best way to spend a saturday

working with the living classrooms foundation on a set of murals. i had no idea of how much ground they cover under the "learning by doing" umbrella. programs like fresh start, the crossroads middle school, safe streets, baltimore urban gardening, even my favorite uss constellation in the harbor. they really know what they're doing. (they've been at it since 1985) it was awesome to learn more about it all, meet some current students, and spend the day in the sun, by the harbor, painting purple row houses. so worth waking up early.

ps. i've been promised pictures of the finished mural and more action shots. i'll come back and post those upon their arrival...

no more knots!

yesterday, with freshly combed hair and an open schedule, i took my stubborn self to sprout in hampden for a hair cut. the stylist, a bit appalled but extremely forgiving, took three inches off and sent me on my way... so long as i promised to start combing. (yeah, right.)

and proof that the right thing, no matter painful it may be, really does always pay off... i was able to head over to atomic books afterward and purchase this super cool letterpress book (the cover says it all, it's beautiful) with none other than mr. john waters himself standing in line in front of me. wild.

so far, so good

a nine hour drive back to baltimore (thanks dad), a day of schlepping stuff from storage (thank you again), and a week of training/orientation leading later, and i can finally sit down and feel like i'm back in business. it's been busy. (i didn't even get around to mailing those thank yous until last thursday. oops.) but fun. from channeling "jenny from the block" for extreme bingo to racing to grab wood blocks last night in letterpress...

here's my schedule for the semester:

monday- letterpress (4-10 pm)
tuesday- center for design practice (9-3 pm)
wednesday- photo imaging (4-10 pm)
thursday- objectivity (7-10 pm)
friday- gd 3 (9-3 pm)

should i be worried that my only academic class is the science requirement? hmmm...

anyway, i took some pictures of my new room before everything starts getting thrown around and abused. even though i'm not a famous fancy artist/designer (and i doubt design sponge would do a feature on a dorm room) i felt the need to pretend and do my own little "sneak peek" just for kicks. proof of precisely the time post move-in when my ocd (and expertise at arranging stuff from alterman interiors) kicks in and i get to sort and color code for a whole new space. if only i was as determined about doing the dishes.

two and two together

a surplus of sweet security envelopes (from student loan letters galore.) plus no longer postpone-able thank you notes (needed for scholarships.) voila! it's only fitting.

no seatbelt necessary

michigan and it's motor city has always been a sore spot for me. (perhaps if the people mover did more than just go in a circle...) but once a year, an event comes around that makes one able to put aside things like this and this: the woodward dream cruise. even though the pontiac part of the festivities are just a few minutes away, and we go almost every august, my dad still gets excited when dream cruise time rolls around.


according to him, his souped up 32 ford is my rembrandt. i still don't think i quite get any car obsession, but i can appreciate that part of it. as we walked around and he pointed out details that have been simplified and streamlined over the years, i couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia myself (of course it was the retro script that i liked the most) for these beautifully designed relics of a time gone by.

twenty years

the slogeris family tradition continued in colon this past weekend. it's been twenty years. and i'm almost on to the whole levitation trick...

but i think i have a new favorite: magic show posters. especially when they are stapled to ceilings without leaving even an inch uncovered. so cool.

catching on

"here becky. check this out. talk about design that changes someone's life."
true that. good job, momsie.