The Eve of Christmas

I got the most lovely Christmas present today (among other lovely ones). I got a big Annie Liebowitz book.

This is not an Annie Liebowitz photograph, rather it is a photograph of her and her assistant, on top of the Chrysler building. I'm sure they had a good reason for being there. Anyways, I'm very excited to read this book.

I went for lunch to one of my all time favorite places in Winnipeg: Fresh Cafe. Fresh Cafe is on Corydon, right close to my house, and was named one of the Top 10 Best Canadian Restaurants of 2007.


They buy as much local and organic food as possible, and have a lot of healthy dishes, as well as a huge juice/smoothie bar, both of which they make on the spot, once you've ordered. I got my favorite dish - in-house smoked salmon eggs benedict (sans the eggs, of course, and extra hollandaise sauce, I could eat their hollandaise as soup) with hashbrowns, and a strawberry/orange/cranberry smoothie, with vanilla creme brulee for dessert. It was delicious.

Architecture designed for children is some of my favorite, because there are no rules and anything bright and crazy goes. One of the coolest stores for kids I've seen is The Kids Republic bookstore in Beijing.


I have a feeling that if more bookstores in Winnipeg were like this, there would be a lot more children reading here! The store was designed by architect Keiichiro Sako.


Sako, known for his strong attention to graphic shapes and crisp lines, has also designed subsequent The Kids Republic bookstores in Tianjin and Shanghai.

Snow is pretty on the trees outside

I bought a new Rocky Moutain Soap product yesterday. It's their foot butter and it's delicious. It smells like honey and lemons and makes my feet feel like whipped cream.
I made a painting last night. I like it. It's red and blue. I used this Grumbacher spray varnish to seal and protect the painting this afternoon. I've never used a varnish before, so I hope it works okay. The package said I was supposed to not breathe in the fumes. They smell potent. I have one more canvas left. I was originally going to do another one to match the one I did last night so that I'd have two to hang together, but I don't think I'm going to do that anymore.

It looks better in real life. I promise.

I regret to say that my favorite fashion blog website Fashionation has not had a new post since November 24. It is up for sale, and someone needs to buy it soon. I need to see more pictures. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from Fashionation.


There is a lot more, but apparently the only page working is the homepage right now which is unfortunate. They have a beautiful archive of fashion photography.