I can’t really begin the third entry in the Scrap Life series without getting a bit into a product review, sorry: It’s tricky to be a conscious consumer, balancing function and form with cost and ethics. For most of my life I have rocked cheap shoes, but I had decided that if I ever had [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2006’
The empty container of ice cream in the fridge
There’s needs to be a word to describe the sadness you feel when you open that refrigerator door and discover your roommate has devoured the last of your ice cream. Not that the ice cream was super exceptional or anything, but maybe it was a rough day, the worst, perhaps you were fired from your [...]
Scrap Life #2: Calico Wallet
So the first Scrap Life project was a no brainer. I’m-a make a wallet. Now the wallet design that I went for was based on a gift from my buddy [redacted]. I made it at a craft night at my new friend Rachel’s apartment. She was really cool to let me use her supplies and [...]
Scrap Life #1: My LoveLife Bag
A few months ago I blogged about going to LoveLife Bags on 16th and Mission and picking out my own bag. They actually let you pick out the fabric, trim, tags, and style of bag at the shop. It usually takes up to 6 weeks, but I think mine was done in 2 or 3. [...]
Ice age in the frozen foods section
The line at Mitchell’s Ice Cream was huge yesterday, as it tends to be on hot Mission nights. “Now calling number 21″. I looked down at our ticket, number 59. There where 38 groups of people ahead of us. So Shan and I walked an extra block to the freezer section of the nearby Safeway. [...]
