Battle Studies

BATTLE STUDIES,
the title of John Mayer’s next album, takes a fresh, efficient approach to the recording process.  He’s writing, demo-ing and recording all at the same time.  Meanwhile he and his staff are turning a giant house into a giant studio:“A living, breathing, ever-evolving organic space that contains every part of the record making process.”
Realizing [...]

Summer is for Day Parties

….and also for night parties.  And swimming.   And dehydration ensues.  But really, despite my constant thirst, summer is loving me an I’m loving it.  I’m really boring right now because I’m tired and  impatient for sleep… its been a long time since I’ve written a good post.  I will try to improve on that, [...]

Flowers, Smiles, Graduations

SO exhausted from this weekend, I can’t think of anything to write about. I haven’t felt this tired in a long time.  Watching young Christian Bale in The Newsies.  He’s tres adorable.  Saw The Hangover last night.  I laughed so hard… it was really funny.  Unique characters and realistic humor…  The kind of genuine humor [...]

Blonde WAHHHT

 

My really blonde hair: woah is right!  I like it though.
 

 
 

Bryanne’s birthday breakfast w. Baldry girls

 
 
Above, drinks with my cousin.  He’s visiting from New York, it’s great to see him!
 
More pics to come. I feel lonely right now but I’m going to bed, like a symptom it’ll be gone in the morning.

Angels

Trinidad, perched on the cliff above a small harbor that carries far more history than it attests to, is a community that is truly based on love.  At first, the casual tourist is greeted with the warmth that a metaphor of a sweater might offer a writer. A sweater is a metaphor that the tourist [...]

Opium Poppies and Rapunzle Reversal

Sierra, the cute girl kneeling in the white, wearing a blond wig, lives around the corner from my Grandma and is a frequent visitor.  This is Sierra below pretending to be my Grandma (wearing her glasses.)  She’s really fun to hang out with, really observant and, for lack of a better term, she’s just cool.  [...]

The Kind-Hearted Alley Way

It’s a cold and beautiful night in Trinidad.  Right now I’m reclined across the front seat of the camper I’m sleeping in that’s parked in the kind-hearted alley way behind my grandma’s cottage.  The water pump keeps readjusting itself and shattering the silence, scaring the wits out of me.  I’m jumpy tonight, probably because when [...]

Re-Post!

My Grandma reminded me this was her favorite blog post while I was in Japan, so I thought I’d re-post it!  I don’t know if it’ll make sense out of context but this is what was happening:  I decided last minute to take a ferry to Okinawa to camp on a tropical beach.  This was [...]

I Do The Little Erika Proud

Today I woke up early to have coffee with my mom at the best place in town, the Sunflower Cafe.  We went on a walk and then I met up with my best friends Mom for iced tea and an afternoon looking at art.  Our friend Margaret has an amazing photography exhibit at the Sonoma Valley [...]