Shark in the Mission

From our friend Debbie Sciales:

This last semester, I helped my dear friend, neighbor, and mosaic artist, Sarah Dorrance, teach an art class to children of the Synergy School. After a semester of work, the piece is finished. We installed the mosaic (6′ x 25′ ) at the corner of 25th and Valencia over the [...]

Fun, watch out!

Don’t check this out unless you want to be addicted to a very fun and beautiful moving interactive thang!
You can thank Nancy Margulies for this! http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html

Invitation to write a story about your mother

Since Mother’s Day is coming up, maybe you are thinking about your mom like I am.
I’d like to invite you to write a story, an experience about your mother. It could be a story you heard or an interaction you had with her. Anything really that you would like to share. You could add it [...]

Where kids can have fun and mom can shop

One of the best store environments I have seen in a while! The Pt Reyes Surf Shop has a sand box in front of their dressing room, complete with a slide. My guess is many surfing mom and dads or maybe just parents that want to browse at cool clothes, come here and have a [...]

Dining in 2015 design competition

The results of the “Dining in 2015″ design competition are announced. I picked out a couple I liked and they were not even in the top 5 and still very cool!
I think if you have kids (or male adults) at the table, these could be really fun…or not!

Name of design : Wheel you pass me [...]

Midas touch transforms recycled toys

 
Here is a novel way to take your kid’s neglected toys and make them into something functional. If you are thinking what I’m thinking, there is a lot of ways you can go with this kind of idea! But if you do not have time to do this yourself because you gotta run off to some meeting [...]

Perfect moontown afternoon

William got some fun in at Moontown field, after his dad took him for a haircut and to buy some groovy new boots. Makes me want to be young again, when nothing matters but to have a blast! You can hear the Ander and Bo having their afternoon pow wow in the background.
Spend the afternoon. You [...]

Danger: do not drink hot tap water

The claim has the ring of a myth. But environmental scientists say it is real.
The reason is that hot water dissolves contaminants more quickly than cold water, and many pipes in homes contain lead that can leach into water. And lead can damage the brain and nervous system, especially in young children.
Lead is rarely found [...]

“There is a garden in every childhood…”

“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.”
- Elizabeth Lawrence

I shot this photo at Rudy and Sue’s house. I loved how the bright blue vibrated with the green vegetation and the orange berries. I imagined a [...]

Jojo winter wear and therapy puppets

Joelle, an incredible artist, makes exquisite winter wonderland hats every year. Ander models the fake fur edged red number and I have this year’s new style, the Tibetan Mohawk. I like her color and design sense in the textures and colors Joelle selects to put together in her creations. She says she sells her [...]