SNIPPETS NO.3

1. I downloaded The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides last night on my Kindle. I've heard a lot of great things about this book, so I'm excited to start reading.

2. Over the weekend I'm planning a visit to this cute bakery, Cakes and Ale. My interest lies mainly to get my hands on a French macaroon. They are so hard to find in Atlanta... or at least I've had some trouble. yeesh.

3. The ladies at Our Paper Shop have done it again! A gorgeous February desktop wallpaper. I usually don't change mine, but this one really pulled on my heart strings. They have two to choose from. Download from here and here.

4. I just bought some earrings from Dinosaur Toes and then found this pretty necklace. Now I'm a serious fan. I love the colors.

5. Bri posted a little DIY on "dipping" cool household objects. I might have to do this. Spray paint is always an easy solution to quick spice ups and fixer uppers.

6. A really neat video montage of all the overhead shots from Wes Anderson films. LOVE IT.



I hope you all have a lovely weekend! I think I'm going to see The Descendants tonight, which is part two of Tim & I's date night. yay!

SNIPPETS NO.2

1. I'm sure you all heard or have read articles about SOPA and it's awfulness. There were a bunch of sites blacked out in protest, which is awesome. So if you don't know about it, this beautifully designed video will explain it. EDIT: it got postponed today! Enough voices were heard that Congress dropped the whole thing... for now. yay!

2. Anabela from Fieldguided did a gorgeous photoshoot of the contents of her massive bag. Inside was this cute mini satchel that I'm loving. My business cards might find a new home!

3. Tomorrow I'm going with my friend, Alana to see My Week With Marilyn. Very excited about this. (photo by Brigitte Lacombe)

4. Very funny prints that don't hide the feelings that designers feel with clients. Trust me, they're all true.

5. Stunning earrings from Dear Fieldbinder.

6. This is next week, but I'm so excited to be seeing Twin Sister on Wednesday. It was one of the best shows I saw last year and I can't wait to see them again. Plus, Andrea Estella is adorable and I have a girl crush on her. (photo by Tim Lampe)


Have a great weekend, friends!

weekend: flux and dinosaurs.

scenes of flux 2011 by artrelish.


This weekend was a lot of fun. It was just what I needed - a little bit of fun, a lot of rest and relaxation. The video above is a collection of scenes taken from Flux, the art event/public art happening that I mentioned in the last post. The majority of the stuff in the video I witnessed first hand, and it was all amazing.

The opening and closing scenes show the dance, "Livers" by gloATL. The smoke and music made the whole experience just bewildering. You felt as if you were in another realm seeing something you weren't supposed to.

One of my favorite art demonstrations of the night wasn't shown in the video. It was an iron pour - which I had never seen before. It was commenting on the similarities in the way that humans and bees work. They heated the iron, pour the molten metal into molds, and out came a still glowing, very hot, bee. The molds were quickly reset and more bees were made. Poles were inserted into the bees and they were paraded around in a bee dance. Beautiful and fascinating to see molten iron in a modern and very removed society.



In other highlights, Tim & I tried a new restaurant, HD1 (Haute Dog One) that just opened up. When in doubt, pinkies out for gourmet haute dogs. (and maple glazed waffles fries, OMG, I KNOW!) Delishhhhh. And for brunch on Sunday we went to the Flying Biscuit where I got a salmon and cream cheese egg scramble with creamy dreamy grits. My fav. There was also a in-store show at Criminal Records, where Young Rapscallions played. AKA the drummer is McLovin' from Super Bad. (But don't call him that!) I didn't want to pester him for a picture or anything, but I did stare at him for a while. haha. We also stopped by our favorite vintage shop, Highland Row antiques. They were having their monthly market sale, so we got to see a bunch of new stuff. yay!



We also watched another episode of Pan Am, which I might dedicate a whole post to. It's just that bad. SNL with Melissa McCarthy was better than I hoped. Goodness, she is just hilarious. Side splittingly hilarious. And I watched another Woody Allen film, Zelig, which I'll talk about later also. My mother told me that she had seen the first episode of Terra Nova and loved it, so we gave it a shot. Honestly, it wasn't so bad. The dinosaurs could look a whole lot more realistic, but hey, it was the pilot. Hopefully it will get better.

Here's some homework: Go watch the Melissa McCarthy SNL Hidden Valley Ranch clip and get back with me. You will never see ranch the same way again - and it's a good thing. :)


instagram photos by tim lampe @knowsurprises

movie recap: annie hall.

I saw Annie Hall for the first time last night. Its so funny and perfectly shows the way Woody Allen's brain works. If you haven't seen this, you really should. It's incredibly smart and Allen and Diane Keaton are so likable. I was especially encouraged to watch this after Tim's mix called Diane Keaton's Vest after the vest she wears in the movie. The shots are beautiful and the film is great all around - hence all the awards it won.

Here's some pros if you watch with friends: You'll have a million amazing quotes to throw around back and forth. Trust me, since I saw it last night, that's all Tim & I have been doing.

For example:
"Annie, there's a big lobster behind the refrigerator. I can't get it out. This thing's heavy. Maybe if I put a little dish of butter sauce here with a nutcracker, it will run out the other side."

"Love is too weak a word for what I feel - I luuurve you, you know, I loave you, I luff you, two F's."

"Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat... college."


A fun fact for all you fashion people - everything Diane Keaton wore in the movie is her own wardrobe. "'She came in,' he recalled in 1992, 'and the costume lady on Annie Hall said, "Tell her not to wear that. She can't wear that. It's so crazy." And I said, 'Leave her. She's a genius. Let's just leave her alone, let her wear what she wants.'" -Woody Allen. Isn't that cute?

photo found here.

red mane.

Arleen Whalen. Beautiful Old Hollywood actress. CHECK OUT THAT HAIR!

movie recap: rubber.

Tim told me about this horror film parody (directed by Quentin Dupieux) a little while ago. He said it was supposed to be interesting and thought provoking. So yeah, of course I want to see it! But wait, what is it about?

Rubber is the story of a tire that rolls to life, killing animals and people with its "mind". I'm sure you're asking me how long this movie is. As in, "How long do I have to sit here and watch this tire roll?!" Trust me, I was asking Tim the very same thing.

Besides being shockingly gruesome of head explosions, the film did have some ponderous points. We are asked if a movie continues even after no one is watching. Does the existence of a serial killing tire end as soon as the credits roll, or does it continue regardless of our attention?

If you don't like experimental and off-beat films, skip Rubber. But if you like beautifully shot mind bending films, you'll love this.


Design by me. Desert photo found here.

weekend: animal collective.

A bunch of us saw Animal Collective on Friday night. So exciting! It was even the birthday of one of my friends, Jessie, so it was even more enjoyable. The concert was nice, though most of the audience seemed to be MGMT fans - or people willing to go half naked to a show in neon body paint while rolling on molly. It was at a mega amphitheater, which resulted in a $8 blue moon. ugh. But we all enjoyed ourselves.

Come Saturday, we watched Groundhog's Day. Yay! Gotta love them 80's movies. And the rest of the weekend was pretty relaxful. Tim framed some of his posters from Methane Studios and they look amazing. I also am participating in The Concrete Catwalk's scarf swap so I mailed my vintage scarf out to Rachel Smith of The Classy Turtle. Yay! Can't wait to get mine! Can't handle the suspense. I'll let you know how it goes!

weekend: antiques

Saturday was Wendy's last fully day in Atlanta, so a bunch of us got together and spent the better part of a day with her. I actually nabbed her first and we went to Marcia Wood Gallery and then to this wicked antique shop, Highland Row" with Tim. I wanted to take everything home. Can't wait until I'm in my new place, and then I'll finally be able to start collecting. Yesterday was lovely and relaxful. Tim and I watched Big. Gosh I love Tom Hanks. Who doesn't?! And especially YOUNG Tom Hanks.

I literally just found out that Colin Meloy, the lead singer of The Decemberists, is releasing a children's book August 31st called Wildwood. Well it's hard to say that there is a better story writer in songs than Meloy, so I'm sure this book is going to be incredible. I'm lucky enough to be able to go to the AJC Decatur Book Festival in September where he will be starting his book tour. Cute sidenote: His wife and him have the same birthday and she illustrated the book. Adorbs.

movie recap: midnight in paris.

Ah, Midnight in Paris. This was seriously one of the best films I have ever seen. Form your own opinions, but I'm pretty sure you'll be agreeing with me after you see it.

Gil Pender, (Owen Wilson) a successful but disillusioned Hollywood screenwriter, and his fiance, Inez (Rachel McAdams) travel to Paris with her parents on a business trip. It doesn't take them long to run into friends of Inez, a rude know it all who takes every chance to prove everyone wrong. Inez's parents clearly disaprove of Gil and everyone seems to laugh at his idea of writing a novel. Gil takes a stroll alone one night, gets lost and finds hims in a car with complete strangers... and complete legendary writers and artists. Every night at midnight Gil is able to sneak away into the 1920's, a time period he not only worships, but is writing about in his novel. In his travels, he comes across people like Ernest Hemingway, Zelda Fitzgerald (Alison Pill), Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali (Adrian Brody) and others. Not only do they help shape his book, but help him figure out his own life and what is important to him.

For all you history and art buffs out there, you will love this. It's funny, romantic, adventurous and totally believable. Owen Wilson did a remarkable job, hands down. Don't even get me started on Earnest Hemingway or Dali! So it was really great and I can't stop thinking about it. So go out there, see it, and report back! How did you like it?!

movie recap: when harry met sally.

Ok I have a big confession. Before last night, I had never seen When Harry Met Sally. I really thought I had...but when the credits started, I realized I hadn't. Let's say that watching it has changed my life. Haha! Not quite, but I was certainly deprived all this time.

For those of you who haven't seen it yet - WATCH IT ASAP! It's another romantic comedy featuring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan circa 1980s. They meet in the 70's on a long road trip from their university to New York City, and don't make a very good impression on each other. After several years, running into each other every now and then, and their bad breakups, Harry & Sally finally become friends. They keeping asking, "Can a man and woman be friends without sex getting in the way?" They date around a little but both of them begin to realize that their feelings for the other are not merely platonic.

This movie made me laugh and sob and smile from ear to ear. It definitely is a classic romance film, and a pure delight to watch. This still confirms my belief that Meg Ryan is the cutest young romance actress of the 80s & 90s. She is so adorable. I'm sure you can agree.

Have you seen this movie? Did you totally love it? Let me know.

movie recap: high fidelity.

I saw High Fidelity for the first time earlier this week. The more time that has passed, the more I realize that I love it. The film is about a man, Rob (played by John Cusack), whose girlfriend has just left him. He then revisits his five worst breakups to find out the reason why women leave him. It is through these humorous glimpses of his past and scenes of his everyday life owning a record store, we find that Rob really loves Laura. What initially seemed like a typical male comedy turned into a really warm centered romantic comedy. And while most of the recent romantic comedies are forgotten within the hour of leaving the theatre, this one really sticks. There are genuine sentiments and a grasp on what comic reality and love is like. It was based on a book by Nick Hornby. I really enjoyed this one, and definitely recommend it. You get a free lesson on how to make the perfect mixtape too! What a deal!




Thank you, Tim for sharing this movie with me!


Record sleeve from the Polish record label, Tonpress, circa 1980's. See Wanken article on the sleeves here.

movie recap: the lives of others.

I recently signed up for Netflix and I've been watching some killer films. I thought that since I have been watching movies like it's going out of style, I'd share some of them with you. So far, I've watched some real winners. Today's film is a German foreign film called, The Lives Of Others. It won an Academy Award in 2007 for Best Foreign Film. "In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives." This movie was incredible and has great reviews.

remember, remember,

Day Twenty-four:
fav movies.
I love these movies. End of story. haha. Well there are plenty more movies that I absolutely love, but I could only put five up. What are your top 5ish movies?