January 2011
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Vera Wang For David's Bridal
I’ve been excited for the Vera Wang line to come out at David’s Bridal. I vividly remember mentioning this to my mother one day on the phone at work when I used to work at my last job. Here it finally is!
While I love these, I feel like a lot of them are still a bit impractical for the modern wedding. I mean - again, gorgeous - but how many brides do you know of who wear...
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Book Review: Vegan by Erik Marcus
Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating by Erik Marcus
While I’m already vegan and most of what Marcus puts forth in this book is a refresher for me, it was nice to see it from a different light. So many books on vegan diets take the “animal suffering” angle too heavily. I don’t like hurting animals, yes, but my dietary decisions are based on my own health. Vegan: The New Ethics...
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The Memory Palace Teaser
On Friday, I received The Memory Palace for review. I’m really excited to read this one. Parenting can be be difficult for both parent and child. It can be especially difficult when mom is schizophrenic and when years later child cuts off all ties. But when life gets in the way again and the family is reunited, the story seeks closure. A wonderful trailer of this book can be found over at...
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Reading Hammock
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French Kitchen
Gorgeous French Kitchen circa burlap from Apartment Therapy
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Brand New Music
Look, I know I’m in my twenties looking towards thirty with a groan but this man - this band - easily changed my whole entire life. I can say that without cheating as they released an album at every point in my life that would give way to “life changing” status and the album always lyrically and orchestrally spoke to the exact moment. I know, I know - when it comes down to it on...
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Five Questions (And Answers!) About Tania...
I’ve had a lot of questions recently (mostly Twitter and Ask Box based) asking for a little bit more about me. Weird, I wasn’t aware I was of any interest as a conversation starter! Here are five Q&A responses that (apparently!) some people have actually been waiting for:
Take One: Why did you leave the music industry?
Initially, I never had any interest in marketing. Out of...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Kanye West (21)
Jay-Z (20)
Vampire Weekend (19)
Soltero (16)
Innerpartysystem (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Barnes & Nobles Digital Membership?
As we all know, I’m the proud and enthusiast owner of a Barnes & Nobles Nook Color. It’s made reading everywhere possible for me again in a way that carrying around a book didn’t. I used to have to only read at home because I get bored easily and switch from book, to book, to book in a matter of hours. The Nook Color solves that for me - complete with pretty magazines.
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Book Review: Live to Cook by Michael Symon
Michael Symon’s Live to Cook
Now, there is no secret out there regarding how much I love food television. Something I adopted from my mother, I could (and have!) watch The Food Network or Cooking Channel all day long if allowed. Michael Symon is - to me - a household name, being the first to claim the title of Iron Chef from a reality show.
I didn’t expect much from this book when I...
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Five Tips to Organize Your Bedstand - Via ReNest
Image: Apartment Therapy/With Grace & Lace
ReNest’s Five Tips:
1. Eliminate stuff on the floor. Yesterday’s worn blue jeans aren’t just an eyesore, they’re a tripping hazard in a dark room. Pick up your shoes, clothes, and magazines, and keep the pathway to your side of the bed nice and clean.
2. Now kick it up a notch and eliminate anything that’s not necessary from your...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Britney Spears (44)
Lykke Li (27)
Camera Obscura (20)
Man Man (18)
Casey Dienel (18)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
It’s only a day away:
NY Jets game. 24 years of rooting at the wall, screaming GO FOR THE MOTHER FUCKING SAFETY at the TV, playoff foibles, cases of the dropsies, Farvetard interceptions, horrible offense and all may finally come to fruition tomorrow.
And even if it doesn’t - it’s cool. Not like I won’t be rooting green & white until the day I die. If for no other...
My Personality Map
Thank you, Thought Catalog for the motivation for this post.
Hrm, what am I made of? In truth, many of these characters are likely on this list because of the impact they’ve had on me. That might sound silly but how many times did you see a character on a show wear their hair a certain way and try to emulate that? In many ways, I think I’ve tried to do some of that over the years -...
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Coffee Tables
Minus the gaudy cow pieces, I am obsessed with this living room care of Apartment Therapy (when isn’t it!):
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Book Review: Decoded by Jay-Z
Decoded by Jay-Z
Hrm, this book is a bit difficult to review. It’s abstract and colloquial and rough. It’s vivid and ranting and special. It’s deconstructed and powerful and often poignant. But from a “literary” POV, it’s poorly written. Of course, that’s much of the appeal.
When I got this book from the library, I wasn’t thinking about when I...
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"More Adventurous" by Rilo Kiley
And it’s only doubts that we’re counting On fingers broken long ago I read with every broken heart we should become More adventurous And if you banish me from your profits And if I get banished from the kingdom up above I’d sacrifice money and heaven all for love Let me be loved, let me be loved And if my brain quits, well I guess then that’s just it And if my hands stop...
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Just So You Know...
I would love nothing more than to have a day off in the rain - sitting on the papasan with candles blistering, reading a Nook Book, and sipping tea.
Just FYI. *sigh*
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dontmakelists:
#353 - Damien Jurado - Ohio
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NY JETS!!!
Two years in a row, two top-class teams - Superbowl, we’re looking at you!
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Weekly Gratitude
Hrm, what am I grateful for this week? Firstly, more than anything else in the world I’m always thankful for having the best parents in the universe. They sometimes think they aren’t but they really, truly are. I try to tell them that as much as possible but they don’t always agree. But they’re amazing. On that note, I have the...
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The No-Waste Family or Just Hypocrites?
Recently, there was a story published about The Zero Waste Family. The family removed all of the clutter from their home and aims to recycle every little thing. Wait, that means more than just going to the recycling center. Mother Bea got rid of family heirlooms, bring their own containers in the supermarket to only eat bulk and animal products, only bring photo albums out for the holidays, has...
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#353 - Damien Jurado - Ohio
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Gregory and the Hawk - Soulgazing...
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Whose Got The Most Expensive Coffee?
This article at Slash Food got me thinking about coffee. Really, it doesn’t take much. An avowed coffee lover, I love my coffee strong. Some people don’t. The debate about whether piss water Dunkin Donuts coffee, McDonald’s Coffee or Starbucks is better will rage on for as long as imaginable because people all have different tastes. However, the battle over coffee’s price...
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Whose Got The Most Expensive Coffee?
This article at Slash Food got me thinking about coffee. Really, it doesn’t take much. An avowed coffee lover, I love my coffee strong. Some people don’t. The debate about whether piss water Dunkin Donuts coffee, McDonald’s Coffee or Starbucks is better will rage on for as long as imaginable because people all have different tastes. However, the battle over coffee’s price...
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Satellite Heart | Anya Marina (via: novellas)
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Satellite Heart | Anya Marina (via: novellas)
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Pharmacist Deciding Live or Death?
This article at Feministe and the accompanying follow-through on links irked me to no end. To sum up: Planned Parenthood called a Walgreens in Idaho on behalf of a patient to get a prescription filled for a drug that stop uterus bleeding. The drop is used when a woman aborts a fetus but is also used for cases of bleeding resulting from birth and is arguably more frequently used for women who have...
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Blog Hop Question
”Why do you read the genre that you do? What draws you to it?”
Interesting question. I don’t consider myself someone who reads genres. By that, I mean that there are so many different areas that interest me - I never stay focused on just one. I largely read philosophy, religion, adult pop fiction, science & nature,...