Mr. President

Jeff met Bill Clinton. Looks like they got along famously.

argentina: day one

Photo from here.
We arrived in Buenos Aires mid-morning after a 12 hour flight. Keep in mind there is no time change, so thats how far it is from NYC. We ate lunch (octopus, jamon, papas braves and Malbec), walked down Florida street to the Plaza de Mayo and explored Puerto Madero by crossing over Santiago Calatrava's Puente de la Mujer ("Bridge of the Woman"), above. In Puerto Madero, we checked out the very trendy Faena Hotel (I'm a sucker for Philippe Stark) and ate dulce de leche gelato. Dinner at La Brigada was the beginning of my weeklong red meat stupor.

pee wee's playhouse

I loved the live version of Pee Wee's Playhouse so much, that yes, I might want to marry it.

lost underground art show

I'm usually not a big tv watcher, but I love LOST. Unfortunately, I just found out about the now closed LOST underground art show at Gallery 1988 but here are some of my favorite pieces...it will have to tide me over until February 2nd when the last season premieres!

obama!!!

When I got to work this morning the street was blocked off and the 5-0 started arriving in drones (above). Upon further investigation (i.e. seeing sharpshooters on the highest balcony on SoMa, below), I discovered some exciting news….our commander-in-chief was in town and was going to pass right by!!

We all waited around for awhile...

...and played with speech bubble signs leftover from Eunice's wedding....

...and then! A crazy motorcade drove by with about a hundred cops and Mr. President himself! So exciting!!

sleeveface

Thanks to Peter Frampton, I now have my own version of Sleeveface!!

earth to cameron

This has been all over the blogs, but it's too fantastic not to post. If you happen to have $2.3 million laying around, the fabulous mid-century modern home from Ferris Bueller's Day Off can be yours! Located just outside of Chicago, the home was designed by A. James Speyer and David Haid in 1953 and is full of beautiful modern details. A shame it was only used for the garage in the movie (above)!




BTW, my favorite scene in the movie is where Charlie Sheen asks Jennifer Grey what her name is at the police station, and she responds with:
"My name is Jeannie, but my friends call me Shauna."

Awesome.

Found via Grain Edit.

amazing celebrity sighting

Growing up in Los Angeles, I'm seen some pretty famous people in my day, but I was truly starstruck when I saw Jonathan Adler at the New York gift show. Jonathan Adler is one of my absolute favorite designers, and he couldn't have been nicer or more charming. He was even kind enough to pose for a photo with Sabrina and I: