It's a Beautiful Day!

My goal was to make the top design into a poster but this design felt a little barren to be turned into a large print.





I love this composer. Coincidentally he also wrote the music for one of my favorite TV shows.

Celebration fit for the Appetite of a King

Tyrone got to stay home and man the fort.

Er... dog the fort?

Anyway, he kept the burglars away.

I eventually made it up to spokane and did a lot of window shopping.

I also returned a horrible rice cooker to Kohl's. It consistently burned my rice and constantly overflowed. Kohl's was kind enough to give me a gift card with the amount that it was currently on sale for and not the purchased price. Unfortunately, after 47 minutes in the store, I couldn't find anything else for $7.99

Needless to say my trips to these two stores were much more enjoyable.

As 5 o'clock rolled around I decided we were ready for linner.

(lunch + dinner = linner)

My friends Austin and Laura have been raving about this place to me, so I decided we needed to see it for ourselves.

I made it just in time for happy hour. To my delight, all of the food on the menu was $5 during happy hour.

The inside Zola was in a word, fantastic. Note the old roller coaster bucket seats used for seating upstairs, and the individual rooms that can be partitioned with sliding barn doors, and these weren't the only repurposed items. There was also a "boat seat" and a shower head in place of the faucet in the bathroom.

Being that it was happy hour AND the tasty menu items were only $5 a pop AND I hadn't eaten since earlier that morning ... We might have gotten a little carried away.

First came the Italian sausage, prosciutto, and brie stuffed "pigs in a blanket"

Then came the wonton purses filled with chinese cabbage and shrimp.

Then came the olive, chicken and cheese stuffed quesadilla.

Followed by the horseradish sliders. My personal favorite. Obviously we didn't finish it all, but the leftovers made for a fun cleaning adventure in the car!

And Tyrone is a little trooper for tagging along on all of our adventures.

We took a little gander at this hotel. The first Hotel in the country with running water.

I'm a sucker for rotating doors. Of course there's always that moment that you're in there with someone else.

"If we get stuck in here I'm eating you. I get hypoglycemic."

Isn't this fun packaging from this store?

I also liked this jar of multicolored peppercorn.

I also love asian hot wings.

And Curried Chicken noodles.

A map, a party, and a little hot dog!

Another print has reared its giant head out of the creative waters of my brain. At least I like to think those waters are creative. Hmmm.

It turned out rather well for a quick project but there were some flecks of old emulsion in my screen that didn't make me very happy. I printed an edition of 8 and they are for sale if you're interested.

Last week was Tyrone's 1st birthday, and he is not one to underdress for special occasions. The funny thing is that his "tux" was actually meant to dress a candle...but it fit around his furry neck pretty well.

My parents came into town and joined us for bacon wrapped hot dogs to celebrate our little hot dog.

My friends Mike and Kathryn had me over to watch the Academy Awards.

I made some mozzarella, prosciutto, and asparagus stuffed crepes and brought Oscar bingo over.

I also made some kabobs that were quite tasty, although I wasn't as fond of the grapefruit in the mix as much as I thought I would be.

Kathryn made these fantastic tux cake pops. She is a pro (and this was her first time making them!)

All in all it was a fun filled week.