October 2, 2008

Excuse and an Update.

This week has been incredibly busy and strange all at the same time. Posting should be back to normal come Monday.

Updates:
• I’m almost over this awful virus (nothing a little alcohol won’t kill!)
• I made a freestyle apple tart yesterday for Chris’s belated birthday treat
• I’ve decided to recycle my Halloween costume from two years ago this October 31st… with a twist
• I found out one of my very best friends is moving to Tulsa for six months while her husband is out to sea with the Navy(!) – which means she’ll only be an hour’s drive away
• After 2 1/2 years of living in Oklahoma I finally gave in and got my OK driver’s license this morning – just in time for the election!

:: photo via ffffound

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October 2, 2008

The Daily Eat: Plum Clafoutis.

“A clafoutis is somewhere between a cake, a custard, a sweet omelette and a souffle. But really, I shouldn’t grope for a category: it is what it is. It’s a clafoutis. And it’s delicious.”

Can’t wait to try this Plum Clafoutis!!

:: recipe and photo via Taste Buddies

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October 1, 2008

Zoe Bradley.

If Zoe Bradley has a signature, it is most definitely dramatic silhouettes. Bradley’s work combines sculpture, fashion and theater to create headpieces, dresses, and sets for ad campaigns, editorials, catwalk shows and window installations. All created with high quality papers and touches of fabric. The woman is quite simple this: Absofreakinamazing.



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October 1, 2008

On the Rocks: Tartini.

Have you ever sampled the Tartini? Introduced via Sex and the City, this cocktail takes components from both the martini and the flirtini and combines them all into a treat for your tastebuds.

Ingredients:
– fluid ounce berry vodka
– 1/2 fluid ounce orange liqueur
– 1/2 fluid ounce pineapple juice
– 1/2 fluid ounce cranberry juice
– juice from half a lime
– Champagne

Combine the raspberry vodka, cointreau, pineapple juice, cranberry juice, and lime juice in a shaker. Shake well for 45 seconds to form ice crystals. Strain into a glass and top with a splash of Champagne Makes 1 cocktail.

:: cocktail and photo via YumSugar

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October 1, 2008

Mad Props: September.

A little late, but finally here – September Mad Props!

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September 29, 2008

Rise and Sigh Bed Sheets.

Designer Martina Carpelan took sleeping (or a lack thereof) to the next level with the creation of her Rise and Sigh bed sheets.

Rise and sigh is a collection of revealing bed sheets that plays with incidents often taking place in hotels. Different sleeping positions give different imprints on the sleepers’ body. The imprints give you a hint about last night’s atmosphere, suggest you what to do and tell things about you.The Rise and sigh collection consists of three embroidered bed sets; for the bachelor, for the love affair and for the one night stand.

:: via Roadside Scholar

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