No Surprise

song pairing for this post: Goldfinger
The world has a funny way of reminding me of people in my heart.  
Case in point, a recent visit to one of my fave San Francisco spots, MOMA. 
 ( I have become a little nutty for art museums )
 I think it's the surprise factor and 
it's no surprise that I love surprises 
( you know the interesting and beautiful kind, not spider in the bathtub kind ). 


Every turn of every corner yields a wonderland of absolutely crazy beautiful, strange and fascinating things.   

 & stuff like that just floats my boat !

So, at the turn of this particular corner,  something stopped me in my tracks.  
It was a larger than life, Jeff Koons gilded porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson and his monkey friend Bubbles 

photo by lisa golightly

 Even though it reminds me of some giant tchotchke
from my grandmother's house, 
 the wonderful thing was 
It brought a friend to mind
I instantly laughed and blurted out her name.

(  it was gold and she loves MJ ! )
and I know she would have gotten a kick out of it 
( great job Jeff ! )


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Then,  I go upstairs to the rooftop 
Blue Bottle Cafe 
to see what beautiful art inspired desserts 
they had .... and  there it was  
The 
"Jeff Koons White Hot Chocolate"
 with cardamom, lemon zest and gilded lillet marshmallows


Again, I exclaimed
"OMG ! That is SO _______ !!!" 
( she's a total sweet tooth  )


isn't this lovely ?



photo by lisa golightly


So who is she ???
more hints ...

 She lives in the city she loves, San Francisco.
She  has an online boutique bursting with the most 
amazing array of incredibly glamorous 
antiques around. 


Has been in several publications including this one ( and yes, this issue !) ...

 We first met 11 yrs ago, during "The Ebay Days" 
when my painting mentor, Georgia Hanson, and I were selling paintings and signs.  It was a brand new concept of painting for an online audience, and to have her as a customer?  
Well I have to say, we were thrilled ! 

The cool thing about her is she has so much reason to have a huge ego, 

but is instead, the nicest, down to earth person you can find

Who is she  ?  


It is,
 none other than 
Lynn Goldfinger
of the
Paris Hotel Boutique !

Tell me ....

What unexpected & unique things remind YOU of a certain friend ?


I would love to know !!!


xoxo,
lisa

All Things Bubbly and Bright

(song pairing: Blue Champagne) 
Sunday's Alameda was an absolute blast, 

I know I keep saying this, but it truly is like a party !

I affectionately like to say, this is where my people gather !

   

My kids like to help out and like the good sports they are, they're up at 1:30 am ready to make the 2hr drive.

Since I can only fit one helper in the rented truck at a time, they have to take turns in making the trek with me.  This time, it was my almost-sweet-sixteen daughter, Courtney's turn.

It's a lot of work, but every show is time I treasure with them.  

( I cannot wait until I can buy my own SUV and trailer so we can all go together ! )

I didn't get much of a chance to take pictures, but thought I'd share what I did have

One of the items sold was this 6 ft tall champagne marquee sign.

here it is by night ...

and by day ...

A 3 ft round Chanel mirror and portable herb garden ala vintage schwinn ...

But the best thing of all is the friends, old and new, who stop by

The ever so chic Lynn Goldfinger of Paris Hotel Boutique 

never misses a show and always stops for an early morning "hey !"

she was joined by Lisa Wilson of The Pickled Hutch who has a darling shop in Pacifica

The wickedly cool Kimberly Edgar of Edgar and Edgar

I finally had the pleasure of meeting the stylish Miss Terri of  La Dolfina and her husband in person !

Check out her latest posting about the giant shell she scored

( what total sweethearts !! )

These ladies have great blogs/websites worth checking out !

I'm totally gushing aren't I ?

Anyway ...  so many other new friends ( not sure if they wanted their name on here ). 

But you know who you are !!! ;)

** JUST IN **

 Another new friend, professional photographer extraordinaire Suzie Mckig of Twig and Fig 

was so sweet to send me these photos she took of the booth ... 

check out her letterpress shop they do absolutely gorgeous

 "couture invitations" and "social stationary" !  

gotta love the afternoon winds ... 

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we almost had lift-off on more than one occasion 

& finally had to remove the roof and walls to the tent  ...

©2010 suzie mckig

The next show is believe it or not, on Easter.  If your coming,

I'd love to see you !

 xoxo

 lisa

Fabulous Prizes !!!

Lynn, of Paris Hotel Boutique is having an incredible Spring giveaway ! Just look at all this goodness ....

Here is how the giveaway works. Starting today, you simply enter by leaving a comment on this post. Limited to one entry per person. Help PHB spread the news about the giveaway by mentioning it on your own blog and you'll get a second chance to enter. Simply enter a second comment alerting Lynn of the mention.

The entries can be made until Tuesday, March 30th at 9:00 pm PST. The winners will be picked via Random.org on Wednesday, April 1st and announced on this blog. Lynn will contact the winners for thier mailing addresses. You must provide a valid e-mail address or link to one.

Bonne Chance !!!