It's still feels like winter here... Lately I have fallen in love with patterns....

 Soba noodles

Cucumber salad

 Sake soaked shitaki

 Soba, cilantro, scallion, tofu, sesame seed, drizzled with toasted sesame oil

 Quail eggs

Broccolini

Dinner!

Mochi

 Taylor and Roberto

 Dan Savage's humble abode...

Lamb croquettes with cauliflower

Theresa and Charles Leo Gebhardt IV. Nice patterns!

 Five minute meal. Cannellini, collard greens, red pepper, lemon, parm

 Did a shoot with beautiful Hana and the extremely talented Mr. Michael Donovan at the Ace Hotel yesterday... Looking forward to seeing the images!

Posting about Jerome made me totally nostalgic for Northern California. It brought me back to the retreat last summer in Ukiah. Here are some images I never posted... Also see some of Leif's here.


Treehouse by Jay Nelson

 Circle sleeping bag by Michelle Blade

Chris Duncan

 Look out tree house by Jesse Schlesinger

 Lia Ices

Toilet with a view by Kelly Roth Best

Salad spinner and pig platter by Amanda Eicher

 Tipi by Drew Bennett

 LEIF HEDENDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Chris Sollars

 Frank, David, Katie

FULL MOON DANCE PARTY!!

My friend Jerome Waag of Chez Panisse and Open Restaurant is doing an event next Friday at the Oakland Museum as part of his Citizens Laboratory project. GO! It will be great!

And! The newest edition of The Diner Journal is out... some good goat recipes in there.

 Rug shopping!

 Inspired by this book I got a while ago from IKO IKO and T mag's product styling...