Why Mollister?

Today at church, whilst discussing blogs with long lost friend Whitney, I told her that my blog url is mollister etc. And like at least 16 other people before her, she said, "like molester"? No, actually, Whitney, I'm not a molester, and I am not legally required to stay away from schools or playgrounds. It's just based on a nickname a few friends gave me. Other options could have been 'Moll Factory" "Molls" "miss moll" or "hey you, girl" -- Mollister is just the name I chose many, many moons ago.

Five Things Friday

 It's time for another five!

1. This cover of Life Magazine that I saw in Sweet Dee's apartment on Always Sunny. Kind of thinking I need it on my wall.

2. Kelly Ripa's Fashion Finder - Now I never have to suffer through any of Regis to learn what the delightful Kelly is wearing - that's a good thing!

3. Levis Pioneer Sessions - My friend Deanna emailed me about these free and delightful songs months ago - I promptly downloaded a couple, and then have subsequently downloaded more and more, and they add songs all of the time. How I love Raphael Saadiq's version of "It's A Shame" - he's come a long way from Tony! Toni! Tone!

4. Sticks and Bricks - I LOVE THIS BLOG! I emailed Liz aka Carpenter Ant a while ago about how she learned to wield a router and hone her craft so magically and she was as nice and informative as I could have hoped for. Such a sweet and talented lady. I am constantly inspired by the transformative power she harnesses on pieces that need a lot of love.  i.e. this before and after:

and this dresser with beautiful routed flowers:

5. Hermes' j'aime mon carre - because you know I do!! I love that Hermes is going for the younger crowd, and gunning hard to make scarves popular again. I'm there, Hermes, I'm there (with my Kelly in tow!)

Words With Friends

I am seriously, seriously addicted to Words With Friends, and so glad that my cousin Julia told me about it. When my dear friend Jen scored 76 points with "zippy" I thought that was amazing - still do - but then I scored 143 with "agenetic" the next game, and I knew that I was sold on this whole virtual Scrabble game.


Do you have this app? Play with me - my screenname is Mollister! And I promise, I won't ever score 143 points on one word again.

Five Things Friday

1. What do you do when you find out that one of your FAVORITE periodicals has a blog you didn't know about? Squeal like a little girl.  If you haven't checked out InsideOut, perhaps you'd better. It's kind of amazing. It's through photo spreads in this 'zine that I became obsessed with Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan's Florida home (January/February 2010) and the totally awesome Sibella Court (May/June 2008)!

2. dearlindsaylohan.com   When Ashley left this little link on my fbook wall, I clicked and was immediately charmed and entertained by this concept. And I love the tagline, of "there's no audience like a captive audience." HA!

3. The Living Sisters' Love to Live - OBSESSED! Especially with the tracks 'Hold Back' and 'Double Knots' - but there is nothing I don't love about their slick harmonies cheeky lyrics, and old school yet fresh vibe.

4. words with friends - Do you have this app? Please play with me, my screen name is Mollister!!!

5. L. Kersh's horological collages - crazy. funky. cool.

Have You Heard?

I am kind of obsessed with the song "You and Me" by Penny and the Quarters. I found it on a CD compilation of the Prix Label called "Eccentric Soul", with a bunch of other fun songs (especially check out Eddie Ray's 'You Got Me').

A Country Mile.

This morning we were able to go to a friend's farm and pick cherries from their orchard. It was a lot of fun, and so beautiful - amazing views of Mt. Ranier and Mt. St. Helens, it kind of blew my mind. With some black cherries and some royal annes, I am excited about making homemade maraschino cherries, and other cherry delights.

The decisions are made:

(The colors aren't amazingly accurate in my photo, the marble has a lot of oranges and ambers that relate to the floor - I promise.)
After going to EVERY tile and granite store in the Portland metropolitan area, this is the decision, emperador marron marble, cream cabinets, cream subway tile backsplash and those gorgeous wood floors. Our little kitchen is getting a facelift.