pumpkin (nose)picking

a trip to bates nut farm with matt, alec, and kaya in the middle of nowhere (valley center, ca).

mammoth pumpkins! nature's pretty weird sometimes.







i'm pretty sure it could've taken me about five whole days to decide on a pumpkin. i attribute that to my high pumpkin-carving standards and my world-famous indecisiveness. i finally settled on one that i think will make for the perfect squash homage to "un gato con una pipa"!

october sewing party

so i guess halloween is this holiday where people dress up like other people. like, ahem, hooter's girls and pirates, and doughnuts and ostriches. or something.

emily wanted to be a french doll for halloween, so...
any excuse to sew!

look what we made into the wee hours of the night while watching ridiculous amounts of 30 rock. "we" being my sewing and emily's endless tap-tap-tapping of 56 eyelets into fabric.


not bad for a first try at corset-making. not that i'll ever have another reason to make one, but, whatevs. i'm getting to know my new sewing machine friend better.

gold soundz

hey, look, a very crappy picture of pavement at the hollywood bowl.
pavement, sonic youth, and no age.
hello, 1990-something!

stephen malkmus is number one.
the end.

the north coast

road trip!


fern canyon, humboldt county.


mad river, humboldt county.

confusion hill! it's sooo confusing!

mmm... north coast brewery and tasty pulled pork sammiches. my favorite...


kind of creepy paintings in fort bragg.


camping by the big sur river.

elephant seals and friends!


it is so nice to be able to just drive for hours and hours with nowhere to go.

guess who?

while keeping my sissy company while she painted a banner, i got bored and painted on her old magazines.

say hello to my little friend(s):



kind of fun to just play around with paint again.

southern hospitality.

my trip to the south, in a few pictures and fewer words.

lakes and humidity!


biscuit dreams come true:


raleigh farmer's market:


pulled pork sammiches:


semi-spooky wilmington ghost tour:




hungry giraffes:


delicious slaw dogs!


dawson's (creek) beach:




james' giant peach in gaffney, south carolina:


atlanta, georgia:


animals in aquariums:


lotus in a botanical garden:


goats on a roof = tourist trap:


giant irons in hippie mountain town, asheville:


antiques roadshow!

gone...

kara walker at moma in nyc. ahhh, so much perfectly cut paper!
lonely day in new york means lots of wandering and lots of walking.