WOW! I'm BACK!
I was having a bit of trouble posting...and have been a bit busy.

What's new? Mostly art, some marketing and color, and an upcoming trip to The Netherlands and very likely a side trip to London! Gone for almost a month.

Until I have gorgeous photos from the trip to post here, here are some of my favorite things.
The above Venn Diagram is courtesy of Colourlovers.com and NotCot.org, my TWO new favorite website the play with and look at. Not to miss: Notcot's NotCouture page with amazing cutting-edge fashion you can't live without.

More before I leave for NL!
ciao,
reb

Photos for today
On top of Venn is the historic Tea Cup Restaurant that existed in Santa Cruz, California from the 1940's until it was destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (I was in the 'quake). The Tea Cup had awesome pot stickers, a fabulous mint green and red retro interior and I own one of their porcelain teapots that was salvaged from the wreckage of the earthquake. (How I got it is another story....)

Hot Trends!

1. Buying local, handmade stuff from websites like Etsy.
2. Underconsumption...of food! Depression-era health regimens.
3. Public shaming.....tax dodgers, subway seat hoggers, and other forms of punishment.
4. Brown bagging it: save money and eat better! The Japanese have been making great boxed lunches forever...you can too!
   

~later,
reb

The MOST addictive website EVER.
Come play with color palettes, invent colors & name them, play with patterns, read about colors, be inspired.
What more could you want?
ciao,
reb

Trends! What's HOT on the NET! Actually, what's hot on Trendhunter Magazine!! If it's a micro-trend and really, really cool, you'll find it in this MEGAHOT new source for weird trend you had no idea was out there! The photos above: Total Diva Pets punk wigs for your favorite animal, amazing fashions by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. Gotta have that B&W dress.
More cool trends:
Cloud Umbrellas.
Vampire jewelry.

A real Pink Dolphin!
Amazingly, gorgeously, absolutely Pink bottlenose dolphin. Albino actually.
I sure hope nobody decides to hurt it!
~reb

Color story of the day:
PINK IGUANA of the Galapagos!
Looks like Darwin missed this one......good thing it's been studied recently since it's very rare and critically endangered.
~reb