the los angeles department of water and power christmas light festival

i was a tad bit tipsy this night (a little downtown metro pub crawl at the biltmore, checkers, traxx, and the library bar).... i am surprised the pictures turned out so well. michael took the wheel and daniella rode shotgun.

santa with a hose


elfin view from the mini


the griffith observatory


venice's muscle beach

the los angeles department of water and power christmas light festival information page

the clippers welcomes university high school

my lung slightly collapsed but we had a great time!

mike and university high practicing at the staples center

this was so cool for mikey to get his team on the staples basketball court. history!

nigel and lulu in their christmas outfits

 
 
 

moleskinerie published part of my arizona journal!

click here for the full article or just read part of it below:

I am a Moleskine fanatic. My shelves and my purse are completely filled with finished and unfinished books. My favorite Moleskines include the large 100 page sketchbook and the watercolor books.

My work sometimes leans to haunting innocence - - - I love that simplicity can reveal so much emotion. I always start with my Faber-Castell pencil and then I ink using a Sakura pen.

When traveling, I love to add local images into my Moleskines - - - grab every single local paper, advertisement, and pamphlet and cut it for your use. I only trust the Judikins cts11 scissors and office depot acid-free glue sticks.

moleskinerie's website mona by Bill Bigwood

moleskine for guinness

this is a gorgeous ad from guinness...

dan in real life

mike and i went to the arclight to see dan in real life - i was not impressed. there is absolutely nothing appealing about a character that is so self loathing, selfish, and so self deprecating. sorry for the alliteration but what a creep!... i tried to like the guy but it was pointless. rent it.

watercolor cocoa

here is a watercolor i did during lunch of the cocoa plant, pod, and bean.


for more info about chocolate checkout chocolate snob

excerpts from my moleskine diary of arizona

it was a quick flight and we arrived in phoenix. our breakfast burrito breakfast came with a fortune cookie: "get ready to do something daring"

the roads were long and barren. we saw camel back mountain and a lot of cacti on our way to scottsdale.

we went to the suns game in pheonix. my favorite player was nash. i thought l.a. was just a bunch of thugs.

we stopped for lunch at king's fish house.

we headed back to the hotel and i took a long dip in the jacuzzi under the starry skies.

welcome to arizona!

my art show at the museum of anthropolgy in arizona

mike was such a sweetie and took me to my exhibit in arizona. look! my pictures are hanging to the left as soon as you enter the museum. how cool!

here is the museum of anthropolgy.

at the phoenix suns game vs. the lakers

okay, i am very passionate about los angeles and i will be its long life ambassador. however, i must say that the lakers are a bunch of mean pushy gangsters. they did not play nice with phoenix. i was embarrassed that they are from my city.

mike with the cheerleaders at the phoenix suns game


they had this monkey thing going on. don't all men do anyway?

my little hottie...

woo hoo! i am one of the winners in the etsy costume contest!

here is a portion of the article from etsy....

Costume Contest Winners!


Story by daniellexo, EtsyLabs Published on October 30, 2007 in Spotlight
Photo by anda

We're so excited to announce the winners of the silliest and sweetest handmade costume contest EVER. With over 500 entries, thank goodness we had our kind partners to help us choose. And the winners are...

General Awesomeness:

1st Place Winner: sweetestpea! Raking in a $150 Etsy shopping spree and a surprise grab bag of handmade goods from Etsy sellers, courtesy of BoingBoing.net.

2nd Place Winner (L): clevergirl! Scooping up a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag.

3rd Place Winner (R): unordinary! Getting her self a limited edition Etsy totebag.

Judges: Etsy and BoingBoing.net, ranked second most popular blog in the world!

Green:

1st Place Winner:bamabelle! Wins a $150 Etsy shopping spree and a $100 donation, in your name, to Conservation International.

2nd Place Winner (L): SewCherie! Winning a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag.

3rd Place Winner (R): martinichick! [Rachel Rifat] Collecting a Limited Edition Etsy Totebag.

Judges: Etsy and Treehugger.com (Your one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.)

mumsy's halloween party

rafal the marine and dean mr. bones


karen the japanese chanteuse


pussy cat and creepy old man with cigar

brett and pocahontas

the spider lady

the black fairy and the devil

dracula rocking it out

click here to see more photos...

drinks at the stratosphere

i was kicking and screaming when i got the word that we were going to vegas. then, when i got the word we had to go to the stratosphere i became an untamed banshee. well.... my, my it was quite a lovely surprise. clean smooth bar with a delightful staff. the view? unbelievable. it was incredibly majestic.

we had a pina colada, irish cream coffee, and a kioki (kaluah and brandy - also the waitresses favorite). they were perfect.

halloween labels for bottles

knock out your guests with these great bottle labels for halloween.


click on the image to expand. print these on cardstock and cut out. weather with inks, wax, and fire. then attach them to your spirits.

boo!

one night stand halloween costume to make yourself

this one night stand halloween costume is perfect for those parties over 18. i took left over foam core, a bunch of "household" items, a trashy outfit (why is it that the naughty catholic school comes out on halloween?), and some packing tape to make this killer one night stand outfit.

i would love if you made this costume yourself. here are the complete instructions in pdf form. If your browser is a bit slow, click on the image files below.

make this fabulous costume, serve wine out of plastic cups, and win that halloween prize. please do not forget to send me pictures.

love and kisses. oh, and boo.