California's been good to me...

Just got back from a long weekend in California - one night in San Francisco and two in Napa. You'd think that flying 3,000 miles for just three nights would be a bit ridiculous, but it's not. I've now done this trip four times and always feel the long flight is 100% worth it.

I'll have more details on my actual trip once I collect the very few pictures from our various cameras (I went with two girlfriends) and look up the actual names of the various places we went (while "the coffee shop in North Beach with the coffee roaster in the front window" worked for a native San Franciscan, I'm assuming the rest of you would like to have at least the street name if not the name of the cafe itself).

In the meantime, I thought I'd give you some of the music that was in my head all weekend. The main one was Tom Petty's "California" (hence the title of this post), but I couldn't find it online. So here's "Walls," also from the "She's The One" soundtrack (all Petty and fan-freaking-tastic) and was also in "Larry Crowne," which I watched on the flight home. Here's a link to the official video http://www.tompetty.com/video and then here's another lovely version with lyrics:

song of the day

I'm more than a little bit in love with L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. by Noah and the Whale.  I first heard it a few weeks ago and wished I owned it so I could play it on repeat all morning. But then I got to work, got distracted and forgot.

But not today! Today I remembered and am sharing its loveliness with you.

more pretty fabrics

Initially I was looking at fabrics thinking of something that would be nice for my wicker chair.  Currently the cushion is a taupe-y linen, which is perfectly nice and neutral.  But I like color and patterns, you know?  Especially in my house.  Maybe if I lived somewhere bigger that had gorgeous light streaming in all day long I could go with whites and neutrals.  But I live in a tiny little house that's almost always shaded by big, gorgeous trees.  So I go with color.

But I didn't find anything that made me say "Yes!" so instead here are just a few pretty fabrics that I have no use for in my current house.  All are from Robert Allen, who is to-the-trade, so again, this is all about dreaming.

This one is called Aged Decadence.  I LOVE that name.  I'd want to use it even if I didn't like the mustardy yellow and rough textures of this fabric.

I've dreamed about this fabric before, but in the lighter colorway.  This umber version is what caught my eye today.

This one is called Celestine and it perfectly embodies one of my fave Kirsty Maccoll songs.  Listen and see if you don't agree!



And am I crazy but would the above three fabrics be really cool together in a room?  I like it!

Bonnaroo 2011!

The lineup for Bonnaroo 2011 was just announced and I'm so, so, so, so excited. 

This will be my fourth trip to the farm - I've gone in 2007, 2008 and 2010. This year we're rolling VIP-style with air conditioned bathrooms (with flush toilets!), free showers and super close camping.  I'm also upgrading my portion of camp with a cot and a couple EZ-Ups.  No more sweating on an air mattress.  No more wrestling with tarps and getting ever crankier. 

Yup - it's going to be a good, good summer.