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Posts from February 2008

tweaking … again

As you might be able to tell I am fiddling yet again with design, trying to find something I feel good about. Loving this template but trying to customize it to my liking and periodically breaking it! Ah, the joys of blind CSS coding. Stay tuned for a polished site (hopefully!) and [...]


Popel Coumou: Sculptural Photographs

Again discovered through i heart photograph. Spent some time going through the archives on her site. According to the Creative Review blog:
Photographer Popel Coumou assembles two dimensional models of rooms and spaces using cloth, paper and clay. She then lights her compositions using natural daylight and a couple of projectors, photographing the results [...]


Link Love of Late

(Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
Re: Why are you a vegan? - Big Think - One of the best video responses to the question I’ve seen.
7 Habits of Highly Innovative People | ThinkSimpleNow.com
Less internets please | Ask MetaFilter
Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » How to [...]


Wendy Heldmann and Dionisio Gonzalez

Have been in over my head lately - my mom visited from the east coast and I spent a busy five days keeping her busy. In other news: despite the fact that I should be saving for Europe, I fell in love and purchased another art print from 20×200.com. I have long [...]


Vegan Banana Peanut Butter Cocoa Cookies

Yes!! A combination of peanut-buttery, brownie-like, banana-happy cookies. I made a batch of these for Valentine’s Day for J, then proceeded to make another batch for my co-workers after realizing that they are the best cookies I’ve ever eaten. And dangerous - make sure you have plenty of other people to feed [...]


Impromptu Veg Brunch Activity: Naming a Scrumptious Recipe

Last Saturday I attended a lovely vegan brunch in the apartment of my friend Katy. Above you can see the tasty spread including vegan turtles (chocolate covered dates with roasted almonds inside), roasted potatoes, and mini-spelt chocolate chip muffins. (more pictures can be seen on my Flickr account by clicking any of these [...]


Found: Two Portraits

(via François Coquerel. was deleted after I saved it)

(via FFFFOUND!)


Knock-out your Friends with Chocolate Power

For a recent potluck I was inspired by the Yeah, That “Vegan” Shit blog (in celebration of the top recipes of 2007) to make two of her chocolate-y desserts. They are definitely going into the recipe binder (and Google Notebook) for repeat visits!

Peanut Butter Cannonballs. Um, yeah - potentially the MOTHER of all [...]


Travelling Solo as a Vegan in Europe

I have been floating on a cloud - planning for my potential 3-4 month trip to Europe has been an outright obsession as it becomes more and more real. I’ve finally begun to look at the detailed, practical planning aspect of the trip and have to keep reminding myself that nothing is set in [...]


Things that make me go ooo

Since I’m procrastinating from working on other important things (*cough cough* a book review and various travel preparations), I thought I would share some finds from the t-log worth highlighting.
Video: A freeze in Grand Central Station.

Baby Pear, on Flickr:

Via KK: “It a multilayered paint chip taken from a public mural wall that was [...]


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