sunday seven.

since friday's come and gone, here are a whopping 7! of my starred blog posts from my favorite bloggers this week.

1. sew lovely, from cardigans and couture.

2. oh joy for chronicle, from oh joy.

3. brooklyn fare, from josh spear.

4. chalkboard walls, from desire to inspire.

5. san francisco favorites, from 101 cookbooks.

6. makeover on a budget: stairways, from poppytalk.

7. maps as wallpaper, from apartment therapy.

nails.

it's possible that i am addicted to nail polish. thanks to aunt B, i have a fantastic stash of OPI colors. i am obsessed with the color above, "here today...aragon tomorrow." it's new. part of the espana collection. and i love it. dark, dark forest green. perfect for fall, right?

thoughtful.

these guys were waiting for me in my mailbox the other day when i got home from work and i had to take some pictures because they brighten the whole house. thanks, P!

krink + smith = awesomeness.

CB and the boys over at smith should be psyched about how freaking awesome this new product is. read all about it on cool hunting and on the smith exclusivo website and on KR's blog.

because it's pretty.

sunset in gila, new mexico. happy wednesday!

move over coffee bar.

new kid on the coffee block: haus, on 24th and folsom. how did i manage to let this one slip by for three months? chelsea mentioned a few weeks ago that this place rocked, but didn't delve into detail. then peter told me he was here a couple days ago, which reminded me that i needed to check it out in the flesh.

oh. my. god.

it's not busy. concrete floors. ritual beans. simple wood decor. plugs. rad backyard patio. talking heads on the speakers. super nice baristas. and did i mention, you can actually get a seat! and a table! the novelty. i love coffee bar, don't get me wrong. but WOW, haus you just blew my mind!

i lust.

the new diana mini. amazing. ridiculously cute. i want it so bad. visit the lomography shop to buy. or drool, for that matter.

medieval times.

i worked in the stockroom at anthro yesterday, unloading all the newest, most fabulous garb. it's slightly meditative and conversations drift in and out. here's a slice of one of what i thought to be the most entertaining throughout the day with the two quasi-hipster guys who work in the stockroom. led me to do a little further research.

brenton: (to no one in particular, holding up a tank top with beads around the neckline) this looks like...a renaissance fair or something.

(long pause)

matty: i've been thinking about medieval times lately.
brenton: (mumbles something about where the nearest medieval times is, i only half listen to what he's talking about).
piper: (from the other side of the room) wait, medieval times actually exists?
matty: yeah! (as though this is common knowledge, like asking if disneyland is a real place)

(unusually long pause here)

matty: i hear the food there is really good.

just in case you were as curious as i was about medieval times, you can check out their website here.

it's wednesday.

...but i'm doing my "friday five" today, since last friday i was in the wild deserts of new mexico and my google reader "starred" is bursting at the seams.

1. august 16th: camera bag app, from obsessive consumption. i love kate bingaman-burt's illustrations anyway, but i had to share this one especially because i am obsessed with the camera bag application. if you have an iphone and you don't have camera bag, download it. right now.

2. organization 101, by sfgirlbybay. dear sfgirlbybay, i believe we are kindred spirits. after seeing this post, i want to put all work on the back burner today and organize things pretty, just like this. love, piper.


3. repeat, from poppytalk.


4. mateo and isabel, from yellow owl workshop. (i must be in to camera things this week).


5. notemaker relaunches, from simple + pretty. (cameras and organization, it seems).

arrrrrrg, matey!

i have heaps to sort through, but here is a little something to wet the palette from bryan + narisa's fantastic pirate wedding at the LC ranch in gila, NM.

CONGRATS! radical people celebrating totally awesome things this past weekend.

the INSP file.

i have a folder on my desktop called "INSP," for all the miscellaneous bits of inspiration i find surfing the web. i have a physical folder too, but at the moment it's tucked away in my parent's garage, underneath bath towels and kitchen utensils. i thought today i would compile a few of the items in the virtual folder, whatever jumped out at me. since i just drag and drop images into the folder, i'm not sure where they all came from, but there's about a 90% chance that they're all from somewhere on my google reader list.

right now, i'm drawn to series of multiple images, subdued colors mixed with bright splashes, simple lines and shapes, ephereal light and focus, using everyday objects in new ways, and flowers. massively inspired by flowers lately.

vows.

i made a vow earlier this week to post at least once a day. it's only been 6 days and i'm already failing in this marriage. i've been working at my daytime job a lot this week, thus the lack of post yesterday. apologies to all my loyal readers (insert sarcasm here).

so while i'm on the topic of vows, and since i am shooting my very first wedding this weekend and browsing for inspiration, i thought i would post links and pictures of some recent weddings from some of my favorite wedding photographers. we are in wedding season after all. and who doesn't need a little love?

a few personal favs!

molly and darby
photographer: hillary maybery


matt and rene
photographer: craig wolfrom



also love kirsten shultz, thia konig, and dev khalsa in the sun valley area.


and i have to include my new favorite (thanks to design sponge, i think), even though i don't know him or any of his clients, i've subscribed to his blog for the past couple months and continue to be inspired by his images. jose villa, THANKS for making me excited about taking photographs.

friday five, a little late.

here are five of my "starred" google reader posts this week:

1. biker chick, from poppytalk.

2. ariel's DIY bookshelf, from apartment therapy.

3. we like it wild: farm to table, from design*sponge.

4. business card eye candy, from papercrave.

5. school bakery & cafe, from simple + pretty.

good tasting things.

i like to bake. so clearly i jumped at the chance to fix a dessert for family dinner tomorrow at anthro. these are the tastiest morsels around. i inherited this recipe from my mom and it's been a favorite since i was pint-sized, (she used to make half a batch without chocolate chips for me, since i didn't like chocolate until i was about 15). they are light and not too sweet and melt in your mouth.

cream cheese chocolate chip cookies:

1 cup butter
1 cup crisco
8 oz. regular cream cheese
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
4 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
2 tsp salt
12 oz. chocolate chips

preheat oven to °350. beat together softened butter, crisco, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. just until smooth. slowly mix in flour and salt. then fold in chocolate chips. spoon into 1" balls, on an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for 10-12 minutes.



enjoy!

blue bottle and a few other notes.

SFMOMA just got so much cooler. i was so pleasantly surprised by the lovely rooftop garden and cafe at free tuesday yesterday. britt, brooke and i wandered the museum amidst the crazy crowds, then finished off our visit with a latte at blue bottle. if and when i have money, i will drink blue bottle everyday. maybe multiple times a day.

i leave you with a few things:

1. here is the website for SFMOMA.

2. here is a picture of some blue bottle lattes i took at the farmer's market a while back.


3. the line for special exhibits on free tuesday is slightly ridiculous, so i'll be going back some time before november to spend quality time in the richard avedon exhibit. in the meantime, i'll flip through this.

4. great robert frank exhibit. opens with this quote from the artist: "i am always outside, trying to look inside, trying to say something that is true. but maybe nothing is really true. except what's out there. and what's out there is constantly changing." surely, food for thought.

dogs.

over at desire to inspire (one of my favorite blogs) they profile heaps of cool living spaces, but every now and then they also post some ridiculous pictures of dogs (and not overly cheeseball, either). see exhibit a here: more doggie monday.

reminded me to dig these pics out of the vault. billy's puppy pal gordie last summer in mackay.

winter.

i believe the famous line is, "the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in san francisco." thus, i couldn't resist this spartan coat at anthro. i don't think i am ever going to take it off. love love love.

consolidation.

as an FYI, all things piper is a consolidation of the creative upturn and stillness in chaos. i found myself wanting a place to post random things, ideas, links and pictures. i suppose all things piper will be an extension of my website, though updated a LOT more. i am taking a vow right now to post at least once a day. hold me to it, people.

big sur.

i'm slowly sorting through photos i've taken in the past month. here are a few gems from a quick weekend in big sur. awesome place. dying to go back and spend more time. plus, i'll be dreaming about the big sur bakery for months. you can see all the photos on my flickr page.

the piper.

thanks to my lovely friend, gabe, you'll be able to purchase a fancy scott USA jacket named the piper, come winter 2010. eeeeek! pictures soon.