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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Its a new year and a great weekend for art openings. Jen and I are contemplating making the trek out to Ft.Worth to see Kana Harada’s show opening at the Ft. Worth Community Arts Center this Friday January 9th, from 6-9pm. And also showing at the same gallery is Nancy Brown. I can’t wait to see her new [...]
Ft.Worth free this Saturday
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008R and I are headed to Ft.Worth on Saturday so he can prepare for the triathalon he’s competing in early Sunday morning. But as a bonus for me we are going to catch Ft.Worth’s Day in the District.
7 of the museums in the cultural disctrict are free from 10-5! FREE! We’ll be sure to visit the Amon Carter [...]
austin shop…
Monday, August 25th, 2008I’m headed to Austin in a few hours for a quick work trip. The co-workers and I will be hunting through local shops for the next couple days. I am so in need of some inspiration! Love love love getting out of the office.
Really looking forward to going back to Parts and Labour on SoCo. R bought me the coolest vintage locket last time we were [...]
Lake Jackson, TX
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008R and I spent the weekend visiting his grandparents in Lake Jackson, TX. This little town is such a unique place. Really, it looks like all things Southern to me with long Spanish moss hanging from the trees, juxtaposed with sections of town that look as though they’ve been trapped in time in the 50’s.
The original town was [...]
Gavin,Harley and Gruene Texas
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008My weekend consisted of Gavin Degraw, Vodka, sleeping, advil, driving, picking up a harley, gruene texas, more driving, the river, bud light, southern food, more driving, more sleeping, more driving, eating again, napping, icecream, left over thai food and then bed:) “B” did all the driving, i did a lot of sleeping.
the wind
Thursday, July 24th, 2008I want to make a t-shirt to wear to work that says “we’re making clothes, not saving the world.” And speaking of saving the planet….I finally saw An Inconvenient Truth last night. After my trip to West Texas last weekend I’m thinking about how much I love those big blue skies that go on forever [...]
blik some more
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Just when you think you’ve seen enough wall decals, Blik brings in new designers, partners Jan Habraken and Alissa Melka-Teichroew. I love these decals for chair backs…
which would be so cool on IKEA’s Gilbert chair
I was also excited to find that these two designers are currently showing at Houston’s Peel Gallery.
you can read more about their [...]
away
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Today, I want to be away. I’m feeling dry. I want to jump into an ocean of art and loose myself out in the desert. Dreaming of Marfa…….
Chinati
Kara Walker
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008“The one and only B” and I went to the Kara Walker exhibition at the Fort Worth Modern this weekend. Her cut outs dealing with race relations were my fave part of the show. Go take a look, its worth seeing. We also went and ate at Joe T Garcia’s mexican food..love it!
love me some Canton, TX
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008One of my fave things to do is go to First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas. The weekend before the first Monday of each month the flea market is open. I head straight to the back section where people just unload all of there junk. LOVE treasure hunting for cool things. Items i have [...]
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