a poem for you.

today is thrifting wednesday, the best day of the week.
the perfect place to find new clothes both stylish and unique.
it's fun to shop alone but if it's company you seek, call your buddy abby up cause she's a thrifting freak!

why did i ever stop writing poetry? it's so beautiful. hahaha.

sticky

Someone in Singapore is posting these wise little sayings daily to random places around the city and letting people discover them. Since I will probably never happen upon one of these sweet notes, I might need to start a Bethlehem chapter.


via a cup of jo

Meanwhile, on another side of the planet, though I'm not sure where, Marc Johns is making more post-it art.

Love Birds

Reediculously excited about this project right now, mostly because it's so far from completion. I'm making Ann Woods style birds for my friend Gwen's (see her adorable proposal here) wedding!
I'm having a hard time with the shape and balancing...but here's my first attempt:

It's a humble start but I'll be back in my "studio" tonight.

terribly happy

Naomi from Rockstar Diaries just did a post on 10 things that make her terribly happy and I thought it would be nice to do the same.

10. my sunny bedroom and it's unstoppable ability to wake me up
9. early morning cuddling with my bunny
8. working in my garden barefoot
7. afternoon yoga at work
6. daydreaming about diners and vespas
5. wednesdays at salvation army
4. breaking out the summer dresses
3. nightly ritual of pouring a tiny glass of wine, thinly slicing parm cheese and enjoying them both while prepping dinner
2. driving with my windows down
1. church basement rummage sales

Yeah, that was fun, I feel lucky and grateful. Give it a shot!

cooking for one

Pretty serious crush on everything Mark Bittman makes. I'd really love to sit around all weekend and read all of his books and then cook everything in them.
Tonight was the shrimp tortillita and broiled fennel.
Definitely needed the green onions I used, kind of reminded me of the flavors of shumai or other asian shrimy dish. Pretty good but too much batter so a bit too thick.
Still, I'm glad I at least cooked something...Nigella has this great chapter in "How to Eat" about still taking the the time to cook something if you're alone and I rarely do so, but I'm really glad when I do.

my evening, through texts.

burke: i might be getting out of work early.
me: that's cool. i just caught some punk kids on my fire escape trying to steal a ladder.
burke: you should have chased them or threw shit at them. woulda gave them a good memory. i miss being a punk kid.
me: i did chase them and i made them put it back! they had taken it down the street haha.
burke: aw, that was prolly fun.
me: it was kinda. it made me feel real old though.
burke: i can relate more to the kids who stole the ladder.
me: i had to stop them!
burke: they're just being kids. all kids are theives.
me: damn kids, get offa my lawn.

candy sushi

I made candy sushi (basic recipe here) for my friends birthday last week and it was incredibly fun and fast to make and a pretty big hit as well. I was honestly kind of nervous about walking into a bar with a plate of kid food but everybody loved it, including the guest of honor. I didn't find exactly all the ingredients I was looking for, and I'd like to make it again sometime with more helpful ingredients like big swedish fish and orange-colored sugar for fish eggs. Also, the woman at the sushi bar wouldn't give me one of the faux bois plastic trays with plastic grass, which I think would have totally made the whole thing. So I had to improvise and use a take out tray and paper grass. Sometime it would be fun to go all the way like this crazy person and make marzipan wasabi and ginger and homemade marshmallow to look like "Tamago yaki."