Cool Things

Pretty sweet looking chair by Rush Pleansuk check out his porfolio here

Sun is shining... sort of

So I took it upon myself to get the hell out ye-olde-apartment today and made my way over to Coolidge Corner for some much needed TJ shopping, and wound up buying a HUGE cucumber! It looked so yummy and the sun was kind of out and it was really hot so I had to buy it. Then I got home and thought " hmmmm, what do I do with this?". Since it's just Tony and I in the house and he's not one to munch on cucumber sticks I had to find an alternative. Then I remembered what my sister told me about re-using the pickling fluids (there must be a better term for this) leftover from empty jars of pickles. They make a slightly less- pickley pickle, but still really good. So I cut up my cuke and I'm making me some pickles! Has anybody else tried this before? I'm curious if they are still going to be yummy, and since I have discerning palette for pickles I'll let all of you know how it goes!

Today I wish

that I had the sun shining and tire swing to swing on. I think that is one of my unfulfilled child-hood desires. We never had a tire swing in our yard, but our cousins did, and I remember it being so much fun to swing on! I also remember begging our Dad to make us one with one of his old tractor tires, and it never coming to fruition. Oh well, just being whiney again due to the weather- and these photos are making me want the sun to come out even more!

Yes Please!

Loving these clutches from kailochic on etsy. She has tons of patterns and some even have earrings that match! I'm tempted to pick up a few- I mean even the inside is adorable, and really who doesn't need a clutch or two for their wardrobe?

Fun things for a not so fun week

It's till rainy and depressing as hell here in the Northeast. For June 23rd this weather is unacceptable (do you hear that mother nature?) and frankly I'm just tired and moody. But there is a fun game-ish thing at Paper Source's website called Colorscope that tells you about your color personality. Kind of quirky and odd, but also a bit fun. Check out my results below>

I'm craving this

A few weeks ago my friend Aaron and his gal pal + a few others created some masterpiece meats with his super awesome smoker/ grill thing. The result was something like a party in my mouth. But enough of that! Bask in the glory of this pulled pork sandwich. Mind you, prior to this sandwich experience I wouldn't have crossed my mind to even consume anything pulled pork-ish, so thanks Aaron for letting me see the light.

check out his food creations here lickmybalsamic.com - sweet name huh?

and this..

architectural blueprint graphics HOT!

via cargo collective

Lurve this!

How cute is this kitchen. I'm loving these colors and the retro range. Sign me up please!



You check out the rest of Hannah Berman's home (its awesome) over at Design*sponge. They have great stuff over there (I have blogger envy)

Guilty Pleasure

Okay folks, I have a secret... I read perezhilton as one of my guilty pleasures. I know, I know- lame right? I get it I really do- but it's like this awful addiction. Similar to reading all of the headlines to the national enquirer while waiting to ring up your groceries, but this at least is in the comfort of my home. Suffice to say- I'm not giving it up anytime soon. However, my guilty pleasure is not the reason I'm writing about perezhilton. I'm writing because today, while scrolling through his site I found this...



This is about an organization in my home town! Westfield, MA folks- and thank god it wasn't about something crazy or scandalous. Well... thats it- just thought I'd share that tid-bit with you all. It is a small strange world we live in folks... small and strange.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO

My cat- for being really supportive and a huge help along the way! :)