haiti

go here for amazing.

{thanks to grace from d*s for tweeting this!}

haiti relief follow-up!

wow. i am really beyond words!

and my words will definitely fall short...

the sense of community was palpable on friday evening!

i've never felt anything like it.

a melting pot of 

artists, 

lovers, 

believers, 

designers,

musicians, 

students, 

friends,

families

bakers, 

photographers, 

crafters, 

(etc.!) 

gathered together to do what they could, to help a nation rise. 

the elements in the following pictures

 create a perfect and intoxicating concoction 

that make me weak in the knees!

they create warmth, hope, inspiration and fulfillment.

a feast for my senses and then some!

most importantly i was struck with an epiphany. 

for once i deeply grasped what we as people should be doing...

and how we as a community should be living and loving! 

(photo by mike young)

a HUGE thank you goes out to each and every one of you who participated in this event!
whether you donated your time, talent, and efforts or just attended the benefit, it could not have been possible without each and every one of you!
collectively, we raised approximately $4000 for this event!!!
it was wildly successful and a powerful fulfillment of our vision as a community!

here is a sweet video summary created by the mustang daily!


special thanks go out to:
{please let me know if i left someone off of the list!}
jen and brandon manuele
sally loo
all the workers at sally loo's!
members of slo refuge
all of the talented face painters!
dan and jodie davies
travis adelman

the wells family
pacheco kindergartners and daria hernandez

mary o'neill

craig van rooyen

heidi shelton

mo

jim ringley

adela soo

neal breton

sharon burnett

andy padre
yvonne macias

ashley kitto
becca flaiz
michael young and tommy panigot of le grand cru
shannon and jesse moore
matt cross
amy williams
adam pasion
crooked wheel
sierra chavez
black water union
josh collins
jon gallo and alicia baratta
talia ortega

wow.

the mouth watering aroma 

of freshly baked honey whole wheat bread with meyer lemon {!}

 is wafting through the air.

i'm experiencing a current surge of passion, inspiration, and love.

the haiti benefit on friday was wildly successful (!!!)

i have so much to share!

but for now, i leave you with this: 

a sight of a few loaves of the incredibly delicious artisan bread mary o'neill (mother of THE darlin' jen)-- baked, donated, and sold at the benefit. 

so much more to come!

i miss you all.

xoxo,

j.

TODAY ONLY!:: January 26, 2010

today only!
DwellStudio is donating 100% of their proceeds to unicef for aid to the haitians!!!
each dollar raised during this 24 hour period will be matched dollar-for-dollar by DwellStudio.
that is incredible!!!
(via simple lovely)

HEDGEROW SAFFRON DUVET SET

CHINOISERIE DUVET SET

MOSAIC SUN COCKTAIL NAPKINS (SET OF 4)

CHINOISERIE LONG PILLOW

hope for haiti::a music and art benefit!

here is the poster for the upcoming benefit my husband and his amazing friends are planning!

it is pretty phenomenal to witness and be a part of what san luis obispo is doing as a community!

follow monster love conspiracy to see what we're up to!

and if you're in town, please! do stop by!

...and if you're not in town...come visit us in SLO! :)

currently working on a regina spektor cover for the 

haiti benefit concert taking place next week!

i haven't touched the keys in a while but i did tonight and it felt oh! so! good!

i have a talented guitarist and a beautiful voice by my side!

our first practice sesh was a success!

[image via here]

here are regina's beautiful and touching lyrics (love!) that we will be performing:

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God
When the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one’s laughing at God
When it’s gotten real late
And their kid’s not back from the party yet

No one laughs at God
When their airplane start to uncontrollably shake
No one’s laughing at God
When they see the one they love, hand in hand with someone else
And they hope that they’re mistaken

No one laughs at God
When the cops knock on their door
And they say we got some bad news, sir
No one’s laughing at God
When there’s a famine or fire or flood

*Chorus*
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’ve lost all they’ve got
And they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize
That the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughing at God in hospital
No one’s laughing at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very
poor

No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
We’re all laughing with God

[lyrics via here] 


{you can listen to/watch it here!}

this week's "newsweek" article on haiti literally brought me to tears.

the photos hit hard.

since i don't have tv or cable, my photo sources are the net and magazines...

i feel helpless.
it makes a lot of things i'm dealing with seem irrelevant,
and a lot of the things around me... meaningless.
and so i pray...
i can't pray enough....

[all photos are from the january 25 issue of "newsweek"]

"roughly 10% of the city's houses were destroyed, leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless"

{left} "a girl reacts to the death of her 14-year-old brother"
{right} "an injured girl sleeps alongside her mother and brother at a makeshift trauma center"

"a man picks his way among corpses outside the capital's overflowing morgue"

so speechless...

i bought my husband this shirt for his birthday today.

 i'm sure it is the only thing he would really want.

you can buy one here.

designed by mike fretto.

100% of proceeds will be donated to partners in health!

buy one for your mother, brother, father, sister, friend, loved one, roommate, tutor, house cleaner, barista, teacher, nurse, mentor, niece, nephew, neighbor, pastor, pen pal, patient, photographer, dog, doctor, physical therapist, dentist ;)...

or a stranger.

{spotted t-shirt fundraiser on wide open spaces, simplesong, indigo bunting}

happy birthday to the love of my life, an amazingly beautiful and admirable man.

love you josh.

<3.

j.

p.s. in preps for a haiti relief benefit concert next week, i may be m.i.a.

will update you soon on my musical endeavors!