Listening To: Ta Douleur
Keeping the French flavor going this week, with my fave song from Camille. J’adore.
The Latest Project
A little sneak peek at what’s in the works here in the creative studio of AB… a little industrial meets natural.
Thoughts/comments/ideas? I want to hear them!!
Friday Photo: Big City
A busy subway station filled with improv music and a man dressed in a pink shirt and loafers dancing just because he feels like it. Ambulance and police car sirens as a constant drone. A riverside path that makes Saturday morning feel almost tropical.
Turns out the Midwest is more fun to explore than I thought.
Sometimes You Need a Little Yelle
Having a bit of France withdrawal this week… fortunately there’s Yelle.
Friday Photo: San Francisco Bay
A little summer hiatus from Friday Photo is now over.
Somehow I managed to score a San Francisco weekend with sun, blue skies and no fog not so long ago. Love this city.
Killer Summer Music
8tracks: my new favorite internet music channel. So hot right now. Check Hype Machine’s latest immediately.
Fresh Cheese 101
Checked out Portland’s Culinary Workshop last week and discovered that cooking classes weren’t half as pretentious as I expected…
PCW opened earlier this year and is the brainchild of two food-loving women, Melinda Casady and Susana Holloway. Tired of working the professional circuit of culinary schools, the women wanted a place that was open, fun and educational. It’s all about getting their students to learn about good food, the kind of philosophy that anyone with a love of good food can get behind.
My visions of an intimidating chef hovering over my shoulder as I shakily held my thermometer in boiling milk soon disappeared, and by the time Susana had put a glass of wine in my hand and a Fresh Cheese 101 print out in front of me, I realized that I felt surprisingly at home. Cooking with fresh ingredients with glass of wine in hand? If I’m perfectly honest, it’s sort of my ideal Friday night.
Susana walked us through our first concoction, lemon cheese, a simple combination of milk and lemon. Had I known cheese was this easy, I would have started making it long ago.
Weekend Refresh: 23 Feet, Outdoor Slumber Parties and Home
Sometimes you need to hit the refresh button. And so you plan a city escape.
A personal screening of 23 Feet is certainly something to be thankful for, and somehow I conned the Red Reel ladies into bringing the Airstream out to my parents’s house out in the wild hinterlands of Western Washington. That’s what I call love.
Pop up a screen, turn on the Christmas lights and lay out some blankets on the hill and you’ve got yourself an outdoor theatre.
Love From Sweden: Lös Godis
Lös godis: very much my one true love. Imagine this: an entire wall covered in all kinds of candy, from salted licorice to chocolate covered rum balls, all to be carefully selected and placed in a colorful bag.
Weigh it at the checkout, raise your eyebrows when you realize how much was actually in that bag, and then smirk internally when you say to yourself, “who cares, it’s Saturday!” Then take it all home and pour the lös godis into a bowl where — for maybe for a few seconds — you enjoy the multicolored glory. But soon it’s all consumed, an empty, wrinkled bag with a fine layer of sugar your only remnants.
Love From Sweden: an ongoing travel photo series to capture the essence of Sweden.
Glad Midsommar!
Pickled herring, potatoes with dill, chocolate cake with strawberries… I love Midsummer, even when I’m not in Sweden to celebrate. The official kickoff to summer.
Want to throw your own solstice celebration Swedish style? Here’s the ultimate guide to what food and drink you need to make it all come together. Hint: it includes good tips for locally distilled Aquavit, recipe for a delicious mustard dill sauce and a little background on just why you should celebrate.
Glad midsommar!
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