camping on angel island...

trevor was in town from south america, so we took him out for a sail and then camped overnight at angel island.  good times indeed!

the old hospital next to our campsite...  good thing we didn't need one.

  

view from the tent. 

happy 3 year anniversary.

we celebrated our three year anniversary at the giants game tonight! brian asked me what i wanted to do, and i said 'giants game!'  way more fun than a fancy dinner out.  and they won, woo hoo.

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french toast breakfast....

my favorite!

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UPS, your driver sucks.

i used to love my ups delivery man, always friendly and happy to chat.  since moving to bernal heights they've become a nightmare!  so far they've left 4 packages on the sidewalk in front of the house. luckily i've come home shortly after delivery, so only 1 out of the 4 boxes have been stolen.  does the driver not realize how stupid it is to leave a box unattended on the sidewalks of san francisco?
after the first call to ups asking them to please stop leaving boxes outside on the sidewalk the driver decided to get clever, and threw the box on the small second story balcony.  the balcony is about one foot wide with 1964 glass doors behind it.  the box was small to medium sized and fairly heavy, getting to my point they are lucky that the box didn't break the glass door!
after the second call to ups asking them to again, please stop leaving boxes outside on the sidewalk the driver decided to leave two boxes outside at the same time.  maybe they thought one would protect the other from theft.

studio visit with rob minervini

i stopped by rob minervini's studio today in soma to snap up some pictures.  be on the lookout for the full studio visit on fecal face dot com this week.  and if you're in sf, his show sunken dreams opens up at gallery hijinks this saturday!  

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spring sail

after a couple long months of moving and being sick, we finally got back on pigeon for a little cruise around the bay.  to see the full story go here.

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itch, itch, itch

after demolishing the backyard jungle in jean shorts and flip flops i found out the unfortunate way that there's poison oak growing back there!

my legs and feet are covered, and in agony. luckily it was a warm sunny day so i had long sleeves on to cover my tattoo's and wore gloves since i was shoveling. but my legs and feet were not so lucky. so far the spreading has remained on the leg and feet area, and i'm crossing my fingers it will all heal up before making it's way anywhere else!  it's my first encounter with poison oak, and i hope it is the last!  it itches so badly i want to scream and cry all the time.

my number one recommendation if you are suffering from poison oak... ice packs!  the stinging from the cold cancels out the itching sensation.

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the jewelry box

i've purchased quite a few things on etsy over the years, and occasionally i'm not as excited about the item once i've got it in my hands as i was when i saw the photos.  but the one thing that never lets me down is the jewelry!  i've loved everything i've gotten!  here are some more things i'd like to add to my jewelry box.... (click below to see the whole treasury).  

(above JulieNolan, michellechan..., and ChristineDom...)

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fecal face dot com coverage photos

my photo coverage of paul wackers awesome show "idle/idol" at eleanor harwood gallery is up on fecal face dot com, please stop by and check it out...

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i heart retrowhale

as most of you already know i'm a huge movie fan. so when i recently came across these awesome prints of directors from retrowhale, i knew i had to have them!  they come mounted on wood and are ready to hang.... and i love them!  she had quite a collection of directors to choose from already, but i actually was able to pick a few of my own favorites that weren't on the list. my 9 picks were, and as seen below... peter jackson, wes anderson, michel gondry, steven speilberg, alejandro gonzález iñárritu, john hughes, sofia coppola, danny boyle, and the coen brothers.

thanks so much retrowhale, i love them!

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sneak peak of my paul wackers coverage

i headed to paul wackers opening last night at eleanor harwood gallery. his work was awesome as usual.  here are a couple shots below and the full photo review up on fecal face dot com soon.  

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betty doesn't like getting her photo taken...

or maybe she's just grumpy because i woke her from her cat nap. 

happy april fool's!!!

i put together this little treasury on etsy in celebration of april fool's day. to see the whole collection click below.

what is the best april fool's prank you've pulled off???  have a funny read through the 'well-known pranks' section in wikipedia, they're pretty funny. 

(above therpsajik,)

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just for fun

a picture i took with my iphone a couple months back at my old apartment. i like it....

i left my heart in cuba... etsy treasury

i put together this little treasury on etsy in honor of cuba... even after getting deathly sick, the country and the people captured my heart. i hope to return again one day soon.

(above from CarolFletche...)

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painting walls

sucks. i thought painting a few walls sounded like a pretty easy job, even fun maybe. i mean i painted my old apartment bathroom pink, so i was already a pro!  boy was i so wrong.  choosing colors is difficult.  i was a color major, so i thought this would be the easiest part!  but maybe it's being a color major which is making this that much more difficult.  i'm looking for just the right color and shade, but i'm just not getting it.

after days and hours of contemplating color options, then a couple more hours of taping up all the walls so the paint would come out perfectly, (i'm a bit of a perfectionist so this probably took me way longer than it should have) i was ready to prime and paint!  several more hours later it was done... and it was awful. it was way to dark and almost unnatural looking, in a bad way.

the next morning we buy three more colors and i start to prime... again.  here's where my painting headache turned into a disaster. apparently you can't just prime over just any paint!  who knew? not me!  if paint has any kind of sheen to it, you must first sand the walls so that the primer can bond with the paint or wall. so every time i rolled over with the primer it would clump up like cottage cheese on my roller!  i had a complete paint meltdown.  here i was, sitting in the middle of the dining room on plastic wrap covered in paint balling my eyes out.  (mind you i was half delirious already from lack of sleep and the 12 hours of paint fumes from the previous day.)

what primer looks like when it's not bonding with the paint on the walls. ugh

i called my dad, the builder. he assured me it was nothing to cry about (did i also mention he's a marine?) and that whatever i had done wrong could indeed be fixed!  fixed, really?  okay, how? he told me to hire someone who knew what they were doing.  although my inflated do-it-myself ego was crushed, i knew he was right.  so the very next day we got a guy in to have a look and give us an estimate. to my surprise it was much more affordable than i thought.  now if i could only pick out the right color!

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bedroom paint colors...

we'll be repainting or un-painting the guest bedroom this weekend.  can't decide if i want to go with bold, fun colors or go white, and then leave the color for the accessories. i've been looking for inspiration around the internets, and here's what i've found so far...