During our recent trip to SXSW we ran into a group of some of our favorite Boulder friends. We enjoyed a drink, told some Austin stories, and posed for this picture. Have a look and see if you can find the differences between the pictures below. *hint: there are 9 things to find*

I should rename this “Once in a long Ryle”. It’s amazing how busy life has been. A lot of new and exciting things have happened, and are about to. Heather and I are traveling to San Francisco next week, and are really looking forward to it. It’s going to be a fun week for Tweety Got Back, hoping to make a lot of good connections. I’m loving our site right now! I’m spending a lot of time getting to know our users, and discovering new artists to feature. If you haven’t checked out Natasha Wescoat you should. I am so thrilled that she has given us her art to use as themes on our site. She is amazing. I also love the new artists that we have coming, it’s going to be awesome people! Get ready to freshen up your Twitter :)

In creating hundreds of picture comments for My Space Or Yours, I couldn’t help but get a little carried away in the world of .gif’s! Here are some of my favorite animated gif. creations:

NOTE: After posting all the .gif’s to the front page, it looked too much like a MySpace profile page back in the day. So I’ve moved them to the “Read More” link.

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*click the image to see the larger version*

I’m hosting a jewelry and purse happy hour to support the businesses of two talented women.

Mimi Steiger creates fun and creative pieces of jewelry that all will love. Her style is truly unique and fun to wear. She will be hand carving TweetyGotBack fat bird necklaces for this event, get ‘em while they’re hot. Heather and I adore ours!

My sister amazes me, and I am so proud of the work that she does. She moved to Hong Kong with the hope to help women get off the streets, off drugs, and on a new path. Her hope became their reality. She now runs a business that employs women who are *heading a new direction. Off the streets, and their old addictions they now create beautiful *H.A.N.D. purses from recycled materials. Giving the women and materials a new life is my sisters joy. She teaches them as they sew that they are all unique, and so the purses are too. No two purses are alike, just like us! The insides of each purse are lined with fun and bright materials, as Annalisa has taught the women “the inside of you is the most beautiful part, wait until people see!”.

Prices for all items range from $5 to $75. Find a purse or piece of jewelry that’s perfect for you, or a friend. First come first serve, so come early! Plus you’ll want to get there in time for happy hour drink prices :)

Hope to see you all there!

Hosted at Threadless 1468 Pearl Street Suite 200 5:30-7:30

Tomorrow we head to Nashville Tennessee to visit my family! My brothers and sister will be flying in from Philadelphia. It should be a hoot of a time. While living there for a couple of years I discovered my favorite southern spots. Although I’m so happy I moved back to Boulder, there are some places I want to see. We’ll go down to Pucket’s, the grocery store where people smoke in the aisles while shopping. We’ll have a drink at Bart’s, the bar that specializes in fried bologna sandwiches & fried Snickers for dessert. And we’ll stop by my favorite barbershop, Jake’s. Simply to see his “hours of operation” sign, because it makes me smile…

Wen? Trus? Oh, Tennessee…I can’t wait to be back! I’m sure I’ll have more southern stories once I return on Tuesday! Bye Boulder, you’re the only ten I see!

The answer is, probably not. If there is a photo of me online, that I’ve uploaded, 99.9% of the time I guarantee that I have photoshopped it. My waist made smaller, my boobs made bigger, my eyes greener, my height taller…there is nothing I won’t touch-up. I simply love to photoshop. I plan to share with you pictures of my daily life, my fun friends, and my exciting travels. To spice it up I will be posting the original photo, as well as the photoshopped version. Below is a picture of me in the Portland Chinese Gardens. Can you find the differences between the two? (I’ve made this first one pretty easy, there are only 5 things that are different.)

I love the Eiffel Tower, but not like Erika Eiffel. The woman who fell in love with it so much that she proved her commitment by conducting a ceremony of marriage to the historic Paris structure. Now married, the Eiffel Tower is in a long distance relationship with her wife Erika, who lives in San Francisco. Here is a picture of their wedding:

What a beautiful ceremony. Wait, what’s that on Erika’s chest? Oh, it’s a tattoo of her wife centered in her cleavage. Interesting. I wonder, did the Tower want to marry Erika? Did the Tower have a choice? If I marry the Tower too, does that allow me some kind of special rights in France? Anyways, if you’re bored and want a giggle you should watch the video on their love. Here’s the link: The Awful Eiffel Wedding

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Meet me, Rachel Ryle. The first thing you need to know about me is I think it’s about time I blog. Everyday I have a story to tell, and every “once in a while” they’ll give a good laugh. For instance, while typing this I’m watching “Teen Cribs” on MTV. A girl is showing off her parents house that has been renovated from a 1950’s hotel. All in all the house is pretty cool, with unique rooms and stories throughout. Marilyn Monroe once stayed there, as well as Cary Grant. And then she showed the room where she casually mentions “a prostitute was murdered in here by being beheaded and left in the closet”. Hence the reason the hotel was closed down and years later sold to a family who renovated it into their home. These are stories I find interesting. If you don’t find that funny, maybe the next post will be more your style!