Raw Organic Food Bar in Chocolate Coconut
I suppose that a bar isn't a proper breakfast, but these Raw Organic Food Bars in Chocolate Coconut things are so good that i want to eat them for every meal. Though hard to find, they are the perfect mix of chocolate (which i'm not a huge fan of), coconut, dates and other delish though mushed up stuff that i don't care to actually look at. I keep them by my computer and eat them half at a time when the urge to snack slaps me in the face, and at 230 calories a pop they are a pretty solid snack.
Braid it out
Stop whatever it is that you are doing right now, grab a mirror and do this. Seriously. It will make you smile.
Plus how pretty is she, with a nikon to boot.
Vodka Rosemary Lemonade Fizz
I meant to take a picture of what I think may be my summer cocktail of choice, the Vodka Lemonade Fizz. The original recipe is from Gourmet Magazine but I've made some tweaks below, and I think it's just what you need on another rainy June day - a refreshingly light summer cocktail that packs enough of a silent punch so you can forget that it should be about 70 degrees, dry and sunny.
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 (8-inch) rosemary sprigs
- 1/2 cup vodka (*we used Smirnoff Lime)
- Chilled club soda or seltzer (*we used Poland Spring Lime Sparking Water)
Bring lemon juice, sugar, and rosemary to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Discard rosemary sprigs. (This can be added to many drinks so you may want to make more (though the recipe is for 8). Pretty sure it lasts forever and smells amazing.)
Fill 8 (8-ounces) glasses halfway with ice. Divide syrup (about 2 tablespoons each) among glasses and add vodka (1 tablespoon each...or a bit more). Top off with sparkling.- * guess i should say that i have a strong love of lemonade and lime.
Crawfish and boys from Louisiana...
I highly recommend falling for a guy from Louisiana.
Really. If for no other reason but the joy of having live crawfish sent to your nyc apartment. From the moment of seeing these little buggers crawl around in water to "purge" to pouring them perfectly cooked on a newspaper covered table, opening up a cold beer and eating until your nose runs and your lips burn.
I guess you don't really need the LA guy part, but that's part of the fun. Do it. Really. It was my first crawfish experience and I wouldn't have it any other way...
(crawfish from LA Crawfish)
“There is a Dutch saying, ‘Don’t fret, it will turn out differently anyway.’ I believe that.”
- Audrey Hepburn
Conan...day one success
I love this guy and this clip is no difference. Just plain funny.
Forget me not
Local B-day present from D. Perfect even on my tiny fingers.
The original mold was crafted from a real piece of string expertly tied into a bow, each piece is then hand-cast in sterling silver.
“I’m thirty. I’m five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor."
-The Great Gatsby
at least for a few more days...
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare,"Measure for Measure", Act 1 scene 4
Type Tray: Veer Love
If i had a laptop you can bet your bottom dollar that this would be one of the next purchases (after a mighty mouse and a solid external drive) - it would sit somewhere by the sofa and we would take turns vegging on the sofa and working or shopping/surfing online with unaffected thighs. It would be fantastic. I heart felt...
3/4" of 100% wool felt with laser-cut typographic design
Get your own: Veer Type Tray
3/4" of 100% wool felt with laser-cut typographic design
Get your own: Veer Type Tray
with or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
i could hold you for a million years, to make you feel my love
Adele (original by Bob Dylan)
19
My new uniform
My current uniform is a comfy pair of black workout pants and one of D's tees. But in a my mind, this is what I'm wearing: skinny jeans, white tank, jacket, heels and all. Once I can see the end of this - this necklace is my first buy.
Oh, and how amazing is Ms. Hutton?! I DIE...
Snag this pretty one for yourself, or feel free to gift it to me (hi D!!)
Get it here: Silk-ribbon chain-link necklace, $98
*pict from jcrew
someone said this can be an adventure, someone else said this...
You are being asked to change everything in your life, including you...Maybe the job was comfortable however it seems it is not where you are supposed to be...not right now anyway...
There is something right around the corner.. get out and look for it or you may never find it...follow your intuition... in other words, divine wisdom. Ask and you will receive...
Consider this your opportunity to be anyone you choose to be...
March 19, 2009
That was the date yesterday.
Yesterday I was laid off.
I know that I am not the only one this has happened too, I know that I will not be the last. But it is still happening, it still hurts, I'm still shocked and scared and sick to my stomach. Everyone says that this will end up being a good thing and I do believe them - but not today. Today sucks. Today it sucks.
Tomorrow, or maybe Monday it will be an adventure.
Monday I will write here more, bake/eat and reconnect with friends with myself, remember what it feels like to have choices, send around my resume - hope that my site is up and running and that I can feel again, maybe enjoy the freedom, perhaps even sleep in or run.
But that's Monday. Today is Friday - let's hope this weekend goes by fast...
Yesterday I was laid off.
I know that I am not the only one this has happened too, I know that I will not be the last. But it is still happening, it still hurts, I'm still shocked and scared and sick to my stomach. Everyone says that this will end up being a good thing and I do believe them - but not today. Today sucks. Today it sucks.
Tomorrow, or maybe Monday it will be an adventure.
Monday I will write here more, bake/eat and reconnect with friends with myself, remember what it feels like to have choices, send around my resume - hope that my site is up and running and that I can feel again, maybe enjoy the freedom, perhaps even sleep in or run.
But that's Monday. Today is Friday - let's hope this weekend goes by fast...
notte sento: stop-motion short film
Stunning.
See it here:notte sento: stop-motion short film
It's been a very long month.
"When you love someone, you do not love them all the time in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet, this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of time and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity in freedom. The only real security is not owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now. For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits islands surrounded and interrupted by the sea, continuously visited and abandoned by the tides. Once must accept the serenity of the winged life, ebb and flow, of intermittency."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Find it here: Julia Society
Sagmeister: Obsessions Make My Life Worse and My Life Better
This September Sagmeister Inc. participated in Droog Event 2: Urban Play. A public art installation consistinh of 250.000 eurocents placed on the floor, covering more than 300sqm on a square in Amsterdam. The coins spelled out “Obsessions make my life worse and my work better”. The piece is part of the series “Things I have learned in my life so far” the newest book by Stefan Sagmeister.About the sentence is - Stefan Sagmeister's own words:
"I rarely obsess about things in my private life. I fail to care about the right shade of green for the couch, the sexual secrets of an ex-lover or the correct temperature of the meeting room AC. I don’t think I miss much.
However, I do obsess over our work and think that a number of our better projects came out of such an obsession. Doodling obsessively onto a poster depicting a headless chicken and an obsession with white angry monkeys that ultimately led to the giant inflatable animals all over Scotland are just two such examples.
From Bernd and Hilda Becher’s obsessive need to record every water tower to On Kawara’s date paintings and James Turrell’s Roden Crater, obsessions seem to be an important ingredient in the work of many of our favorite contemporary artists.
Obsessions make my Life worse and my Work better.*
*”Think dangerously, act safely” is a close relative - possibly its uncle -from my mentor Tibor Kalman.
- Stefan Sagmeister
The design is created using four different shades of pennies. Sorted by color, then laid out on tiles. Set it and forget it! Check out links below to see what happened. Very Cool.
Stunning work: Don't Play
Collaboration between Krzysztof Domaradzki / Kxx and Peter Jaworowski. Click the link at the bottom - there is more awesomeness.
Go there: Don't Pay on the Behance Network
