almost eames chair and, dude, where's my gnome?
it has been a quiet week, back to work, back to school, just the baby and I here at the AMH.
Friday night kat and I went to check out a new wine bar, house wine. the short review is: wine mark up is very low. the cheese portions are HUGE but it was quantity over quality/selection. very casual and not pretentious. I wish we had something like this in west lake hills but it's still just five miles away. but the greatest part of our time there was running into people we know. we never had a dull moment as it was like going home. we certainly feel at home in austin.
then we went to a photography exhibit at IF+D
DJ Chicken George was laying down a nice groove for us (as seen behind the dude). we ran into friends at IF+D and we even picked a "kitten of discontent grab bag" where we scored some nice home accessories from Kikkerland (you can see the "everybody makes mistakes grab bag" on the table. funny stuff)
after the IF+D event, we realized we were already downtown and paid for valet parking, might as well make the most of it. we found our way to Truluck's. kat learned that the mesh wrapped around the lemon is not a package for opening. the friendly server said "sweetheart, christmas is over, that's not a present for you, it's to catch the seeds". I learned that fish ribs are good eating. it looks like somebody seated near kat enjoyed a flight of bubbley.
saturday morning we raced to the city wide garage sale, the good stuff is scooped up quick. I found this nice condition eames like lounge chair for $150! it's ok to have a knock off vintage lounge chair. there is now a facebook page where you can be proud to own an eamesish chair.
the seller of the eamesish chair had also sold us the bullet planter we already enjoy at AMH, kelly from Hip Haven
we went back on day two and got a great deal on two eames (the real thing, made by herman miller) arm shell chairs and a few other pieces we've been looking for. vendors slash prices on day two so they don't have to pack it back up.
apparently, Hans der gnome is being held hostage...
I gave the new hubcap a test drive.
kat likes milk...