Archive for August, 2005

Mexican Brunch

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005



posole_mimosa

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


Great weekend! Beers and a bike ride to Elsies, bbq at Shereetas, Movies downtown, nightcap at the pressroom, Sunday Mexi Brunch in Ventura at Joannafinas, saw a rabbit and the sunset at the Serra Cross in Ventura, hung out and drank beer all day on Sunday with friends, and Monday went to Carpinteria and swam in the Pacific Ocean, ate at the Padaro Grill, and sadly said goodbye to friends flying back East and going back to work… Yay!

plushrush

Sunday, August 28th, 2005



plushrush

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


I’m in another Plush show, Plush Rush in Colombus, Ohio! I’ll leave some hints next week for my next plush creation… stay tuned!

Santa Barbara

Friday, August 26th, 2005



shoreline

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


I started sneezing as soon as I got back. I have horrible allergies, including to my dogs, but mostly it’s the pollen and grass, and the worst ones, some pretty severe food allergies. Santa Barbara, while beautiful, is the worst place for such conditions, cuz folks, things bloom all year here! It’s like 365 days of Spring, which, yay, means fabulous weather, but alas, lots of kleenex, claritin, flonase, swollen glands, and a puffy face!!! mmm. pretty! Though I prefer fresh air to air conditioning, my allergies were much more under control without pollen floating in the house 24 hours a day.

I needed to do (er, shall I say EAT) a few things right off the bat here in SB; it was imperative that I eat at the Hamburger Habit (not as good as I remember :(…) as well as Shintori Sushi, where the Sushi Chefs are Mexican, and they have funny mexi-sushi combo rolls! I also wanted to go to El Torito on the waterfront to enjoy a humongous happy hour fiesta platter of various deep-fryed appetizers and of course, a $3.00 margarita. Super Rica is next on my hit list (a little taqueria that Julia Child was known to frequent, even though it’s on Milpas, lending it a certain amount of Mexi street-cred.) Tonight, it’s Elsies, so I can be handed a beer by an angst-ridden artist/bartender on rollerskates! I’d love to dust off some of my records, we’ll see.

Slowly, my nerves are decompressing from the last several months of living in NYC… my first night back here, I kid you not, I could not sleep, it was TOO QUIET! I’ve been taking the dogs on lots of little walks during the day… we walk in almost absolute silence… what a contrast! No subways roaring underneath, no cabs honking, no sirens blaring, no jack hammers, no east coast accents yelling and definitely nobody pushing… there is sometimes a distant leaf blower several blocks away. And I can count on one hand the amount of people I encounter on these walks! A funny old man who wears a skipper cap (I always thought he was a woman actually until he talked to me yesterday and I realized he’s a little old man) and invariably, another person walking their smallish yappy dogs. Anyhow, I still feel stuck between two worlds, not quite here yet, not there anymore. For now, I’ll enjoy the best this place has to offer while I catch my breath.

trust me, i’m from jersey!

Thursday, August 25th, 2005



trustme

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


OK now that I’m back in California, I can wear my new shirt from the Jersey Shore, and it will be funny. Wearing it in NY or Jersey isn’t quite as funny. Be aware, that Melinda thought I had to have this shirt, so if a person who really is from Jersey says this, I buy it and wear it with Jersey pride!

It is good to be back in California!!!

Birdy

Friday, August 19th, 2005



redbasebrd

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


In 5 days I’ll be back in Santa Barbara, after a long, hot sticky and thrilling summer in NY, and in between getting 3 months of backlogged kisses from my dogs I’ll find the time to write a proper post or two!! Hey, even if I have to drag the laptop to the beach!!! But more realistically, because I’ll probably be sitting straight up, wide-awake at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time, thinking it’s 8:00 a.m. Eastern!!! But at least I won’t be sweating so much, right?

Vanity is Untidy (detail)

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005



Vanity is Untidy (detail)

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


Geez, it really looks like hair doesn’t it? Ahh, but it’s not! It’s waxed thread! Wow!

Vanity is Untidy

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005



Vanity is untidy

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


This week’s flashback art piece is this lovely set of (13″ x 3″ or so) plaster-cast hands with a delicate tangle of waxed thread. That’s right folks, it’s waxed thread, it’s not hair! One of the joys of shopping for potential art supplies in Portland is all the random and fabulous places to find stuff! Like this 6′ long waxed thread, from Scrap! The goodwill bins in Milwaukie, Oregon are equally delightful.. next week’s piece will show you why! I also got a barrel of macrame rope when I bought this thread, and that found it’s way into another plaster-cast hand piece…

Will ya just look at the lovely curl on that thread? Women pay big bucks for soft waves like that! So Beautiful! The hands are cast from my own hands. And there you go!

The Jersey Shore

Monday, August 15th, 2005



Long Beach Island in New Jersey

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


This was the view from my beach chair while in Long Beach Island at the Jersey Shore. I was comfortably parked under the umbrella, after applying SPF 30, since transparent people generally turn into lobsters in about 5 seconds… my freckles have multiplied!

The Jersey Shore

Monday, August 15th, 2005



mel sarah shore

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


The waves were absolutely insane, I was knocked down several times, just look at my stylin’ drowned rat look! yeah! I always wanted to wear earrings at the beach, how foolish is that? But funny, I think.

beach snacks

Monday, August 15th, 2005



beach snacks

Originally uploaded by FunCupcake.


Melinda’s Mom just came back from Turkey, she brought back Doritos ala turca… Turkish Doritos made with Olive and Oregano… and quite delicious! Such a great combo with the little squatty beers!