tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59613108536425387592024-03-13T03:00:21.348-07:00DesignStylePop!where sometimes design meets style meets pop and they live happily ever afterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-58786031186275925162013-06-21T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-21T05:00:04.514-07:00Flashback Friday: catchphrases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What were my favorite catchphrases or words in the 1980s? They were as follows:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rad</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grody to the Max</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gnarly</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Psych</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No Doy</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will now use them in one long 1980s rambling stream of consciousness: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"So we like went to the arcade at my dad's bowling alley and played this <span style="color: #cc0000;">rad</span> game called <i>Paperboy</i>, afterwards we went to eat pizza and we saw this kid eating his booger right in front of us and it was like totally like <span style="color: red;">grody to the max</span>. We so like decided to leave and go to the movies and watched this movie called <i>Sixteen Candles</i> which was like totally <span style="color: red;">gnarly</span> and that guy who plays Jake was like so ugly...<span style="color: red;">Psych</span>! He was like a total hunk...<span style="color: red;">no doy</span>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do I use any of these words or phrases currently? Absolutely not <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(psych!)</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-29425140931909136622013-06-20T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-20T05:00:04.323-07:00Fave celebrity home tour: Mike D<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who knew a Beastie Boy had such good design taste? I know the Beasties can throw a funky fresh beat down, but who knew one of them can design an awesome toile wallpaper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes that is toile and yes that same guy who rapped about brass monkeys and funky monkeys created it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So What'Cha Want</i>? I want his Tord Boontje Blossom Chandelier. It's made of Swarovski crystals and LED lights and it's simply gorgeous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, now this bathroom is where I can see a Beastie Boy writing some kick-ass rap lyrics on the wall. Another glorious Tord Boontje hanging light fixture completes the look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go check out the rest of Mr. Diamond's wonderfully designed Brooklyn town house at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/greathomesanddestinations/licensed-to-grill-mike-ds-brooklyn-town-house.html" target="_blank">NYTimes</a>. I'm just getting over the fact Mike D designs toile and now discovered by reading the article that he is also a dad of two and living in the suburbs! You go Mike D.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-89820869451027843712013-06-19T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-19T05:00:16.559-07:00Random Cuteness Wednesday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't normally share or pin other animals, besides ducks (since I had ducks as pets growing up), but this adorable bird just caught my sugar sweet eye:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would name him Mr. Blue or Blueberry or Smurf...and I would pinch his furry, puffy cheek everyday.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-18134272068609148752013-06-14T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-14T05:00:09.970-07:00Flashback Friday: Dad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's the thing: my dad at 75 years old has questionable fashion sense. His clothes are a little too loud, too much bling, and for some inexplicable reason he likes to brag that he got a piece of clothing for $5 at the local <i>Ross </i>(He's the Macklemore of geriatrics - only he doesn't wear granddad clothes, but young man clothes). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's the other thing: I'd rather have my dad dress the way he does and still try to look stylish than give up and wear typical old man's clothes: trousers hiked up to his armpits, comfortable SAS shoes and a reliable old polo shirt is off-limits to him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dad always tries to look different and I love that about him. The above photo of my dad is one of my favorites. Everything about this look was your typical 1960s attire, but even in his twenties my dad wanted to stand out hence the orange socks. Brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep shopping at Ross old man and bling it to the cows come home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy early Father's Day. I <span style="color: red;">love</span> you.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-88767825745528885352013-06-12T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-12T05:00:15.534-07:00Random Cuteness Wednesday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is there anything cute about the human heart? with it's veiny, throbbing, muscle mass? No? How about if we put a cute face on it and literally make it a "heart of gold":</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Presto! a cute muscle organ! <a href="http://www.uncommongoods.com/" target="_blank">Uncommon Goods</a> sells these adorable plushies out of the unlikely things: body parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My <a href="http://www.thedoilyduck.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">sister</a> led me to this local San Diego artist named <a href="http://christypepperdawson.com/" target="_blank">Christy Pepper Dawson</a> who makes these whimsical illustrations and pieces. Her <i>Office Dreamer</i> piece perfectly encapsulates what I feel like everyday on the job. So even though, I will now be out of my three and half walled world, I will never stop daydreaming.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-58734176519396331282013-06-07T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-07T05:00:02.162-07:00Flashback Friday: Atari<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you don't, then get the hell outta here you little punk! I want only us old-timers who remember <i>Atari</i> and <i>Pong</i> to reminisce. Who needed <i>Candy Crush</i> or <i>Angry Birds </i>when you can hit a slowly moving pixel square back and forth for hours. Graphics, smaphics...two small vertical lines, a pixelated dotted line and a tiny white square was technology at it's finest. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our pre-mobile devices brains could only handle so much back then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our medulla oblongata started developing beyond the simple concept of trying to get a square past your opponents vertical line and we progressed to more complex games like <i>Breakout</i> and my personal favorite - <i>Pitfall</i>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eventually we began thinking we were expert video gamers by trying to trick the system. Case in point, the game <i>E.T. The Extra Terrestrial</i>, has gone down in history as one of the worst video games ever. People found it hard to understand. Falling into those damn pits was monotonous and virtually hard to get out of them. But you know what? my siblings and I figured that game out so fast that we got bored with it and started finding ways to have E.T.'s space ship get stuck on earth (basically kill E.T. on the landing spot and have Elliott go to E.T. to revive him right when the space ship lands, the space ship will get stuck and the game crashes - genius right?). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sure when my kids are old enough they will see what their parents used to play back then and laugh uncontrollably, but I know that we were revolutionaries back then and that little simple Pong game started the whole app craze that we all get obsessed about now. So thank you little white pixelated dot for making it happen.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-38009091106148735582013-06-05T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-05T05:00:01.311-07:00Random Cuteness Wednesday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered this wonderful website called <a href="http://manomine.net/" target="_blank">Manomine</a> through Pinterest. A talented gal named Mia who makes these beyond adorable stuffed animals that bring a big C to cuteness. Do I need to say much? probably not, all you have to do is look at these critters to know what I mean:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go check out the rest of Manomine's creations and be prepared to overdose on all that adorableness. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-5271312315371176412013-06-03T05:00:00.000-07:002013-06-03T05:00:00.078-07:00Fave celebrity home tour: Jayma Mays<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I admit I have never watched one episode of <i>Glee</i>, but I am a regular reader of <i>Dwell </i>magazine. Their latest furniture issue featured the home of <i>Glee</i> actress, Jayma Mays. The home had a colorful retro feel to it, which isn't exactly my style, but there was one image that caught my eye:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband and I are planning on looking for a new home this year and if we have the wall for it, it would be a great idea to try something similar. I think I found the perfect quote for my family of snackers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyhoo, check out the latest <i>Dwell</i> if you want to see more of Ms. Mays home. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-89683168135954823212013-05-31T05:00:00.000-07:002013-05-31T05:00:13.900-07:00Flashback Friday: Warm Fuzzies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember these guys? When I was a kid in the 1980s, I used to love to collect these adorably cute fuzzy fellas. They were called Warm Fuzzies - they were meant to be given to people because you wanted to make them feel "warm and fuzzy" inside. They were basically just a colored pom-pom with googly eyes, antennas and large feet with adhesive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So simple a concept expressed with such a simple toy. Maybe we should bring these fellas back and just stick them randomly around to spread the love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Su Ami is a group of family crafters living in Vietnam. They create these impossibly cute crochet animals that are unbelievably tiny, which to me anything miniature is already going past 10 on the cuteness scale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seriously? how freaking cute are these buggers?! And you know what? There's more of them...check out their <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SuAmi" target="_blank">shop</a> and be prepared to adopt these little guys. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-73654040858743629432013-05-24T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-24T06:00:04.790-07:00Flashback Friday: "Happy little trees"<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used to watch <i>The Joy of Painting</i> not to learn about painting, but to be completely entranced and zen'd out by the calming voice of Bob Ross. He with the white man's afro and the ability to create a paint-like numbers landscape in 26 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found his words absolutely soothing with his talks of "happy little trees" and creating a "little friend over there." He quite literally put me in a "happy little" coma. I've never smoked a doobage in my life but I can imagine watching <i>The Joy of Painting</i> while being all Snoop Dogg (or is it Snoop Lion?) would be a perfect pairing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I continued watching his shows on PBS not even realizing that Mr. Ross passed away from lymphoma cancer in 1995. It's sad to think that he would not be painting his happy little worlds anymore, but I'm sure up there in the clouds he is painting for the big man in the sky and making him go into a sleepy lull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll end this post with a famous Bob Ross quote: "We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news." Well said, Mr. Ross, well said. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-35067004223922432832013-05-20T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-20T06:00:04.369-07:00"Ooh La La"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...okay, everything I said above is true, only the Paris was actually the Paris Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Eiffel Tower was a convincing fake; and of course we still were surrounded by our closest family and friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wore a tea-length strapless lace dress with a veil and my husband wore a traditional Filipino barong. I went shopping in one day for my wedding dress and found it on sale for $300 at the local David's Bridal Shop and my husband found his barong at the back of a dry cleaner store where the owner sold Filipino garments. He paid $100 for it. We are a no-fuss couple and you will not find a bridezilla in me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it was quite delightful to read about Keira Knightley's recent wedding in France. She wore a recycled Rodarte strapless, blush-pink, tulle dress (she wore it previously at a 2008 party), a cropped Chanel jacket, flats, and a adorable crown of delicate flowers. With her wealth she certainly could of thrown a typical celebrity, elaborate Kardashian type wedding, but I admire her for keeping it a small and intimate affair wearing a recycled dress. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-63863253582184296202013-05-17T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-17T06:00:01.961-07:00Flashback Friday: Swatch watches<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was a teenager growing up in the 80s I had no idea what a Rolex watch was and quite frankly could not give a flying fig about it. It was all about the rad Swatch watches back in my day. These watches were first manufactured in 1983 and they were colorful graphic watches you would wear as the ultimate 80s accessory - so casual, so cool, so colorful (that should be the motto of the 1980s and I'm sticking to it). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your personality was defined by what type of watch you had: for me the simple nerdy gal I preferred the solid colors with of course my Swatch guard. What's a Swatch guard? well, it's like a pocket protector for your Swatch watch. Have no freaking idea if it actually protected your plastic Swatch, but it looked cool and that's all that mattered in the 1980s (some poor souls who were desperate to protect their Swatches resorted to using a twisted rubber band instead to protect it. I'll give them points for ingenuity, but no points for style).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know what makes me feel old? Is when they sell Swatch watches that I used to wear on the Internet and classify them as "vintage" - if I only had a <i>Back to the Future</i> Delorean to go back in time and save my watches - found out some of these babies go for over $1000 now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't have a foyer in my house...it's more like a teeny, tiny transition space into my living room or a small viewpoint towards our staircase. If I want to take my shoes off or put my shoes on, I sit on the bottom step of our staircase to do it. I actually put two little hooks to hang jackets/hats near our front door just to make it seem like a foyer. But it's not a foyer, it's a "faux"yer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it wrong of me to put on our house-hunting wish list a proper foyer? hmmm, more square footage or a proper foyer? decisions decisions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I think I want a foyer because I already know what I want in one: (1) bench; (2) basket (optional) to hold shoes/mail/doodads; (3) a large enough wall to hang either coat hooks/rack or a large painting or a gallery wall. Simple, but functional all around - my kind of space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yep, a foyer it is.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-37131392101136439362013-05-10T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-10T06:00:04.148-07:00Flashback Friday: Mom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know why I love this photo so much. I think I might be digging the whole vintage 70s look to it: that shag carpet, that floral sofa, that faux baroque looking lamp in the background. Or could it be our cute matching gowns (I'm the one on the far left rocking the ponytails) or my mom's muumuu with slippers look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what really resonates with me now is how TIRED my mom looks in this photo. For gosh darn sake she has four little kids 6 years and younger! (and she doesn't yet realize she'll soon be pregnant with her fifth child). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being a mom is tiring work...period. I struggle with two and my mom was able to raise five fairly well-adjusted individuals in a time with no mobile devices. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I just wanted to wish a Happy Early Mom's Day to the most awesome mom I know. And even though it has been proven that watching TV too close to the screen does not make you blind and eating watermelon seeds will not cause a branch to grow out of your belly button, I still think you are a wise mother who has taught me some of my most valuable lessons in life. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-6869577152364076692013-05-08T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-08T07:02:48.922-07:00Pacific Northwest Trip in a nutshell<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As promised, here is my recap of our trip to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to get this out of the way first: there are people who are 'train people' and there are people who are 'not train people,' and unfortunately you can count me in the latter category. Thirty plus hours (one way) is not what I hoped it would be. There is only so much awesome scenery you can see. The rest of our time was realizing we were stuck on this moving vehicle without fresh air (except for the occasional quick stops on other cities train platforms), no Wi-Fi, same bland train food, communal (and when I say communal, I meant to say communal without much cleaning during our trip, therefore my gag reflex was on full alert) air plane sized bathrooms and a sleeper room the size of my work cubicle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would I recommend a train trip again? possibly, if only for a maximum of three hours and during the day on a scenic route. But our mistake was doing it for over a day and a half ONE WAY (I won't even go on my rant for the thirty plus hours coming back to San Diego). But at least we can say we did it and now say we won't do it again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But here's the good news, once we got off the train, we had an awesome time in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. We brought our beautiful San Diego weather with us: sunny and the temperature in the 70s. The people were laid back, accommodating and friendly. There was a whole hipster, granola, chill style here and I was loving it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all, I saw so many bicycles in this city I thought I was back in my college alma mater at UC Davis (which is a proverbial bike town). Bicyclists here come in all shapes and sizes, young and old. Second of all, they weren't kidding when they said Portland was the food truck capitol. But amazingly, we didn't eat at any one of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had only about a total of 24 hours in Portland, so we treated it as a Anthony Bourdain <i>Layover</i> episode<b>: </b>(1) picked up rental car; (2) checked in and recuperated at our hotel; (3) got lost trying to find the <a href="http://www.portlandneighborhood.com/sellwood-moreland.html" target="_blank">Sellwood District</a> (which is a neighborhood known for it's antique shops sprinkled throughout in adorable Victorian homes), by the time we got there only a few shops were still open - but we did see our first of the many food trucks we would see during our stay here; (3) Ate at <a href="http://www.pokpokpdx.com/" target="_blank">Pok Pok</a>. I highly recommend this place. Anthony Bourdain wasn't wrong here. Their Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings isn't their signature dish for nothing. We also tried their special Fiddle Leaf Fig dish (which we heard if not cleaned properly, can be fatal if eaten) and survived; (4) Tried some donuts at <a href="http://voodoodoughnut.com/" target="_blank">Voodoo Donuts</a> Too. Stella had Grape Ape, Milo had Tangfastic, Allan stayed safe with a Maple bar and I tried their Chocolate Vegan donut (none of us had their famous bacon maple bar, but we saw it and it was definitely tempting); (5) went back to our hotel and slept. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next day: (1) ordered breakfast room service; (2) visited the <a href="http://japanesegarden.com/" target="_blank">Japanese Garden</a>. What can I say, this place was gorgeous. So calm, serene, and beautiful at every corner. My favorite was their Japanese maple trees and since the weather was clear, we could see Mt. Hood in the distance - perfect.; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3) visited Hoyt Arboretum (free). I planned to hike the trails, but my allergies kicked in and Stella fell asleep (and Milo refused to leave the car). Allan ended up walking the trails alone but enjoyed it (no kids, no wife, just nature); </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(4) visited the </span><a href="http://www.portlandcm.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Portland Children's Musuem</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. This wasn't even on our itinerary, but I'm glad we did it. The kids and us adults enjoyed it. The Museum was larger than we thought and had interactive areas wherever we looked. We especially enjoyed the children's size grocery/restaurant area; (5) Shopped the <a href="http://explorethepearl.com/" target="_blank">Pearl District</a> and ate at Paragon Restaurant. Didn't find any <a href="http://designstylepop.blogspot.com/2013/04/little-treasures.html" target="_blank">miniature horses</a>, but enjoyed our time wandering this shopping district; (6) Drove to Seattle, Washington.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next day: (1) Visited <a href="http://pikeplacemarket.org/" target="_blank">Pike Place Market</a>. I'm a Starbucks addict - no secret there. I figured why not drink my tall iced cinnamon dolce latte at the first Starbucks ever; (2) ate at Le Panier; (3) saw the fish fly; (4) walked the Embarcadero and shopped <a href="http://www.yeoldecuriosityshop.com/catalog/yocs-home.php" target="_blank">Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe</a>: saw shrunken heads, 2 and 3 headed animals; mummies; skulls/skeletons and enough things to give our kids nightmares for a few days, but nonetheless interesting and Allan bought his share of skulls and skeletons to keep his curiosity at bay; (5) lunch at Collection Cafes and took 10,000 photos of the Space Needle (didn't go up the needle, but viewed it from the bottom). (6) Visited <a href="http://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/" target="_blank">Chihuly's Garden and Glass</a>. This was my one request to visit and it didn't disappoint. All the exhibits were mind-blowing (glass-blowing) and just beautiful. I couldn't stop taking photos. The kids also enjoyed it, but the security guards kept a close eye on my kids (kids and glass, not a good combination). Told Allan to buy me one of Chihuly's glass vases at the gift shop and he said he would, until he saw one lil vase costs $7500 and he bought me a pack of notecards for $20 instead (he saved about $7480); (7) Saw the gum wall. Yes, a wall full of gum stuck to it. It's a tourist attraction and I could see why. Not the most hygienic place, but my son enjoyed it because it was gross; (8) ended our time in Seattle by eating dinner at the famous <a href="http://www.ivars.com/index.php?page=locations_acres-of-clams" target="_blank">Ivar's Acres of Clams</a>. Had our clams of course. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good-bye Pacific Northwest! I definitely wouldn't mind re-visiting these places (by plane that is). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry, this post was a bit long - my nutshell is more like a walnut size, but there was so much to mention)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-19067323753182470822013-05-03T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-03T06:00:12.127-07:00Flashback Friday: Jude Law<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">True story. In October of 1995, my sister and I visited New York City and saw Jude Law's private parts. Let me back track...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to see this off-Broadway play called <i>Indiscretions </i>because the actress Kathleen Turner was supposed to be in it. When we got to the play, we found our Kathleen Turner was ill and her understudy was taking her place. We were a bit disappointed, but we decided to watch the play anyways (turned out to be a good decision).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The son was played by a young actor named Jude Law, whose first scene was in a bathtub talking to his girlfriend (trivia: the girlfriend was played by Cynthia Nixon, who would later play Miranda in <i>Sex and the City</i>). It was your normal chit-chat scene until Jude Law came out of the bathtub in all his morning glory! His bits and pieces, twig and berries hanging out for all to see! (I can go on and on with the euphemisms but you get my drift). My sister and I were literally gob-smacked and soon noticed the majority of the audience were women and most of them were using opera glasses (obviously not their first time watching this play, they came prepared). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyhoo, what happened after that I can't really recall - the play was quite boring, but I remember that actor later when his first starring role in a motion picture came out - <i>Gattaca</i>. No nudity in that movie, but Jude was gorgeous and eventually reached his gorgeous apex with <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley </i>(Jude had a bathtub scene in this movie too - perfect). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dear Jude is now showing his age, with the bags under his eyes, the receding hairline...but back in the days he was so gloriously beautiful:</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-65208518138946095302013-05-01T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-01T06:00:06.263-07:00What a cubicle dweller dreams of...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pinterest-ing home office spaces is one of my favorite hobbies (I guess if you consider pinning a hobby, which I do). As was noted on a prior <a href="http://designstylepop.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-cubicle-dweller-dreams-of.html" target="_blank">blog post</a>, if I lose my job in three to five years and potentially lose an oh so fabulous real estate spot in my three and half walled cubicle with amazing views of a fax machine, metal filing cabinets and fluorescent light fixtures (okay, I'm being extremely sarcastic right now), my dream would be to work out of my house, if only to create amazing home office spaces like the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many things I love in this space: the blue swivel chair, the kilim rug, the old school stapler, the home made industrial shelving and the fur throw. That whole old mixed with the new gets me every time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's the huge art pieces that makes this space appealing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Realistically speaking, there is not enough room on this desk to hold all my do-hickeys and what-nots, but isn't this space beautiful? I feel like singing "I feel pretty, oh so pretty" while staring at my botanical wall.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, I'm 5'2" and this office space is not my size (even though it is pretty small), but wouldn't it be cute to have my daughter have her own lil desk next to mine</span>?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-66398923073839017032013-04-29T06:00:00.000-07:002013-04-29T06:00:15.090-07:00I'm back<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm back from my weeklong trip to the Pacific Northwest. I'm a little discombobulated right now from the 30 plus hour train ride and arriving back in San Diego at 1 am yesterday morning (plus I have to be at work today). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking a week break from blogging. Going to enjoy my trip to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-80776079391067408822013-04-19T06:00:00.000-07:002013-04-30T22:12:49.794-07:00Flashback Friday: My Favorite Smurf<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was a kid one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons was <i>The Smurfs</i>. For those not familiar, <i>The Smurfs </i>was about these little blue creatures, who stood "3 apples tall" and lived in mushroom houses in the forest. They wore white pants and hats and lived as a community sharing chores. They were mostly male, except for Smurfette (later, she was joined by Sassette and by Nanny and Clockwork Smurfette [although, I have no idea who the last two were]). There were of course more nefarious characters who wanted to kill the smurfs, most notably the evil Gargamel. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has no apparent job in the village, but he is everyone's friend</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was best friends with Brainy Smurf, who is inarguably the most annoying Smurf, which goes to show you that Clumsy was the friendliest and most patient smurf</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-91458432558466280162013-04-15T06:00:00.000-07:002013-04-15T06:00:20.212-07:00Oh so that's what's in a Gummi bear...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever wonder about the anatomy of a Gummi bear or a My Little Pony? Well, wonder no more. Artist Jason Freeny has created these clever anatomy prints of some recognizable figures/toys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just admire anyone who can take a subject like anatomy and turn it into clever art. Check out more of Jason Freeny's work <a href="http://www.moistproduction.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-60665337823804857972013-04-12T06:00:00.000-07:002013-04-30T22:13:11.704-07:00Flashback Friday: Milli Vanilli<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to just throw it right out there...I was a big fan of Milli Vanilli back in the days. Like the rest of America, I was mesmerized with these two guys with perfect hair, tight bicycle shorts singing great songs like <i>Girl You Know It's True</i> and <i>Blame it on the Rain</i>. Those of you not familiar with this group, here's what they looked like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfect for the '80s right? All style and what many of us didn't know was that there was basically no substance. It was eventually discovered that they were a fraud. Rob and Fab were a well-oiled lip-syncing creation. They were stripped of their Grammy for <i>Best New Artist, </i>tried unsuccessfully to prove their singing abilities, and most tragically Rob died of a alcohol and drug overdose in 1998.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As much as I hide in shame saying I loved this group and even went to their concert, I am not ashamed many years later to say I still think <i>Girl You Know It's True</i> and <i>Blame it on the Rain</i> are damn good songs. It doesn't matter if it was sung by two good looking European guys or two out of shape guys hiding in their mom's basement, these songs are just as singable and enjoyable as they were back in 1989.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854818325032298430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961310853642538759.post-15109201731965401422013-04-10T06:00:00.000-07:002013-04-10T06:00:14.695-07:00Little Treasures <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you may have read on a previous <a href="http://designstylepop.blogspot.com/2013/04/art-is-everywhere-chihuly.html" target="_blank">post</a>, I will be traveling to the Pacific Northwest in a few weeks. Besides seeing the Chihuly exhibits or even visiting the original Starbucks in Seattle, I'm actually looking forward to finding the miniature horses on the sidewalks of Portland, Oregon. I think my kids would enjoy going on a little scavenger hunt while we are there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An artist named <a href="http://www.39forks.com/39pages/projects/Horse/HorseMAIN.htm" target="_blank">Scott Wayne Indiana</a> noticed the abandoned horse rings along the Portland sidewalks (apparently back in the early 1900s, people used to tie their horses and carts to the rings) and decided to tie miniature plastic horses to them. His little art project continues to this day with the Portland people starting <a href="http://www.horseproject.net/" target="_blank">The Horse Project</a> which encourages the public to tie their own horses (or other animals to them).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which got me thinking about other more local scavenger hunts that may be fun to know about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sure you've heard about the hidden Mickeys at Disneyland. There are over 100 hidden Mickeys throughout the Anaheim Disneyland Park. A hidden Mickey is a partial or complete image of Mickey Mouse purposely hidden or blended into its surroundings. Some are pretty obvious:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go check out this <a href="http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/hidden-mickey-checklist-dl/" target="_blank">website</a> to find the most up to date list of hidden Mickeys for the Disneyland Park in Anaheim. Have fun finding them all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can there be such a thing as a <a href="http://www.hillquest.com/history/timeline_bridges.html" target="_blank">hidden bridge</a> in my own hometown of San Diego? I was born and raised in San Diego and only recently heard about the two "hidden" bridges. Both the Quince Street Bridge (located between third and fourth avenue over Maple Canyon) and the Spruce Street Bridge (located between fourth and fifth avenue over Kate Sessions Canyon) were built in the early 1900s. Both are hidden neighborhood bridges that are used mostly by pedestrians. The Quince is an old trestle bridge and the Spruce is an old suspension bridge (or as the locals call it "the wiggly bridge"). These bridges are not exactly little treasures, but they are certainly hidden treasures that I can appreciate for the fact they've been around over 100 years and I only now knew about them. </span><br />
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