BLOG OUT LOUD :: a few million flowers, cool parents and some very small horses in the name of art

I'm running around pulling all of the last minute details together for tonight's 4th, Blog Out Loud event in Santa Monica { 3rd and Santa Monica Blvd.} at the beautiful, ever-inspiring, Design Within Reach. If you're planning on coming or thinking of coming {do!} our panelists are fantastic:

>>PANEL
Emily Goligoski of
The SanFranista and Notes On Design

Gregory Han of
Apartment Therapy& Unplggd

Laure Joliet of
Apartment Therapy, At Home At Home & Dwell

Alissa Walker of
Gelatobaby, Fast Company, GOOD

Haily Zaki of
American Express OPEN Forum, Curbed LA, Inhabitat & Secret Agent PR

Hope to see you tonight!

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and now, a few things found while swinging around from blog to blog:

Color Fields- Tulips are better than none.

beautiful tulip fields in the Netherlands shot from above. I'd love a flat weave carpet like this.

found courtesy of flavorpill

My Parents Were Awesome

Everyone I know thinks their parents looked cool 'back in the day' - before we made them into some kind of uptight, example of middle age squaredom. Finally someone has started blog where we can send those old photos of our parents being totally awesome with their vintage selves. Proving that they didn't always wear holiday sweaters and bifocals. And apparently drove the Mystery Van from time to time:

myparentswereawesome.com

more on this site and its creator at NPR's Morning Addittion

The Portland Horse Project

In 2005 Scott Wayne Indiana put to use the unused horse rings that are seen all over Portland sidwalks. After a few months, he expanded the horse project and asked for some help. Now these horses are showing up all over Portland. You can find them in most parts of Portland now. You can find more photos on here.

that's all I've got for now....off to Santa Monica...