Hater Pack

My smart-ass side thinks these "anti-whatever" stickers from youworkforthem.com are genius. I can picture them on all kinds of signs and places and it cracks me up. But my nicer side is horrified at the thought of someone using one of these on something of mine - a sign, a product, my logo, etc. That would make me sad.

Martha's blogging studio

I'm taking a break from our studio today, as we're painting a large magnetic wall right now and I couldn't handle the paint fumes, so I've decided to spend the remainder of the afternoon working from Cafe Ladro, my favorite local coffee shop.

Amidst the browsing websites for work related things, I stumbled upon Martha Stewart's blogging studio. Yes, she has a dedicated house for blogging!! And as expected, it's pretty nice!






I love her inspiration wall and the clean and serene atmosphere. I'd take it!

This is Ridiculous

One of the things you most often here about Seattle is that Seattlites love their coffee. After moving here a few years ago, I can tell you that not only is it true, but the stereotype is nothing compared to the reality - there are so many freaking coffee places. Since we just moved the studio in January, and I have a new commute, I decided to count how many places I can get an espresso on my 1.6 mile drive to work. So far I have counted eight, none of which are Starbucks:

Monkey Grind
Green Bean
Espresso Stand at Fred Meyer
Java Hut at Greenwood Market
Neptune Coffee
Diva Espresso
Chocolati Cafe
Herkimer Coffee

If I go one block out of my way, I can add in:
Greenwood Sip N Ship
Starbucks at Safeway

I am on my way to trying them all...

Herkimer Coffee

Neptune Coffee

Monkey Grind
Green Bean Coffeehouse

Chocolati Cafe

Diva Espresso

NYC in Legos

We have not graduated from Duplo blocks to Legos at our house yet. But these simple, clever, Lego illustrations by artist Christoph Neimann get me thinking about all the fun things we'll build out of Legos one of these days. Originally in the NY Times online, these sum up life in NYC in a great way. See the whole series here.