YOU DON'T LOVE, BUT YOU DON'T HATE. YOU JUST ROLL OVER ME.

 

 

most of the beaches in southern california are gorgeous and the surfing in encinitas yesterday was no exception. the sun was setting, the waves were big and rolling and if i just sat on my board and watched the sunset, it would've been enough. i am truly, madly, deeply in love with our ocean. there is only one ocean and it covers most of this planet and it's ours to enjoy, to take care of and to sustain. yesterday, the surf had so many kelp beds it was difficult to paddle out. my leash and legs kept getting wrapped in seaweed, like strings of rubber, and as i pulled off huge clumps of kelp, i looked at how beautiful each piece of seaweed was: brown, green, red, slippery and strong...all of them alive and organic. hope you get to be outdoors and breathe and enjoy our beautiful planet. have a great wednesday! xo, am

photos: tree hugger, islay info, chasing the surf, bicycle chic, oceanic, skinny jeans

EAT SOME FOOD

 

no. 21 is my kind of number.

ADVENTUROUS

today is the day to take a big chance. photo  photo

SOFIA COPPOLA AND WOMEN MAKING MOVIES

i'm finishing up final edit on a project for a client who provides services and shelter for survivors of domestic violence. what a challenge! to tell a great story using images and music and dialogue is not as easy as it seems. seriously. that's why there are so many baaaaaaaaaaad movies! it can be difficult to make characters interesting and believable and keep an audience engaged but i'm grateful to be working. and speaking of working...i recently met sofia coppola and she's as lovely as you'd imagine: beautiful, classy, funny, direct. i also loved her clothes, she wore black ankle wedges(louis vuitton syracusa wedges) and a simple blue skirt and white crisp blouse. very uniform-like. anyway, happy to be telling stories! happy to be helping my client with a great cause! happy to be wishing you all a fabulous day! xo, am photos photos photos  for some inspiration watch these trailers now: virgin suicides, lost in translation, somewhere

OFF-WHITE, OFF-WHITE, OFF-WHITE I SAY!

 

it's officially summer time, and though i'm working on the final edit of my film 'bark', i'm also getting to know more people through their blogs and it's inspiring. truly inspiring. we're so blessed to have an avenue to express our visions and stories and art and fears and hopes and complaints and wishes. and we're lucky to be connected this way. so today i salute everyone who puts their vision and what they care about into the world; artists, photographers, journalists, writers, filmmakers, designers, bloggers, mothers, fathers, scientists, activists, paramedics, dreamers...basically everyone who is brave and bold and patient and true. xo, am  photos photos photos

SUMMER TIME

 

 today is the longest day of daylight in the year. enjoy.

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happy monday.  photo

THE TREE AND THE LADY

one of my favorite actresses of all time, charlotte gainsbourg is in a new film about something i also adore...a TREE. that's right, a film about a tree. of course, the movie is about much more, like family and loss and motherhood and nature and love. trailer here!

PHOEBE PHILO ALMOST ACHIEVED PERFECTION(no leather would've been perfect!)

celine resort 2012. two words: holy shit.