printgeek

There is nothing I like better than to sit down with page proofs and mark them up. I am indeed one of those nerds who will mark other magazines with copy editing marks when I find typos. I can't leave it! It just has to be done.

I don't have as much editorial say as President Obama, but one day I will, and one day, I will make pages bleed bleed bleed.

(White House Flickr; via James Fallows)

cherry blossom time

It is that time of year in D.C. when all the cherry blossom trees start to bloom. I am so excited! I'm also excited to be running the cherry blossom 10-miler on April 11. I tried to train for it last year and then suffered some serious back pain. I re-trained for the Army 10 miler and now I feel totally fine about running another one.

Predicting the peak blossom time is always a fun sport for Washingtonians. This year, they have predicted that it will be around April 1. That's rather early, if you ask me, but I'm fine with that. I promise lots of photos to come!

I took this photo of the tree in front of my parents house because it sort of looked like a cherry blossom tree. I'm doubtful that it is ... looks more like a plum blossom tree or something ... but it definitely got me in the mood when I saw it two weekends ago!

happy days are here

Two happy photos for your viewing pleasure:
1. Happy coworkers watching the signing of the health-care reform bill in our office;
2. Happy Jeannie wearing a decidedly "spring-y" outfit that imho accomplishes the goals of simplicity and minimalism I wrote about two days ago.

painfully hip

My friend Annie's blog is so hip it hurts.

Alas.

simple, minimal, classic

I engaged in some serious spring cleaning this Saturday and put away all my wool sweaters, tweed skirts, and turtlenecks, and brought out my old summer/spring clothes. I was not too pleased. Why didn't anyone tell me I was dressing like a young'n? Well, no longer. Gone are the paisley prints, baby doll cuts, and flounce skirts. Enter clean, crisp classics. I'm 27, gosh darn it. Time to grow up.

I also had my coloring all wrong. As much as I love earth tones, they tend to wash me out. it's time for bold colors and clean basics.

A source of endless inspiration: Jeana Sohn. I covet her style.

And two style icons in my own family: my cousin Helen, and my sister Uno. Love them. They always look great.

went home, worked on bikes

I went home this past weekend to visit family. It was a really good time for the most part! Uno bought two bikes off of craigslist for $20 each and we worked on fixing them up together. It was sort of hard at first, but after the first bike, you feel like you can fix any bike pretty easily. My dad kept saying, you girls made $100 today ... which is kind of true. If we had dropped the bikes off at a bike shop to get it fixed, it would have cost us $100, or probably more!

Here are some photos of us in perfect SoCal weather, using our elbow grease and riding our hard work :)
**Isn't my sister such a ham? I love her :)

view from your desk chair

my cousin, helen: interior designer, pre-presentation