Voxhaul Broadcast on Daytrotter

Happy to announce that you can [finally] read and hear
Voxhaul Broadcast's Daytrotter session. !!

Voxhaul Broadcast is a four piece band from Southern California, and happen to be friends of mine. They toured 'round the U.S. with The Union Line and Local Natives last January. Now's the time to check 'em out, if you haven't yet. :]

Click here to go to Voxhaul's wesite or here for their Myspace.

Corduroy Appreciation

There are simple things in life that can prove to be the most comforting; mashed potatoes, electric blankets on a cold night, tearing perforated edges (that one may just apply to me), and a good Corduroy clothing item. One of my earliest memories involves listening to the swish swish of my Corduroy pants as I walked down the long quiet hall of my elementary school on my way to the Principal's office. I was about to be reprimanded for dancing on my desk. Before you assume I was a showgirl in the making: my classmates had all gotten carried away and were dancing to a song my teacher had put on to entertain us while she disappeared to speak to another teacher. I was only trying to top Tommy G. after he stood on his chair to show off his air guitar-ing. Instead of being impressed by my dare-devil desktop dancing as I had hoped, my classmates pulled a Lord of the Flies move and turned on me in an instant.

Back to Corduroy. I remember the swish swish-ing of my pants in that quiet hallway, and I felt comforted, somehow. I may not have understood it then, but I know now that it was an assuring reminder that in the midst of life's ups and downs, there are certain constants. Certain little pieces of joy to be seized. Which brings me to share this very important discovery.

A few months ago, I stumbled upon The Corduroy Appreciation Club.


A whole club dedicated to the glorious fabric? I was sold. I quickly became a member (it's free), and have been receiving occasional emails that fill me in on the CC haps.
The CC's mission statement:
The Corduroy Appreciation Club wishes to cultivate good fellowship by the advancement of Corduroy awareness, as well as, understanding, celebration, and commemoration of the fabric and all related items. Club events are held on dates which incorporate, resemble or refer to corduroy.

CC meetings are held on January 11th and November 11th each year, because these are the dates that most resemble Corduroy. 1|11 and 11|11.


This Wednesday is 11|11, and I plan on celebrating from afar (the meetings are held in Brooklyn, NY) by wearing Corduroy with pride.

You too can celebrate Corduroy by wearing two items (or however many you so choose) on 11|11, and by signing up to be a member and official Corduroy enthusiast.

I'm thinking about beginning an Orange County Chapter, so let me know if you are local and interested.

You can also read this post on The OC Gazette blog, here.

Cafe Gutenberg

Meant to tell you about Cafe Gutenberg, a cafe in Richmond, VA. We stopped there and were surprised by deliciousness:

Sesame's 40th

SO it turns out that this week marks Sesame Street's 40th anniversary. That's pretty incredible. I guess kids today still like the same stuff they did 40 years ago, which is comforting, somehow. At least when we're talking about this show; I grew up watching Elmo and his friends. Bert and Ernie were my favorites.

Anyway, I stumbled upon this video and thought it was wonderful,

it's Feist on Sesame Street:


THEN, I started finding a ton of other big names who have made appearances on the show...

Norah Jones on Sesame Street:


Michelle Obama:


Jack Black:


Ben Stiller:


Johnny Cash:


Natalie Portman:


Julia Roberts:


Stevie Wonder:


Ellen:


The Goo Goo Dolls:


Nick and Aaron Carter:


Gloria Estefan:


Paul Simon:


Ray Charles, Susan Sarandon, Lambchop, and others:


I didn't expect there to be so many videos I could post when I started this....and I got a little carried away in my excitement.

Farm Wedding in Virginia

Here are ome of the pictures from Stephanie's brother Noel's wedding Virginia a couple weeks ago, finally.


I loved the oil lamps and fabric as centerpieces,

There was also a painting which guests were encouraged to add to,



We arrived early for pictures, and then had a considerable amount of time to kill. Frolicking ensued,



The groom, Starbuck's in hand,




and then the jumping session,



I made friends with this horse,

brothers + horse,








Oliver is the least camera-shy of the boys, it seems,


there was a huge pasture (glorious) filled with tons of cows grazing behind the ceremony site (glorrrrious),


Felix found a leaf to show me,


this one was an accident, but I like it,


taking turns playing with Papa's iPhone (he has an app where you can choose a color glowstick and then break it and shake it to make it glow!),


tons of mini-paper airplanes to throw at the bride and groom on their departure-- I'd never seen that before, and thought it was fun,






I managed to get a picture with Sam...he's usually quite evasive of the camera,








I wish there were some photos of the bride and groom, but I played it cool with the camera during the ceremony. It was refreshing, actually; I don't often get to just watch a ceremony as I'm usually paid to be taking photos of it.

It was a beautiful wedding, and fun to see the boys dressed up and dancing and then poop out all at once.

Halloween pix

This year, Jordan and I decided to be a s'more,

He was the chocolate and I was the marshmallow, and we both had cardboard graham crackers strapped to our backs,
Last year, we were Dorothy and the Scarecrow,

Frankie was "the Douche Fairy,"

Carrie was a nun,
Megan was a coffee bean (that I mistook for a Hershey's kiss),

Priscilla was Mary Katherine Gallagher,

Zach was a lumberjack,
J and I went to a second party that was not great, except for this cute little chihuahua-turtle,

Jen was a bandito,

Amy was Tom Cruise a la Risky Business,


Jordan and I s'more the twins,


Amy's Risky Business slide,
I just love Halloween.
(sans gore and whores)

In my head

is this song: