New Mexico, Again
Time for my (nearly) annual trip to New Mexico. Land of Enchantment and big skies. This year my travel companion was photographer Maria Soto. I wanted to indulge her exquisite “artistic eye” so we agreed to stop for any and all photo ops we could discover. Oh, and she will screech on the brakes for…
New Mexico
Home of my ancestors, this is always one of my favorite places to visit. It’s not usually action-packed, and on this trip cousin George, sister Roxanna and I decided to let the wind blow us where it would. It was one of my favorite short vacations.
Inspiration through Travel
I’ve just returned from two weeks filled with idea gathering. My next collections will undoubtedly be peppered with bits and pieces of my travels to Belgium and France. BELGIUM I was searching for shrines shapes and I did find them in Brussels and Bruges. Huge thanks go to my cousin Gary for spending so much…
The Love of Shoes
Written on 14 July 2012 in preparations for a creative workshop given by Dayle Doroshow Madame Collette Lianne hurriedly unzipped her suitcase, jamming her hands into it and trying to decide which items were essential to her should the remaining contents not arrive in Brussels when she did. What a bother to have the jet…
Street Fair
MUDCLOTH! Following a customer tip, I traveled to Berkeley, CA for the weekend flea market at the Ashby BART station to find authentic African mudcloth to make purses. My mom came with me–what fun we had! The Yelp review was very mixed. There were glowing testimonials about the food, people and mood. There were also…