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happy weekend!

 

Back from South Dakota...

Off to Vail for a birthday weekend away.

(It's my birthday!)

ciao!

long weekends never seem quite long enough.

but at least there is a little extra time to relax.

tomorrow i fly to rapid city, south dakota...

see you soon, dudes!

beautiful losers

i love the feeling of empowerment that comes from being alone in a crowd.  in ny, when i got to an event alone it brings a rush of energy and happiness.  i'm finding it harder to achieve that feeling in a smaller city where more folks know each other.  The anonymous feeling i love sometimes turns into something more similar to loneliness than independence.

still

i am glad i went to see the movie beautiful losers last night.  there was a special screening at the mayan, a beautiful old art deco aztec-themed theater, followed by a q&a with director aaron rose.  it's not often that i get to sit and watch a movie about some of my favorite artists.  and this movie really is about the people.  aaron talked about how they conducted interviews with a bunch of high profile critics and in the end those interviews couldn't be included in the movie because they ruined the spirit of it.  the current version provides viewers with insight into the real lives of 12 creative souls.

i cried when the movie reached the point in time when margaret kilgallen got sick and ended up dying only a couple of weeks after giving birth to her daughter, asha.  and i loved hearing about how painfully shy barry mcgee is and how he had to be tricked into providing an interview. (harmony korine is endearingly odd!  and a little scary.) i adore this movie.

if you get a chance, go see this movie.  i'm already looking forward to seeing it again.

Awesomeness

Gosh.  I just adore these photo representations of kid's drawings by Yeondoo Jung fround via Drawn!

have a great weekend...

i hope mine will be filled with refreshing drinks,

freshly baked cookies,

and happy flowers.

yee haw!

i love looking at street fashion blogs for inspiration and always find i am most smitten with the photos of older fashionistas such as ram featured on the streets of denver.  he makes me want to know his story.  what's your story, ram?

i love ram's look, but my favorite denver fashionista EVER is jack a. weil, the 107 year-old owner of rockmount ranch wear.  he still goes to work every day.  and he invented the cowboy shirt with snaps!  and perhaps the bolo tie!  he kinda makes me wanna be a cowgirl. 

lovely

   

one highlight of my friends' visit was a hike in Eldorado Canyon State Park.  it is a gorgeous place and the trails were practically empty.  we watched a bunch of rock climbers and confirmed my desire to NEVER EVER rock climb.  i admire folks who climb but i prefer to stay on the ground.

there is a human or maybe a gorilla face in the rocks in the bottom photo.  can you see it?

soooo pretty...

i love mike's new reclaimed china.

i owe him a sewing lesson and can't wait to see what he creates with the power of a sewing machine.

how can it be wednesday already?

(adorable graffiti spotted around the corner from city, o' city)

where does time go?

we had a wonderful visit with my 2 oldest friends this past weekend and it's wednesday before i have time to post anything about it.

we:

-ate a cheese plate, french toast, cookies, scrambled eggs with veggies, tamales, salami, asparagus, and pancakes with fresh strawberries

-spent more than a couple of hours and dollars at the mall

-admired the mountains during a hike

- chatted, analyzed, giggled, and sang beatles songs

we're going to make it a yearly event.  seattle in 2009!

(more photos to follow later in the week.)

this weather is CRAZY!

rows and rows of tulips quickly disappear under the snow...

how can it be 80 degrees one day and blizzarding the next?

i hope it's a little nicer on saturday because i want to go here and here.