Friday Find: Festooned Plate

Festooned Plate, Anthropologie, $10

Friday Find: Busig Glass

Busig Glass, Ikea, $6.99/Set of 6

40 Years Ago...An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music

40 years ago, The Woodstock Festival forever changed the scene of music.

Here are a few highlights:


Joe Cocker - "A Little Help From My Friends":


Richie Havens - "Freedom":


Santana - "Soul Sacrifice":


The Who - "Pinball Wizard":


Joan Baez - "We Shall Overcome":


Janis Joplin - "Ball & Chain":


Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes":


Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Bad Moon Rising":


Jimi Hendrix - "Foxy Lady":


Jimi Hendrix - "The Star Spangled Banner":

Friday Find: Raised Number Wall Clock

Raised Number Wall Clock in Black, Crate & Barrel, $39.95

Artist Spotlight: Ella Fitzgerald

In today's music scene, you would be hard pressed to find a voice as smooth and pure than Ella Fitzgerald, The First Lady of Song. Her voice had an unmatched instrumental quality. In fact, she once said "I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns."

You Tube Highlights:
"Cry Me a River":


"Summertime":


"Someone to Watch Over Me":


"Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye":


"Learnin' the Blues" (with Louis Armstrong):


"Savoy" (with Frank Sinatra):


"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" (with the Inkspots):


"One Note Samba":

Friday Find: Avian Scene Shower Curtain

Avian Scene Shower Curtain, Anthropologie, $98

All I Can Do is Keep Breathing

One of my current favorites - "Keep Breathing" by Ingrid Michaelson.

Book Releases - August 2009

Releasing this month:

• Barclay, Linwood - Fear the Worst. (8/11)
• Brown, Sandra - Smash Cut. (8/11)
• Cook, Robin - Intervention. (8/11)
• Finder, Joseph - Vanished. (8/18)
• Gregory, Philippa - The White Queen. (8/18)
• Kellerman, Faye - Blindman's Bluff. (8/11)
• Patterson, James - Alex Cross's Trial. (8/24)
• Reich, Christopher - Rules of Vengeance. (8/4)
• Reichs, Kathy - 206 Bones. (8/25)
• Rose, Karen - I Can See You. (8/5)
• Todd, Charles - A Duty to the Dead. (8/25)
• White, Stephen - Dead Time. (8/4)