A collection of the most amazing interiors/exteriors I've seen lately. Along with a bit of the interesting/magical/nonsensical..
Yes, I'd drink coffee here everyday.
A collection of the most amazing interiors/exteriors I've seen lately. Along with a bit of the interesting/magical/nonsensical..
Yes, I'd drink coffee here everyday.
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Photos from last weekend's adventure to a Geodesic Dome Home in Joshua Tree. I brought a beautiful dead hummingbird I found in my driveway. I think the neighbor's cat may have left it for me as a present. I also came prepared with lots of fake flowers and shiny, colorful things to give him a proper burial. Andrew found the perfect desert-dried gourd for him to R.I.P. in.
The Dome Home from the outside.
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I wanted to share some of my favorite finds this month.. from an amazing wedding photographer to a treehouse restaurant, books, a car.. in complete disregard for organization.. just wonders I have found and/or pulled onto my desktop.. I will try to reference as best I can..
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Luc and I spend the weekend celebrating our 4 year anniversary in the small whimsy stagecoach town of Los Alamos in the Santa Ynez valley. We stayed in the Egyptian Suite at the Victorian Mansion B & B .. here are some of my favorite scenes.
Hi Bullwinkle
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2. Tag eight other un-tagged people.
this mantle picture is from the selby
if I could transform one of my rooms I'd like to pick one from above
What is your current obsession? working from home .. it's the best way to spend the work day
What do you see outside your window? lots of tree tops, hills, telephone wires
if you could have any super power what would it be? to fly
What is your favorite color? puce. no .. lately it is off-white * cream, or blue, or gold..
Who was the last person you hugged? Luc
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The 14 felines-in-residence at Tokyo's Cat Cafe Calico excel at their job of making customers purr with delight.
"This place isn't on my way from work, but even if I'm pretty tired, I'd still stop by," said 32-year-old system engineer and a Calico regular Kazunori Hamanaka, as he tried to take a photo of a white and brown Bengal cat curling up in a box.
Calico is one of at least three cafes that have opened up in Tokyo this year where visitors can mingle with cats as they enjoy a cup of tea.
Takafumi Fukui, the 34-year-old owner and a long-time cat lover, quit his job at a television game company and started the cafe in March.
"In Tokyo, it's not that easy to have cats," he said, explaining that tight housing regulations often forbid pets.
Visitors to Calico pay 800 yen ($7) an hour or 2,000 yen for three hours in a big room where 14 well-brushed and shampooed cats hang out. After a thorough handwash, the visitor can play with the cats, read comics or just relax.
The clean, odorless cafe -- Calico has six air fresheners and the litter trays are out of sight -- gets about 70 visitors a day during the week and 150 a day at weekends.
"I want everyone to forget about their jobs and relax," Fukui said, adding that the majority of visitors to Calico are working women and children, and about 70 percent overall don't own cats due to allergies or housing regulations.
None of Calico's cats are strays, but the cafe puts up posters for abandoned cats seeking homes. Pet dumping is a problem in Japan, where about 240,000 cats and 160,000 dogs without owners are gassed each year, government data showed.
The Calico cats are fortunate to have their admirers.
"It is really soothing," Hamanaka said about his frequent visits. "Even three hours is not enough."
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