January 2012
2 posts
Spoiler alert!
When you work in the restaurant world you A) work a lot. B) sleep a lot. C) do not eat a lot.
This leaves little time for exploring/eating your way through a new city, taking pictures of said city and/or blogging about said city for all interested parties back home.
So I apologize, said parties, for the lack of recent Nola documentation. With the exception of strong, black...
Wanderluck
Lots of wandering and bike riding happening down here! We have returned to the Garden District the past four days to look at apartments, toodle around and buy bikes! We both bought our primary mode of transport from “the Bike Guys” as I call them. Jim and John buy antique bikes from Kansas City, fix up in the backyard of their beautiful Nola home and sell them ‘to mostly cute...
September 2011
1 post
Bluebird.
“This pair of wings rusted from too many years by my side.
They carry me, swear to be, sturdy and strong,
But see, turning them on still means goodbye.
And so here we go bluebird,
Gather your strength and rise up.
Oh, let him go bluebird.
Ready to fly, you and I,
Here we go”.
—Sara Bareilles
Sounds like:
“My Man”
Looks like:
Klimt
Feels like:
...
December 2010
1 post
Barefoot in the Kitchen: Learn to do by making... →
barefootinkitchen:
Sometimes you just gotta bake.
Sometimes you crave something a little out of the ordinary.
Sometimes that means going outside of your comfort zone.
New recipes. Savory recipes. Considerably less sugar than you are used to baking with.
These things happen. Some people do it…
October 2010
2 posts
Barefoot in the Kitchen: A tearful goodbye... →
barefootinkitchen:
Is there anything better than summer?
I am not talking a sweltering, concrete-jungle kind of summer where you sweat in the shower, on the subway, basically anywhere.
I am talking summer on the lake, with friends, a little summer ale and seasonal baked goods.
Summer 2010…
Barefoot in the Kitchen: Cupcakes! →
barefootinkitchen:
What happens at the bachelorette party stays at the bachelorette party.
Unless of course you have three of the most amazing cupcake recipes of all time. That I will give you. The rest, well…I am sworn to secrecy.
I recommend sharing these with lovely new family members, lots of…
September 2010
2 posts
Barefoot in the Kitchen: Double Birthday...All the... →
barefootinkitchen:
It is Birthday season around these parts!
…And that means lots of smiles, lots of presents, and lots of toasts!
Oh, and lots of yummy, yummy Birthday desserts!!!
And because they are Birthday treats, calories don’t count. Dreams!
Two out of my four roomies had their birthdays in…
The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. We, of that time, are no longer the same.
August 2010
3 posts
Barefoot in the Kitchen: Good friends, good food. →
Is there anything better than a dinner party with friends?
…How about a dinner party with some of your best friends and some of the best food you have eaten all summer?
And, what’s that? New recipes you say? Recipes that instantaneously become your new favorites?
Yes, please!
There…
Again and Again.
Again and again, however we know the landscape of love
and the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,
and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the others
fall: again and again the two of us walk out together
under the ancient trees, lie down again and again
among the flowers, face to face with the sky.
Barefoot in the Kitchen: The time has come... →
Soooo earlier this week I promised something BIG.
Something EXCITING.
Something GROUNDBREAKING!
And not to toot my own horn, but I really think that what I have in store for you is all three…AND it involves pie.
Aaaannnnndddddd…..Drum roll please!
PIE IN A JAR!
And not just…
May 2010
1 post
i like my body when it is with your body.
April 2010
2 posts
Window
“All I can do is look up from the train at the windows in the buildings that might be hers. Every one of them could be her window, it sometimes seem to me, and at other times I think that none of them could be hers.”
—A Window by Haruki Murakami
Inspiration:
Dali’s Destino
House of Flying Daggers
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Sylvia Plath
...
Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating.
Underneath the Armor
“It’s okay to say you’ve got a weak spot You don’t always have to be on top Better to be hated than love, love, loved for what you’re not.”
— I Am Not a Robot by Marina and the Diamonds
Inspiration:
Bjork “All is Full of Love”
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
Isabel Toledo
Cate Blancett
December 2009
2 posts
November 2009
2 posts
A break in the clouds.
There…I am.
Brush the ash aside.
October 2009
1 post
September 2009
9 posts
Holy Toledo!
Praise be to Isabel Toledo and all that her innovatively amazing mind has to offer not only the fashion world, but also the world of people as well. I saw her speak tonight (along with her BRILLIANT artist husband Ruben) at FIT and she is simply…a vision. If her groundbreaking silhouettes and construction work do not shock and amaze, then her beautiful persona and the passion she has for...
Isle of Gov
True to their word (as they so often are), TimeOut was right. Governor’s Island is shaping up to be one of the premier day vacation spots of the future. If you are looking for a way to get out of the city this fall, FERRY…DON’T WALK, to the Island of Governor’s. In addition to the 5 minute ferry to get there, the diverse art exhibits, AMAZING art installations, roving...
Why I love photography, Ithaca, NY, and the idea...
www.shaiphoto.com
For all of the...
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
Folks is just folks.
“Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.”
—Harper Lee, as spoken by the character Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Besides supplying me with my future children’s names, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of my favorite books of all time. I’m talking Top Three here. I might even go so far as to say it is one...
Word.Inspired.Wear.
I started this blog with the express purpose of getting all the ideas out of my head and into the world. This includes writing, pictures, sketches, thoughts, random ideas, etc.
The biggest contribution I hope to make here is for my long-term business. I am calling it word.inspired.wear., and I hope to create “fashion” silhouettes based on lines from plays, literature, and music. I am...
This is why I miss Sassy Maxy
Top Ten
The incredibly talented crew at Go To Die decided to make a “Top Ten” list of fantasy hook-ups. Here be mine!
(In no particular order)
1. Kate Winslet
She showed her bubbies back in her Titanic days…she showed them again after she had 2 babies….this woman is fearless.
2. P!nk
One word: Trapeze.
3. Rachel McAdams
This lady is one of the most versatile and...