phone pics

I so rarely remember to upload the pictures I take with my phone (they hardly ever come out well, anyway), but here are a few that I liked.

The holiday party at Pivot last week was a huge success. It's a beautiful boutique, and full of amazing ecofinds
from inspired and conscientious artists. I took this picture when I went outside for a breather. It was packed to the rafters, as you can see by the windows - they're completely fogged up, and it made a nice effect in the streetlight at night.
This picture was taken over Thanksgiving weekend in Knoxville, TN, on a walk by the river.

One of my favorite things about living in a city is the abundance of signage everywhere I look. This is an impromptu piece of artwork on a free newspaper stand outside of a liquor store. I love it.

excellent roadsigns, chicago-tennessee

For your education and entertainment, a selection of interesting, hilarious and poignant roadsigns I noticed on the road over the long Thanksgiving weekend. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures, but links have been included where possible.

Green McAdoo Cultural Center

John and Ann Tickle Small Animal Hospital (I know, I know, it's almost too good to be true.)

Fuzzy Zoeller's Covered Bridge GC

Master Trooper Michael Greene Memorial Mile

(hand-stenciled sign on a board in a cornfield):
Visit thesquattingtoadband.com

Chateau de Pique Winery

Last, but not least (and I really wish I had a picture of this one):
Gigantic billboard reading "Romantixx Adult Superstore" followed immediately by a second gigantic billboard reading "Bedwetting? Try drynights.com"

randomly selected holiday specials

For one reason and another, I've had a rough and choppy fall, and have fallen a bit behind on all the fun stuff that's supposed to go with holiday shopping. It didn't occur to me until this morning that it would be fun to offer daily specials in my shop, so I'm going to do my best to keep up with that plan (Step 1: publicize it so you're accountable...). Starting with today: for Wednesday, December 3, take 15% off all blue earrings! Keep an eye on my Special of the Day section for new shopping treats.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5041500&section_id=5785807

Happy holidays!

mystery toilet

Last week I went downstairs to do my laundry, and was greeted by one of the more baffling sights I've ever encountered. My building manager, for cloaked and secret reasons of his own, has installed a toilet in our laundry room. Not a full and separate bathroom. Not a sink, which by the way we don't have, and which would be handy. A toilet. And lest you think he's just storing it there, I've included pictures. It's hooked up and fully functioning. But wait, there's more! Not only is there a toilet, but you can't actually get to it (I know you're disappointed), because there's a fence of copper and pvc pipe dividing it from the rest of the laundry room. Curiouser and curiouser. So now you know. It's there if you need it.