love A to Z

Fantastic submissions here:
we love typography

like buttah. just like it.

its inaffordable. of course. i mean look directly at it. its made out of BUTTER.



mmm.
buttah.




*** a girl CAN dream ***

looking is free.
I can almost smell & feel the suppleness of the leather as i imagine how noice it will become with age ...

sears home (!)

We were told by previous owners that our house was initially a sears model home ... !

K digged a bit and found it to be a personalised version (mix of both) of 'The Ridgeland' and 'The Dover', both pictured here, except our's exterior is finished in stucco (not wooden exterior)...
hilarious.

funny, we also keep hearing a few stories about the house and its previous owners (from neighbors that have been here a while & love a good
gossip ; )

another interesting thing is that the registry shows a mr. wright as one of its first owners (or the first?). Descendant of Philemon Wright ??
- the 1st settlement in the region was called Wrightville (then renamed Hull) in the 1800s (before ottawa -1855- which was then called bytown - named after colonel By)
"Philemon Wright (September 3, 1760 – June 3, 1839) was a farmer and entrepreneur who founded Wrightville, the first settlement in the National Capital Region of Canada. Wrightville later became Hull, Quebec."


- this is the sears archives-homes site (showing the Ridgeland, above) : http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1933-1940.htm


- antique homes website (showing the Dover, on left) - if you have an older home / perhaps you can find yours archived as well: http://www.antiquehome.org/House-Plans/1935-Sears/Dover.htm

vine or not to vine

this morning i noticed how beautiful the light was in the bedroom. albeit almost non-existant.

i cant decide whether to chop the hell out of these vines or to let them be.
they make quite a mess on the windowsills... attracting bugs (i think) and block most of the natural light.

on the other hand, they are pretty, and we mostly sleep in there so light isnt that important?
there is no artificial lighting right now - perhaps resolve that first and then see... before doing anything drastic. though they will likely grow back with a vengeance!

this is why i deleted my facebok.

since a few are asking... it just wasnt as fun anymore for me. thats all. call me blasé.

which is why this is fitting, guess you could say i was:
"underwhelmed" (by Brock Davis)
This is one of many cool things in this guy's seriously amazing portfolio. love the shattered pieces series, especially the banana and the rubber duck and well really all of them, the cap ! yes.
I am in awe. brilliantly well executed ideas : "make something cool every day" is what he calls it. nice. ah imagination.

Make-Something-Cool-Every-Day

donne la santé!

Herbal Tea ad that claims to "give health! while purifying blood."

great typography

loving this font & its spanish 'translation'

CLICK THE IMAGE

MUST be viewed LARGE.

i'm down - with mishna wolf (& marc maron)

-- off topic --

Yesterday, I finished reading this book my sister gave me called "I'm down", as in "I'm down with that", meaning "i'm down with the hood" or "I am in agreeance with the current topic of discussion." ; )

The book is the story /or memoir of the author's (Mishna Wolf) upbringing/childhood, that is of being a white girl in a poor black neighborhood and having a dad who 'thinks/lives/acts' like he's black and thinks his daughter isnt "down" enough - its pretty hilarious, as well as having it's touching moments - but mostly it's laugh out loud funny.
i hadn't heard of her but she's also a stand-up comedian (and being a former model - she is also stunning when not sporting an afro).
now, i guess, i have a 'girl crush' on her.
So one thing leading to another, I looked her up yesterday and it turns out her husband is also a comedian and i really wonder how come we've never heard of him - that guy is really very funny.

Here is a short 1 min. skit that proves it :

Marc Maron on why all men need a woman to keep them down.