Linky Dinks for Friday.

HAPPPPY FRIDAY! I don't have much planned this weekend and I'm sooo excited about that. I rented the Valentino documentary, I taped Gossip Girl, I'm going to hang with my boys and that's about all my friends. What do you have cookin'??

Here are some fun things that caught my eye this week:


I loved this super adorable wedding that took place at a zoo. (via Cup of Jo)


This rainbow cake looks sooooooo yum. (via Gala Darling)


Oh to be young, rich and fabulous. Sigh.


I was intrigued by this wee little home. (via Danielle at Dress, Design & Décor)


The lovely Danielle also posted this super adorable photo essay of a riverside date—I love her sassy little wellies (Design Sponge via Dress, Design & Décor)


This Mr. Moustach pillow is the funniest thing ever.

The magnificently bad ass Agent Lover took me back to the summer of 1987 with this awesome mix.

And finally, The Mother of All Funk Chords made me so very happy. This video is genius. Created by a guys named Kutiman, who splices together pieces of YouTube videos to make new compositions. His style is similar to that of old DJ Shadow or J Dilla. (via kitsunenoir)

Have an amazing weekend people!

xoxo

alex

I'm Fonda Henry. The Dog.

Meet Henry. He is an impossibly cute chocolate lab that belongs to my co-worker, Bryan. I love him. He reminds me of our doggie Spencer (same soulful little eyes and obsession with retrieving). Whenever Bryan and I are teamed up, we'll take Henry to the park down the street and work outside.



Henry knows I'm the Treat Lady, so I've become rather popular with him. I told Bryan if he ever needs a dog watcher, I'm his gal. Last weekend Bryan went up to Portland to visit family and asked if I was serious about watching Henry and so this is how we came to have this sweet, spazzy dog as a houseguest.



Greg and Wolfie were in heaven. Greg is a huge animal lover and Wolfie is rapidly becoming one too. He was totally intrigued by Henry and I think took great delight in bossing him around (it was like, "Oooh cool! Someone who is lower on the totem pole than me!" Although between you and me Wolfie pretty much runs the show around this joint....). Henry was a little nervous the first night but promptly jumped up on the bed (hogging my whole side....) so he clearly wasn't THAT nervous. The next day we took him to Point Isabel, which is awesome and happens to be the nation's largest dog-friendly park. It's a beautiful piece of land with views of the bay and the city. Totally gorgeous and TONS of dogs. We had taken Henry to the pet store and picked out a fun toy and we knew he was eager to take it out for a whirl.




It was low tide and the water was a little mucky....of course Henry made a bee line for the water. "Henry.....HENRY!!!!!!!" I swear he just laughed and dove right in grinning that happy dog smile.




Thankfully we found some clear water further up and managed to clean him up. You could tell he loved the water, he would race down the hill at top speed and LEAP into the water. It was impossibly cute.








My friend Toria called that last photo the Dr. Doolittle picture....it totally looks like Wolfie is really talking to Henry, "So tell me how are you feeling about all this?"

The next day we took Henry to brunch with us (we sat outside at a great little cafe we like in Berekely). We got a lot of compliments on what a handsome dog he was and I'm not gonna lie we TOTALLY pretended he was our doggie.





We were sad to give him back...I have to say I think Henry had an awesome time with us.

The Most Bad Ass Elementary Around

The amazing kids over at PS22 in New York City are at it again. They never cease to make me smile and while it sounds cheesy I'm always reminded of the part in How the Grinch Stole Christmas when his heart grows "two sizes that day!" Listening to the purity of their sweet voices and seeing the joy & pride in their faces just makes me SO HAPPY I feel like I could burst. If you don't like this then I say you have a heart made of stone people! This is their rendition of Lady Gaga WHICH RULES! But I also love their versions of Journey's Don't Stop Believin', Coldplay's Viva La Vida, and Fleetwood Mac's Landslide and Forever Young by Alphaville. Their teacher Mr. B is pretty fab.

Lisel Ashlock is old timey cool.

I am really loving the old fashioned look of  New York illustrator Lisel Ashlock's world. Check out these illustrations. I love the oddly formal feel, yet whimsical content (oooh, listen to me...).

Check out her Etsy Shop and pick up a groovy print for yourself.

Pocket Pockets Everywhere

I love this little kid's book. Such a cute idea for a story, but I mostly love how freakin' snooty each kid is. "Oh yeah? Well i've got THREE pockets!" Take a look.


















I'm sure there's a bad joke to be made about the slightly creepy dad and his abundance of pockets (never mind the lollipops) but lets pretend to view this with innocent eyes, mmmkay??