Moving Day

Guys! I just moved into the city today!

My new apartment is in Noe Valley and I absolutely love it.

Isn't it a cute neighborhood? My roommates told me its nickname is "strolley valley" and I believe it. I walked to whole foods tonight and passed about 10 strollers on my two block trek.

More updates to come, maybe even some pictures of my new room.

A Website You Should Know About

 via I Love Doodle

via Patrick Morgan

 via Good Design Makes Me Happy

Designspiration.

Sometimes I get trapped in this website for hours. It's very similar to pinterest. Once you start, it is very difficult to shut the laptop and go to sleep.

Designspiration is a resource for finding all images related to design. You browse through other users' saves and collections and publish them to your own collection (similar to "pinning"). You can search freely or you can follow specific users whose collections you are particularly drawn to.

The basic trends within this website are: Architecture, Art, Book, Business Cards, Fashion, Illustration, Layout, Logo, Packaging, Poster, Print, Typography.

I found this website a few months back and I revisited it today and found that they have created the "collection" feature to organize your saves into a more user friendly fashion.

I am currently taking a web design course so everytime I visit a website these days I tend to analyze it and critique it. Overall I love this site however, I think what may make it more effective is if they had a larger limit to the number of images on a page. I love pinterest because of its infinity of pins. You NEVER have to click "next page" in order to get to more pins...you just keep scrolling. Designspiration could take note of this.

You do have to request an invite, but I encourage you to request and join! It's so inspiring!

Beauty Trend: Ombre

 So I am getting my hair done tomorrow at Mercer Street Salon, a swanky salon in the Marina. I'm getting Balayage instead of my regular blonde highlights. I'm excited to see how it turns out; I am paying a pretty penny to get it done, so I hope I am very happy with it! It's been a huge trend lately, and I especially love the subtlety of Elizabeth Olson's hair above. I will post pictures tomorrow :)

Catherine Opie

Ice Houses and Surfer Series by Catherine Opie.

Great Art21 video on this amazing photographer from the series, Change.

Slight Panic

I haven't gone Christmas shopping yet. 

Q & A: Boots for Fall

Hi guys! This is the first in a series of Q&A Sofia and I will be doing with each other. We both have similar interests--art, fashion, design--but we  have different areas of expertise. For instance, when I have graphic design questions or photoshop issues or shoe dilemmas or need typography advice I go to Sofia.

Question: Sof! I DESPERATELY need (read: want) two new pairs of boots for the fall...I don't want to spend tons of money but I do want them to be high quality in both material and style so I can wear them to work. My work is fairly casual but I do want something that looks polished and will elevate my jeans or cords. I like brown and black, zippers up the back, knee high, motorcycle style..ummm ok I think that's it...HELP me??

Answer:

Ok so you asked this question at the perfect time! The Half Yearly sale for Women and Children at Nordstrom just started on Nov 1st! I would start by shopping in my department (salon shoes) because the quality is so much better than women's shoes.

Cole Haan is a great option because the price point isn't too high (especially on sale) and they have Nike air in the sole so you will be extra comfy. My favorites won't be on sale but they are great...black AND brown!

Another Trend that is really popular amongst the designers for fall 2012 is the short boot...motorcycle, dicker, combat etc. Jimmy Choo has an awesome one called the "youth". It is $995 so for a more realistic version you should try the VC Signature "warren" it is going on sale and it is very similar. It is about $200 on sale, I believe.


If Salon boots are too pricy then women's shoes does have some more mid-range pricing. A few brands I recommend are Sam Edelman (trendy), Frye (classic western), Ivanka Trump, Enzo Anglioni.

Sam Edelman (cute huh?)

Happy Shopping!

My Favorite Thing

I love laying in the grass when I'm on my break at work. Sometimes I'll read (today it was Jane Eyre). Sometimes I'll pet dogs that walk by me. Whatever happens, happens.

It's quiet and calm, and I am still.