Weekends, Etc.!

I was just in Portland helping my good friend Jane with a job, and I realized that there are a million things I haven't blogged about yet! A couple of weeks ago, Jane and our friend Anjel curated an amazing show called Roses Are Red at Rise Above Gallery in Oakland, and I helped design the t-shirts to promote it. Specifically, I drew the nettles, and Anjel did the lettering.

I went to see Richard Misrach and Roz Chast at City Arts & Lectures (separately)- in particular, Misrach's work is so consistently amazing, and it was great to hear him speak about it. I went strawberry picking on the coast and had lobster rolls twice in one week. I went to the Monster Drawing Rally at the Verdi Club and went bar hopping for the first time in ages, and had an incredible dinner at Central Kitchen. I went for a walk around the Lafayette Reservoir and had a suburban day with my friend Via. I saw a boat trailer race/demolition derby at the Contra Costa County Fair. And then I flew to Portland- that will be a separate post.


my friend hannah is opening a doughnut shop!


beautiful paper cut by anjel


detail of jane's hand-painted rose wallpaper


our friend christine made the plant installations in the window




snowballs and sweet peas at katie's snowball truck








fair fare










amazing signage in the fruitvale district


marina at the monster drawing ralley




lobster roll #1, at sam's in half moon bay




3oz strawberry!

Weekend!

This weekend was crazy busy, and even though I haven't yet caught up on posting about my recent travels, I wanted to post this first. Saturday we had a bit of a family emergency, which was scary but everyone is okay for now. And it didn't stop me from making the most of the holiday weekend! I went to see the A's play the Yankees, followed by fireworks set to tv theme songs, attended an Outstanding in the Field dinner with a friend at Devil's Gulch Ranch in Nicaso (cooked by Thomas McNaughton, who had his pet pig Kona with him), watched the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary fireworks show from Cavallo Point, had a spa day, and took a mini road trip to the Sacramento County Fair by way of lunch in San Rafael, cherry picking in Farfield, and backyard cocktails (with fresh-picked grapefruit) in Davis. Not too shabby, all things considered. I only wish I'd gotten pictures of the fireworks over the bridge! Hope you all had a great weekend, too!

Jungle Fever

Two summers ago, my friend Marina and I encountered this incredible specimen at the Sonoma County Fair, and there was no question that I had to have my portrait taken immediately. For years, I have considered it to be the best $5.00 I ever spent...


...until now! Look who I found at the Santa Cruz County Fair this afternoon! Another $5.00 well spent, if I do say so myself.




(detailed photos for your reference)

Weekend, Etc.

In the past week and a half, I attended a wonderful dinner at Camino to celebrate Chez Panisse's 40th birthday, enjoyed two backyard picnics in the sun, cooked dinner with visiting friends, drove down the coast for lobster rolls and strawberry picking, went to a bar with indoor bocce courts, ate dim sum with my family, and went to two county fairs (Monterey and Lake).



murals around the model railroad at the lake county fair


fried dough




chilaquiles at tacubaya



camino, all decked out for the party





monterey county fair



strawberry picking in davenport