Dan and I are getting excited about our upcoming exploration of Portland and the new kickstarter-fueled festival, XOXO, brainchild of Andy Baio and Andy McMillan. Planning to rent bikes, stay at a trendy boutique hotel, and eat/drink tons of artisan micro-nuanced items, meet cool people doing cool things. How nice to play Brooklyn for a few days…
Some dramatic news unfolded in my life in the past month. My husband, Dan, accepted a job in Southern California (near LA) and we are moving out there. Goodbye Brooklyn! I will definitely miss walking everywhere, friends and family, and eating the best food anywhere. But I am going to a place that remains sunny and 72 degrees almost everyday. And I’ll probably learn how to surf and release years of pent up city stress. Here’s to exploring the other side!
The final product! You’ll see it in the July/August issue of Budget Travel in the Tuscany feature.
I’ve begun a little side business of making maps. Most are vector, but lately I’ve been experimenting with watercolor. My technique is a little gonzo, but it seems to be working so far. I’ll post maps in their final layout state soon. Until then, here is a project I’m working on for Budget Travel: a map of Tuscany. This painting will be a little locator map of Italy that will appear in the corner of the larger map of Tuscany.
The May/June issue of Budget Travel arrived to the office today. The new paper makes everything pop—beautiful! Feeling good about all the long hours I pulled to make this issue.
Inside the knitting book.
Interesting knitting instruction book found in my friend’s Vermont home, made by the ladies of Rochester, VT. Beautiful lettering.
Advertisement cutouts from the Rochester Democrat Chronicle in the early 1930s.
I found a treasure trove of newspaper clippings on my holiday visit to Dan’s grandparents’ house in Florida. A former long-term resident of Rochester, NY, his grandmother, Anne, had collected quilt patterns and pages from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle from 1932–1933. Along with needlework patterns, the advertisements were also fascinating relics that I also snapped.
I saw Milton Glaser talk last Thursday. He’s so honest, its refreshing. He openly despises client work, marketing, branding. His favorite thing to design right now: rugs. He is interested in exploring images in contrasting palettes of lights and darks. Ah to be famous and very specific in the work you do. Oh and sassy. He is definitely sassy.
He was interviewed by Jen Doll of the Village Voice a few weeks ago. He had some interesting things to say about living in New York:
Which begs the question, “I ? New York”
