I recently took a trip down to Los Angeles with my bandmate Kristen, so we could shoot a music video for the first single on our upcoming EP!
It was directed by the amazing and talented team of Chad Michael Ward and Niko Sonnberger.

I’m going to give the video it’s own post, so you can get a sneak peek of what Chad and Niko have planned for your eyeballs. Also, there will be a bunch of behind the scenes video and other goodness after it actually comes out!

Before all the excitement of working on the video, though, we had to drive all our gear down to LA, and get checked into our hotel.

We stayed at The Standard- which is basically my favorite hotel in Hollywood. 

They will deliver booze-filled milkshakes TO YOUR ROOM.
If somebody can make that happen at my house, I would pay good money. Just saying.

They also have a pretty excellent restaurant in the lobby that’s open all night.
Behold it’s cuteness as we frantically drink coffee and decide what foods we ought to nom:

Tune in later this week for part 2: Our visit to Pygmy Hippo Shoppe!

I have been BUSY, folks– and attempts to clone myself have been less than successful.

Here are some of the things I’m going to tell you about when I find the time:

+ Info on my agency and new ways to request design services from me & my team!
+ Web design breakdowns for some of my sweet clients like Katie West, Sweet Caroline, Pygmy Hippo, and Eye4Style.
+ Notes from my session on Responsive Web Design at the She’s Geeky conference.
+ Some illustration projects I can’t talk about just yet.
+ Modeling for Audrey Penven.
+ Recap of last weekend in LA.
+ Behind the scenes of the This Can’t End Well video shoot for I’ll Let You Watch with Chad Michael Ward and Niko Sonmberger.
+ New music from my band for an upcoming remix & covers album (guess who’s!)
+ Big show announcement for end of month– WITH A TWIST!
+ Cute Tech reviews Instagram.
+ Closing thoughts on 2010.
+ Last but not least, some personal style posts focusing on plastic shoes and two-finger rings.

If you want to hear about any one of these things sooner than the others, ask and you shall receive!
And now– back to work.

Kristen and I went to Port Costa last weekend to attend the open house for Theatre of Dreams. I showed you the photo shoot we did, so as promised, here is the rest of our trip!

Theatre of Dreams is the store and studio of Wendy Addison. She makes lots of neat glitter covered things that I want to hang all over my house.
Unfortunately, the store is only open a few times a year. I saw that they were having an open house for the holidays and knew that I had to go!

Wendy has a knack for building amazing shadow puppet things out of old erector sets, paper, and fabric.
Totally amazing stuff!

I love this card holder! I almost bought it, but I ended up walking away with more shiny things and paper things than I need– so it’s probably for the best!

This is a huge moving shadow puppet– about 4 feet tall!

That’s all folks! More pictures from the next trip we take!

This weekend, Kristen and I spent an afternoon in lovely Port Costa, CA.
More on our whole adventure later this week, but for now, enjoy this impromptu photoshoot we did.

[Photo by Tim Riot]

My band, This Can’t End Well, is playing tomorrow night at The Uptown in Oakland, CA.
Won’t you please come see us?

We will play this gem for you:

We are playing with the following lovely folks:

Victoria and the Vaudevillians — cabaret rock awesomeness.

Unwoman! Cello and electronics– bestill my beating heart!

Friday, November 12
The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA
Doors at 9pm
21+

Hope to see you there!