Bolts & clouds
Red Umbrella
1.28.2011
stormy weather
It's a cloudy day in Oakland after a few days of beautiful sunshine, and rain is in the forecast for this weekend. It's the perfect weather for these stormy note cards from Letterpress Delicacies.
Bolts & clouds
Red Umbrella
Bolts & clouds
Red Umbrella
1.26.2011
happy birthday akhmatova
On this day in 2010 I posted my first entry to this blog. I started Akhmatova on a whim. I wanted a space to post all the things I covet, like, love, find funny, read, and watch. I didn't know if I could populate a blog regularly. But, surprise! Here we are a year later and I can't imagine stopping.
Much has happened in the past year. Jordan and I traveled to Mexico City, and Spain, and Vancouver.
My sister moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn to work for Blue Bottle.
We celebrated a year of being happily married.
We bought a house.
We found out that we were pregnant.
...And we became parents when sweet Stella entered our lives.
I'm so excited to see what 2011 brings.
Much has happened in the past year. Jordan and I traveled to Mexico City, and Spain, and Vancouver.
My sister moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn to work for Blue Bottle.
We celebrated a year of being happily married.
We bought a house.
We found out that we were pregnant.
...And we became parents when sweet Stella entered our lives.
I'm so excited to see what 2011 brings.
1.24.2011
1.20.2011
book branch
This book branch by Paris-based Olivier Dollé is pretty darned cool.
Found over at the LivingEtc blog.
Found over at the LivingEtc blog.
winter colours week
It's Winter Colours Week over at Poppytalk. Yesterday the featured color was blue and this photo I took while on honeymoon in France was picked to be included in the blue day round-up.
Today is Green. Go submit your photos!
Today is Green. Go submit your photos!
landscapes of calm emptiness
I'm enamored with these serene landscapes by SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) student Dan VanLandingham. They evoke such calm emptiness.
Some of his works are for sale in the SCAD online store.
Some of his works are for sale in the SCAD online store.
1.17.2011
1.16.2011
new hats
After admiring the Bella hat online we decided to head to our local Goorin Brothers shoppe and try on hats over the weekend.
Jordan found two cute hats. Here he is wearing one of them and Stella.
I decided to go with the Bella in gray.
Jordan found two cute hats. Here he is wearing one of them and Stella.
I decided to go with the Bella in gray.
1.15.2011
1.14.2011
5 fonts we never want to read again
One of the fonts in Flavorwire's 5 Fonts We Never Want to Read Again is the hideous, not funny or cute or interesting, Comic Sans.
The image (below) accompanying the explanation about why Comic Sans should never be used has had me chuckling for 2 days.
The image (below) accompanying the explanation about why Comic Sans should never be used has had me chuckling for 2 days.
1.13.2011
atlas of remote islands
Atlas of Remote Islands
There are still places on earth that are unknown. Visually stunning and uniquely designed, this wondrous book captures fifty islands that are far away in every sense-from the mainland, from people, from airports, and from holiday brochures. Author Judith Schalansky used historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for each island, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore. With stunning full-color maps and an air of mysterious adventure, Atlas of Remote Island is perfect for the traveler or romantic in all of us.
1.10.2011
thank you
In between feeding Stella, feeding myself, and running errands, I've carved out a few minutes to write some thank you cards to folks. My favorite thank you cards this year are from Rifle Paper Co. They're stylish and classy, and perfect for saying thanks.
1.08.2011
1.04.2011
stella, 1 month old
At one month old, Stella loves:
- Riding in the car (unless she's hungry, then she hates riding in the car)
- Classical music, She + Him, Arcade Fire, Charlie Brown Christmas
- Peeing on her dad
- Boobies
- Bath time
- Going for walks
- Parties
- Getting patted and rocked and sung to
- Meeting new people
- Her favorite card
- Sunbeams
1.03.2011
one line a day
Happy New Year!
One of my resolutions for 2011, among a few (including starting a vegetable garden and reading more, oh yes, and sleeping more), is to record this first year of Stella's life so that some day she can look back and read about what we did, where we went, and who we saw. One of the gifts we received at Stella's birth was the One Line A Day journal, published by Chronicle Books where I worked up until this past November.
I've never been one to keep a journal, so this is my kind of memory book. You write one line a day, and if possible keep writing one line a day for five years. At the end of five years, you have a book of life's snippets and can look back on all your mundane and extraordinary days.
I'm only 3 days in, but so far so good!
What are some of your 2011 resolutions?
One of my resolutions for 2011, among a few (including starting a vegetable garden and reading more, oh yes, and sleeping more), is to record this first year of Stella's life so that some day she can look back and read about what we did, where we went, and who we saw. One of the gifts we received at Stella's birth was the One Line A Day journal, published by Chronicle Books where I worked up until this past November.
I've never been one to keep a journal, so this is my kind of memory book. You write one line a day, and if possible keep writing one line a day for five years. At the end of five years, you have a book of life's snippets and can look back on all your mundane and extraordinary days.
I'm only 3 days in, but so far so good!
What are some of your 2011 resolutions?
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