Showing posts with label thrift store finds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrift store finds. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Mixed Bag

Seattle...


Seattle was great (minus the noises I heard coming from my neighbor at the hotel - that was gross).I went to an amazing conference, got to travel to Port Hadlock via ferry and meet with some cool people from a potential sponsoring organization, and do service with the AmeriCorps State Program Office on 9/11.


Nice peak!


I consider the timing of this shot with the sailboat quite perfect:)



Near Port Hadlock - not bad! Port Hadlock was actually slated to be the port for Washington, not Seattle. So, there are a lot of really awesome old buildings downtown. It's cute. It's small. I went to the co-op there. It's a pretty hippie place - kinda like a Davis without the university. It was at the co-op that I heard a 5 year old being asked if he was drinking carrot juice and he proudly responded, "carrot and BEETS!" Only in a place like Davis would this happen.



This is the sustainable farm the team would work at - pretty!


Now, on to my thrift store finds...

Cool office supply...this might be coming to work with me.

I found the orange basket thingy most recently (the letter holder was a find from a while back and the little planter I got on ebay). The basket is set by the door and perfect for keys.

Owls!

Clever ice bucket (not sure if or when I will ever use it, but it's a nice design)!
And finally, a little sampling of my recent shots of fruit from the Davis Farmer's Market (America's Favorite!):






No planned trips right now, except for maybe New Orleans for Thanksgiving. Tim and I have also been thinking about heading to Monterey to check out the aquarium. I haven't been there for years. Any other suggestions?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

SF and Thrift Stores = Happiness


So, this past week I went to SF for a training. It was called "Managing your emotions in stressful situations." After I signed up, this overwhelming fear came over me that it would be me and a bunch of ladies sitting around in a room crying. Then, when I got there, there was a bunch men. So, I thought, "Crap, it's gonna be a bunch of angry dudes and a bunch of crying ladies." (Yeah, you can say something here about me and my gender stereotypes, that's fine.) Luckily, it wasn't, but it still wasn't that great. However, the clam chowder in a bread bowl was. These photos I took from lunch on Pier 39.



I also found a couple of cool things at a recent trip to a thrift store where I spent a total of $16.00. The fabric I'm gonna use to make curtains for the kitchen in our new place. It's all open and I don't like to see clutter. Plus, how could I pass up this awesome vintage fabric for $6.00?