The Wild Unknown

Great name, great company!! The Wild Unknown is a family-run business specializing in handmade objects.  I love their style and their artworks.  I'd love one of every kind, honestly!

Comfy Bedding

Doesn't having super comfy bedding make all the difference in dream-land?  It sure does for me!  On top of our 4 inch memory foam mattress topper, I love a duvet at all times of the year, and luxurious linens really do the trick to make hopping into bed a real joy.

I came across this wonderful company called Rough Linen, who make a variety of duvet covers and pillow shams.   This beed looks just right for me!  I love the rough linen, the brown corzo button details, even the au naturel headboard!

Brew Round Two + Brooklyn Wort Homebrew Competition

This past weekend was full of homebrew for us! Josh and I attended the Brooklyn Wort homebrew competition held at the Gowanus Studio and brewed our second bath of Anchor Space homebrew.  At Brooklyn Wort, we tasted 30 different homebrews and voted on our favorite.  One of the two we voted for received the Judges Choice award.  I think that means we're good brew tasters!

And a bit about our own homebrew : we went for a red hop ale and decided to call it the Anchor Space : Otis REDding.  It should be good!  We used a great blend of grains and chocolate for steeping, four different hops (aroma and bittering variations), and a lovely red malt to make a great hoppy red ale.  Plus it's already fermenting in the carboy!

Two weeks of carboy fermentation ahead, plus three more weeks of fermentation in the bottles until they are carbonated and have some alcohol, but we're already looking forward to the first taste!

Here are some of our weekend photos :

Last Day of February...

... and I've gotten so much accomplished!  This dreary, rainy day has got me reflecting on the beginning of 2011.  My how time has flown by.

I'm looking forward to March, warm weather, and tasting our new Anchor Space Otis REDding Red Hop Ale!  Goodbye February, helloooo March!

Inspiring Artist : Brian Dettmer

Brian Dettmer makes some great work!  Using surgical tools, he dissects each book by carving one page at a time to expose images and images to form a visual that represents alternate histories and memories.  It's book surgery in it's finest form of art.  Great work!

He says this about his work : "My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators.  The completed pieces expose new relationships of the book's internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception."

I Love Lamp

Lighting is key to making a home feel homey.  Recently, we were gifted a wonderful lamp for our dining / living room.  It's so simple, elegant, and gorgeous.  The clear hand-blown glass isn't the easiest to quickly photograph, so come on over to look in person!!  Our lamp with an Edison Bulb on a dimmer switch is perfect for all kinds of lighting moods.

To go along with my new lamp, I've found a couple other lamps I'd love to have around he house.

From Horne, here's the Cornet Clip Lamp and Cornet Pendant Lamp :

Also featured on Remodelista is the Laboratorio Lame from Anve :

Loving Weekends!

Boy-oh-boy do I love weekends!  I'm so excited for the weather to warm up so I can use my weekend time outdoors going on amazing adventures, but for now I've been spending my weekends mostly hibernating and really getting a lot of work done.

Last weekend though, my Mom and Keith were in town and we managed to really pack it all in.  We went bowling at the Gutter, played cards at the Brewery, went to the Brooklyn Homebrew store, ate baguettes and cheese, drank some Anchor Space Pale Ale homebrew, introduced them to my sister Bethany, found some amazing vintage gems while shopping in Williamsburg, dined at Brooklyn Bowl, Le Gamin, James, and Milk Bar, and even fit a nap in there somewhere.  It was very fun and very happy!

This weekend, Josh and I will be attending the Brooklyn Wort homebrew competition, brewing a 2nd batch of our own beer (stay tuned for the story of Anchor Space : Otis Redding red ale), shooting a music video, and working on some photo-business stuff.

It sure feels good to be successful with work and happy with life!

A Simple Utility

Simple, useful, special - this wooden ballpoint pen is just what everyone needs in their office.  It's available at San Francisco's General Store but I sure hope to find one locally sometime soon!

Disassemblies

I nearly gasped out loud when this post came through my Google Reader the other day.  What a beautiful set of extruded mechanics by Todd McLellan.

Valentine Friends

My friend Lisa and I celebrated Valentine's Day together this year.  Our significant others were in LA at the Grammy's with Danny Clinch, so we decided to make a friendship date out of it.  We played a killer game of i Spy - Valentine's edition - where we spotted 112 gifts on the streets of Manhattan, ate some delicious dinner with oh-so-yummy sake, then mad our way to The Lakeside Lounge for some photobooth action.  It was a very fun evening just us gals.

Cheers to good friends!