something's not quite right here...

Last night I dreamt that I met Daniel Burnham. Awesome you say? It would have been had he been dressed in something other than khaki pants and polo t-shirt!

Seeing the early 20th century architect in such lame digs was quite a letdown.

ooo, nice shoes.

Why thank you.

iPod Cozies... now available!

You do know that handmade is the way to go this Christmas, right? And every other gift-giving opportunity! Skip the big-box store and buy something from the person who made it!
Like these for example:


iPod Cozies:

Now available!

Created and hand-crafted by me. Knitted from 100% Peruvian Highland Wool. Comes in your choice of three colors: Golden Yellow, Deep Turquoise, or Heather Grey.

These iPod cozies are perfect for protecting iPhone and iPod Touch screens from scrapes and scratches. They're also great for digital cameras!


iPod Cozie for iPhone or iPod Touch: $13
iPod Cozie for iPod Nano: $11

For order info, please email me at: thatsnicedesign [at] gmail [dot] com.
(iPod not included)

Giving thanks.

Dear nearest and dearest Holiday of mine,

Thank you for reminding me to be thankful. Thank you for being about abundance and harvest and a celebration of the gifts we have received. Thank you also for allowing me to take a day off from work to eat insane amounts of guilt-free food with friends and loved ones. You really are swell in that regard.

But hey, no-thanks-to-you for not extending through Friday all the way until Monday. Seriously. What's the deal? You do realize that Black Friday has pretty much become it's own holiday and has sorta stolen your spotlight, don't you? Are you just going to sit there and take it? Can't you extend your holiday sacredness into two days? Or better yet... all the way through Monday? You could implement the first FIVE-DAY weekend and everyone would love you even more!

No, I know... you're probably right. Keeping a 'giving-thanks' holiday like yourself contained to a one day, semi-mid-week celebration allows for us to isolate it and not just throw it into the 3-day weekend category that's been over ridden with mattress sales and one-day only car sales. You sure are a class act, Thanksgiving. Thank you for being so humble.

I just wish Black Friday would back off...

look what I made!

The bag that I started knitting nearly two years ago is finally finished.

I took a lot of photos in CA

See a few of them here.

Does this look like a work trip to you?

Well, it was.

I just got back from CA where we stopped at the Huntington Library in LA, the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, and Green Gulch Farms and Cal Academy in San Francisco. These photos were taken Wednesday evening when I dipped my toes into the Pacific Ocean for the first time in my life.

I am now trying to recover from a lost voice and massive head cold.

a New York minute

Hey crazy kids! Thanks for stopping by. If you've noticed something different about my blog, it's because I've reverted back to an original header design. This time, however, I've added the apostrophe to the title. Not having it was bothering me. This feels better and so does having the turquoise back.

Do you want know what I've been up to lately? Sleeping. I didn't know a person could sleep as much as I have in the past 24 hours. I went home from work on Friday feeling a little peakish, and fell asleep around 4:30pm. I woke up today, this morning at 8:30 am. That's 16 hours. Then, I went back to sleep and slept until 2:00pm.

I'm feeling much better. I think I was feeling ill because I was overly exhausted. My trip to NY was so good, but so tiring. 5 museums in basically 2 days is a lot to absorb. But, it was great! If you want to see pictures... pop on over here. A few colleagues and I went out to NY to do some research and to visit with staff from other museums.

I'm heading out to California on Monday morning to continue the museum research. Hopefully I can keep my energy up!

fall colors

I took this picture on my way home from work. It makes a great screensaver.

winter(?) update??

This is ridiculous. Heat's on, slippers on, coats on....

I wish I could hibernate for winter, wouldn't that be cozy? No snowy, windy commutes... ahh the thought. Another reason why hibernating would be awesome is because the Chicago Transit Authority (public transit system) is considering a fare increase. Again! It was mere months ago when my monthly pass was increased from $75 to $86. Now, they're proposing $110. Sigh.

It's almost like the CTA is promoting hibernation...