backyard jam band

Carefree summertime music. Happy long weekend!

Local Natives found via Lost

isn't that sweet

It's that time of year where many of us get a little sniffly and sneezy with allergies. I've heard that if you have a teaspoon of honey that is local to your area everyday, your friendly neighborhood bees will help you acclimate to the pollen. Figured it's worth a try. To the farmers market I go!

Image via Keep The Sugar

happy sunday

Image via Lovely Little Things

magnolia

"Now that I've met you, would you object to never seeing each other again?" Paul Thomas Anderson heard that lyric in Aimee Mann's song Deathly and turned it into a line of dialogue. That line in turn inspired the whole script of this wonderfully complex movie. I just rewatched last night. Amazing.

mix tape: blow off edition

The super talented Sara writes The Blow Off, a funny irreverent collection of relationship endings both big and small. Inspired by the site, I put together a mix tape. In case of blow off, press play.

blow off mix tape

PS I'm trying this great new site called Grooveshark to make my mixes now so that you can actually listen. Hope you like!

may gray

This sweet photo cheers me up on this dreary day in LA.

Image via Bliss

happy weekend

Image by Julia Gunther