01.31.10

dear future bug-shaped cakes: i never knew i wanted to bake you, but now i do.

01.30.10

dear diet coke: i ♥ you too.

01.29.10

dear sf puppy prep: had lots of fun at the puppy social. 40+ puppies, their owners and 12 bottles of wine in a 20x20 foot room on a stormy san francisco night…

01.28.10

dear art students: gone, but not missed, are the days where i, too had to carry a gigantic portfolio (bigger than yours) around. it used to act as a sail when the syracuse winds picked up, hurtling me across the icy quad. hang in there, at least we don’t have blizzards here.

01.27.10

dear diesel: my sentiment exactly.

01.26.10

dear walk home from the bus stop: i’m just admiring the light – albeit mostly man-made – tonight.

01.25.10

dear milk girl: where do you go with all that milk?

01.24.10

dear 76 gas stations: i think you might have been designed in the 1960s, with some kind of space-age, “this is the fuel station of the future” thing in mind?

01.23.10

dear dockers: i am seeing a lot of this dense machismo (macheese-mo?) in advertising lately. between your can of khaki, (really?) diesel’s “be stupid” and wrangler’s “men: stop thinking” campaigns, i am beginning to wonder if mankind peaked evolution in the 90’s, and is now going to turn back into monkeys?

01.22.10

dear sock monkey: you didn’t stand a chance.

01.21.10

dear rain: rain, go away.

01.20.10

dear la tortilla factory mascot lady: you kinda look like a mix of george washington, britney spears and zorro while reading a crystal ball.

01.19.10

dear audrey niffenegger: i love the art direction in your latest (looooong awaited) novel.

01.18.10

dear garden statue catalog: at first i thought this was a page from newsweek about the earthquake in haiti, but no. it's an actual zombie garden sculpture that – one can assume – people actually buy and plant in their garden. wow.

01.17.10

dear piano teacher’s postermaker: you might want to look into a color management workshop.

01.16.10

dear faithful readers: my apologies for the month+ hiatus – my time and creative space have been occupied by this small creature. i have been taking daily snapshots, but they all feature him. i am ready to get back to looking out into my world again, beyond the scruffy ears of a terrier puppy. please stand by!