Eric and I are just getting back from our vacation where we visited family in New Jersey and friends in New York City (wow do we know some amazing people!) It's always surreal coming back to St Thomas from vacation but I have to say that I like my 'vacation lifestyle!' What are your plans for this long labor day weekend? I can't wait to jump in the ocean and get a couple of projects started from all the inspiration I've gathered during my vacation. Next week I will have lot's of fun photographs to share, so get excited!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

I was blown away the first time I saw these photos by Andreas Franke. This collection of photographs are displayed on the walls of a sunken ship off the coast of Florida 145 feet under the sea. Would you dare to go see it?

{photos source HERE}

 I'm just loving Gina Feddersen's Isola Bella Collection that is created from her inspiration of the beauty and nature of the US Virgin Islands. Don't you just love her work? I'm so impressed that she is able to create in so many different mediums effortlessly. Check out all the amazing gifts and home goods that are on Isola Bella site HERE and Gina's paintings and ceramic art HERE. Hope you find her work as inspiring as I do!



{© copyright 2012 all photos via Isola Bella and Gina Feddersen.}

 The Museum on Modern Art has a show open until April 29, 2013 called 'The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook' that looks promising.


The Whitney has a show called 'Yayoi Kusama's Fireflies on the Water' that is open until October 28, 2012. I actually saw this installation once at the Whitney with a group show so it will be amazing to see it again: last time you walked out on a small platform so that you where in the middle of a mirrored room and the floor was all water, it looked a lot like the photo above.


I once lived near the Metropolitan Museum of Art and never once made it to their roof garden. Currently they have a show on the roof garden called 'Cloud City,' by Tomas Saraceno that is an interactive site-specific installation.

Have you seen a gallery show recently that you loved and would recommend taking the time to visit?

Next year I will celebrate 6 full years of living in the Caribbean and going to the beach - and loving it!!!
I started a little collection of amazing beach photos from all over the world on Pinterest.


 {All photos from here}

Eric and I have started the hunt for a new apartment to move into this November on St Thomas when our current lease is up. There are so many apartments listed right now on Craig's List and Seaglass Properties; I'm feeling pretty good about finding the perfect place to live. I would love to have an apartment with large windows, an open layout, and an extra room for my office/guest. Eric would like to find a place with a pool (giggle) in a safe neighborhood where the cat's can run around. So, we're putting the word out there and if anybody knows of a 2 bedroom apartment coming up for rent please let us know. We found our apartment on St John by word of mouth. How did you find your apartment?

PS The apartment we're now living in here.

{please click on photo for source - each photo is from a different apartment rental}