my trip to st. louis

was exquisite.



big, fat naps with the ruggies.
hugging all of my people close.
sunrise over the city museum.
my first show at the fabulous {truly fabulous} fox.
mcgrupp.
dancing through this fountain at midnight.

la la la monday.

darlings,
i hope you had a sweet sweet weekend.
you know i did.
guess what we're doing tomorrow. . .

sitting way up close at the phish show at the fabulous fox theatre in st. louis.
i am beyond excited.
{fingers crossed for an icculus. . .}

from the mothership.

LOVE you darlings.

it's time.

the world moves and it swivels & bops.

the david byrne show was a once in a lifetime moment.
the dancing, the singing, the energy.
i know i'll have more words for it all after a few days.

new work. cute overload. good things.

darlings, i've just spent the afternoon drawing in drippy ink and painting a few new pieces for the bedroom. i love to make things. lately, my schedule has been so hectic that the few hours of un-interrupted time for creating felt like a gift from the universe. so THANK YOU universe!

also, while i was away last weekend, my darling mister scanned a stack of photos of shyla as a puppy. i think they are both too cute for words.

have a positively delightful weekend, my dears. we are laying low tonight, but will be out spreading the good vibes at a show tomorrow night and at the free yoga class i'm teaching at lululemon on sunday! {seattle peeps-- would love to see you there at 9:30 on sunday morning.}

all love,
k

dedication.

dears, it is now 6:30am here on the west coast. i am trying to buy phish tickets when they go on sale at 7.
{just thought you should know.}
xo

To the max.

Feist rocks.
Here's more evidence of her awesomeness in case you missed this episode.

(Thanks Miss Matilda.)

it's somehow fitting that my 400th post would involve the O.C.

this really belongs with my last post:

imagine mister loves whales and me singing this every thursday night for four years straight.

*

i honestly cannot help myself.

it's just so beautiful.

they are mates of state.

check them out right after you listen to this.

happy happy monday.

Dears, I hope you had a truly glorious weekend. It was amazingly beautiful here, and I got to do all of the things I love-- ride bikes, listen to live music, hike with my dog, make art, do yoga, watch movies, eat yummy food-- all good things.

I've mentioned the Avett Brothers before. BK is friends with their bassist Bob Crawford from years ago on Phish tour, and I can't say enough wonderful things about them. They are like pure magic for the ears. And the energy of their shows is nothing short of breathtaking. AND...they are getting so famous! We barely squeezed into the venue they played this weekend.

LOVE for my ears.

I am really digging on Dengue Fever these days. Here is a review of their latest album on NPR. Rad.
Seeing Hands

Friday loveliness.

My dears, I am still listening to I am Robot & Proud. So wonderful. Pure loveliness. Putting on the album "The Electricity in Your House wants to Sing" is like instant happy for me. I just can't keep myself from putting it on ALL THE TIME! This is what total bliss sounds like to me.

And isn't this video pure & simple wonderfulness? It was made by Ari Huang for a film class. I'm trying to find out more about him.

New soul.

Dears, I just saw this over at Sparkletopia (could Sparkletopia be any more awesome?? seriously.) and instantly fell in love with this tune. Am I the last girl on earth to hear about Yael Naim? She's amazing! Check it.

Happy Monday!

The needle.

I just love the space needle. It is so 1950s-in the year 2000 we'll all be driving hovercrafts and having martinis in the sky. This aesthetic thrills me to no end. We sat under the needle all day on Saturday, so I got to spend a lot of time thinking about how much I love it. When I wasn't dancing my face of to the music of the wonderfully talented and gorgeous Avett Brothers, that is.

Music is a source of much inspiration. Varied inspiration. The music I listen to is both a cause and effect of my art, meaning sometimes I choose the music based on what I'm working on and sometimes the art I make is heavily influenced by the music I'm already listening to at the time.

LOVING RIGHT NOW: Antibalas, Stevie Wonder, the Avett Brothers (obviously), Rodrigo y Gabriela (we saw them on Saturday, too), Particle (pre-2006) and Groundation.

Eye

The eyeball and all of its colorful incarnations inspired me to sketch this little eye yesterday afternoon.