While anxiously awake at 4 AM last night, I was rummaging through my guest room closet searching for some old family photos when I found two boxes with these dolls in them. It must have been 13 years since I have last seen these closet trophies, and I remember how I wasn’t allowed to play…

These are the handkerchieves I got from my grandma Moni for my birthday. My great grandmother Nanny Reams embroidered the “R” on the top one. I think they are wonderful. I’m planning to frame them when I have a room of my own.

Nothing gets me motivated more than Gerhard Richter’s immense series simply titled Overpainted Photographs. Whenever I’m down and blue, this brilliant collection is the punch of inspiration I yearn. This is a mammoth of a series, the sheer volume of his work is overwhelming to say the least. Some of my favorites of his painted…

This series is named after the initials of Mies Van der Rohe, a celebrated 20th century architect. This type of all-too-familiar architecture floods the american landscape, and Ruff’s fusion of traditional composition and innovative digital manipulation make these images addictive. Here is a wonderful Interview with Thomas Ruff.

I am dangerously considering dying my hair blonde. I watched one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME Paris, Texas recently and I can’t stop thinking about blonde hair, and fuzzy pink sweaters. I’ll have to have at least one. Let’s see who wins.

It was my birthday 2 days ago! The big 2-2. Needless to say, it went by much more quickly than anticipated. For the first time in probably 10 years, I did NOT have a fancy birthday dress, no birthday party, no birthday cakes, and no birthday candles, or anything of that birthday matter. Instead, I…