muse · rockin' out!

two words:

bruno. mars.

 

five more words:

my husband can't stand him.

 

but only because i might have a bit of a crush on him.

(hun, you have nothing to worry about. if i ever actually met him, i hear he's a solid foot shorter than me. ok that's not true. but he is only 5'5" which means, in heels, that's simply an uncomfortable height difference. and you know i love my heels!)

 

so back to bruno...

i went to see him in concert and, of course, had a blast!

and while i do think he is a beautiful man, i wasn't sure there would be anything too inspirational to blog about.  until he came out for the encore songs...and instead of jumping back on stage front and center, he popped up on the drums!

 

 

 

multi-talented!

 

here are a couple more pics from my dreamy 'date' with Bruno.

 

  

epic photo bomb from random tiger girl!

 

 

 he's nice to look at. he can sing. he is a solo act but keeps his entire band front and center on the stage with him. and he can rock out on the guitar AND drums.

man. good thing he is short...

muse · art wall

two of my favorite portlandians (portlanders? portlandonians? p-towners?) came up to visit the other week. 

and we found this wall.

so we took some pictures.

♥

yes. yes. yes. yes.

~

we also found this mirror.

exploring + graffiti art + adult sorry (more on that later!) + burgers + ice cream + baseball

=

a killer weekend.

seeking inspiration · before i die

a few months ago, i came across this beautiful blog:

http://candychang.com/before-i-die-in-nola/

 

photo: Candy Chang

 

read it. the whole thing. it's uber·inspiring

 

so this week, i was super excited to see a local edition right down the street from my apartment!

 

it's in the early stages - not much filled in yet. and what has been filled in so far is a tad-bit juvenile. (to be expected?)

 

but, nevertheless, we quickly went over to check it out.

and to add our own responses.

 

talk about pressure! it was much harder than i thought to determine one thing i want to do before i die.

(cut to me. orange chalk in hand. staring at wall for five full minutes.)

 

christina was much less troubled and added her response right away.

 

 

 

after 5 minutes, and not narrowing my lofty life goal to one thing, i instead pulled inspiration from another answer on the board.

 



welp. inspiration can come from the most unlikely places.

 

(ok, ok. i know i'll need to go back to add a better answer. i'm still thinking!)

 

muse · coffee creations

i love instagram as much as the next girl.

ig: jpotmont (#followme #illfollowyou!)

 

but i'll never get the food pictures.

my instagram buds hashtag the crap outta their photos.

(i mean #foodporn, really?? that's a thing?)

 

and i'll have one of two reactions:

"ugh..now i'm hungry!" <-- this is typical.

or

"ew. why would you eat that?" <-- seriously. EWW to some of you.

 

lucky for me, i don't drink much coffee. because the seattle-area baristas are killing it with their coffee art! and were i to be a coffee drinker, i would likely instagram coffee shots every day. instagram shots...not espresso shots. (courtesy snicker please.)

the only food pics i've posted on instagram are me with a 5 lb. bag of mini-marshmallows (totally forgivable right?!) and a variety of pretty little drinks I snapped before consuming. (maybe less forgivable.)

that is until we met Cupcake Royale's very own SAMI!

and SAMI caught me a unicorn.

 espresso shot is pulled. (that's what they say in the barista biz, right?)

 steamed milk is poured.
 

 poky stick is in hand...

btw, your sleeve is killer, sami!

 ta-da!! 

oh and she does dinosaurs too.

hot damn!!

go see her at the ballard shop - she says she'll take special requests!

muse · from dirty bird to fashion inspiration

it's working right?

Photo: Donegal Browne

you're completely inspired by the animal above and are now compelled to create something beautiful?

no?

ok, me neither.

but Briar Bates was. 

and through crow inspiration, this was born.

i came across this loveliness during a recent exhibit at Vermillion.

and though i may not have ever been inspired by a crow, inspiration FOUND with this dress!

anyone want to lend me $3000?!