HEY LOVE

as much as i don't get into valentine's day, i am still a sucker for love. which makes it a little easier for me to not hate on the big v-day. 

so happy valentine's day, peacocks. i wish many kisses upon you. 

keep dancing,

steph

*oooh listen.

painting by margaret kilgallen

A PEACOCK UPDATE AND THE DELICIOUS WORDS OF LANG LEAV

the poetry of lang leav has put me in the mood for love, which is perfect timing because the month of february will be keeping us busy with weddings, weddings, weddings!  i am excited to be getting back in the swing of wedding preparation. 

this week i have checked off some of the many things i have had on my to-do list for over a month now. one of the things was to record a mix, which i did today (finally). i will be posting it in the next few days. it is the first of a few different mixes that i will be adding to our website, which will be getting some new love as well. 

i am having a really productive week (thank goodness). 

keep dancing,

stephanie

*currently listening (highly recommended processional song selection).

A VERY PEACOCK CHRISTMAS

it's been a busy holiday season, but busy in the best possible way. i didn't think i would be able to put a christmas tree up this year because our little bar cart took our tree spot; but after tor put together a music studio in the bedroom, a chair was relocated and voila! a perfect space was left in the living room for a christmas tree. not only i am thrilled that we have cute little tree to gaze at, but i am also incredibly happy that there is music being made in our home again. 

last night as i was putting together my to do list, i realized that i have a lot to do in the next few weeks. i was spontaneously asked to officiate the wedding of one of my favorite couples a few weeks ago. this is something super new to me. the wedding is a week from saturday and i am overwhelmed with nervous excitement. needless to say, i have been writing a lot lately. along with writing about love and putting together vows, always comes tears. such a sap, i tell you!

happy holidays.

spread love. 

keep dancing,

stephanie

*currently listening. 

MORNING THOUGHTS

let out whatever is on your mind this weekend. 

write. talk. cry. dance. create something. sing. 

have a lovely weekend.

keep dancing,

stephanie

thanks

i am thankful for so much. health, having the best husband in the world, family, being employed, being able to express my creativity, good friends, all the love i have in my life and of course

music!

happy thanksgiving!

keep dancing,

stephanie

this bright flash pt. III

we are in the middle of editing. i am in love with this process. 

the footage i have to choose from is endless and gorgeous, but that just makes things a bit harder. i do have to admit that every single time i watch this footage, it brings a huge smile to my face and sometimes even gets me all weepy. even though i didn't dj on this particular night, something still managed to capture the essence of a peacock social party. i happen to believe it was LOVE. 

call me a sap, i don't care. 

*currently listening to: lights out, words gone by bombay bicycle club

(photo by diane kim) 

shake it like pro

goodness, what a week! we djed the shaushkin wedding on saturday. it was a success. other than a minor freakout i had last week when the motherboard on our macbook pro died. ironically, it died the same day as steve jobs. 

tuesday night i got home from work (after midnight) and hopped on my 5 year old laptop. when suddenly, the screen got all zig zag-y. i quickly rebooted and got the same fuzzy screen. i ran to our bedroom and woke tor "oh my god! i don't know what happened!!" annoyed to be bothered with yet another IT issue, and to be woken up like that, he walked over to our laptop and rebooted and then started talking computer talk. "what? we have a wedding on saturday, hector! all of my music is on that laptop!!!" (he later told me that i turned as white as a ghost). after bickering at each other for about 10 minutes, we went to bed. 

wednesday morning i went straight to the local apple store. i ran in and desperately ran over to the first guy with an apple on his shirt. "our next available appointment at the genius bar is at 11:30." okay, great. i wandered around cerritos mall for an hour and a half. as 11:30 approached, i went in and spoke to someone named daryl. he was really cool. he assured me that everything was going to be all right. he took me over to a genius who plugged my pro in and said "it's your motherboard." it will take about 10 days to fix. i knew that i needed to buy a new laptop immediately after he called my laptop vintage but not yet obsolete. "it has another good year." 

in the end, it all worked out. needless to say, i purchased a new macbook pro that day. a 13 inch cutie. that was a close call! in the back of my head i had the voices of all the elderly people i have encountered at work over the years that have often said "what will you kids do when you lose everything on your computers?" it made me think back to the days when i used to play records when i djed. i guess in some ways i miss it, in other ways, it's just not practical for me to carry around 6 hours worth of music on vinyl. 

the shaushkin wedding was beautiful. it was the first time i had experienced a ceremony that included saying vows to their child as well as to each other. they held hands with their son and gave him a little bracelet. promised to always love him. so beautiful. 

i was proud of myself for keeping it together.

like a pro. 

congratulations chris and vanessa! thanks for letting us be a part of your lovely day. 

*currently listening to: the english riviera by metronomy. 


(ps photos)