Christmas 2008
Originally uploaded by Madeline & Ryosuke
Love you guys!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Baby, It's Cold Outside
We had our first fire in our new fireplace this week. It has been so cold and our ancient heaters do not work. I've recently learned, however, that wood smoke is a major air polluter, so I'll have to look into some alternative fuels (ha!), like the corrugated cardboard logs I saw at Target last weekend.
Happy Holidays & safe travels!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff is extremely insightful (not to mention it's relevancy to a gifting holiday). Please watch & share!
Sandra Kelch, Printmaker
My former design instructor & creative director on the Generation We book, Sandra Kelch, also happens to be a very talented printmaker. I love the colors and dreaming up where the shapes come from and what they might relate to in nature and the human-made world. We are very lucky to have a gorgeous one warming our new home!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Dia de los Muertos
Before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 1, we had a Dia de los Muertos dinner party. It is one of my favorite holidays. I appreciate the open perspective on death and so much of the arts & crafts surrounding the event are so beautiful! There is a great little store in the Mission that sells all the traditional goodies from sugar skulls to paper marigolds, papel picado, etc., that I really have to decide on a budget before I go in, or it's easy to get carried away!
A classmate from Brazil once told me a story about him not discovering he had a brother until he and his mother met his father's mistress at his father's grave one Dia de los Muertos. Looking at the little boy with her was apparently like looking in a mirror!
We made posole stew and shrimp empanadas from the Pasqual's cookbook (a Santa Fe restaurant), and managed to cram 6 guests into our little place.
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