August 2010
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July 31
Sometimes it’s nice to stay in with your panda bear and a movie.
July 2010
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July 30
So, this picture cracks me up. I cropped it because as a rule I don’t post pictures of friends here. Basically, though, I was in a separate part of the apartment as the group of girls posing for a picture but still managed to big-time photobomb it, complete with ridic face. You know how I do.
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photo from apartment therapy. Sorry for my obsession with kitchens, y’all, but this one… I don’t even know what to say. I think the first dish I’d cook here would be seitan with a blackberry sauce, mashed fingerlings, and some sauteed chard. Someone bring me back to earth…
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photo via apartment therapy. I’m kind of in love with this kitchen. I’m not very home improvement-y, but I’ve always had a thing for beadboard wainscot, so I was really into this post about beadboard in the kitchen. Someone remind me of this if I ever start nesting.
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photo by the sartorialist. Gosh, his outfit is just perfect.
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friday link list
graphite drawing (can you believe it?) by marissa textor. Two super cute engagement sessions on Green Wedding Shoes Amazing shots from a Thailand honeymoon. A gorgeous photo post of Elisabeth’s new country home This wedding isn’t totally my style, but I love the bridesmaid dresses and the photos of the bride and groom. Amazing food (etc.) photography. I’m head over heels in love...
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July 28
I found this love note on my walk home. Grammar and spelling unchanged, it reads: To the love of my life!! *Sigh* k… Toni in this little time here I have managed to fall into my feelings when it comes to you when I look at you some times and you look at me like what do you want im looking in disbelief that I could actually feel the way I do about you. I smile inside cause I say to myself...
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No joke, I’m sitting at work, workin’ on a project when my mind goes, hey, how do nails grow? Enter google. And wikipedia. Did you know that nails are horn-like? And that the part that grows is the part underneath the skin at the base of the nail? And that nails grow faster in the summer? Cool. I’m a chronic nail biter, ever since I was a little kid, and I’m trying really...
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fuck today
I really like this song. I like it on good days and on bad days—even though it’s negative (“fuck today”), the problems they talk about in the song are real problems, and it makes, like, oh wah such and such boy doesn’t like me, seem not so important. I also really love the lyrics: Man, damn I miss my dog. It’s actually dawg, referring to a friend who got...
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July 27
Texting while driving is now outlawed in Georgia, but no one said I can’t take pictures from the car.
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curiously strong
via appleday. Oh my goodness! Altoids unfortunately have gelatin in them, but I’d probably buy a tin of these and give the mints away so that I could have this super cute tin. Curious George is one of my favorites! So adorable. So, I just got it—Altoids are the curiously-strong mint… Curious George. Yeah. I’m real quick on the uptake.
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via crooked indifference Hey, so chin up, y’all. Haters gon’ hate. Whatevs. PS - Puffins rule.
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Phuket Vegetarian Festival
One of my dream travel experiences (in addition to spending a chunk of time in Southeast Asia more generally), is a trip to the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, held each year. It’s a ten-day religious event, and I think it would be neat to see the shrines and processions, though for me the highlight might be all of the amazing vegetarian street food that’s on offer throughout the...
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photo by christopher pecoraro. Cutecutecute. If I was riding the subway, sitting next to a panda, oh my gosh.
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July 26
Dreary day. Sometimes that’s just right.
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new music monday
New music Monday, feat.: The National Beck Kid Cudi The Sea and Cake Broken Bells Mike Snow Crystal Castles Passion Pit Sleigh Bells Washed Out The Drums Et tu?
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pistacchio e gianduia, by leah reich So one of my favorite photographer-bloggers (here and here and here) is opening a print shop soon. With cute photos like the one above. Hooray! Quelle exciting, right? I’ll update y’all with a link when the shop opens!
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photo by philip newton. Wow. Fabbity-fab. She’s so elegant. Wish I could wander around in pretty outfits with an impractical, but lovely sunbrella.
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via dear vianna. I’m so heartsick lately, y’all. I will never have this. I’m sure of it. But I really need to chill the fuck out.
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photo via walex. Ahhh. Quelle cute. Generally, I’m not a big fan of people putting dogs in costumes, but this is just adorable. Sold!
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photo via glorious gay days. Wow, y’all. I never realized how ballsy Baby is when she goes to Johnny’s house and tells him she wants him. My new hero. Let’s all take a page. And seriously, Dirty Dancing rules. What a movie. Whenever I watch it, now, I realize how much of it I didn’t really get when I watched it as a kid. Fortunately, I’m not alone because apparently...
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July 25
I’ve bitten my nails since I was a young child. It’s an awful habit and I’ve kicked it every now and again but it tends to come back sometimes. Anyway, I’m trying to keep my nails painted so that I don’t bite them. So far, so good. I bought some fun new colors so I can switch it up.
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July 24
This unfortunately ended up being a pretty bad night, but it started with a (couple of) bombass drink(s): Vodka, lemonade, and grenadine. My official drink of the summer. (Grenadine optional).
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This is hilarious. I think I only appreciate it because I secretly covet an iPhone, yet can’t have one. This is apparently embarrassing, but I have a flip phone (okay, a Razor) which I guess would make me cool…. six years ago. I didn’t really know that, but I get shit about it from people at bars, etc. all the time. Seriously. I get shit about my fucking cell phone. World, you...
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July 23
Ginger-tofu stir fry at Spoon, a pretty decent little Thai spot made even better with a half-off coupon. Atlanta and New York readers (all three of you), check out Scoutmob if you haven’t already: Half-off coupons to a different local spot each day. Freeee.
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Ahhhhh best day ever! My google reader, etc. are blowing up with cows everywhere. Little rundown: via coolest gadgets The cow wash. Cleans cows and supposedly makes them happier and healthier. I died watching this super cute video of cows using the brush. The music is cheesy, so turn the volume down and put on something rad. from cute overload. Yes. Yes, this is the most adorable thing...
So I was googling Grace Bonney, of Design*Sponge fame, and came across her wedding announcement in the Times (lucky duck!). And not only is her hubs mad hot (droool), but she met him via Phunky Bitches, a female Phish fan group. (I’m guessing from her quote in the article: “When I moved to New York, I joined a little meet-up group designed to connect girls who listened to the band Phish,”...
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wintry highland cows
Winter Highland Cows - DSC_7934 copy Originally uploaded by nige & elseI found this while searching for pictures of different parts of Australia I’m considering visiting. It was not taken in Australia. Such disappointment. I gasped aloud, here in the coffeeshop, thinking I might get to spot some highland cows in Oz. Alas.
Dear J. Crew, “Free shipping” on orders over $120 is not, in fact, free shipping. xo Tamara
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image by cassia. A super cute Vancouver, Washington coffee shop. (Why is everything great in the northwest?) A farm field trip. I took a few farm field trips as a child, and I really believe they shaped my appreciation of food and organic farming. And cows! A super cute Portland (see?) wedding. Adorable engagement session. The dude is freaking gorgeous. Sigh. Best of kitchens on design*sponge....
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photo via scarlett dawn. Oh, drool. Can someone photoshop that cig out for me? I prefer my boys smoke-free, but oh golly, I’d take Joseph Gordon-Levitt any which way. Today, he gets a tag. Future husband deserves it, yeah?
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'The past is deep.'
One day, when I was in his yard, he said to me, “I have a great secret which I am now going to tell you.” I said, “Is it really secret?” “At the moment, yes.” I looked at him, and he looked at me. He said, “This is just between you and me, remember. I am writing a poem.” “Oh.” I was disappointed. He said, “But this is a different...
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shuffle
I swear, today on a walk my shuffle went from Miley Cyrus to Justin Beiber. And I was like baby, baby, baby, nooo.
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July 22
I’m trying to be good about writing, lately. I harbor secret hopes that maybe I’ll pen a great novel before I finish law school, eliminating the need to, you know, practice law. Ha. I actually much prefer to write by hand rather than typing. Unfortunately, I never have a lot of pens around and it also requires me to transcribe, which can be sort of painstaking. I wrote a novel my...
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childish gambino
I’m totally obsessed right now with Childish Gambio, a rad rapper. You can download his new album, Culdesac, for free here. Enjoy.
Max & Margaux Stop Motion from Shark Pig on Vimeo. This video, by Jesse of Our Labor of Love, is so sweet!
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July 21
The crowd at MJQ, one of my favorite places to dance in Atlanta.
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July 20
I’ve done my best to avoid much unnecessary spending this summer, but I instituted a little rule that whatever I did buy needed to be in neutral and blush tones, my favorite shades lately. I tried these three lovelies on at Anthropologie and was proud of myself for not breaking my rule. (Unfortunately, I didn’t take any of them home. The one on the right was darling but a tad small on...
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Another article about lawyers/law students going into culinary, snack, and beverage endeavors in New York instead. (Among them, the Kelvin Slush Truck, the Butch Bakery, the Cupcake Stop, and Mile End. Kelvin Slushes sound especially amazing. Mike Waskom, or someone else in New York, please eat one for me and report back.) I’ve alluded before to the fictional character (from Stranger than...
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nights like these
It’s nights like these the sad songs don’t help It’s nights like these your heart’s with someone else It’s nights like these I feel like giving up It’s nights like these I don’t seem to count for much Sometimes, you find the perfect song for the previous night, just a day too late. I’ll tell you the truth: I’m in a bit of a funk these days....
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summers in the south
So maybe I’m the only person in Atlanta wearing a scarf and long sleeves in July. Full disclosure: I’m wearing boots, too.
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new music monday
New music Monday, feat.: Modest Mouse A Fine Frenzy The Rentals Lykke Li Apollo Sunshine The Album Leaf Seabear Recommendations are very much welcome!
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July 19
Forty-nine cent fountain drinks, love of my life. Sometimes a Coca Cola is just the thing to make a bad day better.
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'Lawyers just wanna have fun'
I’ll ignore the fact that this post was written by someone who left the legal profession to find her true calling—brewing beer. I mostly just really liked this quote: Despite my own defection from the profession (not totally unheard of, The Bruery out in California also began with a law student who discovered his passion for beer making was greater than his passion for using Lexis...
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photo via planfortheworst. Oh my gosh. Just a super cute picture to start your Monday morning.
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photo via gifmethat. Oh, hey there, handsome.
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July 18
Driving back from our camping trip under stormy skies. Can you spot the cows grazing in the field? Too cute!
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July 17
A few of us went on a pretty epic thirteen mile hike, on which I did not bring my camera, so here’s a lame shot of the little creek running next to our campsite.
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July 16
Campfire was more badass than it looks here. There’s not a lot better than sitting in front of a fire, drinking vodka lemonades with friends. Fact.
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friday link list
How amazing is Allen Hemberger’s new SF kitchen? Amazing Austin home. It’s yours for a cool $4.4 mill. Scallion pancakes. Yum. An Up-inspired wedding with and a ridiculous reception dress. ’The World-Traveler’s Kitchen.’ Drool. A seaside wedding, feat. a short wedding dress and boots, my favorite combo. Popsicles, three for ninety-nine cents.
