My friend Helen sent me a link to the coolest thing ever, a Diana lens for my camera!
Who needs a stinkin separate film camera when I can slip this on my SLR and take funky retro diana pix anytime.
Thanks Helen!
Add comment November 28th, 2009
Football
Pandora
Pumpkin
Glee
Dogs
Part 1 here
3 comments November 14th, 2009
We love us some Daily Show around here. My attention span for politics is about a 2 on a good day, add exhaustion and a headache to that and who can read full transcripts of Obama’s speeches anymore? Not I.
The other night they showed this clip and honestly, I cannot believe it. I made Matthew rewind it so I could watch it again, mouth agape. I mean we all know Fox News is not so much “news” but come on. Talk about false reporting, it made me physically ill that people trust this as an honest news source. I actually feel sorry for the viewers.
And you wonder why I don’t understand republicans…
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2 comments November 13th, 2009
I have always been a picky eater. I just am. So much is texture (how do people eat sausages?) but some is taste, I just cannot stand rich foods, or as Matthew calls them “flavorful” what-EVER. Please don’t butter my toast and don’t dare let that sour cream touch my potato. Sauce on the side! I have gotten so much better the past few years but for instance, I used to take the cheese off pizza. Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking either.
{pizza courtesy Pequods, Chicago IL}
Thankfully I am over that nonsense.
With Matthew in Boston this weekend I really wanted to make dinner using one of the forbidden ingredients. We have complete opposite taste in food and it can be overwhelming to decide what to have. We eat a lot of chicken. He thinks he is a chef’s gift to eating because he is adventurous. He will eat sweetbreads and haggis but dare a stray tomato touch his salad! Unfortunately the list of ingredients he dislikes is becoming fairly long and I am having a hard time finding new recipes that meet these intense demands. Unbeknownst to him I have been keeping track and now I am going to out him right here on my internet website.
Me:
Processed Meat (incl ground meat, flat meat and sausages)
Game and offal
Fishy fishes (trout, bass)
Cheese besides mozz, cheddar and brie
creamy sauces
anything from a raw bar
spicy I like spicy food now!
{burger courtesy of Sheep Station, Brooklyn NY}
Matthew:
Tomatoes
Spinach
Eggplant
Sweet Potato
Olives
baby corn
Pickles that are not cornichons
Lemon zest (any zest)
Chocolate dessert
citrus dessert
tofu
blue cheese
I’ll let you decide.
5 comments November 7th, 2009
Over a month in and how am I doing? Poorly.
I’m not sure if its just exhaustion or that TV is pretty horrible these days but I found myself ditching previously watched shows for stuff like “King of the Crown”
Here’s the update:
Existing Shows
How I Met Your Mother – yay
Heroes – completely forgot I missed the last half of last season. so no.
Gossip Girl – college is kinda lame compared to HS but i’m still watching
One Tree Hill – I do not have the brain capacity for brand new characters. Hanging by a thread.
90210 – awesome, even better than last year. Everyone is so much more…shiny.
Americas Next Top Model – short bitches are annoying, other than that its fantastic
Bones - is this on yet? if so I am way far behind
Greys Anatomy – yep
The Office – yep
30 Rock – yep
Supernatural - 5 eps behind because I watch it with MP and he is never ever home
The Ghost Whisperer – oh HELL no they did not fast forward 5 years into the future. They just lost their only viewer
Ugly Betty – so good but I’m terrified it will be cancelled
Brothers and Sisters - kind of boring lately
The Amazing Race – love
plus: Mad Men, Top Chef, Project Runway, Army Wives - all yes (good, awesome, good, kinda lame)
Forgot to include: Rachel Zoe Project -bananas, Toddlers and Tiaras – love, and Greek - seriously behind because they dont replay.
New Shows I Am Going To Try Out
The Biggest Loser -maybe, if I can get the 1st episode -No
Mercy -a doctor show. Might not like it - SNORE
The Beautiful Life – Mischa Barton and models. as Matthew says, every show on the CW is exactly the same. Which I think is their hook.-Cancelled before I watched
Modern Family – looks cute, we’ll see. not expecting anything - ADORBS! Love this show. Best new show on TV. 500x better than glee (see below)
Cougar Town – Sure I’ll try it – Haven’t seen it, found out just last week it’s a comedy. Who knew!
Melrose Place – Maybe, the pilot was v boring. It is on the CW though… Booooooooring
Glee – delicious fun, love it already – Decided I only like the musical numbers. Still watching it anyway.
Flash Forward – Will try it once. - Nope
Eastwick – Totally in -never gave it a shot
Vampire Diaries – of course. (CW!) -Watched 1 eps, like it. Need to catch up on the rest.
What should I bother watching? Any recommendations?
4 comments November 5th, 2009
I bought a lot of clothes for Asher before he was born. I wasn’t having a shower, I’m a sucker for things on sale, and I had zero interest in buying anything for my hugely pregnant self. As soon as I found out I was having a boy I went a little crazy snatching up cute boy outfits right and left. See evidence here.
I organized all these adorable baby clothes so many times and eventually washed all the 0-6 months and put them away in drawers. Lately I’ve slowly been putting the 0-3 months clothes back in the storage bin and putting him in some of the larger items.
Yesterday Matthew went to change him into something without barf on it and he came back in this warm and fuzzy, cuddly, snuggly, baby gap one piece that he hasn’t worn before.
My first thought was “YAY the legs are long enough.”
My second thought was “What is up with those shoulders?”
OH MY GOD THAT OUTFIT IS MEANT FOR A GIRL
I distinctly remember picking this up from (what I thought was) a unisex pile at the gap. It sure looks unisex in its brown/brown stripe glory but it is clearly not.
ahem…CLEARLY.
Doesn’t he look faaaabulous?
(psst-Dude. You are wearing girl clothes!)
“Woe is me” is right.
Anyone in the market for a 3-6mos velour one piece from baby gap organic?
4 comments November 4th, 2009
I am kind of obsessed with decor. I read a lot of design and decor blogs in the hopes that one day I’ll actually have a home large enough to decorate properly. In the meantime I skim the eye candy and sigh.
The problem with reading 30 different sites on a daily basis is that there is so much repetition it can make you anger at the thought of seeing one more owl figurine or ironic poster. People link to other people and a craze is born.
This year’s craze: Chalkboards
Chalkboard Paint – the paint that started it all. I think chalkboards are adorable. In small doses.
I have thought about buying these decals for an office or entryway:
or in a little kid’s room or playroom:
Now I don’t know any people in real life that have any in their homes so it’s still somewhat novel. We are truly bombarded with it on the internet.
Paint your kid’s room! Paint your recycling bins! Paint your refrigerator! Paint your entire kitchen! (?)
Honestly, the people are going crazy with the chalkboard paint and I’m afraid it’s only going to get worse before it gets better.
What’s next? CHALKBOARD TABLECLOTHS??
Oh wait.
Is this for real? Am I the only person who does not want to sit at a table and get chalk all over my hands while eating?
If you go by the trend on the food blogs (all bacon all the time since vosges came out with that bacon bar in 2007) we will be seeing chalkboard decorating ideas for a good long while. Just hopefully not at people’s tables. I’ll tell you where you WILL be seeing it – at Target. They now carry a line of really cute chalkboard wall decals.
2 comments November 2nd, 2009
OhSureWhyNot.
I have agreed to post every single day in November*.
I do not promise it will be good, but it will be here. Apologies in advance.
*I am taking requests.
1 comment October 28th, 2009
