i am determined to make my work lunch breaks

pleasant, beautiful, and peaceful.

"you live in those lights!"

when the sun set, marie, elizabeth & i stood

by the water and gazed at the city's twinkling lights.

so, i recently started a book club at work.

now, i'm the only person who hasn't finished

reading the book...

after 1 hectic week, i will always make time to

stop and smell the flowers

i feel very amused by the universe right now

~*~*~*~*~*~ 

"Would you like to be Frida-ed?"

I walked around with a unibrow for a night and 

loved it. I also never realized having connected eyebrows

could draw that much attention in a public space,

including 1 marriage proposal from a drunken(?) stranger.

I got to hear Rupi Kaur do a reading

of her poetry @ the Booksmith!

She is so humble and humorous.

She began with a introduction monologue about

being the daughter of immigrants,

and I could not stop crying.

so afterwards when it was my turn to talk to her,
I told her "Rupi, during your introduction monologue

about being the daughter of immigrants,

I could not stop crying."

"thank you" she said, then she signed

a poem of her's I printed from FedEx after work.

"travel light,

live light,

spread the light,

be the light."

~the quote on my lavender tea bag this morning

the greatest moment of my day:

"Hi Emma! Remember me? My name is LIN-DA. LINDA.
CAN YOU SAY LINDA?"

"Win-na."
"YES!"

*3 hours later*

"What's my name, Emma?"

Emma thinks intensely for 10 seconds, frowns,

then her face brightens and she whispers "Win-na!"

Then she puts her face super close to

mine and gives the most radiant

smile with the pure joy of a 2 year old.

cheers to our wonderful artichoke dreams,

from 7,387 miles away :) 

this was spotted yesterday by R in Tel Aviv:
(how dare this closed market steal our future logo...)

EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.

we woke up at 6:15 and every single

minute was worth it. happy 12 years

of friendship, my friend! thanks for a 

lovely lovely lovely morning.

after  i drew this Maori inspired boy,

it became the doodle epicenter~*~*~
and other people's creations emanated from him.

my newest customer service approach is to
"kill them with kindness"
and strive to have a positive
interaction with every single person i meet.

i work in a beautiful place.

i spend time with amazing people.

i get to breathe the bay air and have

befriended nannies from south africa

and the netherlands, and thus, will have a place to

stay when i visit those places.

 

what can i say,
life is good.

sunny days with rodin and bonnard

also, i have drawn SO many versions of artichokes,
in attempts to align one design

with the technicalities of the world of
glass cutting. then after being told each one
was not possible, i gave up (for a while)
and colored:  

went to hear lianne last night at the swedish.

her voice is like a dream/out of this world.

rosé
if something is made of glass & has pretty packaging,

there's an 80% chance i'll end up buying it..

one of those nights where you are so

incredibly delirious, but you still bus it to

your art class and sit in a dark room with strangers

to view a 2 hour slideshow presentation from the 90s

narrated by your unintentionally hilarious instructor

who only wears purple sweaters.

my current state of car-less-ness has

caused me to witness several beautiful sunsets

this is me now.

i've become a morning person:

 now, i design and create glass windows,

practice vinyasa yoga, strum on a ukulele,

and empower children to be

creative problem solvers of the world
(whilst growing my powers as a child whisperer)

~*~*~*~

 the many unexpected occurrences

that happened throughout the day 

guided me to take the most glorious

walk through different neighborhoods

and i stared at buildings and their windows

for a very long time, in awe.