paddle, paddle, paddle...

After two years, being surrounded by the same four walls day in and day out, I'm free. Time to rebuild. Time to reflect. And, time to get busy. I've been staying very busy this weekend. I've been working on getting my website up-to-date, as well as beefing up my LinkedIn.

Here are a few examples of things I've put together recently.

 

another beautiful fall evening.

it's officially my favorite time of year...

my friend kate at Thrifted&Made has been painting these awesome little pods, that include amazing little airplants. i love these. i want a dozen hanging around my house and office. they have such character and are so easy to maintain. everyone should have one. christmas shopping, done! 

these are some of my newest favorites, I like to call them the "breaking bad" collection ;-) 

 

and this one i happen to have hanging in my living room :)

art

i LOVE this.

"You might not always end up where you thought you were going to, but you will always end up where you were meant to be..."

mars, and other places...

Monkey stuff

Today's edition on 20x200 was this fantastic photo by Sharon Montrose. They sold out quickly, I may or may not have purchased a print ;)

from mountains to sand...day trips i've been taking...

Happy Holidays

They Did It >>Highlights From The Wedding!

On a Monday, Kate and Bryce said, I Do. I was one of the lucky few to witness it, at the beautiful city hall in SF. t'was a great day :)

Bon Voyage!

i've been preparing for my trip to London and Paris with my friend Caroyln. She'll be taking me around to different places. it's only a few weeks away, so i've been making a list of places i want to go. It's going to be chilly so i'll have to dress appropriate, but I'm packing light. I can't wait for all my photos!

tie dye makes me happy

it's true, i love it. i remember making tie dye shirts with my aunt Patsy when i was a kid. she was always doing something creative and crafty. she was my favourite. she was one of those 70's tie dye, peace sign wearing, pot smoking, harley riding, hippies! as a matter of fact, i have her old 70's leather harley davidson motorcyle jacket.

i hadn't been around tie dye since my early years...maybe an encounter or two in my teens. Last fall my love for it was revived! my gf at the time had a whole collection of tie dye shirts (although not a hippie, or a pot smoker, but she did love peace signs and harley's...). We cooked and spent thanksgiving together, wearing tie dye shirts! In fact, we wore them all week. we never wore them out in public per say, just around the house. tie dye was our at home pleasure, and sometimes shared with family, on a hike...or the beach. During that relationship i acquired a couple of shirts.

my love has since continued to grow, so yesterday i decided to make a few of my own! tie dye makes me happy.

Bonjour!

it's been a while...i recently scanned this photo of me somewhere in France, from nineteen eight-seven. it was one three or four trips i took to Europe as a young pup.

makes me smile.

Friday at The Falls

In the spirit of adventure i went on a hike at horsetail falls today, starting at a mere 7,000 ft elevation. it's no news to me that i'm terribly out of shape, but add 7,000 ft to that and i thought my lungs were going to collapse! plus it was one of the hottest days of the year thus far. i'm a wuss, whatever. so we hiked for about 12 minutes and decided it was a good time for a little lunch in the shade :-) it was a two hour drive, we were hungry.

The trees were lush and green...


and the falls were pouring down...


along the way we came across some interesting things...


We forged ahead and made our way up the mountain, trying to stay near the water. we were pretty sure we were not going to make it to the top of the falls...i mean really. We went as far as we could go. the landscape was turning into very steep slate and the heat was bearing down. We headed back down stream to find a nice spot to jump in the freezing cold, but VERY refreshing water. felt like heaven!



i was pretty happy after that...


and Kim decided she had super strength to move this boulder...


it was great.

16 candles...or something like that ;p

cheers to Kate today! Happy Birthday bff! :D



xo

happiness.

three images that take me to a happy place that feels like home...

(this one, was actually once home)

its wednesday!

that's all.

"you want to play around? or do you want a paycheck!!?"

its come to my attention that i no longer have time for a daily blog :( my time feels like its being sucked up by a vaccum. work work work, and no play. i am happy to report i finally hung a huge print of the ocean in my office, but lately i've been feeling like this...

Work from Michael Rianda on Vimeo.

love this.

originally posted here.

help, I'm alive.

i've been in a whirlwind the last couple of weeks. im exhausted! on wednesday i went to see Metric play in Oakland with friends. Metric was awesome! i may have a bit of a crush on Emily Hains ;)

photos from Kate's camera...


the rest of the week i was interviewing for jobs, and freaking out over a million other things. as luck would have it, i got a call out of the blue for an advertising firm i had interviewed with a couple of months ago. Apparently i made a great impression, but they weren't interested in hiring me for that position. He called and said they had a new position open if i was interested. Thursday i went in for another interview, and they offered me the job! yay.

the other good news is that i finally went shopping!! bought some much needed new clothes. i'm hoping i stay frugal, not that i'll have much to spend anyway, between bills, gas, and other investments.

meanwhile Kate and i have started a new blog, that we will be revealing soon! i should be getting ready to attend a martini party this evening but all i want to do is relax and watch a movie at home. no more driving!