bang bang

Posted on 09/28/2011 by Annie

this art show looks completely and utterly cool and it’s free! check it out if you are in los angeles this weekend. details here.

i just love this song (as heard in kill bill):

declare independence

Posted on 09/27/2011 by Annie

over the years i have never been a björk fan, especially back in high school when everyone was freaking out about her. i’m guessing it was her obscure sound at the time and everyone was on the verge of breaking out of the cliques to be more unique. i was listening to mostly rock and some punk back in those days. but recently, i have fallen in love with several icelandic bands and artists. so naturally, i am coming full circle and giving björk another listen. i do like her now. go figure.

although, i have always liked it’s oh so quiet:

moody motorcycle

Posted on 09/22/2011 by Annie

i hit up backfire moto last night in ballard with michael. it is basically a big friendly get together for people who ride cafe racers, scooters and other mopeds of the vintage variety. i do not ride currently, but if i do i would go the cafe racer route or get a used harley davidson nightster. it was a fun night and there were some gorgeous bikes and cool scooters out there. i took a few photos…

Music Monday: Cataldo

Posted on 09/19/2011 by Annie

cataldo

local artist to: seattle washington

riyl: indie folk rock, ben gibbard, hey marseilles, alexander

cataldo is the recording project of eric anderson. an increasingly consistent though persistently shifty group of musician pals joins him live and in the studio. their music is generally of the “indie” variety–meaning pop/rock/folk which hopefully seems like it was composed by a hard worker with a mild taste for adventure. source

listen & like & love

flip flip flipadelphia

Posted on 09/15/2011 by Annie

new season of it’s always sunny in philadelphia starts tonight on fx!

museum of obsolete objects

Posted on 09/14/2011 by Annie

check out more obsolete objects like the rotary telephone, morse code, and mechanical mixer.

i love seattle: trips to oregon

Posted on 09/13/2011 by Annie

weekend trips to oregon

so while this doesn’t pertain to seattle exactly, it is about vicinity. leslie was in town from austin for the week and had never been to washington or oregon so we split up our time in each amazingly beautiful state. i am very much use to driving three hours for weekend trips from all those years in texas making the drive from dallas to austin for river floating, sxsw, or just a change of scenery. texas does have some beautiful scenery. but getting back up to the sweet pacific northwest…oregon…yes! we ventured out for a night of camping in the mt hood national forest and hiking around lake trillium. a short 40-minute drive back to portland and we grabbed dinner at le bistro montage with killer mac-n-cheese dishes and ended the night at good foot, where i purchased an original art piece from local artist, tony morgan. i am stoked about it and can’t wait to go pick it up at the end of the month (photos to come!). we checked out the japanese gardens and mt tabor, a really cool park that overlooks the city. of course, you can’t go to portland without getting some donuts at the wildly famous voodoo doughnut.