friday morning breakfast. homemade wheat bread toast with damson plum jam from the boy farm in mendocino, plus a strong cup of slow-drip coffee with a hint of cardamom. mmm, a perfect headstart to the weekend.
now looking forward to…
+ a potluck in mar vista & a bbq in echo park
+ renegade craft fair in downtown los angeles
+ ray la montagne at the hollywood bowl
+ experimenting with sourdough starters
+ cooking up the bounty of veggies from this week’s CSA box
and excited to be back online more soon.
P.S. during the latest trip to northern california, i finally bought a porcelain manual drip for coffeemaking. it’s deliciously awesome.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
today i’m road tripping to san francisco for a long weekend with mum, dad, and the little bro–and i’m looking forward to some days full of laughter, food, and sunshine.
i’m amazed at how quickly “daily posts” (which i’m all excited about!) are lost in the shuffle of full, busy, good everyday life. for the moment, i’m okay with being distracted by the offline world–but i’ll be back with more here soon…
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listening to: two coins by dispatch (listen)
in the hopes of posting more regularly, i’ve decided to experiment with some weekday “themes.” so after lots of mulling over what i think about and write about and do about town, i’ve settled on this series of “themes” in the most general sense of the word…
monday : the city
tuesday : at home
wednesday : sustainability
thursday : food & drink
friday : creativity
plus miscellaneous posts about my love of libraries and reading lists.
hm, is there anything else i missed?
additions and subtractions and exceptions are to be expected.
listening to: reckoner by radiohead (listen)
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i spent a lot of time in the sun this weekend: in my backyard, at the farmer’s market, on my bike, across town, and outside some great echo park coffee shops. i love that summer in LA starts in april.
i finally played with some sunprint paper that i had bought a few months ago. this simple photo paper captures the shadow of objects in bright light. it’s a fun art/science that is perfect for a sunny afternoon. i experimented with an assortment of buttons, bread tags, and backyard plants for some simple little prints. check out more inspiring sunprints at anna atkins and boomslice and rinneallen.
hope you took advantage of some sunshine over your weekend.
listening to: rebel rebel by seu jorge (listen)
:: image from lillieinthecity / flickr
today i am… loving the extra sunlight each day, even if it makes waking up in the morning a little harder. frustrated that my laptop is temporarily out of commission, which means no new photos and not much blogging. still full after a monday night dinner party with a six-degrees-of-separation group of friends and a georgian-themed feast. hoping to share more about my letterpress adventure soon. excited about having lots of visitors in the next two months. and eating too many cadbury mini eggs.
what are you up to?
listening to: a cover of electric feel by MGMT (listen)
:: photo from lillieinthecity / flickr
My name is Lillie Dignan. I'm a designer and maker, living and working in the Bay Area.
