sunday in the city.
this sunday in the city, is really a friday in the city. as you may have seen, i took off early and hung out on the streets of san francisco with my friend kim who was here visiting from l.a. we had a little lunch at Momi Toby’s Revolution Cafe, complete with a lovely glass of wine, a walk around hayes valley’s proxy project, including a visit to smitten ice cream (they make it one cone at a time!), flight oo1 (where i drooled over these wallets), and then we headed down to crissy field to lay in the warm sand. a pretty perfect afternoon.
secret hideout.
after my little crash and burn last week, i took some of your much needed good advice and spent some time outdoors this weekend. i am very lucky to have a secret garden, which when not engulfed in knee-high weeds, is a lovely little spot to hide out in the big bad city. robyn pope gardens transformed the weeds into a happy oasis of green a while ago, replacing them with river rock, minted moss, lavender, rosemary and mexican sage.
and then this weekend, i finally put together this teepee that had been sitting in a box in the garage forever! it’s the most amazing retreat i could hope for. such a peaceful hideout! thanks for all the helpful ideas and well wishes, guys. you can’t know how very much it means to me.
oh, hello domino.
perhaps you’ve heard? much beloved decor magazine domino is back! not completely, like 100% back — this is a special edition the publishers have put out called Domino Quick Fixes, which hit newsstands nationwide on April 17th. it’s a bit of the old favorites from the domino archives, meshed with some new decor images, some grand styling tips and a valuable resource guide. i like it, but to be honest, i secretly was hoping for a bit more new. however, it is so good to see domino back in print, and i for one, am just hoping this is some kind of test marketing issue, and domino will be back for good, producing 12 issues a year in print. i miss my print and i’d subscribe! i say we let them know how much we missed domino!
oh, and happy, happy friday.
oh those ban.do girls. they had these cute little bow bobbis on the site and those wigs modeling them so perfectly. well, i just couldn’t resist messing with them a bit. i’ve got a good friend in town today that i don’t get to hang out with too often, so i’m cutting outta here early. whatcha all doin’ this weekend?
• images via ban.do.
one from the heart.
i’m gonna be honest here, it’s been a rough week. maybe it started with tax payments (yuck) but it just seemed like the whole world was feeling grumpy and some of that crashed down on me. you know how it is. some days you can take it — no problem. bring it on! and other days, you’re sensitivity is heightened and the world feels disappointing and feelings get hurt and you just feel like crawling under the covers and waking up three days later and finding it – ahhhh, all better.
i also feel tired. trying to keep up a daily blog without a vacation, or a weekend to speak of (i work almost every single day), i think i’m a little burnt. i find with technology moving faster and faster there’s a constant need to keep up and sometimes, you just want to lay down in a grassy field and look for shapes in the clouds and not think about it all. i think i need one of those days.
i love being here each and every day — i just think in order to make pretty posts for you, that haven’t been seen all over pinterest, or tumblr or other blogs, i need to bring you more original content. and i’m working on carving out more time so i can bring you that — shooting new homes for you to view, and inspiring images to hopefully make you say ‘ooooh’.
i’m sure you get like this too from time to time? what do you do to refuel? any ideas for me? i could use a little reader guidance right about now. thanks guys! xo, v.
*addendum: thank you all so, so much for all your kind comments, thoughts and ideas. i took the day off today and am feeling much better. you guys are everything i need sometimes. xo
