happy birthday, eli !

you make my heart skip beats

will you marry us?

 Last night over an amazing Vietnamese meal at Andy Nguyen's, Eli and I popped the big question.  We asked our dear friend, Justin, if he would marry us... he said yes!  Justin is an ordained minister and one of the oldest friends I have.  We met in the 5th grade and have been good buds ever since...   And now years later, we share the same city! Love it, love him!  Thanks Justin for saying YES ! Woohoo!

As usual, the food was amazing! 

!!!

there's so much going on right now, i could burst!  it's all good and exciting.  i love it when life feels this full and exhilirating.  i've got so many rad projects i'm in the midst of, i'm swamped, and loving it.  and so many rad things going on around me.  there's a good energy in the air...

first of all - my favorite dude in the whole wide world has an end of august birthday... and we are celebrating tomorrow!

second of all - my dear darling amazing friend, lacadia, arrives home from a month vacation.  her and her beau ran off to his homeland of australia for the month of august and they return home early next week. i absolutely cannot wait to see her face and catch up in person! she's coming home with a shiny ring on her finger.  yowza.  it really is the summer of ♥.

congratulations boo!  now, hurry home so we can toast!

third - all my creative rad friends doing amazingly rad things to better this city of ours and i get goosebumps just thinking about all the good to come!!!  i'm not sure i can blog about some of it just yet - but as soon as i get the ok - i will!  but here is one thing i can pass along... if you live in sacramento, come to this:

local musicians + local ballet + good cause

plus i'm really excited that fall is right around the corner.  as much as i love summer, i ADORE fall in sacramento - plus, i'm tired of jean cut-offs and tank tops... i want to drown myself in fall fashion...

the next american dream

The Next American Dream is being shown at the Crest theatre in Sacramento tomorrow evening.

In short - it sounds like a documentary around the need to redevelop and rebuild the downtown locations that were once deserted during the time of the former American dream to dwell in suburbia...

Sounds interesting to me.  I tried to find ticket prices with no luck, and read something that alluded to it maybe being a free event?  Apparently, the group who is bringing this viewing to Sacramento would like to remain unknown, which has triggered a bit of skepticism.  See comments here.

Either way, I'm intrigued and plan to check it out.

sneak peek

been quite busy working on multiple projects.  more to come. 

thao ♥

it's a thao nguyen kind of monday morning...

saturday morning bliss

coffee

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september issue

♥

bon week-end

garden growth

It's been so fun watching our garden fill out.  And we are finally getting some serious eggplants, tomatoes, and peppers.  

chuck close self portrait study

jennazee