New obsession

I feel like I have a new baby obsession:

Nora Bentley.



Nora is my friend Scott's - and his lovely wife, Meg's - baby. Scott is my friend from high school. The gang of us used to spend entire evenings in Scott's parent's rec room watching awkwardly lighthearted guys build pyramids out of themselves (we were really advanced). And now he's a dad. Weird.

Nora is simply the cutest thing of 2009.

Tre chic... and I owe it all to Cori

Thanks to my friend Cori, I now am the new proud owner of these lovely and crazy chairs by Thomasville, circa 1965. I'm soooo in love!

I'm really undecided on how to proceed. They need some work because 3 of them are blue in tint and two of them are yellowish - like somebody tried to get creative at one point. Both work, but I want all 5 to match. Also, they should be reupholstered.

In an ideal 2009 world, what would these look like? I'm thinking a creamy white with gold gilded accents, refreshed but in keeping with their original aesthetic--but I've also heard opinions of bold and black. Thoughts?

Ya win some ya lose some

Tonight's dinner. Believe it or not, it was supposed to be pizza. Damn I was looking forward to it, too!

Fourth of July weekend = dog weekend

We spend the majority of this beautiful fourth of July weekend catering to our dog, Bean - who is approaching one-year old now.

She had the dog weekend of the century, going to different dog parks (including the amazing beach dog park in Edmonds), an overnight in Bellingham with her buddy, Oliver (my mom's dog), and taking a walk on the Interuban Trail.





She even treed her first raccoon!...admittedly from the back seat of our Mazda. But we were still proud.





It was a good fourth of July on Chuckanut Drive, with plenty of good barbecue and delicious cocktails. A relaxing retreat!

A tribute to keyboard cat

Today is officially the hottest June 3 ever. In Seattle, at least.

That sort of record isn't taken lightly. That's some heavy shit. A blog post on June 3, 2009 deserves an equally important record.

What about cutest cupcake ever? I think so.

Seattleites...the general population..... look no further. Meet, keyboard cat (the cupcake):



This was our friend Katie's most amazingly delightful 34th birthday present. Designed and created by Charra (who by the way, is up for, like, top cake decorator of the world contest - literally) this gem brought many laughs and tears of joy to the attendees of Katie's birthday party on the eve. of May 30th.

And just because I ate it right after this photo was taken (3 minutes ago) doesn't dimish its staying power. Keyboard cat (the cupcake) will be with me -- with us -- forever. And for that, we have only Charra to thank.

Dream shoes

Can they get any better?



Chie Mihara, $Too much for me.

Flower arrangements

It goes without saying that one of the best parts of spring is the beautiful flowers - and bringing them inside to make fresh arrangements.





It's even better when you can cut them from your own yard!