Etegami usually (um, never?) features curse words. But, I couldn’t resist, after reading this 2009 essay from McSweeney’s, “It’s decorative … More
Author: alison
Angel frappe
One more watermelon etegami of the year, this time featuring a cocktail recipe I worked up this summer, the Angel … More
How about a grape?
Another pun for the week, following on the Japanese lemon pun… this one is again in Japanese, and reads “ぶどうひとつぶ、どう?” … More
Summer smiles
We are having one last semi-summery weekend in DC in early October…
When you’ve got lemons
you make a lemony pun in Japanese, right? The card reads “レモンの入れもん” (remon no iremon), which means, basically, “a … More
Love is the Elephant
“Love is the elephant and we are the blind mice unable to understand the whole.” I painted this elephant as … More
DC Club Cocktail
Happy Friday to you! Here’s a little cocktail I concocted, using Green Hat gin, from the DC-based distillery New Columbia … More
Bamboo Harvest Panda
I painted this little panda as part of a project I was working on earlier this year — illustrations for … More
Why not go out on a limb?
“Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” A little Monday inspiration for you.
Rushing
A couple more pandas, one a bit pinkish. Rushing isn’t healthy at all. Happy Friday-like Thursday to you all. Hope … More