‘Game of Thrones’ as other popular TV shows [ytegg]
June 18th, 2013
June 15th, 2013
When I’m depressed…
I’m a good person to be around… I cook a lot of fancy, tasty food. From different flavored crepes to rum infused pepper with sea salt rotisserie chicken. I (if I may say so) create beautiful things for those around me. It serves two purposes, one it keeps my mind off her. Cooking things with such delicacy takes every single one of neurons. From planning what dishes to make that go well together, to finding the ingredients and making substitutions to ingredients that I don’t have or that I can substitute for fresh ingredients from my garden. To the execution of the dish.
When I feed people around me (and I must say, I am careful to who I feed, I sometimes feel sad when I see people devour food without savoring it), I feel for moments truly appreciated for most of the time they never fail to compliment the food. It is the only compliment I can accept, for it is obvious to tell when someone truly enjoys a meal.
June 14th, 2013
So lovely: For her daughter Emma’s fifth birthday, Canadian photographer Jaiime C. Moore styles her in the likeness of powerful female role models – Amelia Earhart, Jane Goodall, Coco Chanel, Susan B. Anthony, and Helen Keller.
June 13th, 2013
taco de molleja con salsa, cilantro y limon #foodporn #delicious
June 12th, 2013
is that butter
no it’s stonehenge
I can’t believe it’s not butter
This is so beautiful.
no, its butterhenge
(Source: anormaux, via classyladiesarealwaysnear)
June 10th, 2013
Nuremberg
Over the long weekend, we had a trip to Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and Munich (München) in Bavaria. We spend the first day in Nuremberg, which is one of the most historic cities in Germany. Walking down on the Historical Mile, I could really see the wonderful mix of historical sites from the Middle Ages and more modern structures. The whole city was a reservoir of history, and it was one of the most beautiful cities I’ve visited in Germany.
Sometimes I really miss this place… Things were much more simpler as a kid. Riding the metro with old spanish men, eating gyros in the Turkish neighborhoods, hanging out with my Moroccan neighbor and his big great dane. Going down to the grocery store below our appartment in a Power Ranger Onezie to buy cereal and milk… getting candy from gypsies (which I wasn’t allowed to eat) in the city square… Maybe one day I’ll be back
June 9th, 2013
This piece was in yesterday’s NYTimes and International Herald Tribune.. It was for a personal travel journey by Matt Gross. It’s about learning how to eat like a local in Vietnam. You can read the article here.
Working on this piece has been nothing but fighting pho cravings…
Big thanks to AD Corinne, always a pleasure!
June 7th, 2013
When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
‘Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided, ‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.’
The golf balls are the important things - family,
children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions –
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.
The sand is everything else —The small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ He continued, ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.’The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
So…
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
‘Take care of the golf balls first —
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled, ‘I’m glad you asked’, he said.
‘It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
There’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.’Perfection. Philosophy for the win.
Speechless
Bless this man.
this really applies to my life right now jebus
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June 5th, 2013
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