on my … Continue reading
Could You Resist “The Marshmallow”?
I am a “wee” bit behind on my stack of New Yorkers. However, on the plane this past weekend, I finally had a chance to read a few. Jonah Lehrer’s article, “Don’t! The secret of self-control,” about Stanford Prof. Walter … Continue reading
Memorial Day
I don’t know about you… but I will admit to often forgetting the importance of Memorial Day. It’s not just another 3 day weekend – especially given the current state of the world. While in Miami this past weekend, I … Continue reading