Well, in case you hadn’t noticed we took a bit of an unannounced hitas, here. There’s so much going on, and I’ve just got too much on my plate…

I hope to be back to bloggin’ soon, but in the meantime, the shop is very much still open and I will be updating the Flickr stream when I can.

Much love,
Jules

He had a paper route, he said, and hoped that the architect might design for Eddie, his black Lab, a house “which would be easy to build and would go with our house.” His father had commissioned Wright to design a house in 1952, and would spend 20 years building it in San Anselmo, Calif.

Wright wrote back. A dog house for Eddie would be “an opportunity,” he responded. “Someday I may design one, but just now I’m too busy to concentrate on it. You write me next November to Phoenix, Arizona and I may have something then.”

Berger complied, and sure enough received a full set of working drawings for a triangular-shaped dog house of four square feet, to be built of the mahogany and cedar scraps left over from the main house.

Via Architects + Artisans

Are you excited about new Mad Men (March 25); I know I am!

Via Shiny Squirrel

Neil DeGrasse Tyson (who is quickly becoming one of my favorite people) explains poignantly why, when you look at the stars you shouldn’t should feel insignificant. You are, down to your atoms, part of those very stars!

Have a happy weekend!

… [T]he renovation also brought him something straight out of a toy-store fantasy: a wall and staircase made completely of Legos. Working with Suzan Wines, co-founder of I-Beam Design, Marks dreamed up the concept based on both Archie’s love for the bricks and her own affection for geometric, abstract design and Lego-like colors, which carries through the rest of the apartment. To install the wall, they enlisted Sean Kenney, one of only five people in the country licensed by the Lego company to undertake projects as ambitious as, say, a four-foot, 13,000-piece replica of the Empire State Building. In the end, the building process took Kenney and his two assistants two weeks of fourteen-hour days to complete. The staircase, however, is still something of a work-in-progress, as Archie and his playdates are always adding their own structures to it.

Also, this is my new dream work/art space… all those drawers for prints and paper and supplies!!!

Via New York Magazine – Home Design

Been so busy recently, I haven’t really been following music news. But, I did come across this video, that’s been circulated around some of the music blogs. One listen and I was downloading the whole album of Visions by Claire Boucher, aka: Grimes.

I adore the above song, “Oblivion” but most absolute favorite is “Circumambient”. Enjoy it below:

1. Mexican Embroidery Large Necklace – multicoloured
2. Melon Earrings – watermelon
3. Cartoon Eyes Pair of Rings
4. Pegasus Large Necklace – gold mirror
5. Price Ticket Pin – $ dollar sign

Saturday:

• Quickly ran down to Capitola to submit for the Begonia Festival, but no one was there… Grocery store for snacks and wine for the party.
• We had one of the most amazing Pop-Up Art Party yet! Andres’ place, with its incredible view, was perfect! We ate, we drank, we enjoyed the art. Check out more at the official Art Party page.
• After everything was packed up, we carpooled out with Jess and Brian (and their pup, Ruby Tuesday) to a great diner party at John and Lesley’s. Great food, more drinkin’ and a thrilling game of Apples to Apples!

Sunday:

• A touch hungover, but headed over to work at Jack’s grandparents (light cleaning stuff).
• Once Jack was up and ready to go, we headed back down to Capitola and dropped off our submission to the Begonia Festival (which is above). This just happened to be at the Major’s house, who Jack has known for since he was little. So, if was fun chit-chatting with him for a bit.
• Chilled out and watched They Live (which I can’t remember the last time I watched).
• Stayed up way too late and finished up a pet design project of mine: Fight Club – Criterion Collection