adventures out west

my final work trip this fall was a three-week jaunt to the west coast (los angeles, san francisco, and portland with a few personal days in seattle). here are a few highlights:

{LACMA}

 {halloween cupcake, west hollywood}

 {little brother weekend visit in los angeles}

 

 {san francisco}

{golden gate bridge, san fran}

{powell's books in portland}

 {my sweet friend claudia at the ace hotel, portland}

{voodoo doughnuts, portland}

{pdx signage}

 {mt. rainier, train to seattle}

{train to seattle}

{public market, seattle}

{space needle and me, seattle}

a new discovery

i love it when one company i adore (yellow owl workshop) turns me on to another neat company (the curiosity shoppe).

{yellow owl workshop}

{yellow owl workshop}

{the curiosity shoppe}

{the curiosity shoppe}

lena corwin's new book maps would make a great addition to my coffee table... [hint hint] you can read more about maps/purchase it via the curiosity shoppe here.

and check out the curiosity shoppe's blog (smarts & crafts) for some great finds while you're at it.

where do i begin?

i would love more than anything to travel the world (and country). unfortunately, it's a tad more expensive than my wallet can handle at this point in my life.
here are some of the places i dream about visiting:

san francisco
portland
seattle
chicago
austin
new orleans
los angeles

spain: san sebastian, barcelona, madrid, valencia, sevilla
sweden: malmo, stockholm, dalarna
italy: rome, venice, cinque terra, florence, cortona, milan
uk: london, oxford, cambridge, surrey, edinburgh
ireland: cork, dublin
portugal: lisbon, porto
france: paris, marseille, lyon, nice
germany: berlin, munich, hamburg

i think that's all for now...

{photo courtesy of paper tissue}

(bold = checked off my list!)