Callie Neylan

Callie Neylan

📍 Seattle, Washington

Slow foodie.

I've been on a Michael Pollan kick lately, having just finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food. I love his guide to eating: 01 Pay more, eat less. Good food is not cheap. Like most other things, you get what you pay for.

Slow bike.

I'm almost done sanding my frame. And of course, what's remaining is the worst part. Getting all the nitty-gritty paint that's leftover in the grooves and corners. I could use a dremel tool for this, but Will can't find his dremel since

Espresso. Ristretto. Con panna, per favore.

., originally uploaded by Neylano. This weekend I was in New York and was there long enough to try out a couple of new espresso bars. I’m obsessed, I know. Above is Ninth Street Espresso’s Tompkins Square location. Very, very good. Except that they looked at me funny when

Soft as a baby's bottom.

That's what I think every time I think about something that's "powder-coated". Anyhoo, this is where my fixie frame has been sleeping the past few nights. I dropped it off last Friday (after driving around Greektown, trying to find out how the hell to

Mon blog de fille.

In case you want to learn how to apply eye makeup and speak French at the same time, here's a blog for you. I found it while surfing some fashion sites this weekend. She uses my favorite makeup brand ever, too: MAC. Ça, c'est super-cool!

Dean + Deluca.

., originally uploaded by Neylano. I don't really have much to say except that I took this shot in New York a couple of weeks ago and I really like it. I wish I had known about this, though. I would have submitted this one for sure.

L'assemblage.

Elle presque respire. She almost breathes. Will picked up my powder-coated frame on Wednesday from a warehouse in Greektown. As you can see, it's a super shiny turquoise. Initially, I wanted it robin's egg blue or ballet pink, matte-finish, but these colors did not exist where

Fauxlaroid.

he looks., originally uploaded by Neylano. Just found this incredible iPhone app: Shake It Photo. I love it!!! Longer post coming soon. I've been busy launching this.

I want new letters.

The fact that graduate design programs bestow upon their students the MFA (Master of Fine Arts) degree is antiquated and irrelevant. Instead, the design discipline should have its own standardized classification of academic distinction, as programs at IIT, Cincinnati, and Carnegie Mellon do: a Master's of Design. And

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., originally uploaded by snjezana.. Lovely photo by snjezana, one of my Flickr contacts.