Art-o-matic 2009

Finally, a whole year has past and Artomatic is once again open. 

I've been ever so excited since last year's visit and knew I'd be in

for a real treat this year.

This time around, I ventured into South East DC {as the location changes every year} with my broder Glenn. Mind you South East DC = L.A.'s Compton ... Not the safest part of town but we got out alive. PTL.

Once we arrived we had about 9 stories of art ahead of us.

So much to do, see and explore.a

Art Whino artist rock.

From the gallery you could see the National's Baseball park a block over. If you got high enough you could even watch the game. I've yet to experience a baseball game. Another must, on my to-do list.

I'm sure this look just like scribbles, technically it is, but if you get up close you'll see how amazing this ink illustration is. I can only imagine how long it took to make.

After walking around for a few moments we finally met up with little Miss. Aimee who was one of the few to join us on this spontaneous art adventure of ours. This girl is truly amazing, another artist with amazing talent and I'm so excited that she's going into the graphic design field too.

There was so much art, all made by local talent {DC-MD-VA artists}.

There was again, a live tattoo artist. Pretty sick.

Out of all the pieces I saw that day, this piece struck up my favorite conversation of the day with Aimee. There's so much about it to analyze. Can you guess the name of the piece?

"Wasteland 2.0" Such an awesome piece.

I was sad that I was pretty disappointed by the photography through out the gallery. There were only a handful of photography installations that wowed me. I've actually been more moved and inspired by photography I've seen on blogs and online portfolios. Well anywhos, this one photography themed your installation around Greece. And man ... I dream of going to greece one day, this just made me want to go even more.

Before our day ended, we got a quick visit from Mobin & Andrew.

So sad that they didn't get to see alot of the gallery, but hopefully we can all go back again before it closes. {July 5th is the closing date so if you're in the area make sure you go out and see it!}

DC DC DC

Much is happening in this town...

Both The Real World & The Real House Wives

are moving into DC very soon.

This should be very interesting. This city isn't all about politics and history ... there is much to love and always so much going on, maybe these shows will shed a little bit of light on what's going on in our little corner of the world. We shall see...

Spontaneous Strawberries

I've hardly been in the mood to blog lately, but this little adventure is a must.

Early Wednesday morning my mom, who usually let's me wake up on my own because she knows I work at night, woke me up asking if I wanted to go pick some strawberries. Because of the sound of her voice and look on her face I knew she was excited and ready to, so I got ready in a jiffy ... then we were off.

I'm always up for spontaneous adventures, and I'm glad my mom took me on one she's been wanting to take. I'm usually the brains behind spontaneous adventures, though now I see I might have gotten that from her. Once we got there we took out our big ole summer hats and headed down to the patch.

First we were assigned a row to help guide us to some yummy berries. But apparently we had the whole patch to ourselves so really it was an "all you could pick" buffet.

The whole field smelt of sweet berries, it was so delightful.

At the end of our adventure me and mom took home a bucket
of strawberries, each ... and a few more pictures for the road.

I have this secret talent of breaking into places ... hehe
so I thought I would try my luck with this barn.

My mom just thought it'd be cute to pose.. hehe

I love mi madre, and our spontaneous strawberry adventure.


Last thing ...

I've not had the luxury of time to sit and sew, but I did manage to whip up a little skirt for myself last week and finally took her out for our little trip. I didn't have a pattern on me, which is always the case so I just played around and TADA! I really wanna make more.. hopefully I can soon.

I'm glad this week is coming to an end,
it's nice to finally have both feet back on solid ground.

The Sweetest Gig

As if I'm not already busy enough with my part time job, my online job, and various other tasks to juggle around, the last few months I've been working as a freelance photographer for a contracting firm, conducting photo shoots of the company's previously contracted spaces in use (mainly offices and businesses). I've definitely enjoyed working for them, and it's been a blessing that they keep coming back to do work with me. I'll be honest, I didn't expect them to keep me around as long as they have because I know very little about corporate photography. But I'm glad they have, it's been a great experience.

My latest job for them was two weeks ago and it was the SWEETEST gig ever, literally.

I got to do a shoot in the National Confectioners Association office, the only place where candy means business. And boy did I have a good time.

It was pretty dangerous that they left me unsupervised in their "candy shop" ... but I managed.

Later on in the shoot I slipped into the President's office to take a few

pictures of his office space, and guess what I spied with my little eye?

Photos of Lauren Graham a.k.a. Lorelai chillin on a side table.

I talked with the President for a bit and he told me Lauren Graham is his daughter, and that she's currently on Broadway as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. He also said that if I was ever in NY to go see her perform. Sigh ... there's so much I still haven't seen on Broadway. Guys and Dolls is another must.

This office by far was the most colorful and most playful I've seen the company design, I'm glad I got assigned to shoot it. Also at the end of my visit the office sent me home with a bag full of sweets, a lovely little perk for an already super awesome gig. I love this job.

Take a Bow

Loving this ring.

June Fouth

Today is a very special day.

Today is my sister's 25th birthday,
and 26 years ago my parents became husband & wife.

It's always a bittersweet occasion, but a day to always celebrate and be thankful for. My dad loved my mom, they got married and started a family ... the way most love stories go. But as it turns out God had a different plan for our family than the fairy tale ending everyone hoped for, but still love endures.

My parents were only married for eight beautiful years, four of which I got to bear witness of, then my dad was called to take his place up in Heaven to be with the Lord. The last eighteen years have not been the easiest without him, but my parent's love for each other and the Lord is still the love that keeps our family strong today.

The Lord has funny ways for planning things out, because my big sis was born on my mom and dad's first wedding anniversary, giving us another occasion for our family to celebrate today.

Me and sister both can't believe she's turning twenty five. It feels unreal, like I'm still only 17 and she 20. My mom was married and already had both of us at twenty five, so factoring that in makes 25 sound crazy. But 25 is still young, and I know the Lord has sooo much planned for my sister's life. I know very well my sister has still so many dreams and aspirations that I am sure will one day come true.

I love my sister so much. Through the good times and the hard times she still always helps me get through the day just knowing we're in everything together. Her beauty {YES SISTER! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, STOP LYING TO YOURSELF YOU KNOW YOU ARE!!!} and her love bless me everyday and I could not be more proud to call her my big sister.

... Ok, that's as sappy as it gets. My sister hates when I get sappy & lovey dovey with her. So instead I'm going to end with a picture for my sister. Not of us, but of someone she doesn't mind getting sappy & lovey dovey with.

I love seeing you happy Ate, so on this birthday of yours I wish you all the happiness in the world!!! Your favorite "fish in the sea" may not be here on your birthday because he's somewhere in an Army uniform on the beaches of Cuba, but I know that guy wishes you all the happiness too!! Hope this picture makes you happy, it kindda makes me happy too.

I love you sister and Happy Birthday!

-baby sis