1.) How Tim Gunn of ‘Project Runway’ Spends His Sunday (via NYTimes)  My friend spent me this article earlier in the week.  What a classy guy Tim Gunn is!  I always liked him but gained a new appreciation for Gunn after listening to this Fresh Air interview he did last year.  -Lauren

2.)  The Personal Message blog is exactly the type of thing I needed to read this week. I love the little poems and thoughts. They really touched me. –Farrell

3.)  Love, Sex and Attachment (via On Being podcast) As a single person in her mid-30s, I found this conversation about modern love in America to be fascinating.  Though I think anyone, no matter their relationship status, would find it a worthwhile listen.  -Lauren

4.) How to Become Gluten Intolerant (via Devour) is hilarious! It is a great reminder that it’s always good to laugh and yourself and not take things too seriously.  –Farrell

5.)  What Is a Field (via Scientific American’s YouTube) arrived from our mom in my inbox yesterday with the simple message, “What I’m into lately.  Fascinating.”  -Lauren

6.) Built to Spill’s Living Zoo video (via Noisey by Vice) brings me back to my teenage years, when I was young and free and liked to tap my feet when I danced.  –Farrell

Last week I mentioned how uninspired and stuck in the mud I have been. Since then I have been trying to boost my mood and focus on the good stuff. I have also been feeling a little bit more inspired lately and it has mostly been driven by music. For a while, I kind of backed off on listening to a lot of music because it really shaped my moods. It is so easy to be swayed by music so I have to be careful that it doesn’t pull me in the wrong direction.

I saw Sia on Saturday Night Live this weekend and was mesmerized by her. She keeps her faced covered in all of her live performances and has another performer interpret her songs. I can’t get enough and had to share my two favorite videos of hers with you.

Sia – Chandelier

Sia – Elastic Heart

I have also been on a Beatles streak. Who doesn’t love being in a Beatles phase?! My favorite album has always been Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.They are just so good and have SO many good hits. I had to share some of these fun videos I found too:

The Beatles – Come Together

The Beatles – I am the Walrus

In conclusion, funks really do come and go. Hang in there.

[posted by Farrell]

(image via here)

WEARING my Mexican house dress most days of the week.

ENJOYING taking morning and evening walks with Oscar the dog.

REMEMBERING very random snippets of my dreams as I go about my day.  Does this ever happen to you?

LISTENING to Sia on repeat and I just can’t get enough. Her voice is amazing!

FINISHING our last season of Parenthood and I have to tell you, it is feeling like an end of an era. I love those Bravermans.

GEARING up for my birthday month. Here’s to 30 years old!

(Peony, paint, collage on panel via Flickr)

I overheard my mom talking on the phone once when I was little.  “She lost her mother this year,” my mother said.  I didn’t know who she was talking about but the statement had a profound impact on me.  It was the first time I ever considered that someone – an adult, no less – could be affected by something for a whole year.  And I understood that my mother was trying to encourage the person on the other end of the phone to be a little softer and a little more forgiving of the other person’s behavior.

I started writing this post last October but never published it.  Then last week I remembered it and thought it worth coming back to.  It reminds me to try to be a little less judgmental of and a lot more compassionate to myself and to others.  Time moves so fast sometimes, it’s hard to keep in mind that we’re all constantly working through past sadness, suffering, grief, loss and challenge.  Healing is a process; it doesn’t happen overnight and I guess it isn’t supposed to.

[posted by Lauren]

1.) Plant Care: Spring Repotting (via The Sill) “cause it’s getting to be that time of year!  -LF

2.) Too Hard to Keep (via Vice) is the best idea for a photo series. You know those photos that you just can’t stand look at anymore? Well sumbit them to this photographer to be part of his series. -FF

3.) Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave (via TED)  Someone shared this talk on my Facebook feed this week.  It’s an important topic and worthwhile watch for all of us.  -LF

4.) Artist Caves of New Mexico (via SF Globe)  This artist has dedicated over 25 years of his life creating works of art in caves. Watch this video and be blown away by this man’s life’s work.  -FF

5.) susan miller, astrology queen, answers all our questions (via NYLON)  For you other astrologyzone.com readers out there.  -LF

6.) Little Girl Dancing (via Youtube)  Guess what!?  Tomorrow is Friday and we should all learn how to dance to this song like this little girl.  -FF

Image via here

I heard someone say recently that the reason that anyone feels stagnant in their life is because they fear going deeper. This idea stuck with me. At first I wanted to think of all the reasons or cases this would not be the case. Then I started to think that it isn’t exactly that I feel stagnant in my life but maybe just bored or too into the same routine. Basically it comes down to the fact that ideas and inspiration are just not flowing through me. I have felt this way for a while and thought maybe it would pass, but it hasn’t. What is a girl to do when she is not feeling inspired by life or trying new things? I guess the dude was right – gotta go deeper. Why would it be scary? Well, change can be scary and doing new things can be scary, I guess. I am not sure what I could be scared of, but I am vowing to you here and now that I will look that fear in the face and jump into the deep end. How else am I going to get where I need to go?

[posted by Farrell]

Photo by Guy Bourdin, 1971

HELPING all of my siblings with there different business ventures – The Disco Emporium, Voteraide and Valley Cruise Press.

REMEMBERING that my day is always better when I start it with my morning meditation.

FEELING excited about the future all that it brings.

DOG-SITTING for this little guy all week long.

ANTICIPATING our mom’s visit to California next month.

RECALLING some pretty fun & crazy St. Patrick’s Days with friends from my younger years.

1.)  Exhaustion Is Not a Status Symbol (via The Washington Post) A super insightful interview with Brené Brown.  I’ve never read or listen to anything by her that didn’t resinate deeply with me.  –LF

2.)  The Apple Slice (via Design For Mankind) was a blog post my friend sent me this week and it blew me away.  I particular like the way she writes and what she says. It really gets you to thinking. –FF

3.)  A Visit to Howard Hughes’ Garden (via Gardenista) is worth the scroll for the photos of the gold ceramic planters holding what look to be cacti but turn out to tall Euphorbia variegate.  Who would’ve thought?!  -LF

4.)  Before and After: Erin Foster L.A. Home (via Domaine Home) is stunning.  I have always loved Erin Foster and now I love her home.  You can spend hours on this site looking at celebrity homes. –FF

5.)  7 Ways To Be a More Effective Version of You (via popforms) Anyone else feeling the strong pull toward self-improvement lately?  -LF

6.)  Anonymous’ Message to Kanye West (via Facebook) is pretty intense.  Just watch it. –FF

(photo via here)

GETTING into Kundalini yoga.  It’s pretty crazy and I hate at least 65% of the time I’m there but once I’m gone, I can’t wait to go back.

NEGLECTING the books I have piling up at my bedside.

SUBLETTING my NYC apartment thru May 1st and holding out hopes for a bicoastal life thereafter.

JONESIN’ for a Spring cleaning that clears all the dust and gets rid of things we no longer need.

THINKING of starting a new hobbie or taking a class somewhere – maybe photography or pottery?

STRUGGLING to adapt to Daylight Savings.  I keep waking up and feeling like I got punched in the face.