05.11.10

dear paintings of good books on shelves: you are so cute, but where would i put you? next to my bookshelves?

05.03.10

dear yudu: took me eight (24-hour apiece) tries to start to get this right!

04.24.10

dear cliffhouse: love the restaurant, hate the apostrophe.

04.14.10

dear diary of anne frank: i really enjoyed your masterpiece theatre rendition. the art direction used light and texture beautifully, and the acting was awesome. go public broadcasting!

04.09.10

dear vesuvio: i like your murals.

01.31.10

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

01.27.10

dear diesel: my sentiment exactly.

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?

01.20.10

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.

01.17.10

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

12.05.09

dear holiday cards: i get all into filling you out for like the first six. then, boredom.

12.04.09

dear office christmas tree: the healthy penis santa completes you.

11.20.09

dear electric blue sheets: i guess this is what i get when, in effort to not spent $378, i order two sets of “sea mist” pottery barn sheets online on clearance. so much for my idea of an organic-feeling, beachy-neutral calming color palette in my bedroom.

11.18.09

dear 2010: i love, love, love my new calendar. so much so that i already hung it up in my studio, just waiting to reveal its clever typographic riddles.

11.15.09

dear paper source: i had a particularly challenging time tracking down your paper color swatchbook this year. ah, but it was worth the wait!

11.07.09

dear bedroom walls: you’re next!

11.06.09

dear my new home studio: almost done!

11.04.09

dear tru blood beverage: you looked so swanky in your ads, not to mention on the show. but on the shelf, you look kinda sticky and trashy. and not in the good way that i so revere your tv series for.