While I'm sure most of you have finished up your holiday shopping...(my mother was done- presents wrapped and all- before Thanksgiving!!)...I am not.

I have a few favorite sites for gifting...Etsy, ThinkGeek, and Harry & David (of course!)
Go check them out!

For all of your holiday pleasure...
Its worth a trip to the store just for this. Erik and I enjoyed it tonight- so much that I'm going to have to type the strange and awkward word "yummy." (hey- that's what it is)

If I had to pick my top 5 favorite places in Seattle the library would definitly be on my list. On top of the fascinating architecture of the Central location, there are so many fun and interesting things happening there. I was randomly inspired to turn off the TV when I got home from work and head out to the library where I got 2 novels. One I've been wanting to read for awhile now: Birds Without Wings and one I found there on the spot: So Vast the Prison. Sometimes its better to let a book find you.

i
admire
a man

willing

to face fear
opposition
failure

with courage

to follow a dream
that sits higher
than he thinks
he can reach

determined

to make the life he wants
not just the life he thinks he's supposed to have

i am proud to be loved

by a man like that.

I wore the Chinese Laundry shoes I found at Value Village and the western belt from

my sister's closet.

A White (sort of) Christmas

Its Christmastime! A group of us went out to see our friend Katie perform on Snowflake Lane in Bellevue! If you get a chance- go check out the fun! It really gets you in the Christmas spirit!

http://www.magicseason.com/events/snowflake.html

There's Always Next Year...

Well, Bedlam didn't go exactly as planned, but we had a great night nonetheless. Here's some proof:

Down Time

I've learned that "life in the real world" means you actually appreciate free time. (You mean...I can sleep in?) We've been spending our long weekend playing guitar, sharing pots of coffee, and decking the halls. In other words- doing nothing. And it has been wonderful.

So this is love...

Look what I found on the dining room table when I got home from work this evening!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Other Lives

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Familiar Faces

A couple weeks ago the band that Erik used to play with (Other Lives) came up to Seattle on tour so we went up to Chop Suey on Capitol Hill to say hello. It reminded me of all the fun times I had watching Erik play with them...at Mike's College Bar, Third Place Coffee Shop, on the Library Lawn sitting with Vanessa smoking cheap cigarettes :)

What is it about seeing people from your past that makes you so happy? We spend so much time looking ahead of ourselves that a glimpse of the past feels so refreshing. It makes me realize the number of people that have come in and out of my life- all having something to do with the way I think and feel and percieve.

The song playing on the tape is their new single "Black Tables." It was recently featured on Grey's Anatomy. If you really like their stuff and want to hear more, you can check out their EP on iTunes and find an entire album under their former alias Kunek.

When Scott and Val came to town...

OK- 2 days is not sufficient time to show your friends all of Seattle, but we came pretty darn close. :) I think the only thing we missed was the Underground tour. And when you consider that we made a horror movie (Scott is a film guru) on top of that...I think we did pretty good.

Black Hole Sun...

Love this girl down below... Who doesn't?

We missed you Missy Higgins.

Workin' hard or hardly workin'?
EMP