a morning at phoenix art museum.

greeted by a "made in china" t-rex.

every. single. butterfly was applied by hand. watch this video - really cool. we happened to bump into our friends john & ruben at the exhibit. ruben was the translator of this video. 

walls and walls filled with thousands of butterflies.

part of the exhibit "order, chaos and the space between"

large format photography prints are pretty trippy.

my favorite. i call this "ancient concert goer" 

see the guy standing behind his girlfriend who's totally jamming out with his hands up making the "rock on" symbol? whoooo! 

that's one giant pencil drawing. and a whole lot of lead.

the digital print fashion exhibit (more here). modern fashion. my look wasn't quite so avant garde.

beautiful day in downtown phoenix.

everything in bloom.

cruising home oh the bike i love so much.

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who wants to join us next time? 

we'd love to get some use out of our member guest passes. just say the word.

i have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of this summer's triple-digit days 

wandering around the phoenix art museum. 

check out upcoming exhibits & more at phxart.org

the first friday of february 2013.

d loves first fridays. and since we've lived biking distance to the main route, we haven't missed on yet. it's free. it's fresh air and something a little different than the usual. before cruising the walk, we had beers with alex at angel's trumpet and then the three of us hit up bliss / rebar for dinner on the patio where we analyzed the coachella lineup band-by-band. ting had his sights on an art item from last month, but sadly the vendor wasn't there. fingers crossed for march.

this kid was awesome. he was selling jokes on the side of the street.

community garden plots.

one of my favorite little vintage shops -- surrounded by the community garden.

love this - gardening against the city skyscape. 

local live music drawing a decent crowd.

dreadlocks to the ground. 

flute lamp, anyone?

another awesome kid - this little dude had all the sweetest dance moves.

oh, you know, just me and pat. 

until next month.

eating local, an intimate boho farm dinner in arcadia.

a couple of weeks ago i was invited to a super unique dinner party. a local couple, caroline + david, have an amazing farmhouse in arcadia (right down the street from our old home) and have an actual farm in their backyard - tons of fruits, veggies plus a chicken coup complete with a chandelier. we've been to their home's backyard once before when they opened it up to local vendors to sell their goodies to the in a community market style format.

alicia has got to know caroline through her hot chick aprons business - they're both very active in the local indie business community - and invited me to attend the annual sunday night "boho evening at the coop." everything caroline + david served was grown on their property (minus the steak from local singh farms) and everything from the butter and chutney to the french fries and ice cream were homemade. it was decadent and delicious.

isn't that such an awesome way to bring people together to encourage supporting local enterprise? it's a really cool and intimate idea to promote shopping and buying local produce, meats and products.

cozy farm style dining

miss alicia crackin' open the vino

 

THE MENU

Homemade BOHO chevre with our spicy apple chutney, maple pumpkin butter served with crostini

Poached egg salad, Eddie's bacon and farm greens

Chicken consomme

Meat Shoppe hanger steak with pomme frites, and céleri rémoulade

Oaxacan chocolate pear tart with homemade cardamon vanilla ice cream and fresh tea tisane

rachel came along, too! 

how great is their home? and how sweet of them to open it up to the community! 

the spacious arcadia backyard

great setting for a cozy fall night with girlfriends

fancy chicks

stripes were also on the menu.

our starter. to die for.

caroline, our gracious hostess, explaining the courses and wearing her hot chick apron, of course!







next course: unreal good.

chicken consomme made using the home's chicken feet. eek! so good, tasted like french onion soup.

one of the best steaks ever + homemade to-die-for fries. 

dessert, if you dare. un-snap your pants and dive in. 

full bellies & happy hearts. 

 

learn more about the boho farm, it's offerings & events here.