They don't sell luggage...

I spent the weekend in San Francisco, mostly making my friend take me to art galleries and eateries. My main goal was to find the Shooting Gallery and see Morgan Slade's Company of Killers show. It was so amazing to see his work in person. Along the way we found a few more gems...
I never even realized that White Walls gallery was next door to the Shooting Gallery, so we got to see creepy yet amazing What the %$#@! show by Dan Witz.
Then by the direction of the lady at Shooting Gallery, we went to find 941 Gallery, on Geary with the red door. The most intricate detail was in Jesse Hazelip's sketches. I was blown away by the size of his show, The Belle of the Brawl.
Before all that we happened to find The Tenderloin National Forest and the Luggage Store Gallery. Walking on Ellis Street we saw a colorful alley and discovered walls covered in volunteer art and an artist who let us explore her artist residency studio. Love surprises like that...
And! One more bonus of the night, we found a Shark Toof mural while we were out. That pretty much made my night, well, the sober part.
Great trip. Thanks for being my guide Kristin.

Happy Independence Day!

This was my breakfast today. It happened to be of patriotic spectrum.

Happy Fourth of July!

raspberries...

I just wanted to share a couple pictures from my boyfriend's backyard.
fresh raspberries!

titmouse inc. studio...

Over the weekend, I went to Titmouse studio to assist a kimono coordinator prepare for a photo shoot. The project is still in production, so I can't post those pictures, but the atmosphere of the studio was so fun.
There were books, toys, and games everywhere. Seeing their huge computer lab and animation studio was impressive and intimidating. Everyone was so nice and accommodating.
Check out their site here: Titmouse Inc.
This is the production agency that runs everything: Wildboar Media

palos verdes trails...

this weekend wasn't relaxing, but it was sunny and nice none the less. sunday i hung out with my family and some family friends wandered trails on the cliffs of palos verdes...

bubbles...

i hope you had a fun and festive forth of july weekend. i'm continuing the celebration with a few bubbles...
these are by Richard Heeks. seeing them on Cup of Jo made me smile.

Christian Louboutin baroque shoes...

i am loving the Christian Louboutin fall08-winter09 ad campaign. the photography is by Peter Lippmann...
yes, every girl loves shoes.

lacey photography...

let's start the weekend off with some color, literally, color powder color. the effects are kind of a low key form of spectacular. these are by lacey, a british photographer.
images are from webber represents. the original article is here.

visual dictionary...

so i'm an artist and i gravitate more toward pictures than words, but i still love words. now, pictures of words; imagine my excitement...the visual dictionary catalogs all the words they can find and photograph!

izima kaoru...

what is your death fantasy? japanese photographer, izima kaoru, makes these fantasies come true for his models...talk about beautiful and disturbing at the same time.
he was featured here and there is a gallery of his work at Galerie Andreas Binder.

underwater by elena kalis...

there's something really dreamy about underwater photography. elena kalis has a beautiful portfolio of underwater shots in the bahamas...
check out all the photos here.

michal macku...

i always love black and white photography. with a twist, it's even better. found the article here, and photography done by michal macku...
some of his work reminds me of dali. a lot of it is actually kind of unsettling. art that can get a reaction like that is generally good.

blutsbruder...

a lot of things in this world are artificial now. some you can tell and some you can't. i think the images that blutsbruder contributes to ad culture are disturbingly awesome. my favorite combination...
blutsbruder has an impressive portfolio, but my favorite page on their site is the "making of." you roll over the image and it shows you what was rendered and what was photographed.