olivo barbieri at sfmoma

today yana, talene, max, ben, berto and i went to sf moma. i was eager to see the work of barbieri because i overheard someone on an airplane talking about how his aerial photographs make everything look like toys. being a lover of cities conceptually and practically, i needed to see this for myself. the film made to showcase these aerial shots was very unsettling because it was focused on las vegas, an urban space that, in itself, is a simulacra.  las vegas being built as a simulation of other urban environments is, through his lens, rendered hyper-artificial in its unblemished distortion of reality.  i.e. it was probably my favorite thing i saw there today. 

also, as yana and i were shopping at the painted bird, we saw devendra banhart....all in a days work. 

christmas presents!!!

i got some goodies this year. my sister bought me soaps which i am obsessed with - generally i like things that smell nice. it's kind of a problem. also, mom knows how much i love the barefoot contessa so she bought me a cook book, in which, everything looks so good that i kind of want to eat the book itself....

my friend sequoia's music

 

check it OUT!

she sounds like macy gray + feist. if there is such a combo...

laurie brown

this particular sf based jewelry designer does mostly gold cast pieces. some of them are cool like this cast coral necklace and cast mountain lion claw. but there are others, which i didn't picture, that actually gross me out a little and i don't know why. particularly, the quail claw ring (mmhmm) and rose thorn earrings. 

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if i were a rich girl...

not together. as separate pieces. but if i WERE a rich girl, i would own all of them. with the first zip up jacket, i imagine a bangin' side pony tail and ankle moccasins with fringe!

smack down

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home sweet home

i really do miss home. i think i might move back sometime next year. it is so comfortable and happy.  thanksgiving was nice and small this year - really relaxing. i realized how much i missed being part of the family and how nice it felt to be comfortable in my own home. i need that feeling back. 

i'll always love her

 this video makes me feel like i'm nine years old watching mtv in my parents bedroom and feeling confused because i didn't understand grownup stuff. god. i'm such a girl. 

rachel comey spring 09

i really like this designer. those belts are sweet!!!

tara donovan

trey introduced me to this artist a couple of months ago, but i've been into her again. it's mind blowing to me how a person could construct these shapes out of straws, styrofoam cups, buttons and tarpaper. so much elmers glue. 

here is the link for more: tara donovan

wants and desires

I enjoy this woman's style terribly.....

my two fashion wishes are a good pair of oxfords and a wool cape. i've found exactly what i want but they cost just an ungodly amount of money. i'm loving this lindsey thornburg cloak with hood...

these frye paige oxfords are definintely on my christmas list:

ohhhh i want them!!!!! look at that buckle! i train myself to think clothes are frivolous because i've never felt that i should spend money on things that aren't necessities (why i spend so much money on excessive food i will never know), but lately i've been so materialistic and I LIKE IT. 

why i love oprah: a shortlist

1. despite all the sugar coating and melodramatic production value, the gist of all her overall mantra is incredibly wise. and true.
2. i cry almost every single episode (ESPECIALLY when she showers deserving families with presents). and i love crying happy tears.
3. i, too, love to eat and aimiably make fun of "naturally" thin people at every possible occasion.
4. i love her fakey relationship with steadman even though she and gayle are totally life partners.
5. nate berkus is my hero i.e. he is too good looking for words
6. i make time to watch oprah vs doing more productive things like showering, laundry, etc.
7. she makes it completely acceptable for celebrities to embarrass themselves on national television. fig. 1.
8. she can make an entire studio audience + me in my living room start screaming hysterically over... anything. anything she wants. she can do it. she's oprah.
9. in loving oprah, i realize that i'm not so different from that stay-at-home mom who might be watching in texas. because everyone loves oprah, and if you don't, you might as well be spitting in the face of reason. or indirectly saying "fuck poor people" or "suck it AIDS."
10. and if you sift through the sob stories, and makeovers, and voyeuristic trips into gwyneth paltrow's home gym - you will find that her overall message of female empowerment, self love and agency makes her the ultimate feminist.

OPRAH FOR PRESIDENT 2012!!!!!1


fig. 1

proud to be an american!

For the first time in my life, I feel proud that my country has done something good. Berkeley was a mad house - people dancing, kissing, loving each other in the streets. It reminded me of that scene in Its a Wonderful Life when George Bailey is running down Main Street telling everyone in the town that he loves them.

The most touching moment of the night for me, aside from Obama's speech, was when a black minister from Alabama was interviewed on CNN. In response to the question, "How are you feeling at this moment," he said, "I've been blessed for my life." He went on to say that he had protested in Selma, been hosed down in the streets for non-violently protesting. Now he had voted for a black candidate and won. I loved what he said. The simplicity of "I've been blessed for my life" said so much. 

Congrats America!!!

here is a link that i really enjoyed. it's called "Obama Wins:: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/obama-wins-why-all-americ_b_141159.html

don't speak...seriously just don't.

sooo this weekend never stopped happening if you know what i mean. thursday was gwynne's party, friday was halloween, saturday was recovery (and yet we still went out...?) ending with sunday and celebrating jason's birthday. after drinking in dolores park and ill advisedly eating pupusas, the troop of us made our way to a karaoke bar called "the mint" in upper market. 

i signed up thinking, who needs to drink to sing in front of people?! not me! sadly though, i really should have and my rendition of the classic no doubt hit, "don't speak" caused everyone in that fateful bar to be struck speechless. jason performed the stevie wonder hit "sir duke," which required him to sing "you can feel it all over" about 15 times in high falsetto... and believe you me, he could sing it 100 times and i would still say MORE! 

now that this crazy weekend is officially over, i want to wish everyone happy voting! OBAMA '08!!! NO on PROP 8!!!! WOOOOO!! i'm super excited for tomorrow......and, also i want my free starbucks coffee. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

jason and i went to his work today, where they were having a halloween parade. all the girls were princesses or fairies and all the boys were transformers or iron mans...men? it definitely reminded me of many halloweens past. i'm glad in up in berkeley, but part of me wishes i were in los angeles taking my sisters trick-or-treating. additionally, my mom just called me: she can't decide whether she wants to be a flapper or the devil wears prada (i.e. a devil wearing prada). how cute is that?

swedish girls

seriously sweden....could you have better music? ummm no. Here are two of my faves:

great fleet foxes cover by first aid kit;

and the second, with lykke li and bon iver doing an awesome duet together

thinking of paris.

i was cleaning out my box of 3942039403 million photographs today and i came across my paris pictures. i was so excited and hopeful on that trip - i guess we all were. well, specifically tara and i. not that i'm this totally hardened person now, but i was more naive then. i can't believe we just did it - i'm so concerned with money now that i can't even imagine just wanting to go paris and then buying a ticket. just like that. now that i think of it, tara and i bought our tickets and didn't even plan on any sort of lodgings. we just expected that everything would work out once we got there. HA! all in all, i know that i need to travel soon. otherwise i'll end up feeling like a sad grownup. this summer i think - paris and i will be reacquainted. 

it's dreamy weather we're on.

the name of this blog comes from "alice," by tom waits. jason once wrote me a love letter using lyrics from this song because our names are, yes, almost the same. the love letter was titled: set me adrift;

"Set me adrift and I'm lost over there

And I must be insane

To go skating on your name

And by tracing it twice

I fell through the ice

Of Alice

There's only Alice."

Call me sentimental... SENTIMENTAL.