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day thirty-one: april showers bring april flowers, too.

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day thirty: another gray day in the district.

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day twenty-nine: many important decisions were made by two sisters with the sending of today's photo.

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day twenty-eight: my studio (includes a cut-up t-shirt, recycled plastic containers and liquid sulfur. interesting.)

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day twenty-seven: a beautiful performance by christine.

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day twenty-six: 'yeah, you. back off!'

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day twenty-five: have found some creative inspiration...

wouldn't mind...

having this girl's style.

via the sartorialist.

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day twenty-four: gray day + food poisoning.

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day twenty-three: i ride by you every day, and every day, i want you to be my photo of the day. today is your day.

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day twenty-two: easter sunday @ st. augstine

day twenty-two: after mass shoes.

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day twenty-one: john's dinosaur drying rack...

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day twenty: a stroll down p street on a beautiful day.

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day nineteen: artichoke-love.

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day eighteen: passover & matzoh ball soup.

new treasures

coming soon to an etsy store near you...

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day seventeen: the next step is cleaning up the mess.

tuesday's playlist

• 'fighters,' lupe fiasco featuring matthew santos ((the cool))
• 'one month off,' bloc party ((intimacy))
  
• 'little bit,' lykke li ((youth novel))
  
• 'embrace the martian,' kid cuDi ((a kid named kuDi))
  
• 'd.a.n.c.e.' justice ((cross))
• 'colours,' hot chip ((the warning))
• 'life of clocks,' coldplay vs. jay-z ((viva la hova produced by mick boogie))
• 'brackett, wi,' bon iver ((dark was the night))
• 'my first song,' jay-z ((the grey album))
• 'letter to bowie knife,' calexico ((garden ruin))
• 'by your side,' sade ((lovers rock))
• 'with a girl like you,' dave sitek ((dark was the night))
• 'pretty please (love me),' estelle featuring cee-lo ((shine))
• 'even after all,' finley quaye ((maverick a strike))
  

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day sixteen: found hat in georgetown.

music lust.

a few shows i'm itching to go to in the near future:
+ thao & the get down stay downs @ the black cat 4.17.09
+ kings of leon @ the patriot center, fairfax, va 4.24.09
+ mn8* presents dj ?uestlove @ the 9:30 club 4.25.09
+ peter bjorn and john @ the 9:30 club 5.2.09
+ animal collective at the 9:30 club 5.11.09
+ atmosphere & brother ali @ the 9:30 club 5.16.09
+ her space holiday @ the rock and roll hotel 5.19.09
+ the national @ the 9:30 club 5.24.09
+ the roots picnic festival on penn's landing 6.6.09
+ tv on the radio @ the 9:30 club 6.8.09
+ santigold @ the 9:30 club 6.10.09

i would give my left foot to go to some of these shows. seriously.

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day fifteen: a sandal day in the circle.

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day fourteen: m street at 3pm.

day fourteen: m street 3 hours and 11 firetrucks later.

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day thirteen: en route via bicycle, dupont circle.

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day twelve: same bus stop, different day.

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day eleven: yoga w/ kyra @ inspired.

day eleven: ben's chili bowl happens to be right next door...

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day ten: a beautiful walk to the bus stop.

day ten: the bus stop.

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day nine: rachel in the district. (and working via b-berry)

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day eight: brunch at tabaq.

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day seven: the line for (delicious) $3 cupcakes.

day seven: the result of the gray rain.

b4md

since i just discovered this music documentary, i have to share: before the music dies. wonderful.

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day six: it really didn't seem this gray.

love letter.

last weekend, emily, rachel & i spent the weekend in philly. i arrived via greyhound friday night and just as we started rolling in, i could feel the energy of the city. i hadn't felt that energy in too long, at least not since visiting chicago.

i've always been drawn to the energy of big cities, but will never reconcile my midwestern compassion and 'wholesomeness.' in the past, chicago has had my heart - and i think the most appealing thing to me was that it was in the midwest, thus close to my family. i've also been sort of a wanderer, according to my sister...always searching for something. the next big thing, i'd like to think. first, it was indianapolis, then back to iowa, then spain, then back to iowa...and now, the district. at this point, i don't see a move back to iowa on the horizon...or anywhere in my plan (though numerous visits every year will be an asbolute necessity in order to stay sane). i have recently been learning to live here. the spring breeze and sunshine have definitely shone a different light on our nation's capital. couple that with my wonderful boyfriend and beautiful friends, things get much, much brighter.

d.c. is much like a town...just bigger. it buzzes, but with a totally different energy than a big city. not good or bad, just different. philly gave off every vibe of being a big city. i had no expectations of philly, other than it would provide me with a really good time with two of my favorite people in the entire world. it was much bigger than i expected, artsier than i thought, funkier, cheaper, grittier, more beautiful...etc. it really surpassed any assumed expectations that could have possibly arisen on my first trip to philadelphia. philadelphia really won my heart over. i think for the first time, i can say that i am desperately enamored with philadelphia, p.a. yep, it's true. i said it.i am no longer questioning why philly was so appealing to me when john & i were planning our escape route from iowa.

hey you...yes YOU in the giant suv with tinted windows, revving your engine and going 50 on a residential street in georgetown.

how cool would you look nailing a pedestrian or side-swiping a cyclist?

not very.

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day five: a beautiful thing.

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day four: dinner & sangria with mb at mixtec...'we just had a moment.'

day four: gertie (short for gertrude)

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day three: mexican @ mixtec with a soon-to-be-married c.

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day two: deviled egg-making at 11:30 on a monday night.

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day one: giant dominoes at 15th & jfk (philly)

the 25th year.

saturday was my 24th birthday. happy birthday to me.
the 24 things i'd like to do before i turn 25, you ask?

1. take a photo a day for the next 365 days.
2. order moo minicards.
3. go to the dupont circle farmer's market.
4. have a little bonbons@ show.
5. volunteer at the SITAR arts center.
6. start an extended yogaworks teacher training.
7. open my sketchbook twice a week.
8. visit jaclyn.
9. carve out a place just to create.
10. get in a photobooth...somewhere, somehow.
11. spend ((another)) weekend in philadelphia with little sarah.
12. write in a journal. weekly, at least.
13. send mailart.
14. start my days with a yoga practice.
15. travel to iowa...twice, maybe even thrice.
16. see my brother tony after a 2-year hiatus.
17. sample all of the cupcake shops in d.c.
18. cough up the $24.95 for flickr pro.
19. dust off the polaroid and scrounge around for some film. use.
20. take on the 'agressive thrill rides at hershey park with the muskateers.
21. go to the roots picnic festival.
22. spend christmas in iowa.
23. figure out the next step.
24. go on a yoga retreat with mary beth.



inspired by the list-maker of all time, hulagirl.

i-80

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i've always known about it, but for those of you who don't...bone up.

an iowan through and through.

(( t o d a y )) [in pictures}

levi's & red day.

my corner.

spring has sprung.

the view. my city.