tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14190100458618517552024-03-13T14:49:40.649-07:00akhmatovathings I find + things I make + things I loveHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.comBlogger680125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-91085894385969045732017-03-01T18:47:00.000-08:002017-03-01T18:47:36.284-08:00New Blog!! Brief Book Reviews
Miss me?
Well... After a 3 year blogging hiatus I've started a new blog called Brief Book Reviews.
In January I set a goal
to read 40 books by the end of the year; in mid February when I hit 20, I
changed my goal to 65 (with the hope that I'll actually read 100), and
started Brief Book Reviews.
Take a look, and follow along on Instagram: @briefbookreviews
Happy Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-46022069698484308542014-08-29T11:09:00.001-07:002014-08-29T11:09:59.324-07:00short hair love affair
Can I just tell you how much I am loving my short bleached hair? Chopping my hair has inspired wardrobe choices as well. I'm dressing more and more for fun and attempting to veer away from boring basic, though my uniform most days is still jeans and a t-shirt. Take these overalls, above. I hesitated over buying them (on super sale), but am so glad I did. They're amazing. When I wear them with Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-46293717012301037422014-08-26T21:31:00.001-07:002014-08-26T21:32:49.455-07:00longbourn
Last night I finished Jo Baker's intensely readable and richly detailed novel Longbourn. In it, Baker elegantly refocuses the lens of Austen's Pride and Prejudice from the Bennet sisters to the plight of their maid, Sarah, and the inner workings of Longbourn. Behind the scenes at Longbourn there are are clothes to be scrubbed and mended, tea to be served, ladies to be dressed and coiffed, Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-56970202120265976412014-08-21T10:00:00.000-07:002014-08-21T10:00:02.151-07:00tara donovan's cups
Tara Donovan
Untitled, 2003
Styrofoam Cups, Hot Glue
Dimensions Variable
Ace Gallery Los Angeles, 2005
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-24401576564983811462014-08-19T20:32:00.001-07:002014-08-19T20:32:56.735-07:00the plot is not my own
I haven't read poetry in a long time. Not because I don't love it, I do.
Most of it.
It's more that most poetry doesn't fulfill me in the way that fiction does. It doesn't transport me so completely. And at this point, if what I'm reading doesn't transport me, doesn't transfix and insert me into the easy machinations of the story, I don't have the head space for it. I want to be Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-39813272667646049562014-07-25T15:53:00.000-07:002014-07-25T15:53:11.150-07:00happy birthday, djuna baby
Djuna on her first birthday
A year ago, after a quick 3 hour labor, our Djuna was born. I have been thinking about that birth experience all day. After weeks of waiting and getting increasingly tired of being pregnant, I was joyful to finally be in labor. I felt powerful, so different than when I gave birth to Stella. Giving birth isn't easy, but looking back I can remember starting to push Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-31181566469722686352014-07-11T06:18:00.001-07:002014-07-25T15:53:56.669-07:00jet-lagged
We're back!
This photo was taken at 7:30am at the park yesterday. The girls woke us up at 3am and refused to go back to sleep, despite our many attempts. By the time we got to the park we'd already eaten breakfast, stopped for coffee and croissants (Stella must be going through another growth spurt because she is eating every 30 minutes) in the city, and dropped Jordan off at work.
This Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-30146517783073323602014-06-27T01:00:00.000-07:002014-06-27T01:00:04.960-07:00be back soon... and friday links
Kara Rosenlund's "Sea," via Cup of Jo
We are headed to the south of France and Berlin for two weeks, so the old blog will be neglected for a bit while we are away. I am excited to get away with family, and visit with dear friends we haven't seen in awhile, but I'm totally dreading the flights and traveling with a newly-walking toddler. When do vacations with kids become relaxing?
See you Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-16817657717379339982014-06-25T15:33:00.001-07:002014-06-25T15:33:53.884-07:00djuna, 11 months
Djuna, 11 months
Djuna's first birthday just a month away, can you believe it?!
It's funny to look back at this post and think about those last weeks before Djuna was born, when it was still just the 3 of us.
Djuna at 11 months is walking and getting into everything. Her vocabulary consists of uh oh, Dada, and Mama, in that order. She loves seeing dogs, but seems to be allergic to Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-2170218308413408192014-06-18T10:33:00.002-07:002014-06-18T10:33:41.919-07:00gorgeous shades
Karen Walker shades
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-58794168387187636612014-06-11T14:28:00.001-07:002014-06-11T14:28:55.869-07:00@large: ai weiwei on alcatraz
I would brave the Alcatraz crowds for this.
From For-Site Foundation:
“The misconception of totalitarianism
is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you
constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.”
— Ai Weiwei
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is internationally renowned both as a
maker of potent and provocative art and as a passionate advocateHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-30867510671584236392014-06-06T07:00:00.000-07:002014-06-06T07:00:08.756-07:00the week in brief + friday fun links
Crab Cove, Alameda
The week in brief:
Djuna is walking (if 6 steps count... I think that's walking). Stella, out of the blue, started drawing stick figures (heads with eyes, a nose, and mouth, arms, and legs) yesterday. Jordan is flying home today from a 5-day business trip (hurray!). Me and my friend Shayna are always in sync. My Dad finishes up his second AIDS ride in LA tomorrow (again, Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-45181508106832522852014-06-05T14:46:00.002-07:002014-06-05T14:46:58.247-07:00oh, kevin drew
Kevin Drew + Feist + Zach Galifianakis = awesomeness
Chris DeVille of Stereogum:
For a certain sort of indie-rock fan — specifically people who were in college when Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People
came out, people like me — the sight of Kevin Drew and Leslie Feist
playfully singing together in an empty ballroom is enough to make your
entire week. Funny Or Die’s video for Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-48235283648952124452014-06-04T11:26:00.001-07:002014-06-04T11:26:23.057-07:00china's ghost towns
Marketplace: "An empty residential complex in the city of Kangbashi, Inner Mongolia.
The city, part of the region known as Ordos, is built for a population
the size of Pittsburgh's, but for years has sat empty. It's one of
China's many 'ghost towns' built by ambitious local governments eager to
report high GDP growth by any means necessary."
After listening to this Marketplace piece on Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-236457314203646302014-05-30T12:13:00.001-07:002014-05-30T12:13:42.201-07:00happy weekend + goodbye to may
Enchanted Forest by Elsa Mora
Happy weekend, friends!
Vegan Mint Brownie Ice Cream
London Growing. This is FASCINATING. (Maserati's "Cities" is a lovely accompaniment)
The star recipe this week
Chic Fille
Men Who Drink Breast Milk
Elsa Mora's awesome papercuttings
Hachette vs. Amazon
The movie version of Jonathan Tropper's This is Where I Leave You looks funny
Hershey Felder does Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-58007599976197079722014-05-28T13:24:00.000-07:002014-05-28T13:24:48.359-07:00the perfect vacation jacket
Love, love, LOVE this adorable navy Warbler rain jacket from Portland's Bridge & Burn. Doesn't it look like the perfect jacket to take on vacation?
These shorts and this dress are also pretty darn cute...Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-35098063370136485552014-05-28T12:18:00.002-07:002014-05-28T12:18:59.394-07:00r.i.p maya angelou
[via Garance Doré]Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-42193924562912132812014-05-23T15:53:00.000-07:002014-05-23T15:53:03.765-07:00pizza friday + links
Elise Joy's The Best is Yet to Come
It's Friday which means it is homemade pizza night at our house; the pizza dough is rising as I write this. Stella loves "Pizza Friday" as she gets to help assemble the pizzas, meaning she usually eats more pieces of cheese and olives than actually make it on her pizza. Tonight I'm making a pizza bianco (without the Parmesan) for myself with prosciutto, andHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-44703621069474087262014-05-16T15:29:00.000-07:002014-05-16T21:40:20.180-07:00life is a glorious thing + friday links
It has been an emotional week. Last Friday night a friend's husband died unexpectedly. There are no words to describe the immeasurable loss and subsequent outpouring of love that we have witnessed for her and their young son and their family over the past seven days. His death has made me pause often, tell those around me that I love them, and hold tightly onto my family and friends.
Life Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-42330043042701938022014-05-15T21:12:00.000-07:002014-05-15T21:12:41.850-07:00trip anticipation
We were on the plane en route to France and Turkey for our honeymoon when I turned to Jordan and said: "I'm already feeling so sad about the end of our trip... Where should we go next?!" The trip had barely begun and I was already mourning the return home.
I am a planner. I love to create itineraries, think about the food we will eat, the art and architecture we will see, and imagine Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-34853471225711216122014-05-09T12:41:00.000-07:002014-05-09T12:43:42.611-07:00happy mother's day + friday links
Uta Barth, Deep Blue Day
Happy Friday!
A few links to kick off the weekend...
Looks like I'm dairy-free for the long haul. These sesame soba noodles and grilled salmon are becoming regulars on our dinner table.
Ken Burns does The Roosevelts.
The delicious simplicity of rice and beans.
Hello, sandal weather.
Gorgeous ring.
My current beer fave: Go to IPA.
The Moth: Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-39892350823309361092014-05-07T14:46:00.002-07:002014-05-07T14:46:40.466-07:00jumper/jumpsuit/romper
Jumper. Jumpsuit. Romper. Whatever...
I can't help myself. They are ridiculous. And I love them.
leopard silk romper
chambray jumpsuit
diamant jumper
classic spastic jumpsuit
beachcomber tie-back romper
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-27001757809550053162014-05-04T11:48:00.001-07:002014-08-29T10:48:04.100-07:00goodbye to all that...hair
I am in seriously in love with my new haircut.
After years of living with and loving long hair, it was time for a change. I showed my hairdresser, Alise, a photo of Michelle Williams for inspiration. Alise worked her magic.
And now I'm ready for summer.
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-25049363114854665602014-04-26T06:57:00.000-07:002014-04-26T06:57:09.448-07:00book/shop oakland
Read instead... screen print from an original watercolor painting by BOOK/SHOP founder Erik Heywood
BOOK/SHOP is an intimate, well-curated book store/experience in Alley 49 next to Temescal Alley. As well as first editions and other fine volumes, they carry bookish prints, lovely book bags, and other book-related paraphernalia.
Book/Shop book bag, $15
"The Habit of Reading" print, $18
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-8563260295716464112014-04-15T14:00:00.000-07:002014-04-15T14:00:43.709-07:00dairy-free
I'm on week two of going dairy-free after Djuna had a bad reaction (mad
hives) to touching cheese last Monday. She's had chronic eczema, on her hands and feet/ankles, for months
and it had gotten worse in the past few weeks. She is still primarily
breastfeeding and seems to have little interest in eating food; she won't even
open her mouth for me if I try to feed her. In an effort to Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3