Stuck on me

Can't get this glowing greenhouse image from the NY Times out of my head. So beautiful. 

Happy 4th to you and yours!

Courtesy of the NYTimes.com

Brilliant AT&T ads

These literally stopped me in my tracks. Simple, beautiful, humorous, breath-taking. Compelling. Really nice work AT&T ad agency. Here are some highlights. 

*Big thanks to my DAD for sending! 

Canada

Costa Rica

Egypt

France

India

Mexico-I really can't get over this one

Paraguay

Russia

UK

Bahamas

Brazil

 Have you seen anything better than this in some time?

Graduation

Happy Graduation to all you graduates, but the most important one to me this year is Allegra, my baby sister.

At our all-girl highschool, we wear wedding dresses (not a joke!) to graduation. Allegra's graduation was sadly rained out, meaning it was held in the chapel. But, never fear, the sun was a-shining for Maypole. Yes, Maypole, the ancient fertility dance is another highschool tradition. That said, it really is beautiful to watch. 

Congrats Allegra! You looked beautiful!

Way to go, Mom!

There's truly no excuse, so I won't offer one. I think about this blog everyday, often with an idea for posting. But I lack the downtime I used to have and apparently, the discipline. So, my apologies. 

But this is too good not to post. I stumbled across yet another buy-expensive-things-less-expensively-(but still-plenty-expensive) site today called TheFoundry.com. They had decor items from a recent addition of Rue Magazine. 

My mom is certainly before her time, because we have this table. Way to be 20 years ahead of the curve and already back at the cusp of style (notice how it's sold out!). Maybe one day, it can live in my mod apartment. 

Cue waterworks

This "It gets better" commercial from Google is an amazing testament to hope and love. Don't watch without tissue. And really take a second to tune in. You'll appreciate it.

On my mind...

1. Are people still following Charlie Sheen on Twitter? (Spoiler: I guess so)
2. What was the perfect storm that allowed such a meltdown to take center stage of American pop-culture?
3. Why doesn't Facebook treat it's users like people?
4. Fortune 100 site traffic has decreased by 23.02% this year. (via Hubspot webinar). That's insane. Someone is going to get blamed for that, and somebody is going to lose a job. But it's really that the world is shifting. 
5. PS If your site's stats are up-trending, you should feel proud/lucky.
6. Can adults have summers off? I could really use it. As you can see, I'm really thinking about work. A lot.
7. Where should we go on vacation? Thinking Newport for the Folk Fest, St.Louis for a high school graduation. Any other good ideas for winding down with a cold one? And some nachos? Send my way.
   

Another busy week

My recent adventures have been well captured in other places.

I took a sewing class that left me one tote bag and one decorative pillow richer. You can read more about it here.

I also (re)met the Fabulous Beekman Boys at the Harvard Coop for a Josh Kilmer Purcell book reading. Josh's partner Brent was there to show his support as well. You can see more pictures and a video of yours truly showing off here.