Gun Key

‘Jailers’ keys were apparently filled with gun powder to create a primitive gun that could be detonated if there was any trouble when opening a cell door. We found several original versions that back up this claim, dating from the 17th century and of various complexity.’

HeyTell

Jennette and Janell recently introduced me to HeyTell and its my new favorite toy. It lets you instant voice message, so you can do it safely while driving. Plus it sort of turns your phone into a walkie talkie and that's just so 80's it makes me want to put on hammer pants.

Mascarpone Apricots

Stuff them with sweetened mascarpone and plop a blackberry on top, drizzle with honey or agave and stick them under your broiler. Garnish with pistachio's.

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Eat Well, Travel Often

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Pantheon

Dear Andy, Love Mick

White Tulips

Chocolate Raspberry

Red lipstick in the rearview

Coolest Bike Basket Ever

Chic, modern, well-designed, and ultra-functional. Does it get better? I submit that it cannot.

art deco

Fallen Angel

Sailor Bracelet

To say that I want one would be an understatement.

Have I mentioned that my birthday is in two weeks?

Baby

a small space

Small, but useful.

Begins

Sunning Flamingos

Adventuring

Lake like glass

Tortellini Pesto Appetizer

What a fun and east appetizer idea! Tortellini on skewers served with a pesto dipping sauce.

T-Shirt Ballerina

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Dance Form

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A perfect spring dress

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Doing it right

Umbrellas for the civil but discontent man

'In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life: 

“Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but that a powerful measure of desire for aggression has to be reckoned as part of their instinctual endowment.” 

Fundamentally there is a tension between the freedom to gratify these natural desires and the conformity demanded by civilization.  What results is a muted, guilty, and ultimately a discontent populous in which the possibility of a more complete happiness has been traded for a degree of security.

Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man combines a symbol of gentlemanly refinement—the full-sized, dark umbrella—with an element of more manly sword-bearing times.  The umbrellas offer brief psychological respite from the dictates of social amiability; aggressive fantasies are allowed and encouraged on the daily commute to the office.  The effete civilian’s grasp of the handle takes him into the world of the masterful samurai, the medieval barbarian, or the triumphant cavalryman.'


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Train Paths

Unrestrainable Joy

All day I dream of dinner parties

Gold Dipped

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Pantone Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs

Lean

Skyscapers by OK Go

OK Go makes the BEST music videos.

Geometric Currency Sculptures by Kristi Malakoff

Fly!

Couch Surprise

Didn't see that twist coming, did you?

Sometimes I start to feeling like everything in this world has been done and redone, and I doubly appreciate when something manages to surprise and delight.

Well done sofa, well done.

Gold

Found him

Waldo.

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Lowrider Baby Cruiser

It took the young ‘un's Dad eight months to custom build and won first place in the Open Car class at the Monthly Muscle Car Show in Plano, Texas, USA.  

100% Awesome.

How does it work? PLUS, I want one.