Takk! to my friend Sam, 

who ended up raising enough money for her Nordic Cafe Culture book!
So excited to follow her journey...

 Jen's pickled lemon cukes, dilly beans, a chili kombucha

We are going to miss you SAM!

We are taking a walk to City People's today to find some plants to fill our balcony.

I love the terra cotta...

 I hadn't eaten an artichoke for years,
for whatever reason– I think maybe I associate them with being difficult to cook? Which they aren't!
It totally brought me back to childhood though...
I felt like a little kid scraping every last morsel off each leaf, licking my fingers, and digging out the heart.
A good dinner for two.

Also, have you seen Ava's new blog?!!

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Yesterday we hiked Rattlesnake Mountain.

It's definitely one of the most beautiful hikes I've been on since I lived in Germany.

Moments like these make it so worth it to have a car.

We're trying to decide whether or not to get one, it's such a tough decision.

This weekend kind of convinced us...

 Snoqualmie Falls

 Rattlesnake Lake

 The tree stumps are gorgeous!

 So tranquil

 View from the ridge

 SO FAR DOWN!

 I had to sit down it was so high...

 Cheers, we did it!

It's hard to believe we were at the tippy top of that sucker!

 Happy Memorial Day!

Enjoying the weekend eating oysters with grated horseradish

and Moscow Mules (maybe not so appropriate, but aren't the cups great?)
at Walrus.

We drove out to the Cascades to check out a cabin in woods we've been eying
and on the way there were these fluffy little seeds floating everywhere...
It was pretty dreamy.

Our table.

 M was inspired by this Mark Bittman video with Frank de Carlo, which is actually kind of hilarious (maybe they were high? lol)

It's a black chickpea soup...
He kept it on the lighter side, since it was warm (!): opted out of the cheese and added spring peas and crumbled bacon instead!

YUM. 

We recently had dinner with a friend and loved the pretty, mismatched tableware

(reminded me of Giovanna's beautiful plates at Luce) and candelabras...
Made me kind of want to ditch all my dishes and turn them in for some pretty plates.
Our new place is so much more femme than our last apartment and I feel ready for a change!
Spring cleaning?

Some images from a shoot for OBJECT.

Felted sling chair I collaborated on with Ladies and Gentleman Studio for Noho Next at ICFF this weekend. 

At ZERO Maria Cornejo.

We just replaced our countertop and backsplash with some subway tiles.

Looks so much better than before! (Was violet fake stone linoleum!)

COMME CI, COMME CA got a shout out on Design for Mankind today (thanks, Kristen!), so

 I thought I would post another interview/chat my lovely friend Melodee.

super talented writer and artist.

Also got to attend my friend Elizabeth's beautiful wedding.

Such a magical night...