Month: December 2010

15 Cities in Gingerbread

1. New York
Statue of Liberty
Brooklyn Bridge
Chrysler Building

2. Amsterdam
Row Houses

3. Austin
Downtown Austin

4. Boston
Fenway Park (see also)
Old Statehouse

5. Chicago
Chicago Theater

6. Cincinnati
Cincinnati Landmarks

7. Detroit
Downtown Detroit

8. London
Houses of Parliament
Tower Bridge

9. Los Angeles
Randy’s Donuts

10. Miami
Freedom Tower

11. Paris
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame de Paris
Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoy

12. San Francisco
Downtown San Francisco
Transamerica Building
Painted Ladies

13. Seattle
Space Needle
(Someone please make a gingerbread Bridge Troll and post it on the Internet for all to enjoy. Megan, I’m looking at you.)

14. Sydney
Sydney Landmarks

15. Washington D.C.
Washington Memorial
White House (see also)
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Is your city represented in gingerbread? Let’s do this thing, Internet. Leave any gingerbread city landmarks I missed in comments.

1,000 Songs Project: Friday Mixtape

I’ve always wished I knew more about music, and this is part of my Life List project to listen to 1,000 new songs. Right now I’m up to 942, and on Fridays I share some of my new favorites. If you’d like to share some music with me, please link to your picks in comments, and I will listen to them.

Big Jet Plane from Angus and Julia Stone (Thanks, Daniella Palethorpe.)

Holding Us Back from Katie Herzig (Thanks, Brandi.)

Via Con Me from Paolo Conte (Thanks, Lin Ilsley.)

Sweet Disposition from Temper Trap (Thanks again, Daniella Palethorpe.)

I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know from Donny Hathaway

Still looking for more music? Here you go: Mixtape 1, Mixtape 2, Mixtape 3, Mixtape 4, Mixtape 5, Mixtape 6, Mixtape 7, Mixtape 8, Mixtape 9, Mixtape 10, Mixtape 11, Mixtape 12, Mixtape 13, Mixtape 14, Mixtape 15 , Mixtape 16 , Mixtape 17 , Mixtape 18, Mixtape 19, Mixtape 20, Mixtape 21, Mixtape 22, Mixtape 23, Mixtape 24, Mixtape 25, Mixtape 26

1,000 Song Project: Friday Mixtape

I’ve always wished I knew more about music, and this is part of my Life List project to listen to 1,000 new songs. Right now I’m up to 923, and on Fridays I share some of my new favorites. If you’d like to share some music with me, please send your picks to maggie at mighty girl dot com, and I will listen to them.


Clementine from Sarah Jaffe
(Thanks, Amber!)


One Day from Sharon Van Etten
(Thanks, Kate!)


Smoke a Little Smoke from Eric Church


Before I’m Old from Fictionist


Bullfighter Jacket from Miniature Tigers
 (Thanks, Laura and Laurie.)

Still looking for more music? Here you go: Mixtape 1, Mixtape 2, Mixtape 3, Mixtape 4, Mixtape 5, Mixtape 6, Mixtape 7, Mixtape 8, Mixtape 9, Mixtape 10, Mixtape 11, Mixtape 12, Mixtape 13, Mixtape 14, Mixtape 15 , Mixtape 16 , Mixtape 17 , Mixtape 18, Mixtape 19, Mixtape 20, Mixtape 21, Mixtape 22, Mixtape 23, Mixtape 24, Mixtape 25

10 Impeccable Holiday Cards

We finally picked this year’s holiday cards, but here are the cards that got away:


Letterpress Peace Wreath


Set of 12 Letterpress Printed Holiday Cards Silent Night


5-Pack Holiday Cards with Hand Lettering, Peace on Earth


Letterpress Champagne Bubbles Holiday Cards, Set of 8


Screenprinted Walnut Wooden Holiday Card


Letterpress Seasons Greetings Notecards, Set of 10


Modern Geometric New Year Photo Card


The Orange – Set of 6 Letterpress Printed Note Cards


Sunburst Holiday New Year Photo Cards


Tiny Snowflakes Embossed Card

I’m a sucker for letterpress and gocco, but I’ve been pleased with the design evolution of preprinted photo cards –lovely, no? I’ll show you which card we chose once all of them are safely tucked in mailboxes, but what card are you sending this year?