designer, creative, cupcake & craft beer enthusiastMonarose

33 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME.. .

• I am able to hold my breath for a whole 1:25:83

• I played the French Horn starting in 5th grade and latter performed with the San Diego Youth Symphony.

• My favorite season is fall.

• I enjoy drinking plain hot water.

• I am madly, deeply in love with Batman.

• And Obi-Wan Kenobi, too!

• I own nearly the entire set of original Star Wars comic books from the 1970s.

• I didn’t start to drink beer until after I met my husband when I was 27.

• One of my sisters is attending Seminary in Princeton.

• Another sister is studying theater in Mississippi.

• And yet another sister works for ‘Teach for America’ and co-founded an activist collective.

• I have trouble falling asleep without the sound of the ocean playing on my husband’s phone.

• I try to drink a gallon of water a day.

• I have two tattoos. The first is a small outline of a star that I had done following my wedding in honor of Texas (where my husband is from and where we married). My second tattoo is a snowflake in honor of my time spent in Minnesota.

• I really enjoy watching “My Little Pony” with my daughter.

• I live for dim sum!

33 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME.. .

• On my thirteeth birthday, my husband took me to a shooting range for my first time.

• I honestly enjoy dark leafy greens.

• I try to take on at least one charity project a year.

• I still have one baby tooth.

• My husband proposed to me in a lavendar field on Maui.

• I moved to Phoenix, Arizona on my eighteenth birthday and lived there for a year.

• Sometimes I enjoy watching the Cary Grant/Ingrid Bergman film “Indiscreet” simply for background noise.

• I make up songs about every day activities at home.

• I listen to NPR every day.

• I own more coats and shoes than I actually wear.

• The first time I traveled outside of the country was to the Philippines when I was eight.

• After having read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil I have always wanted to visit Savannah, Georgia.

• I have a fiddle leaf fig that I’ve named “Cecilia”.

• I enjoy heavy metal.

• I don’t like bananas, or plain yogurt, because of the texture.

• I always wear red lipstick when I get my picture taken for my driver’s license.

• I’m scared of Rodents Of Unusual Size.

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1. Alisa Michelle “Be Confident” cuff // 2. 3.1 Phillip Lim medium Pashli satchel // 3. Urban Outfitters metal accordion side table // 4. Zara medium heel court shoe in black

WISH LISTfor which to pin

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5. Amazon The Wizard of Oz, paperback // 6. Amazon Soppy: A Love Story, hardcover // 5. Amazon The Buried Giant: A novel, hardcover // 8. Society6 “Constellation” phone case by Mille Dorge // 9. Aerin gold banded ceramic bowl // 10. IKEA “Ranarp” work lamp

WANDERLUST“I haven’t been everywhere, but its on my list.”

—Susan Sontag

Pura Lempuyang Door, Taman Ayun Temple / Bali, Indonesia

Venice, Italy

Taj Majal, India

Hadramaut, Yemen

Shiraz, Iran

Bagan, Myanmar

The Alps, Switzerland

London, England

Santorini, Greece

IF THE EARTHHAS AN EDGE,FIND IT.

El Nido, Palawan / Philippines

IF THE EARTHHAS AN EDGE,FIND IT.

WOMEN OF THE WORLD

Clockwise from top left: Omo Delta Ethiopian girl; older woman from a village in the Chin state; woman from the outskirts of Tibet; girls from a village in Yemen; a woman from West Africa; Qiang woman / Sichuan, China; Spring festival / North west Sichuan; Long Horn Miao - minority / Southwest China, village Longga; Dassanech girl / Omorate, Ethiopia; Frida Kahlo / Mexico City, Mexico; Afar Girl with traditional scarification on the face / Danakil, Ethiopia; Yi woman with a traditional decorated hat / Puge, southern Sichuan province of China

“Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.”—Gilbert K. Chesterton

I N S P I R A T I O N

WOMEN OF THE WORLD

Clockwise from top left: Omo Delta Ethiopian girl; older woman from a village in the Chin state; woman from the outskirts of Tibet; girls from a village in Yemen; a woman from West Africa; Qiang woman / Sichuan, China; Spring festival / North west Sichuan; Long Horn Miao - minority / Southwest China, village Longga; Dassanech girl / Omorate, Ethiopia; Frida Kahlo / Mexico City, Mexico; Afar Girl with traditional scarification on the face / Danakil, Ethiopia; Yi woman with a traditional decorated hat / Puge, southern Sichuan province of China

“Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.”—Gilbert K. Chesterton

WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS

FROM HOME...

WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS

FROM HOME...

SOUTH PARK - San Diego’s charming, colorful, hip, historic neighborhood, home to interesting independent shops, galleries, restaurants, bars & more.

This page, clockwise from top left: Yarn-bomb project in support of Graffiti Beach; outdoor seating at Café Madeleine; glassware made from beer bottles at Make Good; ice cream in a waffle cone from Daily Scoop on Juniper; street sign; “Le Moules Frites” from Brabant Bar & Cafe.

Opposite: The corner of 30th St./Fern St. & Juniper St.

WHAT SOUTH PARK MAY LACK IN SIZE, it makes up for with a close community of small businesses and events, like the South Park Walkabout. The petite neighborhood has a fantastic array of locally owned shops and restaurants frequented by local regulars and visitors alike. Often friends can be found, or made, simply walking down the street!

I may stop by Café Madeleine, a small and sweet French cafe, for a latte and crepe. Pick up a gift for my mother from the fabulous selection of handcrafted and designer goods at Progress. Buy a locally crafted necklace from Make Good or Graffiti Beach (the latter of which is owned by a friend). For lunch, I often enjoy buying a roll of sushi and a bowl of miso from the Pan-Asian restaurant Fire Horse next door. Later in the evening, my family enjoys stopping by Brabant Bar & Cafe—a traditional Belgian pub that feels like a world away despite the fact that its nearly across the street—where we know the owner and he greets us with hugs. If we’re still in the mood to be out and about, we can stop by Rebecca’s Coffeehouse next door for a live performance by a local artist serenading the room with either original songs or popular covers.

S N E A K P E E K

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WHAT I’M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.. .

“A person doesn’t have to change who he is to become better.” —Sidney Poitier // Bahamian-American actor, film director, author & diplomat

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