Eat on Wood

Or knock on it - however your superstitions work!

Cute placemats from Design Public.

-XO

Scarves should never be this expensive.

I'm on the hunt for the perfect spring scarf. I know in my head what I'm looking for, but can't seem to visual-to-text find it online. This is one of the closest I could find to what I'm searching for, but alas, it is ridiculously expensive! I refuse to pay $80 for a mass-produced scarf. Even if it is super awesome. Sorry, Diesel. :(

-XO

The Night of All Fears

It's things like this that get me super excited about animation. I want to do more and really get my animated shorts done someday. The team from Rheo, created this faux short trailer for CGSociety.org.

-XO

The Night Of all Fears, CGsociety challenge. from Corallo Cyril on Vimeo.

Heath Ceramics and More Ferry Building Love

While at the Ferry Building last week, I stopped in a cool store for Heath Ceramics. They're a Sausalito-based company that has been around since the 1948 and recently revitalized by Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey. Everything that they have done for the company has pushed it in the right direction and it shows in the amazing products they create and sell at their store here in San Francisco.

Tea-towel, $26; Drift Bud Vase, $25; Teapot Small, $75.

-XO

Smack Dab in the Middle

One of my favorite shops online is Need Supply Co. They always have interesting jewelry and shoes and random clothes. Things like this ring, aptly called an Eyemond. I think all these pieces are nice and wintery and even for a San Francisco winter.

-XO

The Cupcake and the Bridge

Cupcake from Miette, enjoyed with my friend Greg, down on the pier by the Bay Bridge.

Oh lovely day at the Ferry Building!

-XO

The San Francisco Life

It's been a pretty crazy last month. Nothing bad, just busy as all heck. So this last week we finally had some time to relax and enjoy being back in San Francisco after a trip to North Carolina for Ryan's amazing friends' wedding. We spent our first lazy weekend drawing in our favorite neighborhood, the Fillmore District, drinking hot chocolate (for me) and fancy americanos (for him) at Citizen Cake, where they try to be more fancy than I really wish they were. It's a cute spot, but I don't think you really need a server for coffee and cake. But the cake I have to say was well worth the wait.

Later in the week after a few nights of eating in, we decided that enough time had passed for us to go out and eat in the real world again. One of my favorite (and one of the busiest) spots to eat at night on Fillmore Street is Pizzeria Delfina. The hipsters work it, the townies eat there. It's got great thin crust pizza (if you're into that) and good wine. Aside from breaking out in hives near the beginning of the meal, everything was great!

Nearly ending our week of relaxation, we had tickets to see Little Dragon - which was a little spice in our designated lazy time and by Saturday was definitely a welcome change of pace. Little Dragon front-woman Yukimi Nagano is like a cross between a little girl, and Mick Jagger. She's got the best dance moves and a kick ass band that sort of crosses between electronic/indie/tribal and some kind of new-wave hippie jamming. It was awesome to say the least.

Finally, Sunday was the warmest night in the city for months (of course it's February, and that isn't really something we were expecting but it was totally perfect!). We walked around the Marina and drew at The Grove and finally ended the day with a gorgeous sunset view of the Golden Gate Bridge. I'm pretty sure we are now at 100% relax-capacity and are finally ready to get back into life.

-XO

Jim Henson is My Hero

Few people do I admire more than Jim Henson. The creativity from that man's mind seemed endless.

He also seemed to have a simple style that was all about suits or all about long-sleeve shirts. Which, combined with the fact that he was super skinny, makes me think he was probably just trying to keep himself warm all the time! Aww Jim... cold hands, warm heart.

-XO

Localized Humor

As most people on the west coast know, San Francisco is obsessed with bicycles. We have giant hills, but we love to use our human-powered transports nonetheless. This poster by agirlnamedtor is hilarious, and pretty much captures the uniqueness of each neighborhood in the city.

Thanks to Morgan for pointing this out on Buzz!

-XO