andy & andie & andes

Tonight Andy (husband) and I went for an impromptu ride in our temporary convertible.  I even changed out of my couch pants (because I don't do yoga) just for the occasion.

Later, I caught the end of Pretty in Pink, hence the other Andie. Since it was live I caught a Subaru commercial that I thought featured a Zooey Deschanel song, but it was actually Erika Davies - kind of a modern Billie Holiday.



I'm sure you can safely assume what happened to the Andes candies as I watched Pretty in Pink.  So much for eating healthier, but at least there's no junk food left in the house.

Arcade Fire

Andy introduced me to the Arcade Fire back in the day, so imagine how cool I felt when I heard about their "interactive HTML5 music experience, 'The Wilderness Downtown' " before he did.

 http://thewildernessdowntown.com/

Enter the address of your childhood home and the faceless character in the music video pops up in various windows across your monitor running through your neighborhood.  It's all very fancy with the way they integrated Google street view into the "experience."

So I ran the address of my childhood home first - I was so impressed.

I brought my laptop to my sick husband and gushed about the coolness of the Arcade Fire's HTML5 thingy and offered to show him his childhood home in a music video.

His response? "I have no idea what the address was... I was 4.  Try the house my parents are in now."
Unfortunately, here's what happened:

Your address doesn't contain enough Street-View and/or Google Maps data to 100% enjoy this experience.

If you're lucky maybe your house will show up.  Mine did:

"my tree" is the largest of the two pines; The man/fleeing smoke monster are for scale

I was able to see the pine tree my parents planted in my honor the week I was born, not that I'm bragging, it's a monster.  If you get the same error, maybe you should try the address of the White House or something.

She & Him - Bank Dance

Happy Labor Day!
Did nothing truly productive today.
The hubs is sick so I've been enjoying the uninterrupted magazine reading and rom com watching... Don't worry I'm providing him occasional gatorade & saltine refills.

Halloween - Martha can't fail

I mentioned Martha's new pet line a while back, unfortunately her dog collars were a poor fit - the small was too large and extra small was too small.  So disappointed.  We considered buying a leather punch and making it work, but it would have looked ridiculous.  Tim Gunn would not have approved.

This year, Martha decided to put all of her Halloween ideas in a "Halloween Handbook," which I picked up at JoAnn's with a 40% off coupon for $4.

Nearly everything in this exclusive handbook is available on her website, but as a fan of both MS and Halloween I'm glad I own it.  Now, I just have to find the motivation to get my craft on.

a perfect saturday morning

I'm devouring "Anti-9-to-5" this morning, but took a break to photograph my favorite things of the hour:

Steaming hot pumpkin coffee

Sounds of a flickering (pumpkin) candle

Wicked warm mocs

Of course, Lebowski is sleeping next to me but I can't disturb him to take a photo. Spoiled much?

subtle

Happy Friday!
Today, I'm taking a break from home decor magazines and reading this on my lunch hour:

Here's a link to the book-related blog...  Hopefully, no one will walk by my car and notice what I'm reading.  I'm such a rebel.

Side note: What I wouldn't give for a picnic table or some shade.  Three years of eating lunch in my car is no match for any vacuum cleaner attachment.  Maybe Brooke has the right idea.

best news I've read all day

Pumpkin Spiced Latte is back at Starbucks!

confession: I didn't read this online randomly.  I searched through pages of Starbucks-related queries to find out if/when the pumpkin spice syrups would return. Yes, that's what my pumpkin obsession has come down to.

september goals

My goal is to post every single day this month.  I've been running out of ideas to talk about and been a downer lately... on top of feeling guilty about neglecting this space.  September is a new start!

So did you pick out your new computer desktop?