"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

October 6, 2011 Yvonne Matthews

There are a lot of posts out right now dedicated to Steve Jobs passing yesterday. I debating heavily doing one myself. And obviously you can see my decision.

I was thinking last night how big of an impace Mr. Jobs had on my career and life. Not only would my first computer not have been the first iMac out there, you know the big alien-shaped blue cone head one, but moreover, I may not have gone into design. I loved Macs and loved designing on them. If I had to design on a PC, I may never have done so. Period.

So, a heartfelt "Thank You" goes out to him and his family and friends, the people that touched his life, so that he could touch mine so greatly.

I will leave you with this great wall paper design from The Fox is Black. You can download it here.

Headline quote from the 2005 Standford University graduation.

Travel with a Cote

October 5, 2011 Yvonne Matthews

traveling. i sure do miss it. growing up is great, but a full time job and bills, not so much. i think i must have taken my first backpacking trip with my mom when I was 12? And yup, you guessed it, she made me wear my own backpack. And yep, it was pretty much bigger than me. And I loved it.

so when i saw these images/illustrations from the Cote D'Azur, you guessed it, i quit, and got on a plane pronto.

ok. well, not really. but you wouldn't blame me. would you?

and of course illustrator Catherine Orchard is coming with...

image source.

Roma-Roma-Ma Oh

September 29, 2011 aestheticathlete

Another great campaign by my old pals at Ogilvy & Mather (oh for the good ole' time when I was a lowly intern there)

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It's in the Abstract

September 28, 2011 Yvonne Matthews

while catching up on some of my favorite blogs, I ran across this lovely painter Linda Donohue (via The Fresh Exchange). Enjoy!

A Quick Recap of the Malibu Triathlon

September 21, 2011 Yvonne Matthews

It's really done. I did it.

The Malibu triathlon was last saturday. If you read my last post, you know it's the second time I did this race and that last year was my first tri ever.

BluePrint Cleanse

July 20, 2011 Yvonne Matthews

I have never been a proponent of detoxing your body in extreme ways. I am a firm believer that your body was made to naturally detox. I am a runner and avid outdoors girl and I believe that all the good fresh produce I eat, the nearly 120 ounces of water I drink and my daily sweat is about all I need to detox. Though back when I was bartending in Hollywood, about 5 years ago, I did try the Master Cleanse. It was the most awful experience. I was so sick, I had to be sent home from work on the second day. It was supposed to last for 7 days. That didn't happen. I vowed to never do a juice cleanse again!