A look back at 2010

Ah 2010, where did you go? Before we get too wrapped up in our schemes and dreams for 2011, we thought we'd take a look back at where we've been. (Photo above from our impromptu black & white New Year's Eve party, inspired by this.)

Inspired by Food Inc, in January one of our major resolutions was to pay more attention to where our food comes from and eat more at home. (We did pretty well with this one—this photo actually is of kale chips we made in the fall.)

We both also became more and more interested in photography in 2010, and as a result noticed a lot more of the lovely things all around us (like these prize ribbons at the Alameda Flea Market in February).

In March, we created a new altered portrait for Manifest Equality, and made a road trip to LA to see the show.

In April, we were honored to DJ the afterparty for a super-inspirational Pop-Up Magazine.

In May, Sandy participated in her first Bike To Work Day, and it quickly became a daily habit.

In June, we had some awesome summertime adventures both in and out of the city.

In July, we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with a weekend trip to Santa Cruz.

In August, we paid a visit to the Scout Books booth at Renegade SF to gocco some notebooks.

In September, we celebrated a couple special birthdays: one in Tacoma and one at the always epic Palace of Fine Arts, here in San Francisco.

In October, our t-shirt for Little Paper Planes' artist series hit Target stores!

In November, Matthew's film 33 premiered at the Bicycle Film Festival in SF.

And last but not least, in December we gave our Etsy shop a little update.

We certainly feel lucky for everything we experienced last year, and are looking forward to new adventures in the year ahead!

Winterfest

Winterfest is this Sunday night! The end-of-year extravaganza at SOMArts is both a benefit for + celebration of the SF Bike Coalition, and includes a silent auction, an art auction (to which we donated a piece), a screenprinting station, a photobooth and more. Plus, a 1-year SFBC membership is included with the price of admission. Hope to see you there!

Poster by Hugh D'Andrade.

Re:form School

We are honored to be a part of another show from the folks who put together Manifest Equality in LA last March. This time the focus is on reforming public education, and we've donated our Primary Education diptych (below) to the cause. To find out more about the show, please visit reformschool.letsredu.com, and if you're in New York this weekend we hope you'll stop by! (Alas, we aren't able to make another road trip to see this one in person.)

Manifest Equality

We're super-honored to be a part of the Manifest Equality show happening in LA this week, joining quite an arsenal of artists and the LGBT community to demand full and equal rights for all Americans. (Our contribution, "Young Kenneth", is above.) The show will be open to the public March 3rd through March 7th between the hours of 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, with extended hours Friday through Sunday. Click here to find out more details, plus other ways to advocate for marriage equality.

photo via The Streets Are Calling

Below, Jed Lind discusses the gallery space he's designing with Commune. Can't wait to see it!

Manifest Equality
1342 Vine Street, Los Angeles CA 90028
March 3 – 7, 2010, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Farewell Swipple & Gold

Tomorrow night is the closing party for Swipple & Gold, so it's your last chance to see all this great stuff:

Clockwise from top left, work by: Jerry Smith, Tim Clinton, Jim Damron, Dennis Kernohan, and Steve MacDonald. (All photos from the Swipple & Gold catalogue.)

We hope you'll join us for what is sure to be a fun night:
Ever Gold Gallery, 441 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Closing Reception: First Thursday, January 7th, 6 – 10 pm

(And in case you missed the opening party, you can see photos here.)