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Photo Fun Day Friday – Cross Country Move Edition
[imagebrowser id=1]This is a unique Photo Fun Day Friday for many reasons. First it is my first post from our new home here in Long Beach, California and secondly, it is a TON of photos (long overdue, I might add). We left Buffalo on Saturday, February 23, nearly two weeks ago for our cross-country move to Long Beach, CA. It was 7 long days of driving with lots of fun, adventures and unplanned stops along the way due to weather. We had to change up our original route due to Winter Storm Rocky, but we made it here safe and sound last Friday. We have been unpacking like crazy and trying to get this place all set up to feel like home, so we could get back to work asap! I got my kitchen unpacked earlier this week and I have NEVER been happier to see my stuff. It had been packed up since around January 5th! I have already made quite a few trips to various grocery stores and a farmers market to get all stocked up. I finally cooked my first real meal for us last night (I made a version of my Thai Chicken Soup) after lots of take out, salads, sandwiches and snacks all week long. Tonight I am even hosting our first dinner here, with our friends Patrick and Summer. I cannot wait, this house was made for entertaining.
Once we are a bit more settled, I plan to do a fun photo post to give you a tour of the new house and neighborhood, so look for that soon. Wait until you guys hear about all of my fruit trees and the farmers marker in walking distance. I am dying! In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the photos from our road trip, I decided to go with a gallery this time so make it a bit easier to view. I know it isn’t perfect, the photos are all taken on an iPhone (since my SLR was safely packed away) and some view a little large for the page, but it works (I hope).
Oh and don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about the yummies!! I hope to get back to the recipes in the next week or so, and I also have some fun product reviews and other goodness for you guys. So stay tuned. Thanks for your patience in this transitional time for me, it was great reading all of the comments both here and on Facebook. I cannot wait to get back to creating in the kitchen and sharing my recipes!!
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We are back in Buffalo temporarily, we got back from California late Wednesday night. We are now wrapping up all the loose ends before we blast off a week from tomorrow, next Saturday February 23rd! I kinda cannot believe we are leaving in 8 days already. Gosh, even though we have been planning this move for over a year and a half, it still seems like it snuck up on me. All of these photos are from our time in California! We have a fun weekend planned with a final poster sale here in Buffalo at the Town Ballroom tomorrow 11am-5pm (if you are in Buffalo and around tomorrow, feel free to come out – the sale is free to attend and open to the public). Then we have going away party in the evening and a fun family dinner Sunday night! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Me and my buddy Winslow.
Vegan Gelato from Paradis in Long Beach.
We went to the Stanley Kubrick show at LACMA. This cutlery is an original prop from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Grady Sisters outfits from The Shining.
We went to the Rose Bowl Flea on Sunday. That thing is HUGE!
A cool vintage French cooking print. Wish I had the room for this.
Our good friend Patrick and my hubby, Mark.
We are officially Californians. We got our Disneyland Annual Passports.
The magical princess castle at Disneyland.
The new Radiator Springs ride in Carsland inside of California Adventure.
My boozy shrunken zombie head drink at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar. You KNOW I bought that mug.
Mark, Me, Summer and Patrick.
Our new west coast abode! Cannot wait to get out there and start making it home!
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Well, I am sure you’ve noticed, but it’s been a while since I’ve shared photos as part of my Photo Fun Day Friday series. It wasn’t a conscious choice, but life has just been a bit crazy and more-so just generally out of sorts. After the holidays ended, we were immediately in full-on moving mode and we have just been going non-stop ever since. Here is a just a quick abbreviated visual synopsis of the last month or so. Things are going well over here, we fly out in less than 2 weeks to California to find a place to live in Long Beach, then we fly back to Buffalo pack our car up, grab the dog and hit the road to drive across the good ‘ol US of A! We cannot wait.
Our gift to my parent’s this year. A family photo session! We had the shoot this past weekend and it was so much fun! Can’t wait to share some of the photos. Such a fun thing to do before we leave town and I will be so happy to have some really nice photos of my family throughout our new home.
One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year. A ganesha statue from my Mom and Dad. Can’t wait to find a place for it in our new home.
I love my cozy new slippers from my sister.
Seri enjoying one of the first big snows of the winter.
Me and my baby. Holding her tighter than ever after she was released from the emergency vet after ingesting xylitol.
Mmmm. Pomegranate. (and a sneaky little Seri)
At the start of the moving and packing. Surrounded by boxes! (Oh and of course, a nice tall glass of wine)
The moving truck all packed up. Sealed it with the kiss of a handstand! Our stuff is all in storage in California waiting for us.
Gonna miss my old kitchen SO much. We designed it ourselves to be exactly what we needed.
A sweet card from my lovely friend Alyssa.
My handsome boy Jpeg, posing for some pics.
Buddha and incredibly delicious chocolate at Oh Pour L’amour Du Chocolat. Two of my favs.
Our poor Seri has had a rough month. She broke a nail at the park last week and it was broken so high up they had to sedate her, remove it and wrap it up. Poor thing. She is all better now, thankfully.
My adorable parents at the family photo shoot over the weekend.
My kind of dinner. Sauteed kale, red kuri squash, white beans, onions, garlic, sliced almonds, dried cranberries and avocado. It was INCREDIBLE.
It has been WAY too cold to go to the park lately, poor Seri is sad.
Carmine, my mom’s cat (aka my little sister’s cat), was posing so sweetly for me yesterday when I was taking photos with my SLR camera. How adorable is that face? -
Photo Fun Day Friday
Hope everyone is in the full swing of the holidays and loving and cherishing every moment of it! I have been! It has been an emotional few weeks over here. The emotions have been caused by a variety of different reasons – like this being our last holidays living in this home and in Buffalo for that matter. Of course the sad tragedy of last Friday and the loss of all of those sweet innocent babies hit me just as hard as I know it hit most everyone else. On top of all of this, our family has been dealing with a terrible accident that landed a family member in the hospital the Friday prior, he is in serious condition but very lucky to be alive. Please send if you would, your positive thoughts, prayers, healing vibes, etc. his way, he could certainly use them in his long road to recovery ahead.
It has been a lot of happiness and sadness for a short time, but it has all made me appreciate the magic of life and love that much more! Life is fragile, every moment a blessing and the only way I know how to embrace that is to live each day to it’s fullest, grateful for all that I have. I hope you are all doing the same, hugging your loved ones a little tighter this holiday season and counting your blessings whenever possible. Love and light to you all!
As you will see in the photos, this week has been spent full embracing the holidays, shipping out the last minute orders for Hero, shipping gifts to out of town friends and family, packing boxes and squeezing in as much family and friend time as humanly possible!
Our Christmas tree got an update with this custom made (and hand sewed) bull terrier tree skirt made by our friend, Joanne.
Here’s a close-up of it! So what, we are a little obsessed with our dog!
Got together with the family on Sunday and made TONS of baklava using my late Yia Yia’s recipe. I may not be able to eat it but it makes for great holiday gifts for friends!
It is a pretty labor intensive process. You place each layer of phyllo dough, one at a time, and brush with butter. There are 15 layers, then nuts and spices, 10 layers, more nuts, then 15 more layers. Layer by layer, sheet by sheet! I love making it and hanging out with my family, even without the satisfaction of ever taking a bite!
Me and my sister Vicky, spreading the nuts layer.
Pouring the syrup over top of one of the finished trays. Smells soooo good!
I started my Christmas wrapping earlier in the week! It may be my favorite part of the holiday and the gift giving.
My final giftable recipe for my series this month with Free People. Look for the recipe on Sunday.
Took a break last night from packing and organizing for the move to relax! My relaxation involved a roast chicken from our farmer, a glass of bourbon and Christmas music.
I cut up some of the delicata squash leftover from our CSA with porter farms. I tossed it with some olive oil, maple syrup and spices and added it to the chicken in the last 35 minutes.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Well here it is, another double Photo Fun Friday post. Two weeks worth of photos, since life has been a bit hectic and we were away last Friday! See my last post that explains all of the busy and crazy in my life right now. A funny thing I realized in looking at these photos from the last two weeks, I feel like I have eaten out at more restaurants in the last month than likely the whole year, with all the traveling, birthdays and trying to squeeze in hang time with friends.
It has been a really fun two weeks, a great way to finish off the year! We were in Chicago two weekends ago and then Pittsburgh this past weekend. That is it for our traveling for 2012 and now we are home for the holidays! Yay! Hope you enjoy all of the photos (there’s a lot of them), and I hope you are enjoying your holiday season. We will be at the Western New York Book Arts Center this weekend, this afternoon and all day tomorrow, for the Last Minute Panic Holiday Marketplace! Come on by if you are local, we will be selling our prints, greeting cards and other goodies. I will be there on and off, since I also need to be at home packing 😉
Do you have any fun plans this weekend?
The big tree in Downtown Chicago and the Christmas windows at Macy’s.
Billy and Mark at their live Adventures in Design podcast show at Schubas in Chicago.
Our booth at the Chicago Renegade Holiday Craft Market
Hot mulled wine…mmmm.
The sweet little Stella Maxine.
My favorites!!! Margaux and Stella. I hate how far Chicago will be from Southern California 🙁
Super amazing jellyfish installation at Renegade Craft Fair.
The crowds were crazy this year.
Some of my handprinted gift tags.
One of Margaux’s beautiful baked creations. She made these delicious looking s’mores cupcakes for Mark’s birthday. I couldn’t eat one, but I sure appreciated how yummy they looked and the smile they put on my hubby’s face 🙂
Printed t-shirts for my yoga studio, East Meets West, with their new logo I designed.
A hot Tom & Jerry, a warm fire, Christmas music and lots of great friends. Pretty amazing stuff right there!
Making truffles is messy business, but boy is it worth it.
Those holiday cups at Starbucks sure make me happy!
The beet salad I had at Habitat in Pittsburgh was so good it was gone before I could take a pic 🙂 If you are in Pittsburgh, check that restaurant out. Great seasonal, local farm to table food with a special gluten-free menu. They even have gluten-free bread for sandwiches at lunch.
Christmas tree in Market Square Pittsburgh.
The view from the convention center in Pittsburgh where we were set up for the Handmade Arcade last weekend.
It was this or french fries for me at the convention center. Yay for will power. (But oooh were those fries calling my name.)
We celebrated Mark’s birthday on Sunday with family, friends and some down home soul food from Gigi’s restaurant on the East Side. (I had take-out pho from Pho 99 Fast Food)
One more friends dinner for Tom and Jerrys. This time at the Buffalo classic, Schwabls.
Gluten-free blueberry pancakes from the Original Pancake House. The perfect fuel for a day of Christmas shopping and planning a HUGE move.
Flavored finishing sea salts. Look for the recipes on Sunday.
Amazing illustration from a vintage children’s book in our collection.
I finally made time to bake last night. I made these amazing grain-free chocolate chip cookies from Against All Grain and topped them with some vanilla sea salt.
Our cat Indie, being silly last night while laying on Mark’s lap.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
It’s a short one this Friday, since I just did a photo post on Monday! It’s been a nice couple of days, we were getting ready for our trip to Chicago for the Renegade Craft Fair and we even had time to decorate our Christmas tree!! I hope you have had a nice week and have an even lovelier weekend! Do you have anything fun planned for your weekend?
My sweet baby, Seri, sleeping on me.
I just LOVE this stuff!!
We went simple and sweet this year with our tree. Handmade felt bunting with brightly colored flocked ornaments.
How insanely sweet is this photo? Ahhh!
Our new print “Beauty Shop” is now available in our etsy store (as long as a few other new prints).
We stopped for our obligatory road-trip Mexican yesterday on our way to Chicago.
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Photo Fun Day Friday (Yes, I Know it’s Monday)
So it may be a few days late, but here it is. I decided after a busy few weeks of travel, house selling, getting ready for Thanksgiving and organizing the Thanksgiving series here on the blog, by the time the holiday had come and gone, I was just plain exhausted!! I needed a few days to relax, regroup and enjoy life with the family!
Last weekend we wrapped up our east coast tour in Brooklyn and then made the drive home. We got back late Monday and took a Tuesday and Wednesday to catch up with everything from being away 10 days and to get out all of the web orders that came in while we were out. Thanksgiving this year was the best one I can ever recall. Instead of it being the large extended family affair that is usually is, which is definitely nice, this year we decided to just do a small dinner with my immediate family. My parents, my sisters, my niece and nephew and Mark and I. It was so quiet, fun and it was really nice to spend time together cooking, eating, visiting and enjoying each other. With our pending move across the country, I am taking in all of these moments and cherishing them to the fullest.
On Saturday, we made the drive out to West Valley, NY to visit McHugh’s to cut down our Christmas tree. My parents, my sister Vicky and my niece Teagan joined us and we all went into Ellicottville afterward to walk around and grab some dinner. It was the perfect day, there was even snow!!!
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday (if you celebrate) and an enjoyable weekend. We have another road trip coming up this week, so I am going to do my best to get a few recipes up in spite of that.
Lemmy, our good friends Karen and Mike’s adorable Olde English Bulldog.
Our booth last weekend at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn.
The amazing view of Manhattan from the park where we were set up.
A little skyline selfie action.
So happy to get home on Monday night and to be back in the kitchen, I made a quick pot of vegan hot and sour soup.
Took a little break on Tuesday for a quick walk in the park alone to clear my head and soak up the sunshine while we have it.
Took Seri to the park for some Thanksgiving ball time!
My Dad, aka “the world’s greatest Pappou” carving the pasture-raised turkey we got from our farm, Sojourner.
Best Thanksgiving EVER!
I made many dishes for the meal, but these might back been my favorite. Grain-free vegan chocolate cream pie mini-tarts with whipped coconut cream. I used my mini-tart shell recipe and the chocolate cream filling recipe here from Girl Makes Food as part of our Very Tasty Thanksgiving series.
Teagan. Looking how we all felt after the big meal!
My handsome boy, Jpeg.
I made potato pancakes from some of my mom’s leftover red smashed potatoes from Thanksgiving.
The family at the Christmas tree farm.
Me and Mark!
My girls!!!
Uncle Mark and Teagan. She was LOVING all of the snow!
We found our tree!
So perfect!
Couldn’t have had a better day to go Christmas tree shopping.
Got our first snow here in the city yesterday! Guest it’s time to switch from the fall decorations to the Christmas stuff.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Hey guys,I really hope you’ve been enjoying the Very Tasty Thanksgiving series while I have been on the road. If you have a moment, take a minute to comment on their posts and let them know what you think, give us your feedback on the recipes, etc. We’d love to know what you think and if you’ve tried the recipes, etc.
I’ve been having a great trip so far. We’ve been to DC, Baltimore, Philly and now we are in Brooklyn. We have our last event tomorrow and Sunday, the Renegade Craft Fair, here in Brooklyn. If you are in the area, please stop by, we’d love to see you.
Hope you enjoy the photos from our travels so far. Being on the road with my hubby, doing what we love makes me so happy!
We hit the road last Friday and I’ve been doing whatever I can to eat as healthy as I can on this trip. I grabbed these dehydrated green peas for the road and they have been so yummy.
Our booth at Crafty Bastards in D.C.
Super tasty Korean BBQ Tacos from TaKorean at the Union Market in DC.
How I yoga on the road in a hotel room. Kathryn Budig vinyasa power packed flow on YogaGlo.
The incredible November Salad from sweetgreen. Mesclun greens, crispy kale, roast sweet potato, cauliflower, roast turkey and a cranberry vinaigrette.
So nice to spend some time with my cousin Sam in Georgetown.
Delicious and spicy Bloody Mary from Founding Farmers.
My handsome hubby at brunch.
Did a little of the touristy stuff in DC.
The new Martin Luther King monument in DC, brought tears to me eyes.
Delicious gluten-free and vegan pizza from District of Pi.
Us.
The Hero Pop-Up Shop in the Art Gallery at the University of Maryland as part of the “what it is, what it was. Music Video as Art Show”
The Jim Henson and Kermit statue At the University of Maryland. Gives me goosebumps every time.
A delicious raw kale and hemp seed salad from Whole Foods. So happy for some healthy nourishing food.
The Hero Pop-Up Shop at the Urban Outfitters (anthropologie and Free People, too) World Headquarters at Navy Yard in Philly.
Buddha statue and koi pond at URBN.
The ultimate in relaxation. So grateful for this wonderful place to stay while in Philly.
Had lunch at Pure Fare in Philly. Everything is gluten-free and made in house. Soo good, look for a full review soon.
Our Pop-Up Shop at Masthead Print Shop and Gallery in Philly.
Our helper for the evening, Esme.
Mark doing a live episode of the Adventures in Design Podcast at Masthead in Philly.
Had my first ever macaron in Brooklyn today. Yum.
So colorful and pretty.
Ohhhhh….and hey guys, look what happened! More info soon, looking at a closing date in January! West Coast here we come. Eeeeeeee!
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Photo Fun Day Friday
As you read this, we are hopefully halfway across NY state or somewhere in Pennsylvania or something, starting out our 10-day road trip. I am not entirely sure where the last week went, we were so focused on getting ready for this trip that the last week just feels like a blur. On top of the trip we’ve had a lot of other things going on, some of which I cannot tell you about just yet, but I cannot wait until I can!
What I can do, is show you a few images from the last week. It’s a lot of printing, working, new posters, etc. I promise I am not trying to advertise to you guys, it was just a very work-heavy week.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and hopefully next Friday’s post will be a bit more exciting as we will be one-week on the road and by that point we will have already been to DC, Baltimore, Philly and we will be in Brooklyn. I anticipate a pretty big Friday post 🙂
How I spent my Friday night! Screenprinting, hot spiced cider with a little Kraken rum, and I listened to (and since finished) Tina Fey’s book Bossy Pants. May not be some people’s idea of a Friday night, but it was perfect to me.
Saturday morning I left the house before 8am for yoga and got to spend a few quiet moments watching this beauty on our street. Photo is a little blurry because I was trying to hard not to scare her off. Isn’t she so beautiful?
Our colorful CSA share last week. So many goodies. I am seriously gonna miss this during the winter months!
Check out this incredible chevron wall piece our friend JP made for his fiancé and our good friend, Dana’s salon, Fawn & Fox. Isn’t it amazing?
An installation on display at fawn & fox of some prints we designed for them. There particular prints are all one-of-a-kind, printed over layers and layers of other pieces of prints from over the years.
More printing. This was me reprinting our San Francisco print.You can see the finished print here.
Monday was a stressful day for many reasons, this looming trip, the dog was sick, etc. I was up around 6:00am and before 8:00am I had a batch of crinkle cut turnip chips in the oven. What can I say, I like to cook when my mind is overwhelmed. It calms me down.
A close up sneak of a brand new Philadelphia art print we designed and printed this week.
Here is the finished print. We’ll have this for sale on the road and it will be available online when we get home.
I got a copy of Ocala Style Magazine’s November issue in the mail today, where two of my recipes are shared as part of their “Slow Cookers, Speedy Meals” feature.
It’s my recipes for Chipotle Black Bean and Quinoa Crock-Pot Stew and Butternut Squash & Chickpea Coconut Curry.
Last night’s simple dinner. A banana, almond butter, cocoa and chia seed smoothie. It was exactly what I needed.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Hey everyone!! Happy Friday. It has been a bit crazy over here, as you probably noticed by the lack of a Friday post last week. Last weekend our very good friends, Summer and Patrick were in town from California for their Buffalo wedding reception. It was really fun to just spend the entire weekend with them and their families and to celebrate their marriage again!
A couple of weeks ago we found out that we (Hero Design Studio) got accepted into an art and craft fair in DC, Crafty Bastards, on the weekend of November 10th and since we have a craft fair, Renegade Craft Fair, scheduled the following weekend in Brooklyn, we decided it made sense to just book our schedule full of different events in between and stay on the road, versus driving all the way home and then turning around again and heading back to the coast. More on all of that in a later post, but for now we are dealing with the craziness of going on the road for 10 days and getting all of the work done beforehand that needs to get done. Plus, we have had a rush of house showings this week, which has been great for obvious reasons, but it has made getting all the work we need to get done before we go, even harder. So it has been a bit hectic over here, to say the least, we didn’t even get to celebrate Halloween, we had a showing and then we spent the rest of the evening working. We have a pretty full schedule until we hit the road next Friday, a week from today, but don’t worry I have some really fun stuff planned for you while I am gone, stay tuned.
What have you been up to lately? Did you do anything fun for Halloween?
Seri being all cute.
A brand new Halloween print we made for this year, available here.
A cactus-eyed view of Allentown from Cantina Loco.
A new shirt I designed for Modern Nostalgia that we printed last week.
My sweet orange boy, Jpeg.
My favorite thing about the cooler weather is getting to wear fun patterned tights like these.
Spend all of last weekend hanging with our besties, Summer and Patrick. Such a great weekend!
I made a big huge pot of chicken and vegetable noodle soup on Monday while we waited for the possible arrival of Sandy.
Feeling pretty lucky that some wind and rain, and a small amount of power outages is the worst of what we received here on our side of New York state. Meanwhile there are people just a few short hours away that lost everything, their homes, their neighborhoods and some so much worse. So much devastation. That Mother Nature is one cruel, cruel B*tch! If you can, donate to the American Red Cross, your monetary donation can aid in their efforts to help those in need at this time of crisis.
From the Tasty Yummies blooper reel. This is what happens when you still have strong winds and you attempt to take your food blog photos outside! Wah wah, somehow I did get a shot before the wood back drop fell and spilled it everywhere. (see this coming Monday’s post)
A little sneak at a brand new print we designed and printed for Fawn & Fox Salon.
My sweet niece Teagan went as sushi for halloween this year. Couldn’t you just eat her up…. hehe! My sis, Vicky made the whole costume herself, complete with a cute little chopsticks, wasabi and ginger hair piece. GAH!
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Happy happy Friday! Hope everyone is having a great week and has a fun weekend ahead. Most of this week’s photos come from our trip out to the lake over the weekend and at the start of this week. We had so much fun, the weather was perfect and it was exactly what we all needed. A little “fancy camping”, as we were calling it. My cousin Andrea and her boyfriend Mike came in from Albany for a night, then my sister Vicky and my neice Teagan and my parents all came out. We ate, drank, walked on the beach, watched movies, had beach fires (and smores) and just relaxe. It so was perfect and I didn’t want it to end.
We don’t have a lot of fun on tap for this weekend, we have an open-house on Saturday from 11am-1pm (let me know if you are in the area and looking and I will send you the info), and a house showing on Sunday, so I have my fingers (and toes) crossed for some action. Other than that, I hope to get some baking and cooking done. What do you have planned for this weekend? Happy weekend everyone!
Mark and Seri doing some serious cuddling.
The beach makes me happy.
Uncle Mark and Teagan.
Seri.
My niece, Teagan and my sister, Vicky.
Mark and Seri taking in the sights and sounds of fall.
Mark and Seri again 🙂
I love the colors this time of year.
Me and my baby on the beach.
Campfire on the beach. My favorite.
The weather on Sunday was a beautiful 70+ degrees and sunny. It was perfect.
I made spiced apple cider sangria.
Vicky and Teagan.
The little princess.
Look at that view and those colors. It was hard to leave on Monday.
Mark got me the most delicious chocolate birthday cake on Tuesday from Bon Bon’s Gluten Free Bakery in West Seneca
Had a great dinner at Taste of Thai with so many of my favorites. I’m a lucky girl!
After a weekend at the beach and birthday celebrating that meant a week of extra careful eating and a little detoxing/cleansing. Beet, apple, orange and carrot juice was a great way to kick it off.
Super excited about this cookbook that I got from our friends Anne and Billy.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Hey everyone, Happy Friday! We’ve had a pretty fun week over here. We are in Chicago right now visiting friends, my husband had a live show with his design centric podcast, Adventures in Design, and we are celebrating our good friends, Anne and Billy’s, wedding tonight and tomorrow. It was a fun and relaxing drive out here and so far a great trip. I’ll post photos from this weekend’s events on the next Photo Fun Day Friday.
Hope you all had a great week and have a super fun weekend. Got anything fun planned?
Now that the weather has cooled down a bit, I was super excited to bust out my new poncho. How amazing is this pattern and those colors?
A quick first trip with my sister Vicky, to the cider mill on Saturday to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox.
On Sunday I celebrated the Autumnal Equinox with a Sacred Sounds Vinyasa Flow class at East Meets West Yoga. Live drumming, Indian chanting and more. So amazing.
The first of many pumpkin pie smoothies for the season.
I made some orange spiced gluten-free granola for the road trip. I’ll have to make it again so I can share it with you guys.
My new iPhone 5 showed up right before we got on the road for Chicago! YAY!
Best rest stop ever, how could I not buy a bag of kettle corn for the road?
We stopped for a bite to eat somewhere in Ohio, corn as far as the eye could see.
This is where we are staying in Chicago. No really. Isn’t our friend Anne an incredible illustrator?
Mark and Billy and the Adventures in Design live podcast show at Schubas in Chicago.
Trying to be a good house guest and earn my stay. Made everyone a veggie frittata.
Beautiful fall flowers I saw while I was picking up flowers with Anne.
I finally it to a Native Foods. I love that everyone on the menu is plant-based vegan food and the gluten-free choices are clearly marked.
I had a Bangkok Curry Earth Bowl and a bottle of New Planet Beer. Sooo yummy!
I finally got to meet our friends Margaux and Jason’s beautiful new baby girl, Stella Maxine. She is perfect. (my hair however is not)
This is Kocio, he is sweet/crazy.
Awesome patterned curtain at Billy and Anne’s house.
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Another Friday is upon us and another wonderful week behind us. We have been taking in the last moments of summer and trying to enjoy it all while it is here. The weather has been absolutely beautiful and I kinda don’t want it to end, although I have been enjoying the cool evenings and mornings. So great for sleep!
This Sunday, if you are here in Buffalo (or surrounding areas), make some time to get out and head to Clutter s i x Buffalo’s DIY Market at the Essex Art Center. Hubby and I will be set up in a booth there from 11am-5pm, selling all of our goods and wares, including some of the brand new Tasty Yummies kitchen and cooking prints. Read more about the event and get directions here. Spread the word and maybe I will see some of you out there, it is an outdoor event and Sunday is supposed to be an absolutely beautiful day.
This is Jack, our friendly neighborhood cat. He keeps us company when we are printing in the garage most days.
I rarely take self photos because I always feel like a total goober. But, here I am, doing it anyway 🙂
Hubby and I went thrift store shopping. I snagged this cute little tie-dyed dress from just $3.99
Saturday two of the best women I know tied the knot! What a super fun night! Congrats Erika and Devin.
The wedding was at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. My first time there, it was beautiful.
More shots from the Botanical Gardens.
Goofballs.
My sweet Jpeg taking a snooze on my chest.
I made a run to Target on Sunday to get a few goodies from the The Curiousity Shoppe’s limited line. Some super fun stuff.
My sweet girl, Seri.
A brand new print that I designed and screen printed this week. Available here.
Homemade Pad Thai. Recipe coming soon. Promise.
Films for a new kitchen print I finished up this week. Will be available for sale early next week.
We had a little dinner party get-together with friends Wednesday night. If you live in Buffalo you will be hearing a lot more about this lovely lady, Alyssa. She has plans to open a wonderful allergen-free bakery (with pour over coffee) here in the city in the near future, Wild Roots. For now you can keep up with her recipes and her plans on her blog. (Wild Roots will also be set up at Clutter this Sunday along with us and a handful of other local vendors) -
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Can anyone tell me where the last week has gone? It has just flown by. I feel like I just did my last Friday photo post. It has been a busy week over here, lots of social commitments, lots of fun, lots of work. We have a weekend full of stuff, too. The temperatures have started to drop, it is getting darker earlier, the nights are really cool and the stores are just filled with Back to School stuff. I am kinda not ready for the summer to end, personally.
How has your summer been? Are you ready for it to end or are you enjoying it?
A new art print that we printed this week! Available for purchase from our etsy store.
A new branding thing I am working on for a new line of Hero x Tasty Yummies prints I will be releasing later this year.
Beautiful, colorful goodness at the Elmwood Bidwell farmers market.
Last Saturday’s CSA share from Porter Farms.
Look at those beautiful rays shining through the clouds, over Lake Erie.
Ominous looming storm over the lake.
My adorable Seri being silly in the grass.
Discovered that our shed is the perfect place to practice my handstands. I love inversions.
Delicious, grilled sweet corn from the farmers market. Hands down, THE best corn I have ever eaten.
I have been wanting Tara Stiles’ newest book, Yoga Cures, for a while and I so luckily won it from Brooklyn Fit Chick.
Our good friends, Erika and Devin’s, sweet boston terrier, Mrs. Bean.
Hand drawing some type for a new art print.
I had the pleasure of babysitting my sweet niece, Teagan on Wednesday. We had so much fun.
Me and Teagan flipping off the couch and doing yoga. She’s a natural yogi!
Savoring the end of blueberry season. Gonna miss them. I made these delicious muffins from Healthful Pursuit, last night.
Got an advanced copy of the fall issue of Where Women Cook Magazine in the mail today. I have a 4-page spread featuring my chai concentrate recipe. First time Tasty Yummies has been published in a magazine. I am pretty excited about this. -
Photo Fun Day Friday
A simple avocodo salad with cherry tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, fresh cilantro and lime juice.
Catching dreams.
Cucumber water. My summertime obsession.
A quick breakfast hash with zucchini, yellow squash and sweet potato. And of course, I put an egg on it.
A little sneak at a new recipe I worked on over the weekend, sharing it on the Free People blog this Sunday. Look for the post directing you to the recipe.
My sweet niece, Teagan (and her adorable bum).
Seri, keeping watch for the neighborhood groundhog.
A detail from one of our silkscreened test prints.
Jar of homemade refrigerator garlic dill pickles. Recipe coming soon.
Seri, pooped after the park yesterday. -
Photo Fun Day Friday
I was hoping to make these Photo Fun Day Fridays a fun little weekly feature, but of course last Friday we were away in California, so it didn’t happen. So, here is nearly two weeks of photo fun for you. Most of the photos are from our trip out west, but there are a couple from before we left.
Last week’s amazing CSA share.
Silkscreen ink stir sticks – setting up for a photo shoot for a feature about our business.
Squeegee – more from the photo shoot.
Mark screen printing for the shoot.
The invites that we designed and hand printed for our good friends Patrick and Summer in California.
The un-cut wedding favors that we designed and screen printed.
The incredibly handsome, Winston, Patrick and Summer’s dog.
The beautiful backdrop to the wedding.
That’s me.
My amazing travel yoga mat. Best purchase ever. I was able to squeeze in a little practice overlooking the valley. Incredible.
The adorable couple.
The menu. Best food I have ever had at a wedding, I had the risotto and I cleaned my plate!
Me and the stunning bride, Summer.
Us.
Me and Sarah.
Love.
Us again.
Making their exit.
My amazing thrift store find in Santa Ynez.
Beautiful views on the drive back from wine country.
Breathtaking
Before our red-eye flight home, we spent the afternoon at the Santa Monica Pier.
Sunset dinner in Marina Del Rey.
Our dinner guest (he stole the butter right off of Mark’s bread plate)
