How did I not know that one of my all-time favorite artists has a documentary out? I’ve admired his work for so long I don’t really remember how or when I first heard about him, but I’m pretty pumped to watch Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara.

Add to Netflix Queue > Move to #1 Position > Wait by mailbox

Also, my son Liam has some growing to do before he can wear it, but our friend Jessica Dobson got him one of Yoshitomo Nara’s shirts. We start training at a very young age around here.

Pretty cool huh?

I remember hearing that the Westboro Baptist Church was going to come through Long Beach, but never got wind of the big day. Thanks Alayna for reminding me of the amazing counter-protest put on by the people of Twitter. Check out some of the signs at laughing squid.

My personal favorite was this one:

Westboro Baptist Church visits Long Beach by District Weekly

Westboro Baptist Church visits Long Beach from District Weekly on Vimeo.

I’ll let her work speak for itself. I could go on and on about how much I love typography and why these letterforms capture my attention. But I think you are better off just enjoying them yourself. Here is some of the work of Jessica Hische.

Check out her site to see her skills in desing and illustration as well: www.jessicahische.com

We originally scored this Welsh Love Spoons screen print when we were up in Santa Rosa for my friends, Eric & Annmarie’s wedding. We love going out to Healdsburg whenever we are up there and going out to the giant Salvation Army barn and checking out the unique furniture, various vintage appliances, old frames, and Marta could spend hours going through the clothes. This was one of our favorite finds from that trip and we finally got around to giving it a place in our home.

The caption reads: “These spoons were carved by youths in Wales and given as love-tokens.”

It was Marta’s birthday last week and the first place I know to go for gifts is Anthropologie. I know that I can’t really go wrong. And this year, I found that she had left her account logged in and had started a wish list. Looking back, its more likely that she made sure I found her logged in account and not so much my detective work, but it makes me feel better to think that I was the sleuth here. Anyways, the butter dish lady is her prized position from the items I “picked out” for her. She proudly watches over the kitchen from out stove top. We make sure to move her when the oven is actually in use…nobody likes a lady leaking butter out of her dress.