Spring to Pottery Barn (2013)

     I love it that a Pottery Barn store is just walking distance from my mother-in-law's place in the Bay Area. 

    Since I am always there on family vacation, stepping into a Pottery barn store is like meeting someone who totally gets me amidst the packing, unpacking, jet lag, homesickness, kids' whining, husband whining....Okay back to Pottery Barn....

     What was up in Pottery Barn this spring? Look. look and see..... Enjoy!

Pretty, seaside and fiesta place settings! 

Relaxing vignettes!

 

     But I really could not afford most of the stuff there. So I just mentally "pinned' ideas..... Hee!

  

..... and make an in-store Wish List

Whut? I can. Can't I? Here it is!

 

This serving carousel which was the last one 

and they refused to let me have it. =-((( SOB!

So adorable drinks dispensers!

 Shells!

Lovely but I am against snapping them from our beaches.

Wait, are these even real? I guess they are, right? 

 Too pretty pillows. But $50 each? C'mon!

That's it! Enough salivating. Let's go home, H!

H?

H??? 

The Glory That Was ....OUR NATIONAL LIBRARY

Outside the Burlingame Public Library in California

     The only library my kids have been to are those in their schools and in places we have visited outside home. Why? Take a look....

     Two years ago I had to do some research for my Research Methodology class in design school. Yes, back when I was attempting to finish it. My group mates and I went to the National Library along T.M. Kalaw in old Manila. 

     What I saw through all the reality that is the library now are heartsful of good intentions. No more. I know our country is third world but surely amidst all the corruption in our government; past, present (don't kid yourself) and future some funding can be set aside. I share these pics with a heavy heart but some hope that you will see its good bones. If, when and whichever government decides to fix this our poor National Library, I believe they will end up building a new one. This is my tribute to the glory that was once our National Library.

Before entering you need to register for and ID which we found cool though it is just a cardboard ID.

Books!

Computers to help you search for books ...but the keys were sticky....=-(((( EW!

The way they exhibit is so 70's. I remembered grade school days.

Handsome antique desks.

High ceiling. No AC but the building was cool and comfortable. So sayang talaga...

Miss Tapia, are you there?

Love these grilles!!!

Old-fashioned book cases. I am so lining up when they decide to sell these things....

Especially these benches....

     But these are just the non-living fixtures there. What will really take you is the dedication of the library staff. They tried their best to help us and were doing their jobs really well though can you imagine how much their salaries are?

     Speaking of low salaries...I need to talk to my boss..Kidding!..Sorry, I would talk to their boss if I could....seriously...


The National Library was the work of
Hexagon Associated Architects

    

Single Parenting Weekend

     Whenever H would be out of town before,  I would totally shut myself out of the outside world and concentrate on work and being both mom and dad for a while.  After some time though and after turning down so many tempting invites, I made a conscious decision to okay, give into some. 


     The weekend before last was one such weekend and I am glad I did what I did. Since you, guys sent me such sweet messages about my last post the other weekend, I decided to fill you in on another one. =-) Is it okay?

Friday 9-19-11

     Friday afternoon at 5 was when my weekend actually began. I was meeting up with friends from design school who were working on their exhibit. I wanted to take a peek and say hello. They are my former batch mates after all. Mommy-hood and architecture-hood made me go lighter on my school load and delayed me by a year. Itchokay! 

     I was with our Ethics teacher who is younger than me (and cuter) and the minute we entered the exhibit hall which was already in crazy construction mode, I was every one's Tita (aunt and actually mommy to some) again and a proud one. 

     Please do visit their exhibit when it opens October 1st at SM North Edsa, okay?

No, this job site is not spared from  the funnies! haha!

     We had dinner with some of them after. Gosh, I am so gonna miss them all over again after tonight. 

     This is gossip central, turbo-blasted. Haha!

The one on the left is our teacher.....Pechay has a microphone pa.

Saturday 9-20-11

     Saturday morning found me sleepy but excited for collage class. This is our second round of art classes and I don't want them to end. I was looking forward to going a bit quirky and almost Hallmark-y with my current piece but Teacher Toots will not hear of it. Teehee! 

     That afternoon was pleasantly free so I stayed in my room and read.....the afternoon away.

My two besties friends that day. Thanks for the book, Ms. Ge!
Yes, I am into K-Pop. Will tell you about it soon. =-)

     That night I could not sleep I began sorting out things in one of my closets and it was freaking me out to leave it like this....     

      So between 'facebooking' and actually organizing stuff I finished this...dawn the next day....YAAAAAAWn!

      Sob, sob, sob! So many more closets to go.....

Sunday 9-21-11

     The kids were joining the Temple Hill Children's Choir in playing music for the 9 am mass at the chapel in White Plains. So it was another early start for us. Yaaaaaawn!

My two kids play the violin.  Guess which ones they are.

      I don't know what it is but every time they play for church, we all get super hungry after. I will post about the place soon. It is another wonderful 'northern' find, Stacy's.

     The last leg of the weekend found us at home again. I am on term break after all and had nothing to do. Yellow got busy baking in the kitchen and I got busy figuring out (with Blue's help) H's new coffee contraption......Hala! 

 The perfect end to a perfect single parenting weekend. =-)))