tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14190100458618517552012-01-30T07:47:33.692-08:00akhmatovathings I find + things I make + things I lovehannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-18122903576342243792012-01-27T19:27:00.000-08:002012-01-27T19:28:05.187-08:00happy weekend
What a whirlwind week. We've been hosting family since Monday and there's barely been an extra second to pause.
But now it's Friday and the start of the weekend. The weather was so lovely today that we took Stella to the park for an hour this morning and sat outside and ate a late lunch at Bocanova. And now the smell of white wine coq au vin fills the rooms of the house. Stells is asleep. hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-60741627358158175342012-01-24T09:21:00.000-08:002012-01-24T09:21:21.234-08:00what do babies think?
After being told by numerous folks to watch the Alison Gopnik TED talk, What Do Babies Think?, I finally sat down and watched it last week. It's excellent...Definitely worth watching for parents and those without kids.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-76537662441484047722012-01-23T12:49:00.000-08:002012-01-23T12:49:41.809-08:00the perfect summer outfit
I would be pretty happy to wear this outfit every day this summer. It's casual yet chic. I love it.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-39185080202894615312012-01-22T20:14:00.001-08:002012-01-22T20:14:21.304-08:00rainy sundayhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-85542196152637651662012-01-20T14:03:00.000-08:002012-01-20T14:03:11.495-08:00stucco stripe songbird dress
On such a rainy, dreary day I'm loving this Madewell Stucco Stripe Songbird Dress in mustardy yellow. It says sunshine and picnic and sandals.
[via Shayna]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-67985401831445649262012-01-19T12:17:00.000-08:002012-01-19T12:17:50.821-08:00oh it was a funny little thing...This takes me back a few years.
Joanna Newsom "Bridges and Balloons" from Austin City Limits on Vimeo.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-39981790371873355972012-01-17T13:25:00.000-08:002012-01-17T13:25:15.056-08:00lost type co-op
When looking to freshen up the old blog I happened upon Lost Type Co-op, a "pay-what-you-want" type foundry. Take a look at some of the gorgeous type faces they have available for use:
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-64843984160097263232012-01-16T23:38:00.000-08:002012-01-16T23:38:19.797-08:00a fresh new lookAs the 2 year anniversary of this blog is quickly approaching I decided that it was high time Akhmatova got a fresh new look...
Enjoy!hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-68444089781148683162012-01-13T16:32:00.000-08:002012-01-13T16:32:25.817-08:00one fabulous house
Teepee in the playroom + books around the dining table = One fabulous house
[On Table Tonic via Hither & Thither]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-38265268943147140072012-01-13T08:20:00.000-08:002012-01-13T08:20:56.381-08:00totes cute
Loving these The New Domestic totes.
Totes cute!hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-83400670520824469732012-01-12T17:50:00.000-08:002012-01-12T17:50:13.725-08:00moonrise kingdom
Yes. Yes. Yes.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-86017230296565919472012-01-10T09:05:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:05:37.964-08:00cabin fever
Catch a little cabin fever over at Cabin Porn.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-46149561387760762352012-01-09T22:53:00.000-08:002012-01-09T22:54:54.883-08:00the joy of books
Books are awesome. So is Type, the bookstore in Toronto where this little book adventure was filmed.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-5543590500447918412012-01-09T14:18:00.000-08:002012-01-09T14:18:34.909-08:00oakland, my oaklandI'm so proud. My beloved Oakland made it on the New York Times' 45 Places to Go in 2012. It ranked in at #5, right after London. So, seriously, if you haven't been to Oakland recently, come visit.
One of the topics of conversation on this last vacation was where do we go next? A short list: Cuba, Sweden and Norway, Berlin, Shanghai, Brazil, Maine, Uganda...
One location on the New York hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-89997709426376451352012-01-08T20:52:00.000-08:002012-01-08T20:54:12.210-08:00uruguay + argentina
Happy New Year!
It feels like forever ago since we got on the plane to go on vacation. I was worried about the long plane rides down and back with a one-year-old, but Stella was a dream. The flights were easier than we anticipated. She's getting to be quite a little traveler.
We packed so much into those two weeks: a beautiful wedding on an Estancia outside Montevideo (Stella partied until 2hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-72515947469484808752011-12-20T22:05:00.000-08:002011-12-20T22:05:14.267-08:00on holiday
We leave tomorrow for our Uruguay + Argentina vacation.
I can't wait until we're actually there, all in one piece in Montevideo. It's going to be a LONG trip made up of 3 plane rides with our active and opinionated one-year-old followed by a wedding just a few hours after we arrive. Yep.
Right now I'm dreaming of the days we're going to spend at the beach, walking the streets of Buenos hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-55851794737421473812011-12-18T20:20:00.000-08:002011-12-18T20:20:16.813-08:00swimsuit dilemna
Shopping
for a swimsuit in December is an odd thing. On Friday night I realized
that I needed a new swimsuit (or 2) in preparation for our trip to South
America this coming week. We'll be spending 5 days at the
beach in Uruguay, and the bikini I wore in Mexico a few months ago was
feeling a little big then. Swimsuits are something you kind of need to
try on, but as no storehannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-27974245360882741172011-12-16T19:40:00.000-08:002011-12-16T19:40:41.111-08:00for ever.
I don't have any tattoos. It's really an issue with commitment. Don't get me wrong, some tattoos I like on some people. But I just don't know if I could ever commit to getting something inked on my body. For Ever.
I
get that people look at their tattoos and think back to who they were
at that pivotal time. Why they chose that thing or word or symbol or
whatever they chose. But I look back hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-43915094689093373582011-12-15T15:07:00.000-08:002011-12-15T15:07:28.168-08:00baby mocs
Stella and her friend Else are twinners. They've got the same navy blue vest, the same red pants, the same white downy hooded jacket, the same faux-fur-lined booties... and this week I took it to the next level by getting Stella a pair of the Bobux moccasins that Else has been sporting for a few months. They're too adorbs.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-7489423959448409582011-12-13T19:52:00.000-08:002011-12-15T15:14:10.933-08:00alphabet bags
Gold foil alphabet bags, you are fab.
[via little white whale] hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-39147770910636367972011-12-13T12:02:00.000-08:002011-12-13T12:02:16.531-08:00ikat pillows
I am seriously loving these ikat pillow covers.
[via Guinevere]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-47911253985170126582011-12-08T21:13:00.000-08:002011-12-08T21:31:03.421-08:00lady of the canyon
I'm "home" for a few days, at my parents' home, in the canyon where I grew up. Being home always brings back memories...coming home from school
on the bus to the smell of cookies and my mom sitting at her big wooden writing desk, the long drive out of the winding canyon, the sound of frogs in
the creek behind the house, my dad with a big long beard, the smell of trees and earth,
the night hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-61002488483709829692011-12-07T11:23:00.000-08:002011-12-07T12:03:04.980-08:00shoe shot on 40thhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-10059804444488461942011-12-06T15:06:00.000-08:002011-12-06T19:44:07.295-08:00the birth story, 1 year later
When I started having contractions a year ago I thought it
was indigestion. It was 9pm on December 5th and I was in such denial
that when J got home from dropping some friends in the city I told him that I
thought I’d eaten something off, that I had a stomachache. He raised his eyebrows in that “are you
kidding me” kind of way, and said as I was almost a week past my due date I was
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-46785339000264133612011-12-06T09:40:00.001-08:002011-12-06T12:44:13.885-08:00happy birthday stella condesa
Today you are ONE.
My sweet bug, happy birthday.
I love you more every day. How is that even possible when I love you so much already?
Stay tuned, more to come later today...hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-66043161015682785102011-12-03T22:19:00.001-08:002011-12-03T22:30:37.018-08:00a rainbow of skinny jeans, with gold zippers
Skinny jeans with gold ankle zippers in camel
I'm stuck on Zara's multitude of ankle-length colored jeans. I've taken up a collection. Red, light gray, faded denim, forest green, electric blue, and now camel. I know, I know. Color jeans are all the rage right now. But these Zara ones are flattering in a way that most "skinny jeans" just aren't on me. And they've got gold ankle zippers for hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-33022439119211490652011-12-03T22:11:00.001-08:002011-12-03T22:31:41.550-08:00kisses
So Stella's new thing is giving kisses. She loves to give kisses. Celia's babe Lucia was a recent recipient. She got about 1000.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-22520776805193624162011-11-29T17:21:00.001-08:002011-11-29T17:28:48.816-08:00happy holidays with rifle paper co.
Rifle Paper Co. Happy Holidays Postcards
I had seriously hoped to be awesome this year and order some Rifle Paper Co. customizable holiday cards with little painted pictures of J and Stella and me. Because that would have been awesome. Ah well. Maybe next year I will be a little more on top of my holiday card game. Instead of the customizable cards I snagged some of the Happy Holidays hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-53154680664019522992011-11-29T08:16:00.001-08:002011-11-29T17:30:21.715-08:00winter-perfect mushroom lasagna
My friend Melissa posted a photo/link to this New York Times-featured mushroom lasagna recipe on Pinterest yesterday and I had to stop myself from drooling on the screen. I'm adding it to my list of perfect winter foods. Yum.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-91535181724071789062011-11-24T07:24:00.001-08:002011-11-24T07:59:14.593-08:00happy thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for that little smiley face. She is my love. She is my heart.
I am thankful for my loving, supportive family and for my friends, those who I see every day, and those who I don't see enough. I am thankful for my morning coffee (and the great guys at Boot & Shoe Cafe). I am thankful for the endless pile of books on my bedside table. I am thankful that hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-68381028120718556852011-11-21T20:58:00.000-08:002011-11-21T21:00:44.269-08:00todayhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-27409712005660959272011-11-18T20:12:00.001-08:002011-11-29T17:30:46.467-08:00snot
Prior falling sick with a serious case of the sniffles and a fever and some big new teeth action, Stella was as happy as a monkey hat-wearing clam at the park yesterday.
I have to admit that when I thought about being a mother before Stella was born I never imagined myself sucking the snot out her nose with a NoseFrida. Which, by the way is one of the best inventions ever, and one that hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-81187489930964705382011-11-17T12:36:00.001-08:002011-11-17T12:38:51.739-08:00polka-dot jams
I have a case of the wants.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-72887549721211369972011-11-16T11:46:00.001-08:002011-11-16T12:04:05.473-08:00wildwood
I'm half way
through Wildwood by
Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists) and Carson Ellis (illustrator) and LOVING
it. I wish I had a few hours to become completely transported to this world they've created...
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-19868549801974446992011-11-14T20:16:00.001-08:002011-11-14T21:04:57.607-08:0011.11.11, a very happy birthday
On every November 11, my
parents like to retell the story of my birth. It was cold and raining
in the Southern California canyon where I was born. My Mom woke up in
labor and made me a carrot cake in between contractions. Their close friends came to help with
the home-birth: one held a mirror, one held the video camera, one person looked after my sister and my sister's friend, etc... hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-54854977779337577762011-11-08T21:07:00.000-08:002011-11-08T21:11:29.595-08:00visualizing bach
My friend Sam sent me this mesmerizing video.
baroque.me visualizes the first Prelude from Bach's Cello Suites. Using the math
behind string length and pitch, it came from a simple idea: what if all
the notes were drawn as strings? Instead of a stream of classical
notation on a page, this interactive project highlights the music's
underlying structure and subtle shifts.
This Prelude to hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-55417711640362594652011-11-06T17:49:00.000-08:002011-11-18T20:32:39.137-08:00stella, 11 months
Can it really be possible that Stella is already 11 months old? I think I ask this same question every month. Time is speeding by, and every day Stella grows, and changes, and masters something new.
It's hard to believe that at around this time last year I was preparing to leave my job at Chronicle Books, I was very uncomfortably pregnant and pretty apprehensive about giving birth. I had hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-40712800592605432582011-11-02T21:03:00.000-07:002011-11-02T22:03:00.356-07:00a few recent book buys
This won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. I loved Arthur & George, and liked Flaubert's Parrot, and Love, Etc., so I have high expectations for The Sense of An Ending.
Kjell Eriksson's The Princess of Burundi and The Cruel Stars of Night were both strong page-turners. The third in the series featuring police detective Ann Lindell, The Demon of Dakar, was kind of a drag (as in it hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-36403631848548014782011-10-31T21:07:00.000-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.114-08:00middle school
This American Life: Middle School provided interesting lunchtime listening material today. As I sat at our dining room table with Stella next to me in her high chair chewing on pear slices, I found myself in the middle; looking back and cringing at the thought of my own middle school experience and thinking forward to the years ahead when Stella will be in the throes of that awkward age.
I hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-2642813157943396702011-10-31T11:47:00.000-07:002011-10-31T11:47:03.163-07:00mustard suede triple bow
I have no where to wear these, but I think they're darling.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-11048808238406748552011-10-31T11:40:00.000-07:002011-10-31T11:41:19.910-07:00happy halloweenhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-54745814250403178302011-10-25T20:53:00.000-07:002011-10-25T20:53:12.588-07:00what a hutch
I am loving the hutch we recently bought to fill a previously haphazard corner of our kitchen. We had been looking for the right hutch for a few months and finally found just the one at Zonal on Hayes. Isn't it a beauty?
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-70285292886537635472011-10-23T21:04:00.000-07:002011-10-23T21:04:16.395-07:00carmelized garlic tart
The carmelized garlic tart from Yotam Ottolenghi's Plenty = AMAZING. Plenty is, by far, my favorite cookbook of the moment.
The recipe can be found on KCRW's Good Food Blog...hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-2024324318210351622011-10-18T15:05:00.000-07:002011-10-18T15:05:49.920-07:00lauren hutton
[via Emily Schriebl Scott]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-35937905503647470972011-10-17T20:31:00.000-07:002011-10-17T20:31:18.545-07:00saturday at big daddy's
Jordan + Stella at fourbarrel
On Saturday we stopped by fourbarrel for coffee before heading over to Big Daddy's Antiques. We discovered Big Daddy's at the Alameda Flea Market awhile back.
We usually love most everything in their stall at the Flea so we decided to check out their warehouse space in the city. While we didn't come home with any new pieces for our house, we marveled at thehannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-88745085637796729542011-10-14T08:45:00.000-07:002011-10-14T08:45:59.584-07:00hello, hello, hello!
I think I need these Rifle Paper Co greeting cards. Hello, metallic gold foil! A much better, or at least more elegant, way to say "hi" than an email, am I right?hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-21017903711087090582011-10-14T08:08:00.000-07:002011-10-14T08:08:23.839-07:00she loves a good swinghannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-80831695282904705532011-10-12T10:46:00.000-07:002011-10-12T10:46:35.196-07:00hearts
bees and dragon hoodie over at Lost & Found.
[via Hank + Lucy]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-68468792042872213852011-10-12T10:37:00.000-07:002011-10-12T10:47:03.091-07:00feminist ryan gosling
Feminist Ryan Gosling.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-33117635648619128062011-10-10T13:17:00.000-07:002011-10-10T13:17:53.049-07:00a few things i'm excited about right now
Beirut's The
Rip Tide
Amitav
Ghosh's River
of Smoke, the second book in the Ibis Trilogy and
the follow-up to the excellent Sea of Poppies.
Storytime with Stella
Fall outerwear by Zara
West Elm Organic Ikat-stripe sheets
also...
listening to my favorite Bill Evans album on rainy afternoons with a cup of tea,
the possibility of hearty hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-18640106085229854352011-10-06T13:19:00.000-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.078-08:00stella, 10 months
A few things Stella is loving at 10 months:
Hummus
Walks outside
Music Class
Playing with her friends
Climbing the stairs in our house (over and over and over again)
Pulling books off the shelves
Chewing paper
Watching big kids
Opening cupboards
Giraffes at the zoo
Waving at everyone
Lift-the-flap books
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Dogs that go woof
When her Dada walks in the hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-40136377435848306592011-10-05T18:14:00.000-07:002011-10-05T18:14:42.635-07:00steve jobs, rip
“Your Time is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” –
Steve Jobs
[via SwissMiss] hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-52622877289589678532011-10-03T15:20:00.000-07:002011-10-03T15:21:01.264-07:00loving this look
[via mallory mcinnis]
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-73373024291131341092011-10-02T10:20:00.000-07:002011-10-02T10:21:02.762-07:00monday's child vintage
My
friend Celia
recently launched a fabulous vintage shoppe on Etsy called Monday's Child. Take a
look at some of the lovely things she's selling.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-85465470588490846722011-09-29T12:24:00.000-07:002011-09-29T12:25:00.844-07:00fishs eddy
I discovered Fishs Eddy while in New York. Wow. Maybe it's okay there isn't a Fishs Eddy in San Francisco. I might have to buy everything, like, for starters, a collection of these floral containers. Love them.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-18527441902912673232011-09-29T09:04:00.000-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.070-08:00new york + a goodbye
Stella swinging in Madison Square Park
We've been busy travelers of late. Tuesday night we arrived home at midnight after 5 days in New York. The memorial service for our beloved friend Katie was on Saturday at The Players Club in Gramercy Park and we wouldn't have missed it for the world. We added on a few days so we could see my sister, visit with friends who live in New York and those hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-30831469364435556512011-09-19T21:07:00.000-07:002011-09-19T21:07:41.206-07:00a portland weekendWe spent a lovely, if drizzly, weekend in Portland. My last trip to Portland was in 2009. How silly, considering how much I adore the restaurants, the shops, the architecture, all the bridges, the laid back coolness of everything, and Portland's pocket neighborhoods.
We stayed at the Ace, visited with friends, and tasted some truly fantastic food, thanks to my friend Elizabeth's awesome hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-33382979535015222652011-09-14T14:54:00.000-07:002011-09-14T14:56:50.382-07:00blue + blue
LOVE!
alexandra grecco blue blouse & skirt sethannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-30231415072244498822011-09-12T14:23:00.000-07:002011-09-12T15:42:02.355-07:00the last werewolf
So I finished another book. I know, amazing! One of the perks of having my parents visit us is that I usually get a little time to myself. When my mom took Stella to the park on Thursday I started Glen Duncan's The Last Werewolf.
Before I launch into how much I LOVED this book (LOVED IT!) I'll preface by stating that this book isn't for everyone. First, it's about a 200-year-old werewolf. So,hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-3710367456265901992011-09-08T20:59:00.000-07:002011-09-08T21:00:11.947-07:00world war II london in color
These color photographs of London under siege by Nazi bombers during World War II are riveting don't you think?
via ckckhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-78514264113515777442011-09-07T12:14:00.000-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.164-08:00stella :: 9 months
Stella is growing
fast, so fast. She is pulling herself up to standing now, and crawls towards everything she shouldn't like the trash, the fireplace,
the edge of our bed, the stairs. She waves at every one and everything
including flags and trees and dogs. She loves eating paper, straws, the
corners of books, leaves. She growls like a monster with enough
encouragement and if you ask her hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-89737658128716117942011-09-04T20:32:00.000-07:002011-09-04T20:36:49.784-07:00sea-room
Loving Sam Kallis' illustration based on this Frankenstein quote:
“We were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated“ - Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein"
[via: ckck]
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-3482796690449184062011-09-03T20:19:00.000-07:002011-09-03T21:01:57.181-07:00upstairs downstairs
The drama, the intrigue, the costumes... I'm loving the revival of Upstairs Downstairs. Plus it features a few favorites: Keeley Hawes (MI-5/Spooks, Wives and Daughters, married to Matthew Macfayden), Claire Foy (the perfect Amy Dorrit), Dame Eileen Atkins, and Jean Marsh.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-80062788074342094062011-09-03T10:17:00.000-07:002011-09-03T10:56:47.255-07:00art murmur + flock homeOn the first Friday of every month downtown Oakland is transformed. People fill the sidewalks, lines form in front of food trucks, and galleries open their doors for Art Murmur. Last night, as the warm day turned into a glowy evening we took Stella in the Ergo out into the 20s between Telegraph and Broadway. We listened to a bluegrass band called Old Jawbone, we ate lightly charred grilled hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-63017749513087489962011-08-31T20:10:00.000-07:002011-08-31T20:19:52.981-07:00fall and the ankle bootIs it really September 1st tomorrow? Oh, summer, I'll miss you.
In other news, I'm excited about the Coclico Daman Hidden Wedge Ankle Boots I scored on Gilt Groupe today. I guess with these beauts on my feet I won't be so sad to see summer go...
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-83363047343197145172011-08-30T09:40:00.000-07:002011-08-30T15:00:21.850-07:00rules of civility
Looking for an entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable book? I suggest you pick up Amor Towles' Rules of Civility. I finished it in two days even at my slower than slow current reading pace. When I reached the epilogue I wanted to shout at the pages "wait, wait, wait!" "I'm not done with you!" "Don't end it so fast, buddy, tell me more!"
With characters driven by money, love and lust, and hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-81443459962502076512011-08-25T21:56:00.000-07:002011-08-26T16:04:25.272-07:00basic brown boots that are anything but boringMy cousin Bree requested that I post a fall brown boot roundup. She's looking for a basic brown boot for under $400 that can be worn with everything. Bree has two littles, so I decided to include only flat boots because I think she would wear them more than boots with heels. In general I prefer the look of a low-heeled boot. These are all fairly "basic" but all have a little added something so hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-68594695972325247132011-08-23T16:39:00.001-07:002011-08-23T16:46:45.903-07:00atsuyo et akiko: the perfect gray (baby) tees
I want them all. For Stella...and for me. Too bad they don't come in lady sizes.
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-47584376755626852392011-08-21T21:11:00.000-07:002011-08-21T21:40:16.554-07:00montana and michigan and home again
We're back! We spent last weekend in Bozeman, Montana for a wedding. Montana is gorgeous. We loved it. The wedding was out on this ranch with hay bales and rolling hills, and a big, open sky, and two teepees.
We discovered a favorite breakfast spot in Bozeman called the Stockyard Cafe. If you're ever in Bozeman go there. And get the banana bread french toast. It is to die for.
After hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-73272010509110067592011-08-09T11:46:00.000-07:002011-08-09T11:54:27.610-07:00girls girls girls
Check out the video J's company (HEIST) created and our friend Austin shot for the new Girls single, Vomit. And, hey, it was mentioned on Pitchfork yesterday!hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-2546527446995280152011-08-09T09:02:00.000-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.102-08:00hither & thither guest post
I'm over on hither & thither (one of my favorite blogs) this morning giving tips on flying with a baby. Take a look! And if you don't already follow the adventures of Ashley and Aron of hither & thither you should... They love to travel, their travelogues are inspirational, and just had a little cutie pie named Hudson.
xo
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-60563125102466035982011-08-06T07:40:00.000-07:002011-08-06T08:57:26.479-07:00on the topic of buying booksThe subject of book buying came up over dinner a few weeks ago with friends Andie and Darcy. Andie and I studied at college together and we met Darcy at a publishing company we worked for a few years back. We are all avid readers so it's not a strange topic to come up over dinner. I think that they were a little incredulous, though, to learn how many books we buy on average per week. Before hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-65526579472269105092011-08-06T07:28:00.000-07:002011-08-06T07:32:43.699-07:00happy happyHappy birthday to my love. And happy 8-month birthday to our girl.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-76313791406698526792011-08-03T09:15:00.000-07:002011-08-03T09:23:39.576-07:00baby broguesLove these Boumy Brown Brogues![via BabyMine]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-62766297843481031342011-08-01T08:42:00.000-07:002011-08-01T08:58:49.787-07:00heath ceramics visitOn Saturday we made a pilgrimage to Heath Ceramics in Sausalito. I snapped a few photos.I had to resist the urge to buy everything in the store.We came home with a big blue bowl, and two small blue bowels with white tops. Love!hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-53889771311379175252011-07-31T10:17:00.000-07:002011-07-31T10:33:46.124-07:00thouSome faves:Thou yeasty plume-plucked death-tokenThou pribbling hell-hated maggot-pieThou dankish bat-fowling moldwarp[via ian claridge]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-88896324840516193202011-07-28T14:15:00.000-07:002011-07-28T14:17:24.759-07:00a red pants kind of dayhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-1121377031482060972011-07-26T22:14:00.000-07:002011-07-26T22:33:28.703-07:00oakland awesomeIllustration by Michael WertzI moved to Oakland in 1997 for college. After graduate school in London, I moved back and have lived here ever since. It's home, and there are so many things to love about Oakland. For one, it's warmer than San Francisco, usually by a whopping 10 degrees or so. Also, there are all the amazing restaurants, bookstores, shoppes, farmers' markets, parks... Which is why hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-1574874632880722682011-07-26T10:11:00.000-07:002011-07-26T10:19:22.381-07:00tiel seivl-keeversTiel Seivl-Keevers prints:16 Pebbles8 Days a WeekThe Natadola 5hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-69551277458215694982011-07-24T19:53:00.000-07:002011-07-24T19:57:11.274-07:00on repeat: edward sharpe and the magnetic zerosThis is Stella's new jam. She loves to bounce and wiggle her bottom to the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song 40 Day Dream.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-25675540763333176082011-07-20T19:34:00.000-07:002011-07-20T19:37:26.960-07:00summertime in oaklandout for a stroll and enjoying the sun...hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-24200158791674187622011-07-18T10:41:00.000-07:002011-07-19T15:31:40.692-07:00in memoryI don't often share sad news on this blog. But every once in awhile life overwhelms us and is exposed to be what it really is, a fragile, delicate, often cruel, but infinitely beautiful place.It's hard to maintain this online space and ignore the reality happening behind it all. At the end of last week our dear friend Katie died. She drowned unexpectedly. Her death leaves a gaping hole in our hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-76207925469586609102011-07-18T09:18:00.000-07:002011-07-18T09:21:20.747-07:00achooWhale tissue holder[via jodi mckee]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-7109543623717029752011-07-13T16:11:00.000-07:002011-07-13T16:41:54.466-07:00magazine crush: apartamentoI have a new crush... Apartamento: an everyday life interiors magazine.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-49709928656025772652011-07-09T21:27:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:20:07.430-07:00happy anniversary to us, againTomorrow we celebrate our second anniversary.Looking back at what I wrote on this day last year, so much has changed but so much is still the same. As I write this, the baby who was somersaulting in my belly last year is fast asleep upstairs. She sits up without falling over (most of the time) and she is close to crawling. She is a master at peekaboo and loves seeing and interacting with hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-56454062877414487892011-07-06T16:44:00.001-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.145-08:00stella at 7 monthsI can't even put into words how much I love this girl.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-62153224354786306172011-07-06T13:09:00.000-07:002011-07-06T14:06:21.733-07:00a visit from the goon squadOver the weekend I finished Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. I picked this book up at the bookstore countless times. Each time I put the book down, despite all the awards and accolades, because the marketing copy on the back was so blah.Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantlyhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-47465284497095218612011-07-05T20:30:00.000-07:002011-07-05T20:34:14.913-07:00true lovetrue love by roll & tumble press[via poppytalk]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-68215051541353542472011-07-04T15:10:00.000-07:002011-07-04T15:23:17.683-07:00sweet, sweet (madewell) summerpark bench fedoraendless summer espadrillebaja camipindot chambray safari shirtclementine sundresscolorcode maxidresschecked paperboy shortshannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-32769018156396598922011-07-01T07:38:00.000-07:002011-07-01T07:39:22.124-07:00love this look[the sartorialist]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-17858336304880213202011-06-30T20:52:00.000-07:002011-06-30T20:53:26.213-07:00camper cmbCamper CMBhannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-24398631683496946662011-06-30T20:41:00.000-07:002011-11-18T20:32:39.090-08:00stella asleepStella fell asleep with her foot propped up on the way home from dinner at a friend's house around the corner. Those little toes are so cute. I had to post.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-15145560932426136472011-06-28T21:50:00.000-07:002011-06-28T22:10:13.538-07:00paris on my mindThis Brian Ferry photo gives me a case of the Paris wants.Speaking of Paris...J and I went on a date (our second night out without Stella since she was born in December) Saturday night to Boot & Shoe Service. And then we saw the amusing new Woody Allen flick, Midnight in Paris. All the shots of Paris were dreamy.Today my parents and I took Stella to SFMoma to see the Stein's Collection show and hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-10715738675738273522011-06-28T21:38:00.000-07:002011-06-28T21:43:27.886-07:00waterfront tank dressHere it is, the perfect summer dress. It looks so comfy and airy.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-92094729161208551742011-06-24T06:55:00.000-07:002011-06-24T07:09:03.619-07:0050 and 50I'm digging these 50 and 50 state mottos.50 AND 50 IS A CURATED PROJECT WHICH ATTEMPTS TO CONSTRUCT A HANDSOME NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT OUR COUNTRY. FIFTY DESIGNERS, ONE PER STATE, HAVE ILLUSTRATED THEIR STATE MOTTO, CREATING SOMETHING STEEPED IN HISTORY BUT COMPLETELY MODERN AND UNIQUE: A KIND OF DESIGNER'S ATLAS.[via Seesaw]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-11309420230912029292011-06-21T17:56:00.000-07:002011-06-23T09:08:43.544-07:00north carolinaJ's friends Pam and Will got hitched in Hot Springs, North Carolina last weekend. We celebrated with a few folks that J went to college with.Here's Stella with her friend Elsa. As you can see, Elsa isn't so sure about Stella.We spent a short period of time at a swimming hole before a thunderous storm sent us on our way.After the wedding festivities we spent 24 hours in Asheville.I loved these "hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-16546237450913776762011-06-15T16:57:00.000-07:002011-06-15T16:59:51.429-07:00you are a terrible but adorable skaterThis was just too adorable not to post.[via Andie]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-28328769362093141022011-06-14T21:11:00.000-07:002011-06-14T21:16:18.141-07:00braidedWe are headed to North Carolina this weekend for a wedding. I think this braid, with a loose bun at the bottom, would be perfect wedding hair for the warm weather, don't you think?hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-43768411324870581092011-06-12T15:28:00.000-07:002011-06-12T15:55:36.833-07:00olafur eliasson's your rainbow panoramaI love the way that Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson creates and transforms space. He won me over a few years ago when he stimulated bright, brash sunlight in the middle of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall as a part of The Weather Project. Now Eliasson has fashioned a rainbow over Denmark...that you can walk in and through. It looks absolutely gorgeous.Your rainbow panorama, 2006-2011hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419010045861851755.post-39573881794881052302011-06-11T08:49:00.000-07:002011-06-11T08:58:48.642-07:00the new: bon iverI'm loving the new Bon Iver, releasing June 21. Listen to the full album over on NPR.[image: D.L. Anderson]hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02979500441629899263noreply@blogger.com0