I’ve decided I want to participate in “Things I Love Thursday”, starting now. I don’t know where on the internet it got its start, but I first saw it over on Gala Darling’s blog Icing. I always enjoy finding out what’s getting someone else through their days, what’s making them smile; It’s great inspiration and a fantastic reminder of how much awesomeness is all around us, everyday.

So, let’s get this thing started! Things I love Thursday: San Francisco…

Premature hot SF days - riding bikes in short dresses with shorts underneath -
raw nut cheese from Rainbow - mellowness while walking through the TL - hours of Rock Band 2 - being the biggest video game nerd J♥ currently knows

Finding an excellent vegan berry colored lip gloss at Rainbow to replace my accidental animal tested purchase from a couple weeks ago

Peoples Donuts! - Superfruit Punch Honest Ade from Tsunami Market (Turk and Larkin) - garments with feminine ruffles that move with the wind - the word Yumberry - the delicious smell of food from Kasa

This song: The Main Drag - A Jagged Gorgeous Winter

Lots of work at work - reworking the small apartment and finding new storage solutions - sleeping most excellently in crazy positions - cute delivery boys - lunch with Tony tomorrow to talk union matters & sunglasses on a sunny day (prescription! I can still see! yay!)

What are you absolutely in love with today?

photograph taken by Kaitlin M and used under creative commons.

San Francisco is…

“The City that knows how.” - William Howard Taft

photograph taken by B&M Photography and used under creative commons.

There’s much to be admired at the little yellow shop, vintage letter lighting fixtures, deliciously modern side tables, and random tchotchkes to name a few, but J♥ and I rarely pick any of these up. Why? Our apartment is just too damned small (more on that later…). For us the joy of Apartment Therapy is in the small things, namely the wall of photos, and what a wall it is.

The photo wall is divided up into categories which makes browsing easy peasy. J♥ tends to gravitate towards the old school architecture photos, and me, I tend to spend my time looking for either ultra nerdy, weird or glamorous people in the african american box.

Some of our recent finds:

     

The women with the big smile in the center totally reminds me of my mom when she was younger and her family.

So darlin’, what’s your favorite shop to score random goodies?

Welcome to Monday darlings! Time to set your sites on getting things done and making life happen until next weekend. What’s on your tray for this week? Tuning up your bike? Writing that big story for your agency? Planning a marvelous dinner party for 8?

Me? I’m going to figure out how to keep a fiance with a broken leg entertained for 5 weeks. I will be coming up with 5 weekends worth of broken bone friendly dates, all involving a lot of sitting still, flat land, taxi cabs, and of course at least a moderate amount of good times.

And you darlin’, whatever you’re planning on getting yourself into I hope it’s great and that this week turns out to be the best week ever!

photograph taken by kevindooley and used under creative commons.

I was sick for few days, than out of town the next week so I mia during the wonderful pride festivities that took place is this amazingly diverse (to a point) city. Anyone who has ever been in San Francisco during pride week knows that this is a time of the year when all the rainbows you could possibly want can be found, and not just in the Castro. Pants, cars, houses, donuts; if you want it you can get it.

Some of my favorite prideful colors on Flickr…

“We’re crazy about this city. First time we came here, we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody hassled us. People smiled, friendly-like, and we knew we could live here. We’d like to keep our place in Greenwich Village and have an apartment here, God and the Immigration Service willing. Los Angeles? That’s just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco.” - John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Welcome to Monday lovlies, time to start anew! What are you going to do this week? Revamping your bedroom, gonna give it that modern flair? Maybe you’re going to take a break and just hang out in Dolores park with a good book, couple of magazines and a great sandwich from Ike’s Place?

Me, I am going to switch up my work area and make it somewhere I can actually get things done. Lately it’s been a catchall for everything under the sun; magazines, collages, books, hats, bags. Absolutely no work is getting done there. So that’s my big project for the week.

And you? If you could get anything done this week, what would it be? Why not get out there and do it and have the best week ever?

photograph taken by mswbersd and used under creative commons.

Happy Independence Day Americans! Go out there and eat delicious food, catch up with loved ones, enjoy your long lazy weekend, have 18 kinds of good times, and if you get around to it be thankful for living in a country where you can do such things without thinking twice about it!

Have fun sweeties!