For one night only, this tree peony is my beautiful companion. It won’t likely last much longer. The lovely Julia Lojo of Bloomies gifted her delicateness to me.

Today’s the day. Get Out The Vote. Or DPTPRR: Don’t Prove Those Pesky Republicans Right.

There are a lot of propositions on the California ballot in addition to the partisan races for house, senate, and governor. Two guides I’ve consulted are from Living in the O and the always comical, always endearing Good Jobbbb (the online journal of success).

Let’s do this people.

Sanbittèr. Thank you Zuni Café. I live in the land of “mocktails” these days (generally not a happy place to be), and Sanbittèr has seriously upped the ante on my enjoyment. I’ve ordered a case for the house. It tastes just like Campari but without the alcohol. Very soothing, and very fooling; you really feel like you’re having a real drink. Almost.

More:

Chowhound board on the Proper Method for Enjoying Sanbittèr

Sanbittèr for sale on Amazon

The viral ad for Sanbittèr from 2009. Those crazy Italians. I like the opening shot best.

Another pretty awesome Italian ad for Sanbittèr.

The 80’s version of Jean-Pierre for Sanbittèr.

Ian took these and I love them.

I think the headlights one is my favorite, though I’d like to be standing in the sun by that building.

Geode and succulents in the last of the afternoon sun.

I generally hate making excuses for not blogging, but it really has been a doozy of a couple months. I’ve been sort of camera-less too…but enough with the excuses.

Sometimes just a few stems can brighten your day. I’m obsessed with this hydrangea. It’s totally psychedelic.

From dark and vibrant:

To light and airy:

One of my favorite bands, The Dirty Projectors, sent out an email this morning with this special offer:

Today Only – $12 Mezzanine Tickets!

Dirty Projectors at The Wiltern on Friday!

The Wiltern
3790 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90010
ALL AGES with / Dominique Young Unique

BUY MEZZANINE TICKETS HERE / PASSWORD: bittebitte
This password expires at 10pm

Plum, Daniel Patterson’s (of Coi fame) highly anticipated Oakland outpost will open Wednesday September 29th! And you can already make reservations. And the meal won’t cost as much as your mortgage. (Sorry Coi, I’m sure you’re worth it, I’ll make it to you one of these days) I got a reservation for Plum next week and I can’t wait.

This is pure genius. LOVE the promotional photographs:

AND I tried Skylite Snowballs for the first time today and it was a transcendent experience! Check them out on Twitter and get to one of their locations ASAP. I highly recommend Tcho chocolate with the marshmallow cream, although classic strawberry is great too.

I love this little film about my friend filmmaker Begonia Coloma. It’s nice to be able to watch videos of your friends who are far away.

Even if HP is trying to advertise through them.

A few weeks ago I got to see Gang Gang Dance, the Walkmen, and Grizzly Bear play a show at NYC’s newly revamped Governor’s Island. It was a lot of fun to go somewhere in NYC I’d never been, and the views were great.

A bit later, loving the light pollution:

Grizzly Bear’s performance of Showcase that night was just about the most rock n’ roll thing that ever happened to anyone of this generation. It was also seriously loud, thanks to the no DB limit on Governor’s Island. Check out Monica Yi’s video of it here:

Showcase- Grizzly Bear LIVE from Monica Yi on Vimeo.