Dreamy and Cursed Evolution

If you visit us in Austin I'm going to take you to Graffiti Park, whether you like it or not.

It's such a dreamy (and possibly dangerous) place.  

Note: You shouldn't wear wedge sandals, as I have several times, because it's hard to climb the steep hills to the top and there are the occasional broken beer bottle. 

The first few times I went there, I loved how everything was constantly evolving, like a rotating art gallery.  

However, when I decided to take my Persian Princess there, with a homemade stencil of Prince so we could commemorate her visit, I naively thought it'd be there forever - or at least 2 weeks. 

But 2 weeks after I tagged my first wall, we took our kids and it had been painted over. Darn you, creative Austin types!  But I get it, the beauty of Graffiti Park is that it's constantly changing blah blah blah. 

 The kids didn't seem to believe that I painted something there - oh! I should have shown them these photos . . . 

  .  .  .  Anyway, lesson learned, you can't control communal art and next time I'll paint somewhere no one can reach or even see, like this charming Arnold Jackson (remember he didn't legally change is name to Drummond).

Dreaming of Bridesmaids and Dresses

I played a 'Bridesmaid' once in a photo shoot.  

And then I fainted.  

But don't worry I stayed coherent long enough for them to get a few shots.  And yes, in these photos my head was going to be cut out in the final edit.  


I've really had Bridesmaids on my mind and 'No,' not this kind:

But speaking of a hilarious movie, I wonder which one I would be?

Yeah, I agree:

My hot friend Bek, who reminds me of Aishwarya Rai,

finally asked me to be her bridesmaid.  I've been waiting for this question since I was a little girl.

To get in the mood I've been looking at my favorite bridesmaids photos.  

These are my far my favorite bridesmaid dresses but I'm not sure this is the look Bek is going for on her big day:

Needless to say, I cannot wait.  

Even if she puts me in a potato sack, I cannot wait.

And here's hoping the groomsmen look like this:

Beautiful Dream Girls and Tour Guides

Aishwarya Rai:

The most beautiful woman in the world.  

It's a fact, you can look it up.

It's so easy to be distracted by her beauty but I think she's talented too.  I've seen many of her films and the only reason I write 'I think' is because I am always so distracted by her physical perfection to remember her performance.  

Does that make me a bad person?

What if I'm only friends with the beautiful Bek because of her resemblance to Aishwarya?

Does that make me terrible? 

 Well she has other traits, 

like being charming and funny.

And, she is the Best tour guide in San Francisco. 

I love that she would always let me wander around Union Square at Christmas time even though it was touristy and crowded.  

 Did you want a closer look at this amazing couple? 

Here you go: 

Bek's San Fran Musts:
1. Mama's on Washington Square - it's worth the wait in a lovely neighborhood.  You can buy a hat in nearby Goorin Brother's while you wait and visit their upstairs mini-museum 

and see photos like this:

2. La Taqueria in the Mission.  Even I, a Mexican food snob, was impressed.

3. Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.  We went on a rainy day and I think it made it even more magical.

4. A visit to the Observatory Tower at the De Young Art Museum. 

 5. Dinner at Pizzeria Delfina. Another place that will require a wait but I promise you'll be happy you did.  Unless you hate delicious Italian food.

6. Dinner and drinks at Medjool.  I loved the garlic-yogurt spread they bring to the table when you sit down and at night you can go to the roof for a drink and look at the city.  

 7. A visit to Al's Attire tailoring shop in North Beach to drool over the handmade coats and gorgeous fabrics.

Now I love the Pumpkin Curry at Osha Thai and will insist on eating it when I go, however Bek will tell you there are better places.  But I still dream of that pumpkin dish.

I must say, my favorite part about the Lovely Bek is that she will include me in her blog, which always warms my heart.

That's an even worse reason 

than liking her for her looks, huh?

One Year I Visited a Dream Girl in SF

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

What I Wore . . .

I knew that wardrobe would be tres important when it came to the Kanye West + Jay Z concert, especially after hearing THIS story.   

And of course I wanted to look my bestest anyway 

for Jay Z

and Kanye West 

our of respect for how they present themselves.

 I contemplated going dressed like this 

but, timing did not allow for the necessary preparations 

so I settled for a Kid Cudi look:

 This requires a little boy's blazer from Deseret Industries, a checked button down from J. Crew, a skinny burgundy tie bought years ago for a Franz Ferdinand concert, 

even skinnier H&M jeans (my mom took them in to make them more anorexic),  and my 1996 Jack Purcell's, which I was recently asked to throw away.

I went with my comrade Bek and as you can see 

we were in a state of ecstasy:

The Mens certainly delivered.

Two stages that would rise and fall to the occasion.  Movies of Great White Sharks.  Multiples costume changes on Ye's part and none for J.  That's ALL I want in life.

  Oh wait, there was something else I wanted.

At the LA show the night before they played 'Ninjas in Paris' 9 times.  I wanted to beat the record by 1.  

Thank you boys for making that dream come true.

And I'm sorry Bek, I know you wanted them to stop at 3.