Off to Reno.

Going to Reno this weekend to meet my Friends little Baby. Here they are at our wedding:


The Husband is a dentist so I purchased this little goodie from Baby Gap.

So perfect, right?? I know it's not organic, but I've already sent a few organic onies, also from Baby Gap, to the little guy when he was first born.

Another Reason to Drink Wine...

Like I need another reason to drink, but these cork floors made from wine corks are absolutely delish.

I am going to start saving all of our wine corks just for this purpose.

I can't tell if I like the white or clear grout?


And look they can be dyed to create a pattern too:


Read more about these floors at Apartment Therapy (I know, I need to get my own inspiration), or at Jelinek Cork.

Do you think these floors would look good in my dream kitchen??

Apartment Therapy Kitchen Love

Is anyone else following the Apartment Therapy Room Color Contest??

Well, this is my pick to win.
I adore this kitchen.
A bit modern, a bit funky, and a bit bold.


And the good news, Mr. Spice loves it too.

I could die for this fridge:

Now if only we owned a house that we could remodel.

And just so you know, this kitchen perfectly mixes the colors that I am trying to use in our hallway. Yep, I am trying to make orange work. Ekk, it's hard.

What's your favorite house in the running?

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall...

Our hallway is driving my batty.

It's BORING. It's the first thing you see as you walk into our house, and it's in some serious need of a good dose of color STAT.

And while I've been incorporating a rather bold color (which I'll wait to reveal until I have pics), I've decided that a slate blue/gray would be the perfect complement to an otherwise overwhelming color.

And recently, I found an awesome mirror that is just dying to be painted. So, I give you my inspiration:



Both pics are from Apartment Therapy.

So what color do you think I've paired with it??

Hint: It's not red or purple.

Blog Fail

So I totally failed to write a post on climate change on Blog Action Day. Uggg. Blog fail.

But I did make one very big Eco purchase on Friday. I finally bought a BPA Free water bottle from EcoUsable.



It's already been hiking with me and to the gym. I love it so much that I think I want one for home and the office.

If you haven't already upgraded your old Nalgene or Sigg bottles, I'd highly recommend these babies. Now if only I had seen it in pink.

And again, I promise, all hope is not lost on this blog. Didn't you see the nifty new header above? And once I find my camera- ekk, where could it be??- I will start updating with all the projects that I've been working on. Or not working on- our poor living room chair needs a lot of TLC.

So, what's your water bottle of choice??

Blog Action Day 2009

Readers- I haven't abandoned this blog completely, I promise. I am going to work on getting back into blog mode starting next week. At this point I have so much to blog about, I don't know where to start.

But good news, I was prompted to blog again by Blog Action Day!!

This year's topic is: Climate Change. I don't think I've mentioned it here before, but Climate Change, more specifically Sea Level Rise around San Francisco, is apart of my day to day work.

So since I have the knowledge, I am going to share it. I am planning on devoting a week, starting October 12th, to Climate Change issues. I am sure there are other more technical sources out there on this topic, but my goal is to digest this topic into a few easy to read posts. I think that if you truly want to live in a Modern Organic World then you need to know what you can do to mitigate and adapt to all the changes our World is currently going through.

If you are reading this and have questions about Climate Change, e.g., what you can do, if you can really make a difference, etc., let me know and I will try my VERY best to give you a straight forward answer.

So hold on, I promise pictures of our apartment very soon!! I've been hard at work trying, very unsuccessfully I might add, to make it look cute enough to blog about it. Until then, let me know, do you still question IF Climate Change is happening??