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

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.

1.20.2011

book branch

This book branch by Paris-based Olivier Dollé is pretty darned cool.


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.

France: 11


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.

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.

New hat
Jordan found two cute hats. Here he is wearing one of them and Stella.

New hat
I decided to go with the Bella in gray.