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If you use another reader there are still the links at teh bottom to the Atom and RSS versions. as well.

G1 review coming soon... for real this time.

My office closed early today for the Memorial Day Holiday on Monday so I have a tiny bit of time left to spare today and thought I would post.

This week's adventure in the civic center of LA wasn't a total loss. I got drawing out of it.



and here's what the scene looked like in real life - see the trees off to the left? Those are the ones in the drawing (just in case you can't tell...)



Comments?

I'm stuck - my selection panel was not released yesterday evening so I had to report again today.

I am stuck in the court house all day as part of my civic duty.

anyone want to share their horror stories?

I've been here since 7:30 this morning and it's SUPER boring. But I at least thought to bring my laptop.



Met a lovely crafter in the ladies room after orientation. Chloe Nil - see her stuff on etsy.

3:30 PM update - got picked for a jury selection panel but I have to shake my head at the listen comprehension of my fellow Los Angeleans. wow - for real - it's amazing.

Yesterday was a such a lovely day! Husband I decided to roam about the neighborhood on our bikes. We ended up biking 12 miles.

We went to check out the Bicycle Kitchen an some of the other businesses near it and ended up at an art show.

In case you aren't familiar with them, the Bicycle Kitchen is a non-profit organization the encourages people to ride bikes and maintain them. Their little shop, is just that, a bicycle repair shop. They have all the tools and bike stands with people there to help you make repairs or build a bike from scratch.

Across the street is orange 20 bikes. It's a nice shop with a varied selection of bikes and various accoutrements to outfit yourself for a ride.

While poking around, I noticed they had a fancy wheel painted by a local artist I love, Cache. He paints large scale images of chickens on bikes that most people consider graffiti. His chickens make me super happy - I smile every time I see them.

My cooing over the wheel, prompted the sales girl to plunk down a flyer for his latest show at Monkey House Toys.





Husband and I plotted a course on the trusty G1's and made it just before the start of the opening reception. Arriving we got a sneak peek at the artist creating a mural for the shop.



Now, I have for many, many years kicked myself for NOT buying some chicken paintings that were hanging at the Omlettry in Austin.

So of course - I had to get a painting. The prices of all the art were super reasonable. Seriously, a new pair of shoes would have cost more than the piece I bought. So instead of just checking it out and leaving, I bought one.

This little guy will be hanging in my kitchen at the end of the show in June.



It's actually a collaboration between cache and his lady, Erin.

If you are in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, I highly recommend you go check it out

remember these boots?



I got them! in my size! YEAH!! I love them much ness but the toes were a tiny bit tight.

In a rare case of insomnia, I stumbled across Vice and Vanity. They were featured on Kingdom of Style (a site I highly recommend) today and I thought I would pass along their site.

Below is one of my favorite pieces from their "The Lamp Spreads a circle of Li" collection. I love most of their work but desperately wish there wasn't sooooo much GOLD! I have a slightly yellow tint to my skin so basically can't wear yellow or gold at all unless I want to look ill. They will not be on my "to purchase list" until their is more silver and copper in their collections.

photo nabbed from the Vice and Vanity website. There seem to be no deeplinks for the site so I can't link you directly to the piece...

more messing around in fireworks produced the images below. What do you think of the colors?





oops - I forgot a few spots....

ok - some dorking around in Fireworks seems to have fixed the tiling issues I had. See for yourself:



It's pretty big and a standard web safe color. Feel free to click on the picture and set it as your desktop background. If you use it for anything else, let me know.

Would any of you be interested in buying stickers? I know there aren't many of you who visit, but I need an outside opinion.

I have more than these prepped and ready to go but here are some examples of stickers I've cut:

Suite Case Stickers



Bike Sticker


They are all vinyl decals and should be placed on plastic, glass, or other hard surfaces.