Bread Pudding or Bust.

In my experiences people either love-love or hate-hate bread pudding. I stand firmly in the former camp, although I didn’t even try the gooey concoction until well into my 20s. My favorite is here in Oklahoma City, at a barbeque restaurant that used to house a speakeasy called The County Line. Their bread pudding is served up as a huge piece in a bowl, studded with raisins and covered in sugary whiskey sauce. The best part? There’s always leftovers for breakfast the next day. I recently came across some recipes that were savory versions of bread pudding that I’m anxious to try as well. {As always, click on the photo to go to the recipe.}

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Brawlers.

I’ve been spotting a ton of great masculine pieces lately, and so far the Brawler series by illustrator Fredrik Tjernstrom has been my favorite. Can’t you just picture them adorning the walls of a billiard room or library, the air heavy with cigar smoke and rolled up shirt sleeves everywhere?

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Printed.

Mike Oncley

the cocktail gallery

mrYen

The Sasquatch

I have a cozy corner in my living room. In it sits my favorite chair, a tea tray table and two walls of revolving artwork. Some of it is mine, but the majority are prints I’ve picked up over the past few years. Each one is special to me and I’m always looking for the next piece to add to my collection. Right now these are all riding mighty high on the list.

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Mapping Stereotypes.

Europe According to USA

Europe According to Gay Men

Europe According to Britain

I’m such a geography jerk, I love maps. In fact, one of the things I always have my eyes open for is a set of classroom maps. You know, the kind that get pulled down by a string? I’d love to hang them in my non-existent dining room. I love these prints by Yanko Tsvetkov that map stereotypes of Europe through other demographics’ eyes are fantastic.

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