my love for you is a stampede of horses.

Nick Z mural at Bodega.

I stopped by Bodega on Friday to check out the freshly painted mural that Nick Z just got up. Nice and bright and happy, which is a nice break from the crappy weather we're having here in Boston. The mural is a teaser to his show Don't Hassle Me I'm Local opening on Saturday at Fourth Wall Project.

If you have never been to Bodega here in Boston, you are missing out on one of the best word of mouth secrets. It makes me happy that such a place exists in Boston. You'll have to stop by yourself to see what I am talking about. I picked up a t-shirt by WOWCH. LOVE them. Below are some pics of Bodega, some art work by Kenji Nakayama and Nick's mural.

Jim Tierney.

Jim Tierney's website is comfy, cozy, inviting and straight to the point. No 17 gazillion pop up windows, no flash or hard to navigate buttons...just beautiful drawings. His illustrations have that old timey feel that I am increasingly drawn to. His work is clean and kinda magic like, I'm feeling it big time. Jim's plans for the summer is to draw a lot and get ready for his senior year at The University of The Arts. Throw some ice tea in there and it sounds like a plan to me.

Cafe Royal Tote bag.

I can't ever get enough tote bags. It's become a bit of problem actually. Like they can't all fit on my doorknobs of my closet door anymore. Kinda wrong, right? But when tote bags look this cute, come from one of the best zine distributors and are so inexpensive...how can you go wrong? Plus, Café Royal's logo is so nuts I love it.

Chris Ballantyne at 20x200.

Last month, contributing blogger Dan Szymanowski posted about Chris Ballantyne. I wasn't familiar with his work, but hey that's why Dan rules. He picks up the proverbial slack over here while I'm asleep at the wheel. It was great to see an artist on the blog I wasn't familiar with, kind of weird at the same time but nonetheless a cool thing. Anyway, I'll stop rambling now, you can buy two limited edition prints of Chris' at 20x200: Untitled, Neighborhood and Untitled, Tidal Bore (surfer).

Hayley Carmo.

I recently saw Hayley Carmo's drawings and ribbons over on The Shiny Squirrel. She's a talented lady for sure, just look at the range here. Hayley just updated her etsy shop with all sorts of things...limited edition totes, award ribbons and prints. I think everyone needs an award ribbon, personally. Hayley's are made of recycled paper and ribbon with beautiful colors like deep burgandy and teal.