Salt Lake’s own Ballet West company is being featured in the CW’s new docudrama Breaking Pointe. It’s an inside look at what life’s like as a professional dancer. All the physicality, art, beauty, tears, pain, and drama. It premieres tonight, and we’ve been having fun promoting it at work the last few weeks. I’ll be watching tonight, will you?
1. Mountain from Society Six
2. Spoon from Blimp Cat Studio
Yesterday was Memorial Day and we spent most of our time visiting veterans at three different cemeteries here in the Salt Lake area. The holiday has unfortunately turned into a kind of shopping, BBQing, camping, extravaganza. While there’s nothing wrong with spending time outdoors with family, we wanted to place a special focus on the real reason for the holiday – the men and women who have sacrificed for our country. We decided we’d dedicate our day to meeting them and hearing their stories, capturing several in a simple photo series. Brent did a wonderful job documenting the local veterans who were out visiting graves and attending ceremonies. It was a very touching experience.
The more we spoke with these men and women the more we realized how important the idea of this project was to them. They were happy to see a focus on the heros who have fallen and honor given to those who are still here. We met some incredible people who made extraordinary sacrifices. It was an emotional day for me, and as I thought about the great loss the world has seen as a result of war I couldn’t hold back the tears. It seems such a senseless thing, such a terribly sad blight on the history of mankind. I’m very grateful to those who serve our country and do their best to protect freedom around the world. It is a very noble and heroic thing.
See the full collection of veteran portraits on Brent’s blog here, and photos from the day on his website here. Happy Memorial Day to all those who’ve served in the past, and are currently serving. We appreciate all you have done.
Everyone knows how much I love maps. This creative design arranges the incredibly beautiful photos of Nichole on Little Brown Pen into a map of Paris. The images are pulled from her Paris Color Project, and arranged according to arrondissement. I think it’s a lovely representation of the City of Lights. You can buy images here.
(Image from here.)
Pinterest is a great place for me to keep track of the creative and colorful prints I find as I wander the web. I’ve started a new series here on Stray Streets, where I plan to share some of these print finds. Here’s a couple for this week.
1. Manatee from Bear and the Hare
2. Cacti from Small Talk
We hiked up to Ensign Peak on Sunday night to watch the lunar eclipse. When we got to the top of the mini-mountain we realized we didn’t actually have anything to view the eclipse. Lucky for us there were a ton of really friendly people who handed off welder masks, film strips, and old cd’s for our use. It was really cool to see, especially from a vantage point overlooking the entire valley. Did you get a chance to see it?
I have the planting, gardening bug. Since we can’t really do anything about the gardening in our little rental place, I’m left with planting. I’ve acquired some new blooming cacti and elephant plants, but the pots are pretty simple and classic. I’d love to put one of these statement pieces from Simply Planted somewhere in my home or office. Pretty fantastic.
(Images from here.)
