Just spent a lovely weekend with my family on the coast. Here are some of my favorite photos from our many walks on the beach.

Labor Day Camping Trip
Wrights Beach, Sonoma State Park

The surf with a mighty undertow

Barefoot on the sand

Mom makes a line in the sand

Checking out treasures on the beach

and taking photos

We spent the weekend up in Mendocino County with some good friends.

It was a perfect weekend away.

Six of us rented a house right on an ocean bluff overlooking the Pacific ocean.

The rental had a modern look and was probably built in the 70′s (we found a fondue pot in one of the cabinets).

I enjoyed it’s spaceship kitchen counter top.

I also liked the high drop cross beam ceiling.

But most of all, I liked the spa on the balcony.

It was a beautiful.

We spent time at the beach…

playing in the waves.

But most of our weekend was spent on the balcony.

Enjoying the incredible view…

through a whole lot of laughter.

Happy Monday all! Hope you also had a great weekend relaxing.

Great seats at the GirlTalk show…

with…

fabulous friends…

makes one killer evening.

We had a blast at GirlTalk …

and so did the rest of the sold out show.

Check out GirlTalk’s latest album, All Day, free for download.
If you like to dance, you won’t be disappointed.

So you can imagine my happiness to see a whole collection of Fairey’s prints featured at Star Noodle, a local noodle spot we had New Year’s Eve dinner at in Maui.

Here’s a really bad picture of the interior decor. To my defense, it was NYE so please understand I was not paying attention to detail.

In the far back right corner you can see the “Make Art, Not War” Fairey print. It is one of my favorites and would probably be my next choice to purchase.

Star Noodle has fabulous food. If you are ever visiting the island I highly recommend it.

Besides my uber-excitement of seeing the Fairey prints, I also thought they worked seamlessly with Star Noodle’s utilitarian decor.

But then I saw the bathroom with its awesome barn door and a momentarily forgot about anything else. I normally don’t take my phone with me to the restroom, but I made a special trip just to take a few photos.

Here’s the sink and vanity. Love the use of pebbles on the vanity wall and the extra large mirrors.

But here’s the best part! The barn door.

and…the barn door opened. Look at the great hardware! I thought it was a unexpected detail in the very modern, urban space.

Recently, I seem to see barn doors popping up all over the internet, but I am giving props to Star Noodle for this awesome and unexpected element.

Now, one more thing about Shepard Fairey.

Since I got back from Maui, Nate and I watched the Academy Award nominated Exit through the Gift Shop which highlights Fairey’s work along with other street artists.

It’s a rather amusing look at street art. You should check it out. It’s currently available on Netflix Instant Watch if you are a subscriber. Here’s the trailer.

While visiting Maui over New Years, I saw the best example of modern tropical landscaping. The Mauian, a boutique hotel on Napili Bay was originally built in the 1950s. It was recently renovated and I think they did a great job marrying the retro vibe with modern aesthetics.

This is exactly the look I want for the back porch. I love the look of the deep greens and purples. I think they would look fabulous against our celery green house and grey concrete.