Sad Day

It was a sad day in Tucson today. I may not live there anymore, but I did for a long time, and I have lived in Arizona for 20 years. And honestly, it doesn't matter where it happens, when 18 people are shot, and 6 people are killed, it is a sad, sad event. It is even sadder when it happens to a lovely woman like Gabrielle Giffords who has always been a beacon of light in Arizona.

When I worked for PBS, we met with Gabrielle every month to interview her, and she really is a kind person who believes strongly in what she does for Arizona. I have never been into politics, ever, I don't vote (and don't need to hear anything about that) and I don't get involved in other peoples beliefs. I like kindness. I like humanity and love. I like to be happy and care about animals and other people and babies, and stuff like that. And that is why I am so sad about this happening. Gabrielle is a kind and lovely person.

I will keep positive thoughts for Gabrielle that she pulls through and can continue doing good things for Arizona. I cried at work today when a table was very unkind and I think it has just been an emotional day in general. Be safe, friends and know you are loved.

(Photo is from The Rialto's facebook page)

xo,

Beca

Chris Hall

Because the world, even my blog world, doesn't always revolve around me, I wanted to share a good friend of ours with you. Chris Hall.



He's like a little brother to us. Crashes on our couch and eats all our pizza, but we love him. We also love his music. So, I thought today, I would share a video he did with another good friend, Isaiah Toothtaker of Machina Muerte (and werdemup) Isaiah has a hip-hop label, world famous tattoo shop Staring Without Caring, and he's one rad dude. He's putting out Chris' first album "Brown Bottle Blues" soon. (flyer design by Marc Nava)

WERDEMUP presents CHRIS HALL TTT from Isaiah Toothtaker on Vimeo.

Anyways. Chris plays acoustic guitar and writes a majority of the songs he performs. He plays a lot of local shows, mostly at The Red Room downtown and you should check out his music page and come to his next show.

(This is a photo from when he played at Doug's last solo show "Never is Forever" Stas Yamnitskiy took this photo.)

And he has a super cool dog named Talulah (his birthday present from us!!) that is the apple of his eye. She's a sweetheart and she and Monster cuddle for hours.

(Photo by Doug Switalski)

If you want to book a show with Chris, get a hold of him here

More on the chaos of today later. xo!

Monday Shop Update Time

Here are a few of the curios we just listed in the shop. Come take a peek at many many more.



and here are some larger sized photos.







xo.