Stopped by Gravel & Gold. Hands down my favorite store in SF. The shop dude, Dustin was super sweet and helpful. Of course a little drop in turned into "I have to look at every single item" experience. If I did not have to meet up with M at Dolores Park I would have stayed even longer!  

Hung out with my hubby in the Mission. When we met up I did not recognize him at first (bad wife). I guess that is what happens when we do not see each other for a week (he did give himself a haircut!)

Tartine was busy as usual. We took our food loot to go. I had the banana cream tarte...yum!

Repeat offender. I had to pick up another SFS piece at Gravel & Gold. This time I got the top. 

Watched the sunset with my sister and O. The end to a perfect week.

Joslyn from Simple Lovely asked me to feature some of my favorites on her blog today...Thank you Joslyn! 

Have a beautiful weekend!

I had a great time chatting and hanging out with Renee today. Not only does she have one of the best edited shops around, but she has a great sense of humor! I love that we both wore our No.6 clogs. The shoes had a  little reunion of their own : )

Visiting my mom for a week. So far we celebrated O's B-day on Saturday and we have spent a lot of time at the beach. It will be hard to leave.

Five Years

It is O's 5th birthday today! Where did my baby go?

Oh! how I miss those chubby cheeks.

To celebrate this momentous occasion I had a short Q&A with the newly minted 5 year old.

Happy Birthday O!

xoxo

What is your favorite book?

"Olivia Goes To Venice"

What is your favorite craft? 

"Making caterpillars with popsicle sticks and pom poms."

What is your favorite thing to wear?

"My leopard fur jacket."

What is your favorite song?

"Happy Birthday, because it is my birthday."

What is your favorite animal?

"Definitely a horse!"

What do you love?

"My family."

What is your favorite movie?

"The Brave Little Toaster"

What do you want for your birthday?

"A toy vacuum."

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

"strawberry."

What do you want to be when you grow up?

"A hula dancer and a doctor, because when I got shots I didn't even cry."

What did you learn this year?

"I learned how to do math and I learned how to staple stuff."

Farewell Cy Twombly

Untitled, 2001

I was saddened to hear of Cy Twombly's passing yesterday. He has been a favorite artist of mine ever since I picked up a discarded library book of his work when I was 14 years old.

The image above is of one of my favorite sculptures by Cy Twombly.

 It is from the book Cy Twombly: New Sculptures 1992-2005.

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! Have a safe and wonderful holiday with your family and friends!

Firework Studies by Pierre Le Hors

via scout holiday

Stack'em Up

Satomi Kawakita Jewelry

Aren't these beautiful all stacked up together?

via no more blue jeans

A Few New Paintings

I finally had time to paint! Here are a few of my new paintings...

                             Birthday, 2011

                             Gouache on Paper

                             18.75" x 14.75"

                                        Poem, 2011

                                        Gouache on Paper

                                        22" X 14.5" 

       Come Over, 2011

       Gouache on Paper

       19.5" x 13.5"

COPYRIGHT © 2011 Cheryl Taylor.

Wendy Nichol

A still from Wendy Nichol's AW '12 Video Lookbook.

I am still obsessed over this bag and these earrings.

Alone Time

It has been a few weeks since I had a day to myself, O is with her Grandmother for a few days and my husband is teaching summer school. So I took my sweet time reading my favorite blogs in the morning, went to a cafe senza child...so relaxing! The best part of my day was visiting a few thrift + consignment stores. I found a summery skirt with the cutest print (the fabric was made in Germany), and it probably was from the 80's. I also found a small dream catcher...had the worst dream last night. I hope it works! I could not resist buying the Russian Babushkas. And probably my favorite find is the vintage paperback of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl- with the 1959 George Stevens movie tie-in. The cover of the book features actress Millie Perkins who played Anne Frank. 

Artist: Matthew Weston Taylor

My husband's new paintings from his M.F.A. show. I am really proud of him! 

You can check out the rest of his work on his website.