Hello, Goodbye

2011, you've been swell but I'm looking forward to the new adventures 2012 will bring.

Happy New Year everyone!

Zoolights + holiday recap

Hi friends! I hope you all had a fantastic holiday. I've enjoyed a couple weeks off from work and time spent with family and friends. Christine and I kicked off the holiday break with a fun holiday soiree and recorded several songs in the recording studio for Magnolia Strings. I spent time with family eating soup and playing board games. I saw the beautiful and heartbreaking movie, The Descendants and made do with fake snow at the musical, White Christmas. Last night, my college friend, Tom, and I enjoyed the balmy Chicago weather walking around Lincoln Park Zoo and taking in the millions of Christmas lights.

In Print

Via sacred art

Via Help Ink

Via Society6

Via Therese Sennerholt

Via Ryan Kapp

Via Wanelo

Via Society6

Deck the Halls

Christine and I filmed this little stop motion video to share with friends and family. Despite the fact that we had never made a stop motion video before and are both incredibly busy, we managed to pull it off. Enjoy!

Lately...

December has been a whirlwind month and I feel as if I've been moving non-stop. I'm looking forward to standing still for a bit and regrouping for the new year. Here are some photos I managed to capture over the past several weeks.

1. Lunch at The Burger Philosophy

2. Glogg at Lincoln Square Christkindlemarket

3. Chocolate at Gene's Sausage Shop

4. Naughty or Nice gig at Julius Meinl

5. Baking Christmas cookies

6. The first snow

7. Christmas tree

8. Carol banner

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

"Guess why I smile a lot...uh cuz it's worth it." Just a little something to brighten your day.

Lists of Note

Image: hyzercreek via lists of note

I'm fascinated by the site, Lists of Note, which features lists made throughout history, including ones by Johnny Cash, Walt Whitman, and Kurt Cobain. The list above was from a 1944 Jazz album by pianist Harry "The Hipster" Gibson. Equally fascinating is the related site, Letters of Note. I've been reading the beautiful, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious letters every morning while I drink my coffee. One that struck me this morning is this letter written to a fan by Paul Banks, lead singer of Interpol.

Good Reads

This video is amazing.

Hey, It's Christmas! Download this free Holiday album.

Check out these creative haiku traffic signs in NYC.

These prints support a great cause.

A Transit-Friendly Tour of Indoor Public Art.

Finally.

Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

I can't help but cringe when I receive grammatically incorrect emails (and I have a hard time sending a text without proper punctuation). This post highlights some of the most common culprits and how you can avoid making these mistakes. Are you guilty of any of these?

 

I want to be a J.Crew ad...

I was excited yesterday to open my mailbox to the 2011 J.Crew Holiday Catalog! Their catalogs are always full of fun styling inspiration. I'm smitten with the bright Poppy color. Seriously, they can do no wrong.

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