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Tatz needs this shirt.

Groovy Jamison

One of the people I'm truly going to miss when I leave starbucks is Jamison. He is 6'5, every song is his favorite song, he is an artist, and everything in his world is Groovy. He educates me on the hidden meanings in Grateful Dead songs and plays guitar in his church's worship band. This man is one of a kind, and keeps me in stitches with his goofy dancing, sing alongs, and coffee descriptions that make him sound like a sommelier.

Tonight he pulled out his to do list to show me I was on it (bottom right) I was in hysterics because his to do list describes his personality more aptly than I could ever put into words with his quirky drawings, crayon highlighting, and all around Jamison gloriousness. I made him hand over the list because I thought it needed to be enjoyed by everyone.



I'm looking forward to Sunday when we get so sit down for brunch and talk art. It should be groovy.

Salmon Dance

I've been thinking about decorating me and Kenj's new crib and my mind is out of control. I've been joking with Kendra that I didn't get a new roomate, but that I got a new personal trainer and she got a new decorator.

I saw this Amazing photo on Greg's (geeze Greg you've had like 80 shoutouts on my blog) portfolio. It looks like it's from a vintage postcard that he took in Yellowstone. So I decided it needed a little Haley touch, so I added some fish since I can't get the salmon dance out of my head.

This is the beginning of it.



now picture it like 3 feet wide over our new couch.

Mail

I love mail, and I rarely get it because I am terrible at sending it. So today when I came home from making lattes I was super surprised to see two letters sitting on my kitchen table. One from Carolyn in CO with a copy of a photo of us outside of mets stadium. Absolutely glorious.

The other was from Greg, which contained my lumberjack. I think I need to start a collection.

Here he is.


ALSOOOO Speaking of lumberjacks:

You can listen to the new Iron and Wine album in it's entirety on Myspace

I love Sam Beam

Into the Wild

This book changed a lot about how I look at the world. I hope the movie does it justice.

Book Autopsies

Crazy ridiculously awesome book sculptures from Brian Dettmer.

"Brian Dettmer carves into books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures."

More Horsepower

Here's a VW ad Greg sent me in honor of my new golf.


so clever.

To whom much is given, much is expected.

My new title is, "Haley Smith: Assistant Designer-Home for the Urban Design Department". I got a job yesterday. Not just any job, but my dream job. I get to sit around all day and design the coolest stuff ever. And we take field trips to flea markets.

I now have a way to pay for my new car, and on top of all this I get to live with Kendra Acker in Wilmington in what she assures me is the cutest apartment ever.

This is what I get to design.

Here are my favorite ladies helping me celebrate. My new roomie is in the corner opposite me in the black tank top. I LOVE KENDRA! Joel, Melissa, and Donna also came to dinner to celebrate.

Galileo!

I got a new car today. Crazy right? It's a lovely 2005 Volkswagen Golf with 26,000 miles. On the way home Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was playing on the radio so I decided I should name it Galileo. Hopefully we'll do some amazing exploring together.

Wedding Photos

I photographed my first wedding today for Cheryl and Athen. I worked with Cheryl at Starbucks and was flattered/terrified that she asked me. I'm really excited about how they turned out. You can't go wrong with a beach wedding.

Here they are.


And this is the lovely Erica.

Wooden

This would be the sweetest wedding ring of life.


Don't worry I'm not getting married until I'm 35.


I found this on the PoppyTalk website.

We're HOME

Carolyn and I are back a little early from our new england road trip. You can see all my photos on my facebook account, but here are some of my favorites.

Syracuse Gnome


Me and Carolyn kayaking on lake champlain


Birdman in Montreal


Poutine


Bug Light Maine


People I met walking on the rocks



Boston Aquarium Jellyfish


Carolyn, Lauren, and I with my favorite hat in CT


Time Square


And we finished with hanging with one of my favorite people in the whole wide world, Danielle, watching a mets game.

Road Trip!

I'm gearing up for my New England roadtrip with my favorite road tripping buddy Carolyn. We're headed to Syracuse, Burlington VT, Montreal, Portland ME, NYC, and CT. I can't wait to visit some of my favorite people I haven't seen in months, and explore the great northeast. I plan on eating some maine lobster, touring the Ben and Jerry's factory, and scoping out the Poutine. I also want to find a sweet new job interview outfit.

Not to mention finding the incarnation of this guy.

My burly creative lumberjack.

Lunch Boxes

Anyone who has seen my green giraffe lunchbox will know exactly why I appreciate these.

I discovered it while browsing Oh Joy.

On the Road

I bought this adorable travel journal off of Etsy just in time for my New England road trip with Carolyn.



What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? -it's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
-Jack Kerouac

RIP

Let's have a moment of silence for my lovely 1991 Toyota 4Runner. It is officially dead, and I am transportation-less for an indefinite amount of time since I have no idea what this next year is going to look like.

RIP Buddy, you treated me well.

Lunar Eclipse

One of the very few good things about waking up at 4 in the morning to go into work to make coffee is that I got to see the lunar eclipse that happened two nights ago. It was pretty cool, and explained why my neighbors were sitting outside at such an odd hour.


image is from the make blog.

Corey Arnold

This guy makes me want to be a documentary photographer. Anyone know of any great subject matter to document?

Cooking

I love how cooking. I love the food network, I love making new recipes and getting my hands covered in deliciousness. I also love how making certain recipes and eating certain foods can remind you of people and places, and how great it is to share food with one another.

For instance tonight I made a caesar salad and homemade crepes for dessert.

•The recipe for the salad is Ginger's infamous salad dressing...though mine never tastes as good as hers. I think I need a salad spinner.

•I wrote the crepe recipe down in the recipe book Donna, my old wonderful roommate and adopted sister gave to me for my birthday.

•I shared the meal with my mom who loves when I'm home because I do things like grocery shopping and cleaning the fridge.

•The crepes reminded me of this amazing banana, nutella, and whipped cream crepes Adam and I had in London while on an adventure to scope out Wimbledon.

•Then I made a crepe especially for my friend Megan who is leaving for college tomorrow since I wanted to get her a gift but no one needs another thing they just need to find a place for.

Food is good.

Light Bulbs

I had the best day yesterday. It was my day off and the only major thing that I did was change the broken light bulbs in our house. The porch light has been out for over a year and required a ladder and screws, the lights over the sink have been out for over two years, and the light in our fridge which was the kicker had been out for a week and a half. So I went down to lowes found my odd shaped bulbs after extensive searching and now our house is brilliantly illuminated. And then once I actually saw how gross the newly illuminated fridge was I cleaned that out too.

I also made this amazing shrimp pasta from things we already had around the house, but went to the grocery store literally at the end of my block that I hadn't been to since the beginning of college. It was weird to really feel home. I liked it.