lafont

Where have you been all my life? I found the perfect eye glasses and just wish I could have every style. Delicately designed, perfectly stylish. I love them. Made in Paris, of course.
check them out www.lafont.com

The Sunrise on Sunset

My Mom has been a subscriber to Sunset Magazine since I was a kid. I didn't give it a second thought. What did I need to know about gardening, cooking or travel in my own back yard?

Flash forward 20 years and the bourgeois dreams of Sunset Magazine are mine. I still don't cook or garden, but I like seeing other people do it so well. And, having traveled the world, the West has cities, forests, mountains, lakes, canyons, deserts, and an ocean of its own worth a look.

In a sidebar from the September 2007 issue, I learned about Craig Calfee who builds bamboo bikes. How cool is a strong, light, resilient and eco-friendly bike?

With my new appreciation for Sunset, I realize that it's the original DIY mag.

Check it out aging baby boomers.

Threadless Debacle

So, my friend Barbara and I were at Cheetah in El Ah for lunch. They have crayons and butcher paper table clothes for the hipster crowd. We doodled and chatted until we realized that everyone had been served but us. The waitress lost our order. With high caffeine levels and low blood sugar, we drew Cadoodler and Zorg. Barbara's an art director so she took the butcher paper drawings and made digital files adding flourishes. I tried to submit them to Threadless, the designer-centric t-shirt site, but it wouldn't take the files. I'm only posting my creature because Barbara's is super cute and I need the head's start. What do you think? Cute? Worth the $2000 prize for the best design on Threadless?