– Swizzle me this
Check out these gorgeous swizzle sticks from VanTiki studio, they're made of titanium! Titanium - a metal that is strong, lightweight, impervious to corrosion, and will not affect the taste of your beverage Check out these MartiniBOTS, perfect to skewer olives... and then on to skewering the human race! And two of my favorite swizzles Spook and Leviathan They'll be on sale this weekend at Tiki Oasis and afterwards in the new VanTiki etsy shop
– Baking on the brain… two
So let's discuss baking and not following the recipe. It's practically playing with fire. You can RUIN a dish by messing with the chemistry involved in baking... problem is I'm terrible with following recipes, I always get distracted. Either I miss an ingredient or the order of steps always gets tweaked.... This time the recipe didn't involve too much to screw up. It's bread pudding, traditionally stale bread and a custard. Joy and Jill posted a video of them making this bread pudding (go watch it!) and I took the liberty to make it slightly more my own. She pointed out you ...
– Baking on the brain
It's all Joy's fault. I've had baking on the brain. I was planning a girls night in with my friend Kellie, so I just decided to take advantage of a few hours inside on a Friday night. I wanted to make Joy the Baker's Banana Bourbon Bread Pudding and had just purchased a loaf of Amish Apple Bread... so some experimenting was going to be done. I was planning out my shopping list late Friday afternoon and came across Dana from MADE's post about Peach Cobbler just before I left for the store. A light bulb turned on... I had a ton of fresh peaches from ...
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I think my fascination with tiki, hula girls, and all things with suckers has begun to finally catch up to me…
I saw this and squealed. So cute! Not exactly the kind of imagery that comes to mind when you speak of the Kraken…
Family Tree Monster Friends Posters (NOTCOT).
I bought the Leviathan swizzle from the lovely @VanTiki and his Mrs. at Tiki Oasis this weekend (ohhhh boy was that fun)
And then there’s this… a lovely postcard I found on Etsy which merges ALL OF MY LOVES into ONE PIECE OF ART. How awesome is that?
Etsy Transaction – huladollsquidgirllovestiki Postcard.
I do believe I can not wait much longer… there will be some ink in the future. The permanent kind. This kind of obsession needs to be documented!
We must forgive the fact one of my first CDs was a Celine Dion album (it was a gift!)…
A redeeming fact: I’d sneak Tango In The Night into the the CD player, plug in my dad’s BOSE headphones, crank the volume and lay in the teensy space behind the couch and the bookshelf where the A/V equipment was and essentially go missing from my parents for a couple hours.
Stumbled across this today. Have already played the song 15 times this morning.
I HAVE TO BUY THIS RECORD.
Ben Harper + Dhani Harrison + Joseph Arthur = Sonic genius.
Check out the website for Fistful of Mercy and check out their performance for KRCW that JUST happened, airing RIGHT NOW!
Thanks to the OC Weekly for dumping this joy right into my lap
Leave it to kids to make insanely hilarious statements…
This time Miss P recounts about breaking a spider’s legs in her classroom.
I broke a spider’s leg in class. We all screamed and I broke it’s leg. Teacher threw it in the trash.
Her mother thinking this is a good time to remind her that all creatures great and small are wonderful, calmly states, well God made spiders…
Yes Mommy, God made spiders… to stay OUTSIDE.
If it comes inside I’ll break it’s legs.
image via flickr user sekundo
Today’s music picks are gaggle of songs that absolutely rock in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
I’m not much of a movie goer and since I skipped this years ComicCon I completely missed the buzz for Scott Pilgrim. Just by chance I went to see it last weekend in Toronto and was blown away at how awesome it was.
Based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley, this film adaptation is a glorious mix of real life and 8-bit video game imagery. A few extra points need to be awarded…
It’s based in Toronto +1
Quirky, funny characters (going to be a cult favorite) +1
Features a kick ass soundtrack +1
It was awesome to see the movie in a packed theater full of hip Torontoans who cheered throughout the film, especially during the opening sequence when it states it’s set in Toronto, as well as full on applause at the end… such a great interactive experience!
First up…
Metric’s Black Sheep is covered by the band The Clash at Demonhead in the film…
Watch the film’s version over on Youtube
Or check out Metric’s original track
Blood Red Shoes – It’s Getting Boring by the Sea
A tie between two of my favorite songs from Sex Bob-Omb (Scott Pilgrim’s band)
Garbage Truck
Threshold
Go out and see the movie.
Buy the soundtrack (it’s only $9.49 as an Amazon MP3 download).
Spread the word!
This is one of those songs that I’d put on the soundtrack of my childhood.
Reminds me of summers spent in the pool, nary a break to eat or pee, a dark tan, my hair green from the chlorine, my eyes bloodshot from diving under the water with my feet tied together while pretending to be a mermaid.
Stevie Ray played on the outdoor speakers so my dad who would be putzing around in the yard could have something to listen to besides me splashing around…
Check out these gorgeous swizzle sticks from VanTiki studio, they’re made of titanium!
Titanium – a metal that is strong, lightweight, impervious to corrosion, and will not affect the taste of your beverage
Check out these MartiniBOTS, perfect to skewer olives… and then on to skewering the human race!
And two of my favorite swizzles Spook and Leviathan
They’ll be on sale this weekend at Tiki Oasis and afterwards in the new VanTiki etsy shop
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