04/30/2010
Here's some info to get your gears going:
The League of American Bicyclists has designated May as National Bike Month, and a bike to work week is scheduled for May 17-21. A lot of communities are sponsoring this week as well, so sign up with your local group and help spread the word. Find the closest one here.
People For Bikes, an organization that aims to make . . . Continue Reading
04/30/2010
The Des Moines farmers market starts tomorrow for the season and I am itching to get my hands on some rhubarb so that I can make these Rhubarb Hand Pies with Orange and Cardamom from over on So Good and Tasty. And I think I'm going to have to serve them on pretty china just so I can recreate this image for myself.
Image via So Good and Tasty; Click here for the recipe.
04/30/2010
Pickled Red Shiso with Radishes
If you’ve had sushi, you’ve probably had shiso, but you might not know what shiso is. Strangely, even though it’s got a lot of smokey, meaty flavor, so much so that it’s also referred to as “beefsteak plant,” this herb is most often used as the disposable green garnish under a sushi roll, or as an ornamental garden plant. But . . . Continue Reading
04/30/2010
When I first glanced at these gorgeous photos at The Daily Mail, I honestly though I was looking at a modern interpretation of landscape art. Certainly this can't be...real? Right?
Wrong. You're not looking at a glorified art installation. In fact, this is nothing more than an aerial shot of over sixty million tulips budding in early May in the Northern Netherlands.
Proof that design really is in the everyday. Gorgeous.
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Since moving into our home in August we have been garage sale shopping like it is our job on the weekends and trolling our local Craigslist for furniture deals. Craigslist has been an amazing source. I love being able to take something that someone no longer needs/wants/uses and giving it a new life in our house. Our favorite new acquisition? A . . . Continue Reading
04/30/2010
I'm not even a Twilight reader, but this infant chew toy in the likeness of Edward Cullen, the conscientious teen vampire hero of the ubiquitous series, made me laugh out loud when I discovered it in ReadyMade's Flickr pool. Its creator, Marigold Haske (whose work I seem to be becoming a fan of), says at her original post about the toy,
It's difficult to see in the picture, but the . . . Continue Reading
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