sometimes i feel just like this ...

 natalie dee

i am the ludicrous gardener

jesse + sophia came over on saturday 

we planted some seeds they had scored at a seed swap

jesse gave me the run down of how to care for them

when expressing how excited i was to see those little darlings sprout up he said, and i quote:

"impatience is beyond ludicrous in a gardener"

cream + gold

ooooh so lovely.

via this is glamorous

happy birthday mom

today is my mama's birthday

she is the most amazing of all the amazing women

if you know her... well, then, you know

she has always encouraged me to be exactly who i am

i am proud to be her daughter 

when i was in the 11th grade, she and i moved back to the united states a year earlier than my dad

we lived alone that year - just the two of us in a cute little house in roseville
it was a challenging year of changes and adjustments for both of us

we've always been close, but something about that year made us oh so much closer

and as you can see, i cannot get enough of these amazing photos of her from back in the day

these old photos of her are my style inspiration
she's a rad lady, beautiful inside and out, an amazing grandmother, an activist for peace and equality, a therapist by day,  ridiculously adorable and arguably the best mama ever
i could gush about her all day long...

and...she puts up a good fight,

she'd say the same about me...

♥

we are taking her to a fancy dinner tonight - because she deserves that and so much more!

love you mama!

can I have one part of my life that isn’t TMZ’d up the butt?

so... there's no denying the major hilarity behind charlie sheen's recent antics and his absurd verbal garbage that really makes no sense at all.  i, personally, found his 20/20 interview hard to watch as i thought he was jerk to the interviewer, was totally uncomfortable, and made no sense... don't get me wrong, i laughed out loud several times, but it was still extremely awkward... it felt like a never-ending SNL skit.

of course, someone captured some of his ridiculous quotes here.

but what i am struggling with the most is the fact that he has a long history of violence against women that seems to have gone unnoticed amongst all his other bs.  i can't wrap my mind around the fact that he even maintained a career in the public eye after all of those charges in the first place.

tracie egan morrissey from jezebel does a good job detailing this issue out here. 

things i miss...

my Q street apartment - where the whole place was all mine

and my kitchen was also my closet.

my dhahran days

this was the 7th grade valentine's day dance

i went with chris norseth

i still have that dress

and still besties with some of those friends...

(look at all those mary-jane docs!!)

clay's random drawings on my old kitchen table

having my whole family under 1 roof

using my electric typewriter...which is currently broken

beach bumming

drinking champassions on the patio of hotel san jose

the natural high you get from an equal rights rally

my kate moss collage from my boarding school dorm room

oh, and that lime green + yellow pop corn comforter

and lime green jansport... dang!

playing mafia for hours in austin

and especially missing these 3 faces...

the weekend

got to tour the loomis basin brewing company 

eat at the high hand conservatory in loomis

discovered the crescent club in old sac

got my bangs cut

was lacadia's +1 to sacramento fashion week's finale show 

+

 watched the oscars with some lady friends

________

oh, and most importantly - omar turned 3 years old yesterday!!

coolest kid i know ! 

i wish i could have been in minneapolis to celebrate...

happy birthday lil man 

bursts of color for a cold + wet + drab friday

image via kate spade

image via life.com

image via immigrant news

image via nannygoatsinpanties

that third image down of the hands is from a phagwah festival which is a hindu celebration of the arrival of spring.  what a beautiful way to celebrate spring. i'm so very ready for it...

O M G

best news ever:

remember this obsession of mine ?

well - my palm springs fantasies are playing out in just a couple months

and i cannot wait !

image via take sunset

thank you, gay bars!

i totally needed a long weekend

to relax

catch up with friends

check things off lists

cook

nest

take photos

celebration plan

read

catch up on the ever growing pile of new yorkers stacked on the coffee table...

which has been mocking me for weeks

highlights from this weekend...

having z + dom + dad over for dinner

pops

dom took part in a duathalon in granite bay, we hung out after in folsom before they took off to reno

z surprised me with this creamy cheese spread that we grew up eating... 

so good! 

trish and i indulged in a major funday sunday - which included much needed catch up, fancy cocktails,  and a side of dancing at badlands (at 6pm on a sunday...)

thank you, gay bars, for providing a platform for those who feel the urge to boogie in the middle of their sunday !

we woke the next morning totally motivated to hit the goodwill 50% off sales

but the lines were SO ridiculous - we traded it in for breakfast at pancake circus

i can't believe this was the first time entering this establishment in my whole sacramento life

it was everything i had imagined plus some

we ate at the bar - which i have to say, i love doing when dining with two

fyi - they serve dinner.  but non-meat eaters beware - only meat options :)

i thought it was awesome.  i'd totally go back when i'm itching for some greasy country potatoes + 

some good people watching