raydel shanks

I ran into a post about Radel Shanks's photography on Decor 8, and I loved it. I've been contemplating jumping onto etsy myself to sell some small watercolors, but for now, i'm content to enjoy the great artwork I find.

john robshaw

I was so excited to find out that John Robshaw opened up an online shop. I was introduced to his fabrics back in my PB buying days, and they've always inspired me. Everything is hand printed in India and the colors and patterns are beautiful.

a bicycle in paris

So I really want to go back to Paris, maybe not this year, or next...but soon! The baguettes, musée d'orsay, and now the vélibs! The style editor at blueprint recently posted an article about his recent trip to france, including some shots of Paris's recently instituted free bike-rental program. It reminds me of my favorite scene in Amélie, at the end of the movie when they're riding around Paris on a bike together. I'm a hopeless francophile, what can I say?

holiday

Anthropologie's holiday collection is here, and I love the new holiday-themed pages on the site. The photography is beautiful. I think blogging it is almost as good as shopping it, here are some of the things I love:
cranberry relish is one of my favorites, with gems like these velvet ballet flats and ruby-red camisole.
I also love feather cake with it's snowy gear, hats, mugs for cocoa, and sweatered-notebooks.

Beautiful Homes

I'm very sad to say that our camera is lost, and while I usually love to put up pictures, we're going to have to take a break from that until we can find a student-budget-worthy replacement, possibly something along the lines of the one Brooke posted about on her blog this week. In the meantime, i'm planning on posting more pictures of things i'm liking online.

First off, here's a home I loved from Domino magazine of Harriet Maxwell Macdonald of Ochre.

I would love to have a kitchen nook one day where you could sit at breakfast looking out the window.
Maybe I'm a neat freak, but I love a white bed, and I love the ginham skirt on this one, also lovely linen drapes.
Built in bookshelves...one day!

Crazy Funny

We were laughing so hard watching this commercial last night that James was actually crying!

Last Night on TV

I really only watch TV one night a week, and that was last night, which was a particularly good night. So I decided to start a series of funniest quotes posts.

30 ROCK

Jenna: Oh, boy. Here's what we're going to do. You've probably never seen breasts before.So I'm going to lean over this desk, and you've going to give me a new page jacket.
Donnie: Please. I breastfed until I was eleven. So I've forgotten more about a woman's chest than you'll ever know.

Jack: Never go with a hippie to a second location.
Liz: I can't end up like that. I have to make money, and save it. I have to do that thing where they turn money into more money. Can you teach me how to do that?
Jack: With my eyes closed.

SCRUBS

Turk: If I want my candy to freshen my breath, I'll just slap some toothpaste on a Whatchamacallit bar and just go to town on that sucker!

J.D.: Big news, sports fans! I decided to start calling everyone 'sports fans.' I know I'm not the jock-y type, but I watched Hoosiers last night, and I like sports now.

THE OFFICE
Andy: Best ad ever, 'gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that--' I am totally blanking. What is the thing?
Jim Halpert: Nobody tell him!
Andy: Wh- no, why?
Jim Halpert: You got it. You're so close.

Dwight Schrute: Second Life is not a game. It is a multi-user, virtual environment. It doesn't have points, or scores, it doesn't have winners or losers.
Jim Halpert: Oh it has losers.
Dwight Schrute: I signed up for Second Life about a year ago. Back then, my life was so great that I literally wanted a second one. In my second life I was also a paper salesman and I was also named Dwight. Absolutely everything was the same. Except I could fly.

Michael Scott: I hate it! I hate it. I don't hate it, I just don't like it. At all. And it's terrible.

i've been tagged

4 Jobs I've Had:
1. Waitress at the Brick Oven
2. Telemarketer for a mortgage company
3. Skate-cleaner and cashier at Polar Ice
4. Bio-Ag stockroom at BYU...and subsequently everyone else I knew had this job.

4 Places I've Lived:
1. Farmington, UT
2. Eden Prarie, MN
3. Phoenix, AZ
4. San Francisco, CA

4 Favorite TV Shows:
1. 30 Rock
2. House
3. The Office
4. Medium

4 Vacations I've Been On:
1. Thailand/Cambodia
2. Kauai
3. Cancun, Mexico
4. Sanibel Island, Florida

4 Favorite Dishes:
1. Chicken Korma
2. Burmese Beef Curry
3. Beef Stroganoff
4. Spahgetti with homemade sauce

4 Places I'd Like To Be:
1. Phoenix
2. Utah
3. San Francisco
4. In Bed - It's getting late!

Foux De Fa Fa

I wanted to put this video up because when my Mom was staying with me, we watched it over and over again and everytime she'd laugh hysterically. It's the best thing since Pépé Le Pew.

Apprécier la vidéo, il est fantastique!

Flight of the Conchords

Welcome to me and Jim's new favorite show, it makes us laugh so hard. I think Jim secretly wishes he had Bret's wardrobe of late-80's sweatshirts, I think he does have it going on...Enjoy!