The things you find in the Nordstroms Bathroom

and on the streets of santa barbara. A couple of friends and I took a day trip on Saturday to celebrate one of their birthdays. Our first stop was at the Creation Station in Buellton. If you havn't been to this store it is a must. And even if you don't have to go to the bathroom you HAVE to go into the bathroom. The entire store is like a creative explosion.
http://www.thecreationstation.com/newsitefiles/fabricstore/pages/fabric_main.html



After that we drove to Carpenteria where we went to the Treasure Hunt which is a quilt store but has a whole lot more than just fabric. http://www.carpinteriaquilts.com/ It too is a must.

AFter we left the Treasure Hunt I nearly wrecked the car because just down the street from the Treasure Hunt was this house. Thankfully there was a parking place right across the street from the house and we all baled out and many photos. Fabulous house. If you look closely in the windows there is a dragon holding a crystal ball, John Wayne is on the roof along with a huge gargoyle, and one window is filled with owls. I would have loved to have gone inside.

On our way home we stopped at Santa Barbara for potty stop, people watch and browse. Santa Barbara is an amazing city. Architechturally (is that a word?) it is beautiful. And people come from all over the world to go there so the people watching is supreme. If you stand against a building and close your eyes and just listen you hear so many different languages passing you. So our first stop was the Nordstrom's bathroom which is where I found these hanging on the walls.....

Imagine finding assemblage art, and very cool assemblage art at that, in the Nordstrom's bathroom. If you look closely you will see that the "hair" is a bunch of smashed bottle caps and some metal meshy stuff. The nose is a nail and the bottom lip of one of them is half of a can lid. Then there were these two paintings that I really enjoyed. There is no telling where you will find something that sparks your creative soul.....even in the Nordstrom's bathroom.

We walked down State Street a bit and came upon a crowd of people. You know that I have to go and see what they are all looking at and here it was:

The three of us stared at the three animals there, wondering if they were drugged because there is no way that any of my cats or my dog would lie there like that with all these people around them. Now if these animals can get along like this why can't humans?

The birthday trip made for a very fun day and I got to come home to Jerry making beef and broccoli for dinner. Man, was that good.