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Meet Judy

we've been looking at dogs online for years and decided to finally get the dog we've been wanting now that we live in a space that permits pets. We rescued Judy (named after Judy Chicago) from a shelter in Downey, CA. She's between 1 and 2 years old and appears to be a mix of an italian greyhound and a chihuahua: she arrived sick with kennel cough just a few days ago so she has a runny nose, sneezes, and coughs (we have medications and she should get better in a week or two), exploring her new home, how small Judy can get

moving

we have until the end of the month to transfer our lives to our new studio space: a new place means new keys, a view from the loft down at the studio moving in mess below, one last trip to MVPs on 4th for good measure...

studio move coming up

we are excited to be in the planning stages of moving into a new studio space here in Long Beach later next month. heres a preview of where Joe and I will be making art for the foreseeable future...

P.S mark your calendars: tina's MFA show is scheduled to open Sunday March 17th from 5-7pm and run through Thursday March 21st

Torrance Art Museum opening

In addition to being featured in the most recent New American Paintings, Joe had a painting of his included in a great group painting exhibition at the Torrance Art Museum that opened this past weekend. These images are from the opening reception, which had a crowd of about 400 people. You can see Joe's painting in the first image on the right side, and in the second image just left of Tina's left shoulder. He is also included in another group painting show coming this weekend in Los Angeles. Big congrats to Joe!

holiday food post

some foods we documented during our Seattle vacation- oysters from Pike Place market, a snapshot from our 2nd annual Portland visit to the Deschutes Brewery tasting of some of the newest beers, yummy tacos from Portland taqueria porque no?, the gum alley of Seattle, drinks in the bar at Anthony's waiting for Mom, Jim and Vanessa to arrive for a family meal, a fresh duck that Stephen was getting ready to prepare for Christmas dinner (we left before it was finished...Tina couldn't do it...)

time with family

We didn't have a chance to visit with everyone we wanted too, but we were able to spend time with both of our families before heading back home this week. It was great to catch up with who we could and hopefully we can visit again sometime soon- Tina and her sister Vanessa had time to bond over shopping in the U District at some of Tina's favorite shops (like moksha and goodwill on the ave), Charissa and Malachi in a rare quiet moment, Joe's favorite picture of Christmas morning at the Lloyds, a glimpse of the larger extended Lloyd Family Christmas, Tina's Grandma Linville 

seattle holidayz

we were fortunate to have the opportunity to go home to seattle for the holidays (BIG thanks to Dan & Joanne and Lorrie & Jim for making it happen) and here's some snapshots we thought we'd share from our 2012 christmas adventures- seattle all dressed up for christmas, wandering and feeling nostalgic for the gray cloudy skies, coat weather and pine trees, one of Joanne's nativity scenes, the weather, a place for claremont this christmas, still life of the aftermath of christmas morning