Thanks to Nick at Nite & little to no curbing of my voracious appetite for television by my parents, I was introduced to “The Patty Duke Show” in elementary school. I looooooved it. I was so in love with Patty Duke that I read her autobiography in fifth grade. I was pretty obsessed. Then I …
Oh, Blythe dolls! How I love them. The ultimate holy grail of Blythe dolls is the Kenner doll released in the 1970’s. When I was collecting them in early 2001, they were already super sought after and in high demand. I don’t have myself a Kenner, but I do have a bunch of the released …
The thing that I love about Elvis Costello is that his voice can do it all. I am a sucker for a scratchy voiced singer, but he can sing so beautifully too. Today I happily listened to many of his albums. I also started listening to his new book, which he narrates as an audiobook, …
This is one of those movies that has just stuck with me forever. I probably quote from it daily. It has burrowed its way into my heart and I am happy for it. Thankfully, my husband Brett adores it just as much I do. So when I look over and ask him “How’s that serenity?” …
I am really obsessed with pretty, bright tights. My favorite place to buy them is from We Love Colors, where they have 51 colors of tights to choose from. Last year, when I was konmari’ing my wardrobe, I took this picture of my tights and socks, so you can see I’m not kidding around here. …
Yesterday I got to go to two of my favorite places. Ikea and the library. It was a great day. While I was at the library, in between helping my daughters get books for their various homework assignments, I tried to think about what exactly it is that inspires me about the place. For as …
I first bought this pencil, the Pentel Graph600, at the Japanese stationary store Maido in San Francisco. That store is the best for pens and pencils!! I won’t lie, I picked this one because it was turquoise, one of my very favorite colors. It’s proven to be the best pencil in the world. I love …
I barely finished this one before midnight! I love this band so much I couldn’t stop adding details to this painting. I started my sketch in the morning, my girls had a piano recital in the afternoon, and then of course we had Trick Or Treating in the evening. Some days this project just weighs …
Ok. This one needs some explanation. This is supposed to be a picture of me reading on my iPad. I don’t think it reads to clearly on its own, but now that I’ve told you, you see it, don’t you? A few years ago I started thinking about romance novels as a feminist issue. They …
One of my favorite things ever. I love it so! Savory or sweet, peanut butter goes with EVERYTHING. I had to make this a video with Olive as the soundtrack, because about a year ago she was playing with this app where you can record things and make them into loops. She recorded this “Peanut …
