Postcards To Home ♥

My new ride.... I have been car-free for the last 3 years and buses are becoming less and less reliable with the ongoing construction in Seattle. Last fall I started riding my bicycle more often ON THE STREETS, where its required. My bicycle got stolen SOOOO after many years of questioning it...I got a scooter this past Thursday. I took a weekend intensive course on the 15th and 16th and now know licensed to ride a motorcycle. Each day I was up by 6:30 to be out the door by 8 to take 2 buses to the community college. From 9 to noon each day we had classroom time and then from 1 to 7:30 we had course time out in the empty parking lot. My one negative thing was that it was WAY TOO LONG OF A DAY TO BE IN GEAR, IN AN UNSHADED PARKING LOT, TRYING TO LEARN, FOCUS AND PERFORM YOUR BEST IN HOT WEATHER. By 8pm Saturday night my nerves were shot. I still had to study the handbook, so rather than going home to crash, I grabbed a quick bite to eat and went to my new favorite coffee shop that...

I just attended a Member's Preview of the "Spaced Out! The Final Frontier in Album Covers" exhibit at the EMP (Experience Music Project) 117 spaced-themed record album covers released between the 1940s and 1969,the dawn of the space age. In the post-war years, humanity seemed on the verge of taking a giant leap into space. Futuristic themes filled popular culture. Space was the place, and everyone wanted to be there. Musicians thronged to the fad, and space themes invaded album covers of every genre including pop, jazz, folk and classical. As a graphic designer & love for all things vintage, I loved the exhibit. Isn't the one guy wierd in the album cover below? ANd what about the singing group posing like they are checking out rocks on the moon in tuxedos. Very funny! While I was at the museum, I remembered that legendary musician and inventor Les Paul passed away today at the age of 94. Most the music I love wouldn't exist if it wasn't for him and his cre...