exhausted...

i am feeling extremely exhausted this week. (i think i'm starting to get sick...but determined to fight this.) i feel like my creative mind for blogging isn't functioning well this week and i seem to be having a "bloggers block" (if there's such a thing). so i think this week i need to get myself together and take a rest for the week.

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time to bundle up...

it's starting to feel chilly here in the bay area...

love the cold weather. makes you just want to snuggle up with your love one.

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happy weekend...

happy weekend...

i'm hoping to catch up on some reading this weekend since i honestly haven't really touched the book, The Time Travelers Wife. and since New Moon is about to come out in the theaters i decided to read Twilight first (which i've seen the movie already and loved it.) and hoping to read New Moon before i see it in the movie theater. so lots of reading to do this weekend...(eventually will get back to The Time Travelers Wife).

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got sketch? - Views on New York

when i saw this article on New York Times, i knew i had to post this since i love New York. although i still haven't been there, i am still in love with that city. Matteo Pericoli asks well-known New Yorkers to describe what they see from their windows and he has put together a book of his drawings "The City Out My Window: 63 Views on New York".

here are some of the drawings that's in the book...


david byrne, musician & artist


mario batali, chef


john berendt, writer


junot diaz, writer


kurt andersen, novelist & radio host


mark morris, choreographer


megan o'rourke, poet


mikhail baryshnikov, dancer & choreographer & actor


nicole krauss, writer


peter sis, artist


philip glass, composer


rosanne cash, musician & writer

by seeing all these sketches makes me want to sketch the view we have from our window...i'll have to put that on my "to do" list ^_^.

it's a great coffee table book to have. i'm going to have to put this book on my "to buy" list. (yes, i seem to like to make "lists" and the best part about the making lists is crossing them off since it's been "completed".)

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random quote...

“Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart." ~unknown

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< design intermix >

azure sofa (crate & barrel) + graphic pillows (top: lace; bottom: donuts) (room & board)

i am swooning over this sofa. i love the feminine look to it and just add some lovely pillows makes the sofa even amazing. i am on a hunt for a new sofa for our home.

nice legs...

as i was going through my design files i ran into this interesting kitchen island. i like how they had a different take on the legs...more of the traditional look in a very contemporary kitchen. i loved how they made it look like an art piece by having it stand out even more by using a mahogany type wood (not exactly sure what type of material it is). and those large shade light fixtures are amazing. makes the space even well balanced with those oversized legs.

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