For our annual Halloween party I created a black light bar and made drinks that glow in a black light. Tonic water glows well under a black light because of the quinine in it, so I made “Gin & Bubonic” and tonic water ice cubes. I also had “Dr. Rotten’s Ultimate Embalming Fluid” (Tampico blueberry juice and tonic water) and Toxic Waste (Mountain Dew). Our guests loved it…but were scared to walk past the haunt that hovered over the bar (me).
This is an ode to summer called the I-Am-Going-To-Miss-Summer-and-Farmer’s-Markets-Delightful-Treats-Lunch. Beautiful late summer lettuce and tomato salad with olive oil and homemade white balsamic vinegar, partnered with a bowl of organic strawberries. Must be eaten outside in the last warm sunlight of the season.
The lovely people at Fair Indigo sent me a Jiffy the Giraffe in thanks for my last post about their Joobles line of children’s clothes. Thank you so much, I love him!
Jiffy had an adventurous first day when I took him to work at the university. I found out he is quite the hipster-intellectual.
He was quite impressed with my large monitor, but he got bored with work quickly and I caught him making copies of his bum on the photocopier.
Later in the morning he shared a Starbucks with Heath and hung out in her lap, but she had to give him back to me when he commandeered her cell phone and sunglasses and went “Hollywood” on her.
Jiffy went to lunch with Harry and me and climbed around in the library bookstacks. He is concerned with the state of the union and mostly hung out in the economics section where he become interested in a book on economic restructuring. After lunch, he wanted to check out the news so I got him a New York Times, which he happily devoured for an hour or so.
I think Jiffy had a very fulfilling day and seemed to be very happy coming to work with me. He thought the university was very nice and hopes to teach a class here someday on personal finance and the importance of saving money…and baby giraffes.
Last night I went all giggly and cuddly over the Organic Cotton Joobles Collection from Fair Indigo. I love the giraffe sweater with the little green horns. I don’t have children, but I want one of the little stuffed animals to sit next to my computer and smile at me all day.
The lovely Michelle Kaufmann has a nice blog about creating beautiful green items for your home. I have admired this very cool woman for several years now and her business has really taken off. I still dream about visiting (and living in) a Glidehouse or the Lotus.
I took a wire jewelry class and made a messy little bird’s nest pin with beads for eggs. The class and even my professor gushed over it so much that I have decided to make them for Christmas and birthday gifts. I did one for my friend Heather for her birthday with a few eggs and a baby bunny.
I would feel bad wiping my muddy shoes off on this gorgeous door mat featuring my favorite little birds. This mat comes from one of my favorite catalogs, Acacia (A sheltering tree and a source of healing materials and essential oils. Isn’t that beautiful?) which sells natural handmade products for the home and body.
Ugly, but cute, things seem to be very popular now. What with Ugly Dolls and Ugly Betty, the dweeb mentality is starting to infiltrate and hopefully take over this nation’s fixation with unattainable beauty and perfection. I happen to love using old, castoff items to make new friends like the Plush-O-Rama toys and the Stupid Sock Creatures. I am planning on spending some downtime making an ugly little friend of my own…just like chemgrrl.
I love random public art and the windsurf/kiteboarding shrines at Big Washoe are some of the most loved and well cared for. Each season new art boards and colorful characters pop up out of the sand and enjoy the blue sky and mountain view.
This darling window box belongs to a secret cottage on a secret island in a secret bay. It rains in the spring, snows in the winter and little boats carry people to and fro.
