Summer Makes It So Easy

I did my first visual/songwriting collaboration!  Amazing artist, and longtime friend, Brian Demeter, just completed a series of paintings titled Oceanus that I used as inspiration for a song.  


I kept the chords simple; I imagined it being played on the beach around 5:30 p.m. with the air extra breezy but just starting to cool off.

Click here to see all the paintings from this gorgeous series.

Seventh Episode of Rose-Colored Radio Show Brought to you by ice cream

 August 31 Rose Colored Radio Hour by Rose Colored Radio Show 

In which we enjoy one last, lingering look at summer and its pleasures.  This episode also features a short story hot off the press written by author Sally Flynn!


Featuring Come Here to Me and Exceed My Expectations from my A Reason to Stay Up All Night album.


Written by Sally Flynn and Emma Wallace

And In July, a Lemonade...

From Vital

From Yevgenia

From Route 4 Glass

From Jo Clark Design

I wanted to do a post on handmade glassware for lemonade during these beastly summer months (and for Southern Hemispherites, relief from that beastly heater) and, lo and behold, there are approximately one zillion gorgeous/adorable shops that sell handmade glassware!  I was trying to think of how to make this into a weekly series - "Glassware with Emma"- but decided to focus on the subject at hand which was tumblers for lemonade.  


So here are some of my amazing finds from Etsy that will bring your summery lemonade-drinking up to an art.  


Just as a warning, there may be a wine-drinking post coming up sometime...


P.S. Maggi is hosting a giveaway for my latest c.d. on her blog!  Be sure to go by and enter!

Favorite Scents of the Summer...

Salty ocean air

Sweet, fresh watermelon

Rain on the grass and the trees

The sugar-cookie smell of crepe myrtle

I think my favorite sense is smell (beside the sense of sound, taste, feel and sight, of course).  There is nothing that can take me back to childhood than that green, sultry summer evening scent.  


These are some others of my favorite summer smells.  


What are yours?

Taste of Summer

I admit it: I'm a watermelon addict. I've had watermelon every day since they came in season with the exception of two weeks (this being one of them) where I thought I ought to take a watermelon break. But, ah, I miss it! It is the essential summer flavor. I look forward to eating a slice every morning...

Any flavors that are particularly summery to you?

By the way, I am doing an 80s cover song sketch this Sunday! Show up wearing your jean jacket and Ray-Bans...

P.S. Feel free to follow me! I promise only ever to lead you to bright, sunny places!

P.P.S. I have a brand, new original album out! If you download it and looooove it, please write a lovely review on the site from which you purchased it!

Lazy, I Wanna Be Lazy...

La Leona in Costa Rica

Jean-Michel Costeau in Fiji

The Out Islands in the Bahamas

Ah, summer.

It's actually been more than summery here in central Florida for a while! And even though I live in Summer Vacation City, I'm longing for a nice trip to the beach, at an eco-friendly, yet luxurious hotel; where the heat is welcome, because all I'm doing is frolicking in the ocean and taking strolls on the beach, really. Sigh.

Waianuhea in Hawaii

Any dream vacations in your future? Any you want to take?

P.S. Feel free to follow me! I promise only ever to lead you to bright, sunny places!

P.P.S. I have a brand, new original album out! If you download it and looooove it, please write a lovely review on the site from which you purchased it!

I'm Dreaming of a Warm Summer...

Photo from here

As a Florida girl, I usually relish the winter's relief from the oppressive summer heat. Fashion-wise, it's hard to be inspired to wear much else than a tank top and shorts. Or a summer dress. Or a tank top and shorts. It's really hot.

But this winter has been cold! It's been colder than San Francisco practically every day! And I barely care about my cute woolen skirts anymore! I want to wear a tank top and shorts! Wah!

Ahem. So I was dreaming about my favorite summer drink - lemonade. The best I've ever had is from McCormick & Schmick's: they make it with ten cubes of sugar and three lemons. It's perfectly tart and impossibly refreshing. Ahhhhh.

So what summer drink are you dreaming of?

Photo from here

P.S. Feel free to follow me! I promise only ever to lead you to bright, sunny places!

P.P.S. Thank you to everyone who participated in my giveaway! I'll be drawing the name tonight and I'll announce it on Thursday!

Summer arrives (although, if you live in Florida, it came around two months ago)!

First off, I want to thank everyone who came out to my May shows!  They were successful, more fun than words can describe and I am duly grateful.  

AAAaaand, I have been voted as one of Axis Magazine's 20 Coolest People in Orlando.

I kid you not.

Hooray! 

So you can read the interview of me at http://www.axismag.com (I'm on page 28) or pick it up at select locations (comment if you want to know where).  

I also have several enlightening shows this month so please take a break from beaches, barbecues and TVLand reruns to come by!

Thursday, June 19, from 7 - 9 p.m., I'm playing at Urban Think for Third Thursday.  For those who may not be familiar with Third Thursday, it's a monthly celebration of art in Orlando partaken by art venues from the Orlando Museum of Art to independent galleries.  There's wine, there's witty conversation and, this Thursday at least, there's me!  

Friday, June 27, 7:30-8:30 p.m., I'm back at my favorite haunt, Infusion Tea (1600 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, FL 32803).  They have iced tea too (and air conditioning), so don't let the sultry weather dissuade you.

Saturday, June 28, 11 - 2 p.m., I'm playing at the Winter Park Chamberlin's for a Health Fair!  How fun is THAT?!

Last of all, one of my fan vids (featuring Nick and Nora) on YouTube has had over one thousand views!  So, it must be good.  Check it out at http://youtube.com/watch?v=lVO4IcLuLLQ .  

I hope you have the very best June ever (so far!) and that I see you/hear from you soon.

Emma