Happy Thanksgiving from San Francisco!

Maya's home at Slide Ranch! Isn't it magical?

Tomorrow we leave for San Francisco Thanksgiving! We had to clean out our fridge, so we decided to do a mash up of everything in our fridge- somehow it turned out to be not so bad!

1 japanese turnips and candy cane beets

2 garlic, yellow bell pepper and hot green pepper

3 purple kale and cabbage

4 baby spinach

5 cracked egg

6 shrimps!

SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY

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perfect sunday

t magazine

coffee

bread and cheese from the farmer's market

the cheese was GOAT camembert- so ripe it had to be eaten today!

breakfast: coffee and malt-o-meal

lunch: roasted purple carrots and beef

dinner: black rice, hummus, spinach

roasted salt and pepper squash, chicken, and goat cheese salad for dinner

and

oranges for dessert

1 b+w oversize shirt

2 too many cords, ideas?

HISHAM

salad of goat cheese, tomato and turkey patty for lunch!

1 dinner! purple kale and cabbage saute on a bed of black rice with the BEST GOAT CHEESE

2 i found some wine that was left in the laundry room for someone to take. it was gross- pineapple. BUT! i figured out a way to make bad wine taste good- add 2 large ice cubes!

3 how about the awesome candle holder?

4 HEAR THIS

Remember this? Satomi made this beautiful vest from the sample she made at the workshop I taught in Brooklyn! It looks so AWESOME!

spinach salad with poached egg and parmesan + fillet of sole with baked turnip, parsnip, and yellow beet

I got these beautiful wash rags at Tortoise in Los Angeles and have been dying to open them since I got here. They are made of very special cloth that is absorbent and lasts forever. I am so crazy about the packaging!

Some shots from around my new apartment! Since living with MJ in our last apartment that was the size of our dorm room in college, I really learned how to only have the stuff I use all the time in the apartment. One of everything. My favorite is my kitchen list which I will post soon...

Taylor took me to the nicest little restaurant that is tucked away near the water in Seattle! It was so cozy and homey and good! They have a happy hour where you can get the most delicious oysters for $1.25, we also had warmed dates in olive oil and parmesan cheese. Loved the beer glasses...

Yesterday I took a day trip into the mountains of Washington to do a private session with my long time friend and mentor Aurelia.

Things I'm working on:

+listening with compassion

+patient acceptance

+joy for others

+compassion

+recognizing delusions as they arise

+dedicating beauty to all sentient beings

+constructive mindfulness

look at the puddle heart!

1 bread salad. i know this has been done before, but it was so nice to get to tear day-old bread that had hardened into arugula/spinach/tomato/onion mix and top with the best olive oil (REGINA) i felt like i had invented something special!

2 newspaper place mats

3 sausage and roasted cauliflower. kind of a weird combo, but i am in love with baked cauliflower :)

4 today i realized i only like recipes with no more than 5 ingredients. K.I.S.= keep it simple

1 easy salad! spinach, chopped onion, sliced hard boiled egg, hummus, olive oil, salt and cracked pepper.

2 air plant!

3 brussels sprouts on a stalk taste SO much better than those that have already been picked off- they are usually smaller so they fit nicely in your mouth and aren't dried out. we prepared these with some white fish in lemon garlic rub. so simple, cheap, and delicious

Finally! a litle break between rain storms... This weather just makes you want to eat soup and drink tea all day long in bed. Aren't those sticky rain drops for the window so cool? I thought it would be quite fitting for Seattle. haha. DROOOOOOOG
chicken soup with homemade spaetzle!

Celebrating our new apartment on Halloween with some Gouden Carolus and a pumpkin pie. November 1st is probably the most difficult month to move into a new apartment, lots of trick-or-treaters in the streets. Someone even thought we were dressed up like movers- pushing a mattress and cart! ahaha

My new favorite trick that I learned from M's mom: putting glasses in the freezer so they are nice and frosty when you want a drink. LOVE!

So excited to finally visit Totokaelo! a huge inspiration of beauty and creativity to me :)

Taylor's beautiful hat!

There are so many nice leaves on the ground! ALSO! Totokaelo is doing an awesome shoe promo. Check it out

1. timex!

2. loved this dries shirt with purple background

3. behind the scenes at totokaelo

4. it's really cold here

5. local hoarder (there are about 5 other cars within the same block that look just like this!)

6. kitty pur pur

7. nice chair and floor

We are starting something special here in Seattle! IMPROMPTU: a prepared food booth at the Ballard Farmer's Market made from fresh ingredients sourced from farmers and vendors at the market! We started out with two sandwiches (a cheese and a meat) because we don't have burners or a permit yet, but eventually hope to do two items: a side and an entree to keep it simple, fresh, and changing with the seasons!

We totally got busted and had to pack up early, but people loved it (it's actually really lame how none of the prepared food vendors at the market use organic, locally sourced foods when they are at their fingertips) and we got to trade our leftovers with the farmers for our groceries for the week! Cross my fingers that we can get a permit :)

Menu:

OBEN FARMS summer beef sausage, ORGANIC GREENS mixed lettuces tossed with olive oil, with BILLY'S roasted red peppers on a TALL GRASS baguette

SAMISH BAY aged ladysmith cheese, BILLY'S green zebra and heirloom tomato, ORGANIC GREENS mixed lettuces tossed with olive oil on a TALL GRASS baguette

Fall is here! Drinking lots of warm stuff!

Welcome to Washington! Darcie and Geanne's veggie garden!

The Ballard Farmer's market, so good!

Kristin's skirt that I am so c-r-a-z-y about.ROWENA SARTIN

YOU MUST GO VISIT IKO IKO THIS SATURDAY IF YOU'RE IN L.A.! Kristin has a very special opening that I promise you will like :)

Show at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art!

I am selling my rugs at ASHES AND MILK! Check out the interview on their blog!

Here are some shots of the chairs I covered for Lela Rose! I'm sad I didn't get to shoot them in her showroom, these are the only photos I have :( but they turned out pretty cool! I miss New York already, want to move there soooo badly!

Creatures of the Wind soiree at the Chelsea Hotel