up to something....

So I promise to (hopefully) be back on the blog scene more soon. While I was away, I have been working on something, heres a hint:


(not a great photo, sorry. I don't have a fancy cell phone so this is really the best I can get!)

here, there & everywhere mix

not too much commentary this week. hope you enjoy the mix, it's a shortie but a goodie.


She's Not There- The Zombies
There is a Light That Never Goes Out- The Smiths
Here Comes Your Man- The Pixies
There is no if- The Cure
Art is Everywhere- MGMT



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Hi-Fi Weddings | Tylre. | Ten Thou Bride | Fashion Under 100 | Jo, Rooting | One Cat Per Person | another damn life | Savoir Weddings | Fancy Notion | Dead Flowers | Casa De Kaloi | Bunnies’n’Beagles | My San Francisco Budget Wedding | Existing Between Reality and Dreams | Smile in Motion

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old friends.

(thats high school me posing in front of Roche Bros, the place all my friends worked, including the one I mention below. Despite repeated applications, I never got the chance to work there. From repeatedly applying, I memorized my social security number, so I guess thanks for that, RBs.)


I went out with a friend last night that I haven't seen in at least 6 years*. She is the dear friend who helped me through my miscarriage a couple weeks ago. It is crazy and so wonderful to literally fall back into a friendship effortlessly like we just saw each other last week. It was so great that it made me sad we had ever fallen out of touch. Everything from watching 'Fallen Attractions' and law and order type shows to how we approached our weddings (she was a big help when I was in the early planning stages since she also felt no need to spend $1000's on unnecessary items and gave me gave tips in general). So here is a quick cheers to the people we don't know our missing from our lives until we find them again. Here here!**





*I gave her the stuffed animals and she loved them! I really love making things for people who really appreciate them!
**no clapping. You know how I feel about clapping.

play my favorite song...or else

Topic 1: Concert Etiquette (or more accurately: 'musical bitching')

So it seems I am very finicky concert person (Ryan kept shaking his head at me and saying 'so many rules!'). If you were to observe me from a distance explaining my thoughts, you would probably see my mouth moving alot and lots of finger pointing/finger waving (you know the whole 'naughty naughty' finger wave). Here are some things I feel should be established concert going rules:

1- stop shouting out shit! (ex. 'TAKE YOUR TOP OFF! WOOOOO!' or 'OH MY GAWD I LOOOOOVE YOOOOOUUUU!" or stupid stuff like 'CATERPILLAR!!!', i.e. some weird inside joke no one else gets but you and your small gaggle of friends. I have no issue when people shout out songs they want to hear (as long as they are by the artist who is playing or a known cover...why do people just shout out songs they like in general?!)

2. keep the stage banter to a minimum! (I have decided I can think of one artist whose stage banter I enjoy. Ben Folds. His stories are great and he is funny. Everyone else, unless your voice is swoon worthy in general, just play your songs please. I do not want to hear 'you're all going to get laid tonight!' First time I heard that at a show, I was at a Blur/Dandy Warhols concert...with my dad. Also, do not ask if I am having a good time. We're all cheering and singing and dancing. Of course we are having a good time. You would most likely know if we weren't and stage banter wouldn't make it better.)

3. stop the jams! (I understand some people like when people rock out and make a 2 minute song 15 minutes long with weird guitar songs. I am not that person. Please say the song so I can sing along! That's my favorite part. I also don't like forgetting what song you are even playing.)

4. and quite possibly my least favorite thing of all time...the encore. (okay, so we paid money to see you, why do you not just play until you run out of time? why do we have to clap for your love and act like you won't come back out when we know you will? my hands hurt. why am I still clapping? Usually when its time for the encore I either do a half-assed clap or cross my arms and glare until the artist comes back on).


whew. thanks for listening to that.

do you guys have any concert pet peeves or a similar long list of rules?


*I named the band after this which consistently cracks me up (the rest of the episode stinks but I love the beginning) but apparently there is a real band too!

like totally mix

Sorry about the lack of posts this week. Still finding out how to get back into the groove of that. I promise I started about 4 different ones that were never put up about everything from concert etiquette to plans for my vegetable garden this year. There's always tomorrow and next week right?

Anyways, thank god its friday. My mix this week was inspired by some close captioning projects at work and having to transcribe lots of 'you know' and 'like'. Here's your mix!

Kiss Me Like You Mean It-The Magnetic Fields
Like It Too Much- Kaiser Chiefs
Nothing Like You- Frightened Rabbit
Bohemian Like You- The Dandy Warhols
I Don't Like Mondays- Bob Geldof
One Day Like This- Elbow
Rock You Like a Hurricane- The Scorpions

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For more Mixtape Master madness, peep the playlists on these blogs:

Hi-Fi Weddings | Tylre. | Ten Thou Bride | Fashion Under 100 | Jo, Rooting | One Cat Per Person | another damn life | Savoir Weddings | Fancy Notion | Dead Flowers | Casa De Kaloi | Bunnies’n’Beagles | My San Francisco Budget Wedding | Existing Between Reality and Dreams | Smile in Motion

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six

(photo by kate rose photography)


happy six months, my love. here's to many many many more happy months.

this is a story but you're not in it.

So last night, even though I had originally felt like staying home and being sad, we went to a concert. I am very glad we did. We saw Josh Ritter and the lead singer for Frightened Rabbit opened. He was really great and now I can't get this out of my head:



and this:



The lead singer looked like my husband's best friend, but hairy. Which made me like him more.That and he had an extremely charming accent. Also, Josh Ritter looked so psyched to be Josh Ritter. It's nice to see a musician so jazzed to be performing and having a blast. In addition to this, there was the most amazing Josh Ritter fan in the audience. He completely made the show for me. I couldn't tell at first if he was serious but as the night progressed it became very evident he was. Here are some highlights:

1- he was headbanging
2- he talked about how great Joh Ritter's hair looked at 4 times.
3- he complimented JR's outfit really loudly and he heard him
4- he knew every word
5- he danced and jumped up and down and fist pumped to all songs

I mean, how great is that? Also, JR was sticking to a very strict valentine theme so he was reading love notes people wrote in to his website. The sweet ones were great (there was a marriage proposal, he said yes) but I loved the silly ones better. Some of my favorites were 'Remember when we made love with Jeopardy on it the background? Remember when I killed the mood by yelling out 'Salmonella!' and 'To Jack from Jack I have been watching you for a long time and now I know you are the best person on earth and I love you'.

Now, off for errands and cupcakes. Happy weekend to you all!