harvest

harvest

This is the last of the garden harvest for this year. I had to rip out all of the tomato plants and other warmth loving veggies. I still have some kale, swiss chard, broccoli and carrots going. Oh and some butternut squash - though they are still pretty small and I'm not sure they are going to make it. 

design research

design research

For some reason that picture of the Herzog+deMeuron parking garage reminded me of this photo from an article I stumbled across last week.

photo via the boston globe

I've always liked this building and visited it many times when it was a Crate&Barrell [which is evidently gone now!]. I had no idea what its history was.

In 1969 the building was built as the flagship location of Design Research, an interior design store founded a few years earlier by a GSD professor. It was quite revolutionary for the time and was credited with bringing modern design pieces from Europe to the US.

It's interesting that Harvard Square, which on the surface seems so Colonial and Ivy League had such a place in the history of modernism.

Evidently Crate&Barrel moved out a few years ago [I guess I haven't been to Harvard Square in a while!]. With the space vacant, the wife of the Design Research founder created an installation recerating the store's original look.  Check out this Globe article as well.

tony and alison's wedding

tony and alison's wedding

just thought i'd share some photos from a gorgeous wedding we went to over labor day weekend outside of portland. i loved the floral arrangements! ferns, succulents and interesting little plant guys...







photography: fotovitae

parking garage

parking garage

link: herzog & de meuron in record

inaluxe

inaluxe

When I went onto etsy today this seller was featured on the home page. I'm smitten! Check out inaluxe's pretty bloggie here. The bottom image reminds me a lot of the Catherine Holm lotus bowls - which I dream of finding at Goodwill one day.

images via inaluxe

pattern

pattern

So I bought this pattern off of etsy to make the dress for Etta's Halloween costume. I'm going to make the one that is pictured in white. The pattern is stamped EASY but I think that is 1960's easy - when everyone knew how to sew really well. There are some old fashioned sewing terms on there that I am going to need to figure out. I'll keep you posted.

PS There are a ton of awesome vintage patterns on etsy. I had a hard time buying only one.

work

work

Thought I would post some of my "real" work, a new 8000 sf Dermatology Clinic. The palette isn't the most exciting but there are some interesting materials in there [concrete countertops, lumicor panels, upholstered leather wall]. It's definitely going to be different from any other doctor's office in town. The project should be finished in January. I'm excited to see the finished product...this is the largest and most involved interiors project I have done.

punch drunk love

punch drunk love

We watched Punch Drunk Love last night. The movie was OK but I loved what they called the "visual interludes" within the film. These little digital clips - by an artist named Jeremy Blake - were interspersed throughout the movie and set to music. Here is a snippet.

hat

hat

another jake item just completed. a hat! i think these are even easier than the pants in the lotta baby book. this is the same that i made for oscar what seems like eons ago... ugh, how time flies, no?

wordle

wordle

I think maybe I mentioned this site to you before. It's pretty fun and somewhat addicting. You can't really save the images so I just captured screen shots of ones I liked. I saved over 30 different images! Here's a sample::

dahlias

dahlias

Renee and I went to the Dahlia Show this morning put on by the Whatcom County Dahlia Society. It was a nice burst of color in an otherwise grey and dreary day. 

j is for jaguar

j is for jaguar

so long as our blog is secret i can post anything i make :) i did this yesterday and it's for my friend, jess, who just had a baby boy named jake (jason is the dad). lot's of j's!

good morning

good morning

okay, it's just french toast. but it's the first time i've cooked breakie in a while!

carrots

carrots

Well...either this was a phenomenal year for carrot growing or I planted WAY too many. There is already a stash in my freezer and I don't know what to do with all that I just picked [not to mention those still in the ground]. Know any good carrot recipes?