Spooning

When I was 13 I had to make a wooden spoon in shop class. It took me weeks to carve and I know my mother still has it in her kitchen. She brings it out when making a giant pot of soup or spaghetti sauce because, well, it's massive. It's a spoon on steroids. So I wasn't the delicate wood sculptor I'd hope to be. It's quite the opposite to Nic Webb's hand crafted spoons. I mostly love his images of piles and piles of utensils. They make we want to hunker down this winter and whittle away spoons for all the comfort food I can eat. One spoon for mac and cheese, another for mashed potatoes. mmm... potatoes. No wait, mmm mac and cheese.

National Geographic

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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Me in rainy Vancouver doing my best impression of Afghan Girl.

Photo by Noah Kalina.

Tree Hugger

I just got back from Vancouver and not a hippie in sight. I was however inspired by the trees. Oh those beautiful green trees... I still maintain that Montreal is more "World Beat" than Vancouver. Exhibit A: The Tam-Tams, but I digress. While hiding from the rain – make that November rain – I ducked into local book store to recharge my design batteries. I must have read a zillion magazines and if memory serves me right, I came across the Korean artist Myoung Ho Lee while flipping through Corduroy magazine. At least I think it was Corduroy (it's a sweet magazine if you don't already know about it).

Got to say, Myoung is one talented photographer. He creates these complex set-ups by suspending a giant backdrop against a single tree. It's hard to tell if it's a painting or a photo. All I know is it's beautiful. Peace bro.

Twin Magazine

I love Twins and I'm not talking about the movie with Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'm coveting this beautiful new publication from Becky Smith (of Lula magazine via Vogue). Twin a limited edition print run of only 500 so I'm going to have the act fast to get my paws on it. I hear they have some at Colette, Paris online.

Twin is perhaps more book than magazine, but it's delicious fashion editorials make me drool. And I can't get over the fact that it's hand screen printed and hard covered. Wow. I'm impressed. It's awesome because it brings back the craft of magazine making and peels off the gloss. Nice and raw. They way it should be. And it's no surprise this is the magazine's mantra.

Issue one has some major contributors like Miranda July, Todd Selby and Garance Doré. It's Danny DeVito approved!

Homeward Bound

Looks like I am off to the land of delicious sushi for work le work. See ya later Montreal (and just before it snows). Hello Vancouver and your amazing tuna sashimi, clean ocean air and yoga pants. Homeward bound tomorrow...

+ Photo via we heart it.

Stephen Floyd

ILLUSTRATION OF THE DAY

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At times shocking + Maybe a little sweet + And always amusing = Stephen Floyd's series of drawings. His work is both innocent and inappropriate with a just hint of social commentary about the good old US of A. I like them. They're rad and anyone who draws a badminton birdie is fine in my books.

Freak Show

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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Yikes! Check out this great collection of haunted films stills from The Obscure Hollow. I can't watch horror films. Ghost Busters even freaked the poop out of me when logically you'd think I would want to eat the giant marshmallow man instead of running away. So with one eye closed, I reluctantly went through The Obscure Hollow only to find their scary stills are a-m-m-m-azing. Funny that I can find something rather fashionable within all the spine chilling images! Here are a few of my favorites from films like Lady in White and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Have a freaky night folks.