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Post #55: A Day in Pictures.

Post #55: A Day in Pictures

Today, I decided to take the day off.  Along with the American and his mate, we all watched the Euro 2012 games. Afterwards, we set out to wander around the city with the aim to have a picnic in the Marina.  The day off was much deserved and enjoyed.

Post #55: A Day in Pictures.

Sometimes I forget just how beautiful San Francisco is. All you have to do is just step outside. It was invigorating to spend the day outside exploring, appreciating the beautiful architecture and natural environment of the area.

In stark contrast to the rest of the Bay Area, June and July in The City seems to genuinely be the coldest months of the whole year. And today was your typical San Francisco summer day.  We wore our winter jackets, and sipped our bowls of coffee in North Beach to warm up.

Here’s a selection of what we saw along the way.

How was your Monday?

The Dhalies: Pleasing With You EP

Every day I am lucky enough to spend time with my marvellous husband, the American. And whilst I try not to sound like a total braggart, he inspires me. Every single day. He inspires me to create and live the way we want to.

Since the American resigned his post as a full-time golf pro, he’s been much happier and life is good. He’s creating a tonne, and has thrown himself into creating as much content as possible for his new (well, newly revamped) website at CommunistComics.com.

And so now, to the big news:

I wanted to share with you something we (very loosely me, more so the American’s doing) have been working on over the past month or so. The world premiere of our new EP! WOOOO!

Our new free downloadable EP! Yes, FREE!

We’ve called ourselves The Dhalies {DAH-lies}. And this is our first official offering to the music gods, called ‘Pleasing With You’. We recorded this in our living room/bedroom/studio in our box in the sky here in the big City and County of San Francisco.

We want to share this experience with you, and have made it available in a free download. Whoa! Catchy pop tunes for all! All tagged and ready for import into iTunes.

Now, the download can be a little tricky (until we are ‘in the money’ , we can’t afford the $50 hosting for MP3s a month!) , so we’ve hosted it offsite. Just follow the instructions, and you’ll be apples. I have done it myself, and can guarantee there’s no issue with any crazy pop ups or viruses, even though it looks a little dodgy. The bottom line is that it’s just not as straightforward as we’d like. So thanks for your patience in advance.

My favourite song is one called ‘Puppy Sale’. I came home from work one day, and my talented husband had written me a song! And it was about PUPPIES! Swoon.

And if you have some more time, check out James’ other stuff at Communist Comics: ‘Larry & Gary’, video of his comedy sets and he’s just about to upload a funny animated cartoon he made about a pizza tray. Pretty funny stuff…

I envy the American’s talent, and am so fortunate I get to create with him each and every day.

So… what did you think of our first EP?

I’d love your feedback on our first effort. There’s plenty we’d love to change or do over with better equipment, but nevertheless, we’re pretty proud of our effort. Well, I am so proud of the American — I can only claim some back up singing.

Yay for the Dhalies!

Link love

Upon doing my weekly catch-up of blogs, I stumbled across this on A Cup of Jo. The American and I laughed our butt off over this, because it’s spot on.

How Women See Colour v How Men See Colour

How women see colour v how men see colour

[Source: +GoldRush+, via A Cup of Jo]

In other blog love, I am IN LOVE with these images from artist Howard Schatz. I have always adored anything that’s ballet-inspired, and these underwater studies are unbelievable. The bloke’s a genius.

Colour palette of ladies

[Source: Howard Schatz via Thoughtful Day]

Beauty personified

[Source: Howard Schatz]

And you know when something makes it to Jeopardy, there’s no denying its existence. We were happy being ostriches about a certain reality TV show, but apparently, you need to at least know who the characters in Jersey Shore are in order to answer questions. So we watched some.

It. Was. The. Most. Horrendous. Show. I. Have. Ever. Seen. And I agree with this sentiment completely:

I hate the Jersey Shore. And you can quote me on that.

[Source: Abby Sharp via The Daily Dawdle]

It’s sad. I can never get those minutes back…