Artichokes from the Portland Farmers Market
My friend Jo’s gumbo spices for Lovejoy Food.
Isn’t that a great idea? These are my two favorites from Inspired by Nature, on Life Lines.
Posts Tagged ‘ideas about nature’
Color palettes from the farmers market
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Your Daily Nap: Yurt Nap
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
The fox goes down the rabbit hole
Friday, April 24th, 2009Wait for it…wait for it…eee!
Via The Creature Feature, a new blog on Your Sweet Chinmeys! AND they linked back to me in their blogroll, thanks peeps!
TheFuckingWeather.com
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Hello, The Fucking Weather.
Type in your zipcode, see your fucking weather.
Someone make a widget please!
Via Yr So Portland, who has some hot Tips for the Pale Waif.
Happy Fat Rodent Day!
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Breaking news: Groundhog Day is a bat shit crazy holiday, and I want to go. I didn’t realize how much of a festival it is, complete with men in top hats with movie villain facial hair and 40,000 viewers.
The groundhog even gives (puts up with?) interviews (transcript: mmmrph squeek mmrph click) and being paraded all day. And there’s more than one place that holds a festival. SE Portland doesn’t have groundhogs, but we sure do have a lot of cats, so I’ll propose my own forecast system.
Here’s the list of 2009 groundhogs and their predictions, via Wikipedia. They have a correct guess score in the low 30%, but I’m still unclear on what they actually predict. Does spring mean higher temps? Flowers in bloom? A dating frenzy? Anyhoo, say hello to Malverne Mel, Wiarton Willy, Shubenacadie Sam, and the head honcho Punxsutawney Phil. Personally, I’m a fan of Wisconsin, for naming their little guy simply, “Jimmy the Groundhog.”
And here’s some more crazy photos of the 20lb rodent, which is roughly the size (and shape) of my cat Huxley. I can attest that hoisting Phil in the air must be a chore. In fact, I’ll go home and put Hux over my head, see if he freaks, and give the results tomorrow. (more…)
Want: Coat Safari
Monday, November 24th, 2008This past Friday was my 26th birthday. It was quite possibly one of the best yet, running from Thursday at midnight to Sunday at midnight. I forgot my camera cord, so I’ll have to post pics and a story tomorrow. But friends who came, thanks! I think everyone enjoyed themselves, and I just kept thinking about how if my whole year could be like this weekend…well, it would be incredible.
As a B-day gift to myself I scored a really awesome retro white naugahyde couch off craigslist. Pictures forthcoming. A woman pulled over and tried to buy it from me as I was moving it in.
More things from the my-apartment-is-getting-awesome category:
I’m about to have best entryway ever. Come in and hang your coat on the hippo butt, and your umbrella on the moose head. $50 per pair at the ever inspiring A+R Store.
Let’s book a camel tour
Saturday, October 4th, 2008A few days ago I realized there are camels in Israel. In fact, the place is right next to Egypt. I’ll be there on Friday, and I was shocked to realize this. So today I emailed several camel tour places, and generally could not stop thinking about camels. Hopefully we’ll be at a spa on the Dead Sea, and can then proceed to a camel tour, all in the same SEasterly direction. When I told Michael this he said, Our priorities are so different. But then he agreed anyway, if the price was right.
So, tonight I get home and both camel places have responded. Prompt camel wranglers–that seems good.
#1.) Hi there
You can choose of 2 options in the Sinai: the high range area or the sand
stone. A private tour for 2 will cost 390$ in total per day. There is an
option in the Eilat Mts as well but not as good as the Sinai Let me knowBest regards:
Erez Herrnstadt
But the second one is even better. (more…)