We get a little worked up about user experience, online and in daily life. (Why are horizontal door handles clearly meant to be pushed ever acceptable on pull doors?!) Jack sent me this little snippet last night, and it’s really great for a bunch of reasons. If you don’t have time or inclination to watch, […]
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Jack and I spent part of Sunday riding out to Blue Hills, and then hiking to the summit. (To his credit, Jack would have preferred to ride to the top; I refused to make that climb on my fixie.) It was unfortunately overcast, but the views were worth it anyway – it’s so good to […]
If the pollen lodged in my eyes during this morning’s commute is any indication, spring bloom is still in full force in Boston despite the sudden summery temps. (Such is New England.) Hatsuki Miyahara’s colorful compositions caught my eye this weekend, reminding me of the incredible array of blossoms visible in our neighborhood this time […]
This music video isn’t the first of its kind, but it’s a current favorite in our house. A song for your Saturday night: enjoy! video credit: Potato
In the interest of looking ahead, we’ve been starting to plan our summer adventures. While I ponder my first ever Sperry purchase (gold or classic brown?), Jack is daydreaming about our return trip to Sturdivant Island with friends and hoping it will resemble this. (It won’t. Not quite.) As the week winds down, take a peek at the […]
Yesterday was cold, rainy and basically blustery; today, highs are hoving near 80 and the sun is shining. We are so ready for some summer weather. I’ve been catching popsicles popping up all over the place – art featuring them, stationery modeled after them, recipes for making them – and with today’s abrupt summer feel […]
We were supposed to be closing on a house today. But we’re not. It’s a long, complicated story that was two months in the making, but the short version is that someone else’s oversight caused things to fall through in the eleventh hour. We’ve been a little bummed about it, a little adrift, and it’s […]
I was a fan of Trevor Baum’s arrow illustration when I first came across it beside a city skyline on Pinterest. The horizontal counterpart I later found on MATTER’s homepage seemed a perfect pairing. For more from Trevor Baum, visit his portfolio; the arrow image may have been lost to MATTER’s archives, but their site […]
Over the weekend, Jack and I stopped by the Cyberarts Gallery on a whim, and caught the interactive projection art of John Carpenter. dandelion clock uses data mapping techniques (with which Jack is much more well-versed) and a sensor to allow the viewer to interact with the glowing sparks that resemble familiar dandelion seeds: an […]
In the backyard of my parents’ house in Pennsylvania, there’s a lilac bush. “Bush” is a bit of a misnomer – it’s really more of a lilac tree, or a forest unto itself – and every spring, we had enough lilacs to offer to the whole world, it seemed. There are plenty of flowering plants […]