MIEN at Ikea

Images by Ikea
I saw this at Luxirare and now want/need at least three!

Mann Booker Prize Winner

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Must Have read this.

Encapsulated

Images by Sarah Hood
Landscape and Spice Jewelry by Sarah Hood


Images by Anika Smulovitz.
“Herbarium Specimen” by Anika Smulovitz.

Spherification

Image by Luxirare

Spheres in Parfaits by Luxirare
I must try this!

Shopping List:
Syringe(s) or. better yet, Dropper Box
Sodium Alginate here or here
Calcium Chloride here

Fat Quarters

Image by Janet Wickell

Furniture for Tots

Bekvam by Ikea
The possibilities are endless, endless, endless.

Diplomatic Jewelry

Read My Pins by Madeleine Albright

Holy Grail - Rubirosa

Ikea

Another Reason I Can't Wait to Return to Cape Town

what is your idea of a perfect day in cape town?
this is such a difficult question to answer, because, while i don’t mean to be smug, cape town really is the perfect city, so you’d need days and days to do everything there is to do! for me though, i’d love to wake up and do a yoga class, then meet my husband paul at lola’s on long street for a big eggy brunch and lots of coffee. a perfect day should include a nap at some point, but i’m not sure where i’ll squeeze that in, because i’d like to go walking on noordhoek beach while horses gallop by, have an icy swim at camps bay and do some drowsy beautiful-people-watching, i’d need to get to milnerton market, my favourite spot for vintage bargain hunting, or maybe i’d have better luck scouring the bric-a-brac on kalk bay’s main road. the evening would have to be outdoors, as the weather would be balmy and windless. so maybe we’d break the rules (unlikely – i’m a line-toer of note) and make a big bonfire on clifton beach, watching the sun go down behind the yachts while sipping a glass of bubbly. wow, i got a bit carried away there. life’s generally not quite so glam, but it’s a perfectly achievable day in this beautiful city of ours.

From an Interview with Heather Moore at SFBayGirl

Holy Grail - Coffee Table with Storage

Platform Coffee Table by CB2
Nice access and palette; not sure about the proportions

Zeitgeist - Trees

Beautiful Arboreal quilts by Kellie Wulfsohn

La Vie Pillow by CB2

Recipe

I gotta try this!

Kin pira ... a stir fry of root vegetables, sesame oil, soy sauce, and mirin (sherry) ... a classic Japanese side dish ... usually ... with juli­enned gobo root, sliced lotus root, or car rots ... salty and sweet, and goes so well with rice ... only takes like 5 minutes to whip up

Nin jin no Kin pira (Carrots & Sesame Stir Fry)

1 car rot, juli enned
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp mirin
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp sesame seeds
bonito flakes

1. Heat a fry ing pan over medium-high heat, and pour in sesame oil.
2. Throw in car rots and stir fry for a few minutes.
3. Move car rots to one side of the fry ing pan, and pour in soy sauce on the naked side. Let it bub ble away and caramelize a bit, and quickly stir fry to mix. Repeat with mirin.
4. Remove from heat, and mix in sesame seeds and bonito flakes.
5. Kin pira holds for a few days refrig er ated in a sealed tup per. Nom with hot white rice!

Recipe from the wonderful food blog I Nom Things.
Visit to see her beautiful photo!

Jelly Molds

The human brain.


The human heart.


Oh, God. Gross!
But just in time for Hallowe'en.

More off-beat International Museum of Surgical Stuff here.

Tasseography

Image by Thorwald at Etsy
Vintage

Image by Unica
alma fortune cup by toby wong and the red str/collective Neat but the vintage one is lovelier.

What
How

Blind or Deaf

Would you rather be blind or deaf?

I was listening to NPR.
As much as I like music I'd have to choose deafness ... I couldn't live without Flickr and its ilk.

(Nuclear) Wessels - Gardening

Guy Wolff Pottery
Ben Wolff Pottery


Pigeon Toe Ceramics
Especially the footed tripods. here and here.
Pigeon Toe Online

Zumi

Photo by Photojojo

Photography

The Level Camera Cube by Photojojo.
Actually, I just want a couple of dozen in a bowl on my desk. So pretty ... like jellies.

Tupperware

If you didn't already, you'll love Tupperware after meeting Aunt Barbara!



Read about Aunt Barbara in New York Magazine.
Watch Aunt Barbara here.
Aunt Barbara's Homepage

Must Haves:
Modular Mates
Freezer Mates

Photoshop Tricks

Virtual Bulletin Board by My Janee.
I need to find an excuse to use this.