recycled bag stuff

So I came upon a new blog www.lazyenvironmentalist.com in order to "Discover easy, stylish and super convenient ways to green your lifestyle with Josh Dorfman, green entrepreneur, media personality, author of The Lazy Environmentalist. No guilt-trips. Never any sacrifice. Josh offers insights into cutting-edge products and services, emerging trends, and innovation underway to bring our lifestyles into balance with nature."

I'm totally the bag lady when it comes to buying those reusable bags at Safeway, Whole Foods, etc., whoever has a cute one at the moment. I think at the moment I have about 12 bags and 1 hot/cold one.

To my surprise and delight Angry Little Girls has a bag that screams "gotta have!" with it's sassy saying "Shop with a reusable bag, bitch!" AWESOME!!!

Now I can go to the farmers market (with all the other yuppie-granola-wannabes) proud to be loud!

Stuff in Wahiawa

In the spirit of spring, here are some photos from George's Aunt's place in Wahiawa. According to her, she brought these sakura trees in from Okinawa (where both our families originate from).

Wahiawa has the ideal climate for these sensitive trees and I'm glad we were there when they bloomed.

Stuff in small spaces

My friend Aimee just moved into a new place with her boyfriend and now it's time not only for the "meshing of stuff," but also figuring out what works and what doesn't in their quirky new pad.

I've stumbled on Apartment Therapy looking for solutions to small spaces. I found a few furniture re-dos as well as some inspiration for my small space (i.e., studio with "bitchen" or bathroom + kitchen).

Here are a few I found inspiring (by the way, found an apartment in NY that also has a bitchen (see the last 2 photos):

Stuff I forgot about

I forgot I took these photos of an illustration at a First Friday last year. I was going through my photos trying to organize them and wha'daya know...there they were.

So whoever did this is super amazing. The scale was crazy. So tiny and detailed. I wish I could do something like this.

Enjoy!

Stuff on "Antiques Roadshow?"

Yeah, I bet that's surprising, me watching the "Antiques Roadshow." I never really caught on to the hype when it first came out. Even when "Will and Grace" created an episode dedicated to it. Though I must admit, it's pretty fun when there's an interesting piece being discussed, for history entertainment.

While watching an episode today, they took time out to highlight Jules Chéret (1836-1932). Though I haven't heard of him (well, maybe I did, but didn't pay attention in art history), I did pay attention this time when they showed his work.

He was a French painter and lithographer who is often called the "father of the modern poster." One day I will be able to afford one of his prints, but for now, I'll just post them here.

The bebes!!!

I went home to Hilo this past week to attend some sad personal business ... however, I was able to hang out and play with the nephews which always cheers me up!

First off, Shosei (with his Hokulea tattoo) shows baby brother Choki how to play with his train, then the "Flying Baby!!!" I bet Choki will be crawling soon...

YES! We Can!

Hope prevailed last night, and Change is happening.