Monday, December 21, 2009
Nine
Saw this at the Ziegfield on Friday. The costumes and locations were gorgeous, some of the songs were big and fun and over the top, but overall, I wouldn't recommend it. I expected more from Daniel Day-Lewis, his accent was bad and distracting, and as Dina and I agreed, the lyrics to most of the musical numbers are pretty dumb, which was again distracting.
Mushroom Casserole
I made this late last week, and what's appealing to me is that it's not a cream and heavy cheese based casserole. The binding ingredients are cottage cheese, sour cream, and eggs, and I used wild black rice, which added an interesting texture. Good comfort food, and fairly simple ingredients. Recipe.
Snow!

I haven't seen snow like this in New York since I moved here in 2005! What's funny though is that in one week they'll have piled it all into trucks and dumped it outside the city. My mom flew over New York last year and said there was snow everywhere else, but the city streets were bare. Weird living here in the winter with no snow! I actually like it though, less messy.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Holiday gifties
Aww, look at these sweet cross stitch pillows, maybe a nice gift for granny's couch?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Martha Wainwright - The Traitor
Youtube won't let me embed this video, so I have to link to it, but please go and watch! This performance blows me away, watching it on a big screen is even better. It's a Leonard Cohen song, taken from the film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, and I love both what the song is about, and what Martha brings to it. She's also an underrated artist by the way, I met her a couple years ago and she's totally sweet and her music is brillz. Also didn't realize that she sings with Snow Patrol on the Third Bar song.
Pans explained
Take a look at this guide to pans and what they're made out of. Good to know when purchasing.
History of Christmas
The History Channel had a really interesting retrospective on Christmas last year, here's an overview. I think it's well known that Christmas was originally a pagan holiday, but did you know that back in the day, the "common folk" would get out of control crazy rowdy drunk on that day, which led to the celebration being outlawed at one point? Then, because the outlaw couldn't be effectively enforced, the Christian church (who was trying to convert pagan followers to Christianity) attempted to change what the holiday represented..ie, birth of baby Jesus. Charles Dickens then wrote The Christmas Carol, which re-imagined how Christmas was celebrated. And due to the immense success of the novel, his ideas became envogue and rather than getting crazy out of control drunk in the streets, people began celebrating with families around a tree (which had also become envogue) and quietly feasting and giving thanks, and eventually loving Jesus. Interesting stuff.
7 foods health experts won't eat
This list is really interesting, I feel like I'm pretty well read on this sort of thing and I was surprised.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Doc Martens
In Cold Blood/Capote

Excited to see this!
..even though it's for old people. Dina says I'm secretly an old person..I'm hoping what she means is an interesting and unique old soul..
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Vanilla roasted pears

Monday, December 7, 2009
Food, Inc.

Winter Holidays
My mom sent me a snowy photo taken during their Christmas tree excavation over the weekend, and it inspired me to get into the holiday season. Here are some other pretties courtesy of thethinkingtank.







Greens soup

Celebrating pasta

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tim Burton exhibit at the MoMA
I think this is the coolest art exhibit I've seen to date, really neat. Click above video.
Banana Bread..D+

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Dream Weaver

Love these necklaces

We are coo

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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