Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Flea Market Fun
Yesterday the ladies and I went to the Alameda flea market / antiques fair and we had the best time! I'm in love with this vintage blue dresser... 
I also love this old glass bottle and vintage letter H. Future DIY project!
I also love this old glass bottle and vintage letter H. Future DIY project!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Fight for Air Climb, San Francisco.
This is what the top of 1,197 steps looks like... what a view! Team Tina has raised just under $5,000 for the American Lung Association. A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated and participated. Can't wait until next year :)
Friday, March 25, 2011
Getting Ready to Climb...
Tomorrow I will climb 52 stories (that's 1,197 steps) for the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb in San Francisco at 555 California Street (former B of A Building.) Go Team Tina!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
New Orleans: 2006 vs 2011
After graduating from college in 2006, my friend Sarah and I made our (almost) cross country journey from San Francisco to New Orleans to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity post Hurricane Katrina. Last month (almost five years later) I returned to the Big Easy. Here are the photos from my journey...
2006: Watch out NOLA, here we come!
Sarah and I arrived in New Orleans on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We stayed at Camp Hope, a volunteer camp organized by Habitat for Humanity. We were put into teams to start "gutting" homes, which consisted of debris removal, knocking down drywall, and leaving the shell of each home so that the homeowner could return and start to rebuild.
Many of the homes we gutted were under 20+ feet of water for days after Katrina hit. The majority of homeowners in St. Bernard's Parrish and the Lower 9th Ward lost everything they owned.
New Orleans & the Lower 9th Ward: 2011
2006: Watch out NOLA, here we come!
Sarah and I arrived in New Orleans on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We stayed at Camp Hope, a volunteer camp organized by Habitat for Humanity. We were put into teams to start "gutting" homes, which consisted of debris removal, knocking down drywall, and leaving the shell of each home so that the homeowner could return and start to rebuild.
Many of the homes we gutted were under 20+ feet of water for days after Katrina hit. The majority of homeowners in St. Bernard's Parrish and the Lower 9th Ward lost everything they owned.
New Orleans & the Lower 9th Ward: 2011
Last month, I returned (this time by plane) to visit my friend Sarah who now lives in New Orleans and works for Habitat for Humanity. I was lucky enough to revisit the Lower 9th, and the progress this community has made is absolutely amazing.
Make It Right NOLA (Brad Pitt's organization) builds sustainable and affordable (not to mention beautiful) homes in the Lower 9th Ward for working families who want to return to the community.
The Lower 9th & other communities have come a long way since August of 2005, however, the foundations of destroyed homes remind us of the devastation Hurricane Katrina caused to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to volunteer in New Orleans in 2006, and to return and see the progress this amazing community has made over the past 5 years. If you are looking to volunteer in the Big Easy or want to make a donation, check out these fantastic organizations: Habitat for Humanity, Make It Right NOLA & The Zeitoun Foundation.
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