Monday, May 6, 2013
Old School Melody
Hailing from Denver, CO., Bass Physics incorporate live instruments into their creations for a smooth, electro soul / hip/hop style
A Little Reinventing
So I've moved again. This time to a lovely and magical place called Florabama. It's real. Trust me. They throw fish around here for fun. True story. I was there. (The full story of the whole thing can be found here: MULLET TOSS!But this place that I speak of is essentially the Alabama / Florida line, the bottom of which lines the gulf coast. And first, before anything else, let us please just take a moment and pay homage to all the delicious, incredible home cooking that is EVERYWHERE down here. It has taught me that everything deserves to be tried fried. Period. And fish with names previously unknown to my tongue, are fast becoming the best fish I've tasted to date.
To be honest, I came to this place for a summer of kickin it on the beach, for a summer of no responsibilities and to find my true core. To find myself some might call it? I feel the term is too over-used but maybe it's the right term in a certain sense. I can safely report back that while I've only been here a couple weeks, it has already started affecting in me in ways that I perhaps only subconsciously hoped. There's an energy here thats new to me. Things like culture, manners, what a person says and how they say it, relations and how their parameters should not be taken for granted, face value of objects / people/ ideas, fashion, and networking and connections have got my head spinning. It's going to be a growing summer. I can already feel my tentative plans for this fall start to pale in my rearview mirror...
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Photography
I was browsing Pinterest and came across a beautiful collection of photos .... if I had any talent pertaining to photography, these are the type of pictures I would seek. Find them all at awelltraveledwoman.com
Almost Christmas
There is a quote in the book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, where Charlie talks about how Christmas is always more fun with kids. I have honestly been leafing through the book for a half hour now trying to find it....does anyone out there reading this know the quote I'm talking about?
Regardless, the remembrance of this quote, combined with the closeness of the holiday itself has got me thinking. Why is it that this is the case? Children only get as excited about Christmas as their adults make them. It is actually the adults that create the Christmas miracles all along. Knowing that their actions create a magic aura for small souls, the parents, relatives, friends bring out all forces to make the holiday special, an experience.
It's a beautiful thing and so sad that many of us give up on these special efforts as we grow up and the aura disappears. We let go of traditions like baking cookies for Santa or making paper chains or going to see fun xmas or nativity skits or getting everyone to go sledding after Christmas dinner, because well, there's no one that needs an illusion built. But I think deep down, we all still need an illusion built for us. We need a season that takes us above everyday life. It may seem that it is the adults that make Christmas special for kids, but really, it's the kids that remind us of the innocent and pure magic of the season.
So whether or not there are children in your life this year, bring back the aura of Christmas. Start a new tradition or bring back old ones. Silly ones. Ones that you laugh at even while doing. Get excited about them. For yourself and for all the adults around you.
If you have a tradition that you already enjoy every year, leave it as a present in comment form so that others can get inspired this holiday season :) Happy Christmas cyber world!
Regardless, the remembrance of this quote, combined with the closeness of the holiday itself has got me thinking. Why is it that this is the case? Children only get as excited about Christmas as their adults make them. It is actually the adults that create the Christmas miracles all along. Knowing that their actions create a magic aura for small souls, the parents, relatives, friends bring out all forces to make the holiday special, an experience.
It's a beautiful thing and so sad that many of us give up on these special efforts as we grow up and the aura disappears. We let go of traditions like baking cookies for Santa or making paper chains or going to see fun xmas or nativity skits or getting everyone to go sledding after Christmas dinner, because well, there's no one that needs an illusion built. But I think deep down, we all still need an illusion built for us. We need a season that takes us above everyday life. It may seem that it is the adults that make Christmas special for kids, but really, it's the kids that remind us of the innocent and pure magic of the season.
So whether or not there are children in your life this year, bring back the aura of Christmas. Start a new tradition or bring back old ones. Silly ones. Ones that you laugh at even while doing. Get excited about them. For yourself and for all the adults around you.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Couch Surfing
Sleeping on a couch you learn a couple things. Things such as, one medium sized girl and one medium sized puppy fit just perfectly together on one. They fit just lovely together.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Quote
It has been said that time heals all wounds, I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting it's sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessons, but is never gone. - Rose Kennedy
Friday, November 2, 2012
THE granola. Damn.
The is it. The best granola ever made. Hands down. Recipe:
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teas salt
1/2 teas cinnamon
1/2 teas cardamom
1 cup raw pistachios
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 cup dried, chopped apricots
With oven set a hair over 300, mix all ingredients except apricots in a bowl. Spread on two cookie sheets. (the more you can spread out the mixture the more evenly it will cook. Bake for about 50 min, stirring every 10 min, or until golden brown. Best served under milk or over plain yogurt as too let the delicate flavors take center stage...
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teas salt
1/2 teas cinnamon
1/2 teas cardamom
1 cup raw pistachios
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 cup dried, chopped apricots
With oven set a hair over 300, mix all ingredients except apricots in a bowl. Spread on two cookie sheets. (the more you can spread out the mixture the more evenly it will cook. Bake for about 50 min, stirring every 10 min, or until golden brown. Best served under milk or over plain yogurt as too let the delicate flavors take center stage...
Simple, healthy(er) pumpkin muffins...
Woke this morning to the first snow of the season! The pup's first steps outside in the white fluffies were wary.. I think he was trying to figure out if he was going to sink through it... It just threw his all out of sorts. He didn't trust the ground so he made an executive decision to play it safe and pee on the steps of the deck instead!
The weather has inspired me to start in on some baking and other wintery/nesting activities: pumpkin muffins and granola!
I found a seriously simple recipe for lowfat pumpkin muffins a while back and today seemed like the day to try it. All that is required in these little gems is a box of cake mix and a can of pumpkin. I ended end adding a have can of water as well. The recipe just called for white ale mix but I found a spice cake mix and that, I feel, lent itself well to the pumpkin flavors. Nomnomnom...
The weather has inspired me to start in on some baking and other wintery/nesting activities: pumpkin muffins and granola!
I found a seriously simple recipe for lowfat pumpkin muffins a while back and today seemed like the day to try it. All that is required in these little gems is a box of cake mix and a can of pumpkin. I ended end adding a have can of water as well. The recipe just called for white ale mix but I found a spice cake mix and that, I feel, lent itself well to the pumpkin flavors. Nomnomnom...
Recipe Time: Master Cleanse Chicken
Master Cleanse Chicken
serves 2-4 1 3-4 pound roasting chicken1 small whole lemon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tablespoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons ground cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon coarse salt
I Can't wait to try this recipe... I have a chicken sitting in my freezer all ready!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Remembering of a Baby Bunny
Here's the story:
Last night, around 2:14 am I awoke to cries outside window... think a cat crying, that was the noise. It was enough to get up and visit the little girls room before climbing back into bed. But even after this, several minutes later, I kept hearing a...a skirmish but a very one sided skirmish. And those little cries. Suddenly I hear a male's voice yell,
"Ziggy! What have you done Ziggy?! O my God, Ziggy attacked a baby rabbit! O my God I can't believe he did this... it's ears are gone....Ziggy TORE his ears off!!" O my god, I'm not good with dealing with dead animals at all.
(pause)
It's not dead. O God, it's still moving!"
A girl's voice,
"It's what? No it's dead."
Male,
"No, it's moving! It's twitching!"
Girl,
"I know but ...(I didn't hear this part word for word she wasen't yelling during this part but essentially she was explaining why it would be normal for a baby bunny to still twitch after it was dead.)
Male,
"Bad Ziggy! Ziggy, get in the car NOW!"
Me? Laying stiff and motionless in bed. Slightly. Freaking. Out.
Ok, I know animals and nature and how it's normal for some animals to eat other animals but to just tear the ears off a bunny and leave it possibly still just twitching and suffering in the night? NO. It felt so... empty, listening to this disrespect and disregard of any creature's life. But no more cries were coming so I eventually fell back into a fitful sleep for the rest of the night, trying to at least convince myself that it was out of it's misery.
I left for work in the dark this morning but when I came driving back into the little drive behind our house this afternoon, what should I see but a little creature with a crow pecking at it where I'm assuming ears would have resided. The lot is small so i wasn't sure if I could miss the little bunny completely if I tried to park next to it so I tried to drive over it in a certain way so it would go between my wheels. I got out of the car with little fur tufts all over the ground. But the bunny was nowhere to be seen. And then. Lord have mercy on me.... not only did I roll over him but I managed to park my back tire directly. on. it.
I am now at a loss.
Frankly I'm afraid to leave the house to do my laundry. I can't think of a single thing that could get a person worse karma than then parking on top of an murdered, earless, baby rabbit.
I need to go find a helmet.
Last night, around 2:14 am I awoke to cries outside window... think a cat crying, that was the noise. It was enough to get up and visit the little girls room before climbing back into bed. But even after this, several minutes later, I kept hearing a...a skirmish but a very one sided skirmish. And those little cries. Suddenly I hear a male's voice yell,
"Ziggy! What have you done Ziggy?! O my God, Ziggy attacked a baby rabbit! O my God I can't believe he did this... it's ears are gone....Ziggy TORE his ears off!!" O my god, I'm not good with dealing with dead animals at all.
(pause)
It's not dead. O God, it's still moving!"
A girl's voice,
"It's what? No it's dead."
Male,
"No, it's moving! It's twitching!"
Girl,
"I know but ...(I didn't hear this part word for word she wasen't yelling during this part but essentially she was explaining why it would be normal for a baby bunny to still twitch after it was dead.)
Male,
"Bad Ziggy! Ziggy, get in the car NOW!"
Me? Laying stiff and motionless in bed. Slightly. Freaking. Out.
Ok, I know animals and nature and how it's normal for some animals to eat other animals but to just tear the ears off a bunny and leave it possibly still just twitching and suffering in the night? NO. It felt so... empty, listening to this disrespect and disregard of any creature's life. But no more cries were coming so I eventually fell back into a fitful sleep for the rest of the night, trying to at least convince myself that it was out of it's misery.
I left for work in the dark this morning but when I came driving back into the little drive behind our house this afternoon, what should I see but a little creature with a crow pecking at it where I'm assuming ears would have resided. The lot is small so i wasn't sure if I could miss the little bunny completely if I tried to park next to it so I tried to drive over it in a certain way so it would go between my wheels. I got out of the car with little fur tufts all over the ground. But the bunny was nowhere to be seen. And then. Lord have mercy on me.... not only did I roll over him but I managed to park my back tire directly. on. it.
I am now at a loss.
Frankly I'm afraid to leave the house to do my laundry. I can't think of a single thing that could get a person worse karma than then parking on top of an murdered, earless, baby rabbit.
I need to go find a helmet.
The Marquette, MI Pizza Tour: A Conclusion
SO. I had great plans during this pizza tour to take photos, make lists and make extensive reviews of all the pizza pies my adventurous culinary explorer and I partook in. However, true to my spotty track record...I didn't complete the grand plans I started in my brain. But regardless of the fact I continuously forgot to blog about it, we have now completed our pizza tour of Marquette! And what a delicious expedition it was...
Throughout our quest for the best pizza in little city, our opinions differed. But at the end, we came to the same conclusions. We formed two catagories: Gourmet and best True Pizza Pie.
Gourmet winner: The Upfront and company
Recommendation: Smoked chicken and Smoked Gouda
Best True Pizza Pie: Lake Superior Pizza & Sub Company
Recommendation: the Special
And there you have it folks. You come to MQT? You get one of these. You leave happy.
You live in MQT? You get one of these. You keep going back.
Trust the experts.
We've done the legwork.
Throughout our quest for the best pizza in little city, our opinions differed. But at the end, we came to the same conclusions. We formed two catagories: Gourmet and best True Pizza Pie.
Gourmet winner: The Upfront and company
Recommendation: Smoked chicken and Smoked Gouda
Best True Pizza Pie: Lake Superior Pizza & Sub Company
Recommendation: the Special
And there you have it folks. You come to MQT? You get one of these. You leave happy.
You live in MQT? You get one of these. You keep going back.
Trust the experts.
We've done the legwork.
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