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Vignettes at Bherd Studios Gallery

Tonight you’ll find me at Bherd Studios Gallery, where the exhibition Vignettes is opening. Four Bherd represented artists each created a small series of work that tells a story or offers the v...

11 may 12

“Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.”

By now I’m sure everyone has heard that Maurice Sendak, world-renowned illustrator and beloved author of some of the most impactful and enduring children’s books, died this morning in his...

08 may 12

Stingers In, Cameras Out!

When astronomers and astrologers alike are atwitter over a lunar event, you know there’s something big happening. Hold on to your hats, folks, and make sure there are batteries in your camera, ...

05 may 12

Friday Follow: A Few Favorite Writing Blogs

When you are a blogger, you tend to spend a lot of time online and to read and pay attention to the work of other bloggers. And when you also are a writer, your ears (or whatever the online equivalen...

04 may 12

Follow Friday: Some Fave Seattle Bloggers

In the month or so since I moved to Seattle, I’ve had the great good fortune to meet some of Seattle’s blogger community. A few in person, and others online through the terrific group Sea...

28 apr 12

Zululiciousness

Amazing, hypnotic and deliciously random, “Stupidity captured at 2500 frames per second” is a video montage of two guys named Dumt & Farlight, from TV2 Zulu in Denmark, smashing thin...

25 apr 12

DIY Health

Obviously, my plan for a weekly series on on the “12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012″ got pre-empted by my big move to Seattle, but I’m trying to get back into the groove here and ...

24 apr 12

Breakfast at Alki Cafe

Those of us who live near Alki Beach have much that the rest of Seattle wishes they had, but haute cuisine is not one of them. Don’t get me wrong, the vacay vibe on the strip along Alki Avenue ...

23 apr 12

Book Spine Poetry

In honor of National Poetry Month, Maria Popova at Brain Pickings has been having a little fun creating Book Spine Poetry from her favorite books. Charmed and inspired, I decided to give it a try. Mo...

18 apr 12

Skinny in Seattle

Seattleites, for the most part, are a fit and trim bunch, although you might not guess it from a survey of the foods they like to eat. Every restaurant features some kind of mac and cheese and there ...

18 apr 12

Why are we happy?

In this great TED talk, Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. In fact, he argues, it is when we...

17 apr 12

Love Is In The Air

It’s certainly in the stars. Every astrological source I know is warbling about the potent love energy surrounding today’s Full Moon in Libra. My favorite new source for all things astrol...

06 apr 12

Seattle and The Burning Question

The blog has been quiet lately. Crickets, I know. My apologies, but I’ve been really busy moving to Seattle. It’s difficult to imagine now, but things could have gone very differently. An...

05 apr 12

Alki Beach

I live here.

03 apr 12

Quote of the Day

“I’m going to close my eyes and you’re going to take these croutons out of my salad.” ~ Babe Walker, White Girl Problems

16 mar 12

Rouge Awakening #11 – Chrysanthemum

I need a bit of Red today. How ’bout you? What a lovely red chrysanthemum! With a history that dates back to 15th century B.C., chrysanthemum mythology is filled with a multitude of stories and...

24 feb 12

Danielle LaPorte and The Burning Question

Danielle LaPorte is one of my favorite people in the world and we haven’t even met. You know the kinds of people I mean; you read their work, admire their style, share their philosophy and they...

23 feb 12

Red Carpet

This is the first in a series of posts commenting on trendwatching.com’s “12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012.” The first trend noted this year is RED CARPET, wherein businesses aro...

21 feb 12

Positively Prada

Flipping through the March issue of Vogue (all 606 pages of it) is a fabulous fantasy escape. Not only because the sun is making me want to throw off layers of wool in favor of sleeveless dresses and...

20 feb 12

Fall Fantasies at NYFW

Last week, while I was busy celebrating Cloud of Chaos’ second birthday and giving stuff away, Fashion Week was getting underway in New York, with a Super Bowl champion kicking things off and u...

17 feb 12

The Lady in Gold

From an homage in plastic by Mattel (they made her into a Barbie) to a new book by Anne-Marie O’Connor, Gustav Klimt’s 1907 masterpiece “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” has bee...

16 feb 12

Trend Tuesdays 2012

Each January, trendwatching.com releases a briefing on the trends they see as most likely to affect consumers and brands in the coming year. Independent and opinionated, trendspotting.com is one of t...

14 feb 12

Happy Valentine’s Day

Ah, Google, spreading love since 2000. (The fist Valentine’s Day Doodle went live that year)

14 feb 12

Birthday Bash Giveaways

We spent last week celebrating Cloud of Chaos’ second birthday with a series of amazing giveaways from our generous sponsors: an overnight stay at Hotel Veritas in Harvard Square, a Small Trade...

13 feb 12

Sponsor Feature and Giveaway: Recycle Studio

After my first ride at Recycle Studio, I was hooked; I never expected to find myself a spin person, but I’m certainly a devoted Recyclist. Recycle’s emphasis on the mind/body connection t...

10 feb 12

Sponsor Feature and Giveaway: Knight&Hammer

I discovered this New-York-based jeweler because so many of my fashionista friends were constantly gushing over designer Joseph Knight and his exquisite work. Knight&Hammer has been the source o...

09 feb 12

Sponsor Feature and Giveaway: Michelle Willey

My apartment would hardly be the comfortable home it has become if it weren’t for Michelle Willey. From my leopard-print ottoman to the cotton linens I use every day, so many of the home furnis...

08 feb 12

Sponsor Feature and Giveaway: Hotel Veritas

I was in love with the Hotel Veritas before it even opened its gorgeous, etched glass doors (or yet had the doors to open). Like me, everyone falls for the design details and the rich textures and co...

07 feb 12

The Cloud of Chaos Birthday Bash

January 23rd was an important day. Not only was it the day that ushered in the Year of the Dragon, it was the day that Cloud of Chaos turned two. I take this as a lucky sign that 2012 is going to be ...

06 feb 12

The Song of Lunch

Poetry in film seems to be a thing with me lately. How else to explain my serendipitous discovery of both motionpoems and the wonderful dramatization of Christopher Reid’s acclaimed narrative p...

03 feb 12

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