Easy Listening

The Old Tokaido by Patrick Carey

It's been a couple of months since I've had the attention span to read. My subway rides were always the best time to get lots of dedicated reading time in. Now that I don't have subway rides, I listen to podcasts as I walk Clyde or while I'm working. Ross and I are always on the lookout for new ones. Recently, he turned me on to the True Story Podcast, which is pretty similar to a constant fav, The Moth.

Here's my top 5:
Fresh Air
This American Life
The Moth
America's Test Kitchen (another new fav!)
Story Corp

I also listen to Jillian Michaels, Alec Balwin,  Rick Steves (the PBS money belt travel guy!), After The Jump (from Design*Sponge), Radiolab, and 99% Invisible.

This list is probably very similar to yours, but if I'm missing something great, please share it with me!

I'm really excited for this book on the Tokaido and plan to dedicate some time to it. I'm also looking forward to getting some subway reading time in soon!

Thinking Big

I really enjoyed some of the pieces in the Thinking Big: Recent Design Acquisitions at the Brooklyn Museum. The last image was not in the exhibit but in the American Wing (if I remember correctly). I'd love to test them out and own them, especially Rocking Beauty. I have a big love for rocking horses. I loved the one I had as a kid. I bought my niece a vintage one and I get on it all the time. It's somehow really relaxing and comforting at the same time.


Benjamin Bowden
"Spacelander" Bicycle, designed 1946, manufactured 1960


Gloria Caranica
"Rocking Beauty" Hobbyhorse, designed 1964-66


Henry P. Glass
Folding Chair, designed 1961


Ray Komai
Side Chair 1949

Shoreditch High Street

Ross picked out some shops in the Shoreditch High St. area to check out from the Design Sponge London Design Guide. It was a perfect day hanging out out with Ross' cousins, Margot and Anna. Be aware that most shops on Columbia Rd. are only open on the weekends, so we had to make do with window peeking. Nonetheless, we loved the industrial feel of the TEA building, the reissued Jens Risom furniture at Rocket Gallery, and the laid back old man feel of the Royal Oak pub, along with a smattering of other design and vintage shops not mentioned in the guide. It was def. our favorite area for checking out good design.

September Wallpaper

I just put this cute Lena Corwin wallpaper on R's laptop, which I'm hogging. Courtesy of D*S, Thanks!

Ask me & sidebar updates (help needed)

Nina created this badge based on Liz Kuball's original. Nina's Community Building post explains what it means. Because I host this blog on my own server, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to put this badge in the side bar. If you happen to know how, email me the code!



And while I was rummaging around blogger, trying to figure out how to put the badge on my sidebar, I went ahead and updated my blogroll to include more fav design blogs- Jeana Sohn, Fine Little Day, Lena Corwin, and added Hee Jin Kang's photoblog and website.

Brooklyn Flea now open

Design Sponge posted about the Brooklyn Flea, which just opened yesterday and will be on every Sunday 10am-5pm, rain or shine, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. For details, check out Brooklyn Flea's site. It sounds like fun, so I may have to take a trip to Brooklyn to do that as the weather gets nicer.

DIY Wednesdays are a hit with me

Design Sponge has a new look and a new feature: DIY Wednesdays, which I love. This week's fridge facelift is really easy and fun!

(photo via Design Sponge)

A design guide to San Francisco

Turns out that I've been missing out. I've never been to California despite the fact that my best friend Maggie has been in LA for four years now. Mags, I'm just waiting for you to get your license so you can chauffeur me around, ya hear? Design Sponge has compiled a design guide to San Francisco that I will definitely use when I do get myself over to the west coast.