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Because a cartoon should make every disco song better

You Know You Like It – ’nuff said

Experimental film with director Morgan Beringer

Repeat.

Gyre 

Thomas Sayer

North Carolina Museum of Art

Afternoon clouds in the Uinta Mountains

My company invited me to join them to Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City.  The four-day trade show featured Spring 2012 gear, clothing, and more amazing gear!  We are talking about the lightest and most technologically advanced fabrics available to the masses.  Feeling inspired to get outdoors, a few coworkers and I decided to head in early to explore the mountain ranges.  The Uinta Mountains and Big Cottonwood Canyon provided the gorgeous backdrop.

View from Bald Mountain

Tree Detail

Night sky on the Provo River

Love Forever

Just around the bend to Lake Blanche, Big Cottonwood Canyon

If sticking to a schedule was the plan, I failed miserably.  However, if asked, I could easily reply I had the best South By South West yet! The highlight of the week was catching Rockabilly Legend, Wanda Jackson.  Take a peek at her videos dating back to the ’50s!  She dated THE KING, Elvis Presley.  I’ve provided some captions to the last 10 WILD days of life.

photo1.  Lego land, “It’s all hard work at South By South West Interactive”.

photo2. A band plastering their posters on 6th Street.  QR codes took over SXSW 2011.  Party information, free songs released by musical artists – you name it and it there was a QR code for it.

photo3. Self-portrait

photo4. (Personal) Official drink of SXSW

photo5. A glimpse at my interactive schedule.

photo6. The Joby Gorrillapod was a perfect accessory for my Flip cam.

photo7. Falling Whistles makes an appearance on the streets of Austin, Texas.

photo8. South By San Jose “Always and forever free” was sicky sicky gnar gnar.

photo9. The Cave Singers at South By San Jose

photo10. Guitarist of Wanda Jackson flashes a killer smile.

photo11. Wanda Jackson, Queen of Rockabilly, at South by San Jose.

+more photos at flickr.com/coloursmarie

As seen on SacramentoStyle.com via Tommy Ton

The fish tail, as seen on the Sacramento Street , sent little waves through the Twitter community this morning.

“Why can’t I ever get my braids to look like that?”

The secret? It’s not just any old braid.  It is called the plait or fishtail braid.  The plait can be found on women everywhere, from the streets of NYC to SXSW.

Watch LuxyHair’s video post for a refresher how-to on the plait.

On occasion I will receive an e-mail or a text asking “Is this you?”

The first time I showed my mother this photo she didn’t even believe it was me.

The story about this photo is pretty funny.  See, I had a friend who was majoring in Photo-communications and under studied with a photographer.  Their Brazilian model called in sick and they needed a runner-up.  Enter in me, the B-string model for the day.  The photographer specialized in stock photos, which I later learned from Agence Talent is a risky business, since you never know where your photo will land.

However, in this case it’s worked out pretty well.  This photo is featured on the auto insurance web pages of USAA and featured articles on both AOL and Yahoo.

Not too bad for a runner-up, eh?

*I apologize for the most narcissistic title, ever.

I enjoy being a hands free type of gal.   Thank goodness for the historical fanny pack, our dear friend the sporran.
A perfect companion for bicycle rides, walks with the dog, and even with the occasional body conscious corset dress.  Get hip.

*The pictured sporran was handcrafted by USA hands.  *edited3/3

Inspiration for the film series came from the building itself, which dates back to 1851. It was recently re-designed by an architecture firm with an emerging national presence, Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis (NYC).  It has caused such a stir, it is in both the February issues of Architectural Record, and Dwell magazine.

The Rooftop Architecture Film Series proposes a dialogue between the new architecture of Arthouse and the built environment of past and present through film. These documentaries investigate not only celebrated architects and their projects, but also the people who activate their buildings.

Koolhaas HouseLife directed by  Ila Beka & Louise Lemoine (PARIS), is a film that takes the viewer on an intimate journey into a residential home built by one of the Pritzker Prize winning Dutch Architect, Rem Koolhaas (OMA).  Beka and Lemoine’s series, Living Architecture seeks to develop  a way of looking at architecture which turns away  from the current trend of idealizing the representation of our architectual heritage.   The cult of perfect, disembodied forms entirely devoid of people, inevitably leads to a break-up between architecture and living space.  This film takes the viewer to a place that gets beyond the formal introductions.  The view is breathtaking, as one would expect when the featured house resides in Bordeaux.  Other times, the scene is not so glamourous.  Through the lens, this Parisienne duo leads an incredibly fascinating tour through the life of a house and it’s keepers.

I beamed with pride as Sue Graze, the Executive Director thanked the crowd for the membership and support of the privately owned gallery.  ”What your membership does is make all of this possible,” she said.  A dear friend gifted a membership to the Arthouse to me, during the opening events in October.  This gesture touched me more than I could express in words.

Arthouse has provided countless hours of entertainment.   In a past life, on any common Saturday, I could be found cruising the city solo, just a notebook and time.  The afternoon was usually spent sitting on a chair and writing about what I had seen on my gallery and museum tour.

Pictured is an info card about Daniel Bozhkov that I have taped inside an old journal.  The scribbles read,

“Approx 3.5 hours viewing. 2 visits as of 10.11.2006″.

Paintings, documentaries, and video installations, all for Learn How to Fly Over a Very Large Larry (Crop Sign). The entire exhibition is about Larry King.  The talk show host.  Daniel Bozhkov learns to fly a plane to pay homage to Larry King.  It is brilliant. And, one of the most entertaining viewings to date.

Thank you Arthouse.  Again.  And again.

+ Support Arthouse by attending events like The Rooftop Architecture Series or by becoming a member.

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