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A Reputable Bicycle Selling Shop in New York

Bicycle is a two-wheeled one-way-track vehicle. Cycling has become one of the most loved recreational activity. This because many people can afford to buy a bicycle as it is not very expensive. Not only is it a recreational but it offers health benefits. Some people have been recommended to be cycling as a control measure to some of the conditions they suffer from. Such conditions include weak bones, high-stress level, and many others. The most effective bicycle selling shop is preferred when buying a bicycle. Below are some of the features of the best bicycle selling the shop.

Echelon cycles New York is the leading bicycle selling shop as they have good prices. Echelon cycles is an effective bike shop in New York. Echelon Cycles shop is known to be the best at best because it sells it bicycles at fair prices. A bicycle has become every kid want as the child grows up. , As a result, one has to consider price before buying the bicycle. The reason is, one parent is expected to buy not only one bicycle but two or more according to the number of kid the family has. This has been made possible by Echelon cycles as they sell bicycles at a good price.

Echelon cycles New York has shown to be the leading bicycle selling shop as they sell bicycles which offer long service before they get damaged. The best bicycle selling company should be dealing with bicycles that are durable. Majority of the cyclist are the children as they try to utilize their free time well. Mostly the young cyclist are not that careful when handling the bicycles then if the bicycle is fragile it will get spoilt easily. The current economy doesn’t allow one to keep spending capital buying one commodity. The best bicycle selling is therefore preferred when buying a bicycle. Bicycles sold in the best bicycle selling shop tend to offer a long period of service in good condition.

Echeloncyclesnyc New York also sells bicycle spare parts as well as bicycle riding necessities like the helmet, shoes and other accessories thus the leading bicycle selling shop in New York. One of the traits of the best bicycle selling shop is that it should not only deal in bicycles but also with spare parts and things required while riding the bicycle This to enable easy access to the repair parts when one damages his or her bicycle. It will be time efficient to get the spare parts as one will just get them from the shop.

6 Facts About Kits Everyone Thinks Are True

Effective Survival Gear Insights.

Survival gear is supposed to help you when you face challenges. The only components of your kit should be the most useful things. Avoid buying junk that will not be of any help to you. This will only cost you a lot of money for no reason. Some things should not be left out since they are essential. In a challenging environment there is a need to survive. The most important things should be available. Energy can be wasted if you pack a lot of things you will not need.

There are a number of things you need to train on for easy survival. The most important is your brain. Your mind should be ready set to deal with a certain circumstance. This is when a challenge is responded to. You also need to have all the skills that are needed. Having the essential skills is a good idea. You might end up in the wilderness alone. Without outdoor staffs, there will be no other alternative. You have to apply and use your own skills so that you can make it. For example, a fire might be needed in the process and there is no matchbox. You must know how a bone fire is created.

You also need to have the gear. A lot of people give more importance to this and forget all the other requirements. It is certain that gears must be present, but without skills they might not be that useful. It is difficult to get a gear when you have no idea the one that you should get. The companies that deal with gears is many in the market and it is confusing to decide on the one you want. You have to be keen to avoid buying the wrong gear. A good gear is of high quality and also affordable. Gears that are priced cheaply can also help.

The most important thing that you should not leave behind is the first aid kit. Getting a kit is not a big deal since they are almost available everywhere. The kit contains a few things that can help you in case of a small accident. They help in giving first aid before you seek medical attention. The bandages and tapes that are contained in the kit help in dressing up a wound. A sanitizer has to be packed in the kit. You are in charge of your kit and you should include all the things that you will require. A wound has to be cleaned before it is dressed and in this case, a sanitizer or alcohol must be used. A compass can also help you a great deal when you are lost in the forests. It is advisable you learn about the camping tips that help in survival before you plan for such activity.


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Being famous takes work

I haven't posted a fake beauty post in a while, so here's something in a similar vein: Celebrity beauty is a full-time job.

It's depressing how “attractiveness attributes” (low weight/high weight, no tan/suntan) match with whatever you'd need disposable income and leisure time to accomplish.

Who is Barack Obama?

The next president of the United States of America!

What to say? We watched the coverage at Ben and Jen's house, then drove down Peachtree and part of Auburn at about 1am to enjoy sporadic revelry.

I am excited and honored to have taken part in this historic election. I will proudly tell my children that I voted for Barack Obama.

Last night, we went to see Wicked at the Fox. It was awesome. We got the last two seats available, so we couldn't see the whole stage, and we couldn't hear a lot of the words because, well, it was the Fox, but it was still awesome. I am a total sucker for musicals, though: I even liked High School Musical, which we watched the other evening.

Today is perfect weather, part of which I spent dozing in the sun on the lawn at my parents-in-law's house, which makes a very nice end to a rather horrible week. I have been calling insurance people all week, and finding out that my poor Malibu is “totalled” — the repairs will cost more than 70% of the book value. RIP Malibu: 1999-2008.

I should edit this more, but I have vague intentions of following the one-post-per-day thing for November, so I want to be able to see improvement over time!

“Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president?” — Colin Powell

Oh damn it! I am excited about Obama becoming president. I am not impartial. I am not detached, disinterested, jaded, cynical, skeptical, disbelieving, or apathetic. I will be disappointed if Obama is not elected. And I will be disappointed if he does not live up to the promise he has shown.

In 1994, I voted in my first election, in the first free South African elections, driving down to Atlanta with my Dad. To my shame and everlasting regret, I didn't vote for the ANC, thinking in some teenage-logical way that since the result was certain, keeping things slightly more balanced was important. I voted against Nelson Mandela.

I learned that my vote may not count mathematically, tactically, or practically, but voting is not just numeric: mysteriously, you vote also with your heart. The slips of paper, the tallies, glow with something borrowed from the human spirit.

Of course, I see flaws, inconsistencies, dangers, reversals, politicking, unknowns. I don't think things are simple, and I don't pretend to understand enough to know how things like economics and foreign policy really work. I know that to some extent, all we see are polished, manufactured images. I want to avoid the mindless adulation/hate and/or hate/adulation craziness, and the endless batting back and forth of pre-rolled talking points. But I also want to avoid the cynical disengagement, the simplifying decision to assume that all candidates are equally fake.

For better or for worse, I like both candidates. I believe they are both gloriously and ingloriously human, they both care deeply, they both struggle to do right and best, they are both motivated by the fair, the noble, the admirable, as well as the other crap. Are we not all? I like McCain, and think he would make a fine president. But right now, Obama has my heart!

Weekend Camping Trip

This weekend, Bevin and I went camping at Lake Conasauga with the Rothnies and the Sims. It was beautiful: wet and misty at first (and freezing at night), and sunnier as time went on (and freezing at night). We left on Friday and returned on Sunday afternoon, taking it easy and not feeling the need to hurry. It was Spenser's first camping trip — he did great, and loved it, although he got a lot of, “You're very pretty to be out here” comments because the poodle people gave him a super-poofy hairdo.

On the way home, we ate at our favourite Mexican restaurant in Ellijay, out on the dog-friendly porch — cheap and delicious!

We'd love to go camping more often!

On page numbers and electronic texts

I recently signed up for an account on Readernaut (still in closed ßeta), a beautifully and thoughtfully designed reading community site. It uses page numbers to track progress, giving the option of avoiding “spoilers” by hiding notes from other readers pertaining to unread pages.

Alas, I am now reading mostly on my new Kindle, which displays an abstract “position” but no page numbers. I'd love for Amazon to include “real-word” page numbers in its electronic book format, but unfortunately, the problem goes deeper…

Right now, I'm reading Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow on my Kindle. I found an HTML-converted Project Gutenberg text, and cleaned it up a bit myself before converting it and loading it onto my Kindle. Although it was undoubtedly displayed on pages of a book long ago, the numbers are long since gone.

And what about articles, essays, or even longer works written for the web? They never even had page numbers! Should they?

Readernaut's creator, Nathan Borror, argues that for digitized books at least, page numbers are essential UI, and their absence is a design flaw. I have to agree.

For my Black Arrow conversion to include page numbers, Project Gutenberg would have to settle on a simple text markup convention for noting page numbers, we'd have to come up with a matching convention in HTML, and Amazon would have to teach the Kindle about page numbers. Let's get started!

The Dark Knight

Bevin and I went to see the latest batman movie tonight. It was extremely well done, and very suspenseful. Overall, it was... okay.

I say “okay” because it was so psychotic. Other than that, it was pretty amazing. I think perhaps it will grow on me, though...

Techie Stuff

For all of you out there who would like to learn how to build web pages, Opera is publishing a free Web Standards Curriculum, “a course designed to give anyone a solid grounding in web design/development, no matter who they are.”

Ze Frank's Experiment

Interesting that the two write-ups (as of now) of Ze Frank's Facebook experiment both record amazingly productive, enjoyable weeks while cut off from facebook.

If you're using SOAP in Python, give suds a try. It's very simple to use, and the maintainers are very responsive.

Two Good Movies

Two surprisingly good movies this weekend: Lions for Lambs and Meet Joe Black. Not that they have much in common with each other. Actually, I suppose the questions of mortality and purpose and meaning are common to many good films!

Ghost Ride the Prius

“Oh man, I went to the Too Short show last night. So hyphy man, so hyphy. You should come by some time and we’ll ghost ride the Prius.” —stuffwhitepeoplelike

Achieving Nirvana at Quizno's

Yesterday, I watched Jill Bolte Taylor's TED talk about her stroke, and about left/right brain functions. Then I walked down the street to buy a cookie. I tried to experience the world as she described in her talk, and it worked! I enjoyed the buzz of human activity in the crowded, noisy sandwich shop in a way I have seldom enjoyed it before.

I usually “zone out” by retreating into specific thoughts, like holding my breath and diving underwater (computer programmers are very good at this). In fact, I usually experience the world that way—I am seldom on the surface, noticing my surroundings. It makes me very quick at logical reasoning (useful or not), and very bad at experiencing the world of my senses. I think you would be surprised how little I notice of the world around me if you could step inside my thoughts!

During my walk, I managed to “zone in” and float on the surface - noticing only the shapes and colors of writing or the sounds of talking. It was a very interesting experience. I understood for the first time how some people find being in a crowd energizing—when the sounds, the music, the din of overlapping conversations were not an unwelcome distraction to be blocked out, they became a welcome presence of activity, of the energy of life happening around me. It was fascinating, and oddly relaxing.

I realized during that walk that I risk information addiction. Or left-brained, language-based concept addiction. And that I need nature—somehow the colors, shapes, and and movement of natural things are calming—almost like they seep in through the eyes and ears and gently press the "degauss button" on my brain. Or perhaps it's more like turning the etch-a-sketch upside down and letting a thousand tiny pebbles wipe away the lines and figures.

I can't always take RandsInRepose, but sometimes he's dead on. Nerdfotainment

verb: to make snarky comments on twitter or other messaging media about a meeting, while the meeting is in progress.

To whomever the kind soul is that found my ID badge and Marta pass and came to my office and turned them in, thanks!

More Obama Pushing

I haven't watched Lawrence Lessig's video on why he supports Obama yet, but I have read the transcript.

I totally agree with Lessig. I think that electing Obama would send the strongest signal abroad that we regret the path America has been on, and want to change. I don't think rewarding the Republicans with another four years would send that message. And while I think she'd make a pretty good president, and that it's about time we elected a woman (50% of the population, 0% of the presidents, WTF??), to me Clinton seems like more of the same, not something new.

The Drowsy Chaperone

Yesterday, we got half-price tickets and went to see The Drowsy Chaperone. It was hilarious, entertaining, and all-around fabulous. I liked it better than Spamalot.

Georgia Names!

So I finally have a simple, interesting answer to the question, “What sort of thing do you do at work?” Check it out: Georgia Names

For months, it turned out, an agent was assigned to steal her baby stroller and covertly let the air out of her bicycle tires when she went grocery shopping with her two toddlers. "If I had told anyone at the time that the Stasi was giving me flat tires, they would have laughed at me," she says. “It was a way to discredit people, make them seem crazy. I doubted my own sanity sometimes.” — wired

Go watch The Lives of Others right now, if you haven't yet!

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Saturday, April 30, 2005

The Holy Blogger

You never know who has a blog these days.

Even the new Pope Benedict XVI has gone high tech. Read his blog here.

Some people feel inclined to kneel at my feet and kiss my hand. It was strange at first, but I'm starting to get used to it. I now carry those disinfecting wipes to clean my hands when they leave. You never know where those lips have been.

All hail the Holy Blogger!

Blogger Jayaxe said...

I don't think that's the real Pope, dammit. Got what funky ringtones, condemning his own coat of arms, and describing his luxurious lifestyle. So bimbotic!!

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The Friday Roundup – 10/11/2017

Every Friday, we round up our top 5 most popular reads from the week, along with sharing some of our favourite finds from around the web.

This week includes a Tata Steel UK investment boost, Montracon’s 40th birthday and of course, #MozTheMonster…

Our top 5 most read this week

1. 265,000 more skilled engineers needed each year in the UK

More than a quarter of a million skilled engineers are needed each year to meet the demand from engineering and manufacturing companies, EEF has revealed. 72% of manufacturers say raising awareness of apprenticeships will encourage more young people into manufacturing – 63% say the same of STEM-promoting initiatives between schools and business. And in a positive step, there has been some progress in attracting young people into the industry with 51% of 11-16 year olds saying they would “consider a career in engineering” up from 40% last year.
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2. Tata Steel to invest £30m in South Wales

Tata Steel has announced investments of around £30 million to help secure the future of steelmaking in South Wales. The announcement is part of a series of planned UK investments to strengthen reliability and allow the development and production of high-performing steels demanded by customers. This will help meet the emerging need for next-generation steels for hybrid and electric cars, as well as for energy-efficient homes and buildings and innovative food packaging. Earlier this year, Tata Steel unveiled the UK’s most advanced robotic steel welding line which supplies material for car makers from its site in Wednesfield.
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3. Tomorrow’s Engineers Week – Engineers on a mission

Young people demand a career that will help others according to new research commissioned to launch Tomorrow’s Engineers Week. The findings show 90% of 9-18 year olds want a career that tackles social issues with almost half wanting to help animals (47%), two-fifths want to save peoples lives (37%) and a third want to help tackle homelessness (29%). While two-thirds (65%) of Generation Z claim money is the most important thing to look for in a career, 43% want to be part of something to be proud of and 37% want a career that offers excitement.
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4. Montracon invests £4.2m & celebrates 40th birthday

Doncaster-based trailer manufacturer Montracon is celebrating 40 years in business. Since 1977, Montracon has steadily built up its product portfolio and brand presence and now boasts a multi-million-pound business spread across multiple sites including Doncaster, Market Weighton and Ireland. The firm has recently completed a £4.2m investment, made in its Doncaster facility with a new shot blast and paint plant facility. This investment should see output at the Doncaster plant double with an increase from currently 40 units on a single shift rising to 80-90 in 2018.
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5. £1bn supply chain fund to solve productivity challenge

The Chancellor’s upcoming Budget should set aside more than £300m investment in a £1bn productivity improvement programme to boost manufacturing supply chains, ADS has revealed. A Government commitment of £345m in the November Budget would secure private sector investment of more than £600m for initiatives supporting supply chain companies in the aerospace, defence, automotive, rail and civil nuclear sectors. While the UK’s largest manufacturers have the ability to boost production rates in-house, to achieve growth they are dependent on the ability of local suppliers to continue improving their productivity.
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Our favourite #GBmfg & #UKmfg tweets of the week

Recommendation roundup

Our picks of the best manufacturing and business related content that caught our attention this week.

1. This robot swarm finishes your grocery shopping in minutes / via @FastCoDesign

Ocado, a British online-only supermarket, is using a new kind of robot – or, more specifically, a swarm of them. In their Andover warehouse, a swarm of 1,000 robots races over a grid the size of a soccer field, filling orders and replacing stock at speeds of 13 feet per second. The new system, which went live earlier this year, can fulfill a 50-item order in under five minutes–something that used to take about two hours at human-only facilities. And to answer the question of whether this means robots are replacing humans, CTO Paul Clarke argued the contrary – the company is continuously expanding, and it is a “net employer of 13,000 people, none of whom [including himself] would have a job if it hadn’t been for the automation and robotics we’ve developed here.” He also claims that its “workforce has doubled in the last five years,” and they’ve just added 200 new jobs at the grid facility in Andover.
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2. Sainsbury’s boss says UK ‘through the worst’ of weak pound fuelling food inflation / via @BBCNews

The boss of Sainsbury’s has said the UK is “probably through the worst” of a weaker pound fuelling food inflation. After years of deflation, Brexit currency movements meant there had been a “little bit of food price inflation” this year, chief executive Mike Coupe told the BBC. But he said food prices this Christmas would still be “about the same as they were two years ago in 2015”.
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3. Shortage of factory workers starts to push up pay rate / via @guardian

A shortage of factory workers is starting to push up pay rates but wage rises in the services sector remain rooted at around 2%, according to the latest feedback from the Bank of England’s regional agents. The central bank said its agents found that shortages this month across the manufacturing sector were leading to a “slight increase in pay growth” that would take average rate of pay rises up by half a percent, from 2-3% this year to 2.5%-3.5% in 2018. The REC said the increase, the second quickest rise in wages since November 2015, followed a fall in unemployment to the lowest level in 40 years that had restricted the number of workers available to take up new positions. It warned that higher pay offers were also needed to counter a growing shortage of EU workers ahead of Brexit.
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And finally, some bonus picks to add to your reading list this weekend:

1. #MozTheMonster has debuted but spare a thought for John Lewis from Virginia / via @standardnews

Have you met Moz The Monster yet? An American man, John Lewis, is warming up for an annual onslaught of Twitter messages as the retail chain’s Christmas advert comes out today. The father-of-four is frequently confused for the high street brand on social media, as customers tweet him at the handle @johnlewis instead of @johnlewisretail. Each year, he calmly responds to scores of users who message him in error and Mr Lewis, from Blacksburg, Virginia, has already started his trademark responses.
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2. 11 perks Facebook is offering employees / via @BIUK

It’s well-known that big tech companies tend to offer lots of tempting perks. And Facebook is no different. A quick glance at its careers page reveals a whole slew of enviable benefits. On its jobs site, Facebook advocates for a “holistic approach to benefits and perks,” and focuses on several different spheres, including health, family, community, finance, and convenience. Here’s a look at some of the perks Facebook offers employees in North America, including a bike repair shop, on-site barber’s shop and dry cleaning services…
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Spot something you think we should see? Share with us! Email and we may feature it in an upcoming post.


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An ambitious and flexible graphic designer from China with a recent Master Desgree in Graphic Design from London College of Communication.

Friday, 9 November 2012

nishant jethi: the clenoscope

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'cleanoscope', mumbia, india
littering is a hard-to-change habit. the challenge was to make people throw waste into the trash. turning to the kaleidoscope for reference,
the act of throwing garbage is now fun. when you place the unwanted objects into the container, it creates a beautiful pattern.
experimenting with user interaction, the product was placed in a public setting in a children's park in mumbai, india."

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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Sign Up For The WordWooze Newsletter!

I really do like working with WordWooze Publishing - and here's an opportunity for you folks to follow all the cool things they are up to by subscribing to their  newsletter!

Here's the info - in a letter from the man himself, Jim Loftin:
I would like to inform you of Wordwooze Publishing’s response to Amazon’s new review vetting policy. We are supplementing our practice of sending potential reviewers pdf or mobi copies by scheduling days when our books are free on Amazon, which allows reviewers to “purchase” the book and have their reviews display on Amazon as a “verified purchase.” During the first couple of months of this new campaign all of our books will periodically be available in this manner, from then onward at least two books per month.

We will be sending out a MailChimp newsletter to reviewers and bloggers to alert them of the scheduled Amazon promotion periods of each book. You are invited to sign up for our opt-in only mailing list here: To sweeten the deal for reviewers and bloggers, our newsletters will include links to downloadable cover art, blurbs, excerpts, interviews, bios and author photos or avatars.

Whereas we would eventually like this to become the most common means of providing review copies to reviewers, we will also judiciously distribute review copies as we have in the past. Just to be clear, this is only for our ebook editions; Audible doesn’t offer this option. We will continue providing promo codes to interested audiobook reviewers and bloggers.

Jim Loftin aka Jim Lyon
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Paleo Eggnog

Here you go Grant... the eggnog recipe below is courtesy of CrossFit Santa Cruz.
It's been a while since I've made my own almond milk, but I couldn't help but think that this recipe would be even better with a homemade touch.  I can't describe the difference but it's remarkable.  To make homemade almond milk is amazingly simple and well worth the 5 minutes!

Homemade Almond Milk

Making your own almond (or any nut milk) is amazingly simple and only requires you remember a ratio:  1 cup nuts to 4 cups water.

1. Soak raw almonds overnight or at least 8 hours.
2. Blend water and almonds in high-performance blender.
3. Strain mixture through a cheesecloth (not mandatory, but will make a much smoother texture)
4. Keep it real or add any extras you want for some flavor-enhancing

Vanilla Almond Milk:  Blend in 6 dates or 1/4 cup agave + 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Chocolate nut milk: Add the above (from vanilla recipe) and 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Chai milk: Add the above (from vanilla recipe), 1 tsp cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg - THIS IS MY FAVORITE... warm it up a little and add some espresso for a crazy good chai latte.

Paleo Eggnog
1-1/4 C unsweetened original almond milk
3/4 C lite coconut milk
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1 T blackstrap molasses
1 T agave nectar
cinnamon stick
Combine all ingredients in a shaker or blender. Serve chilled. Top with fresh ground nutmeg and garnish with a cinnamon stick. Enjoy!!!


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Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Olympic Ray Ban x UPS

I'm sure some of you will remember the last lot of Olympic Ray Ban's we had

These were released in 1996 for the Atlanta games and have the UPS logo on the side of each arm

great colour way with original case,tag and cloth


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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I am SO not wanting to be back at work today. How about you? I really think that there should be a three-day weekend once a month. Now, I know that many a DC gov't folk (and elsewhere) do the compressed schedule, and work four ten-hour days, but ten hours? Seriously? Is that worth having every Friday off? I think I'd rather do my normal 8-9 hours, depending on the day and have a three day weekend once a month. Thoughts?

Do you watch the show Jon and Kate, Plus 8? If you don't, you should! This PA couple has eight children- a set of twins and sextuplets. They are adorable, seriously. Anyway. My point is this. I was watching an episode last night and the parents were doing a teeth bleaching treatment at their dentist, and they were upset because after its done, they couldn't drink coffee (or anything that would stain the teeth) for 48 hours and they were not sure how they'd get through 48 hours without coffee.

Could you get through 48 hours without coffee? I would be fine. Sure, sometimes I have a cup of coffee in the morning, but not every morning. I don't own a coffee maker. Wait, I'm lying. I have one, but it is in a cabinet and I've never used it. It was given to me by a friend who got a new one once she was married and had registered for a better one (gee, thanks!). Occasionally I will stop at Dunkins for a coffee on my way to my office, or sometimes have a cup once I get here, but I am one of those people who adds more cream and sugar then actual coffee. Lately I have been obsessed with those Odwalla drinks anyway. Still though, I know there are several in my office who have many cups of coffee each day. So, I wonder about you, oh lovely readers.

How was your long weekend? Did you do anything fun?

Steve and I watched 27 Dresses and Untraceable. Have you seen either? I liked both, but I did cover my eyes a few times during the touture scenes of Untraceable. We also went to Georgetown and had wings at Rhino yesterday. I also managed to pull the brilliant move of buying two conditioners, but no shampoo, at Lush.

Oh! I also bought this cookbook for a bridal shower gift for a friend. Her shower is this weekend, but I can't go, as I'll be at a wedding in Iowa. If you are in DC and have not been to Cake Love, you are seriously missing out! It's amazing! Want to go? Cupcake date!

I am still thinking about the puppy I mentioned the other day. I emailed the shelter and he was taken by a Corgi rescue league in Maryland, so I emailed them to ask about adoption. I have a feeling they'd want him living with a family with a backyard, not little old me in my Capitol Hill efficiency, but seriously, nobody would love him more then I would....

Friday, May 23, 2008

um, what?

Has anyone seen this?

Seriously? Would you watch?

Look at this face. I really think I need him.

Or her

Have I mentioned how much I love corgis?

Happy Friday!

Friday AND a three day weekend? What could be better? Now, I don't really have many big plans for my weekend, which is fine with me. Next weekend we'll be in Iowa for a wedding, so it will be good to rest up and do things around the apartment that I always seem to put off.

Speaking of weddings, is it wrong that while I do not actually have a sparkley something pretty on my left hand, but I have spent the last hour and a half looking at potential wedding reception sites? I think it is good to be prepared with ideas, right? I mean, weddings are big and they come with a lot of decisions to be made. I think that the more ideas I have now, the less stressed I will be later. Am I way off base with my thinking?

I've never been one of those girls who had her entire wedding planned since the age of six, but there are a few things that I know I want (NH in October) and then for the most part, everything else I am flexible on. I know who most of my bridesmaids will be, though I am still thinking of the exact number. How many bridesmaids is too many? Not that I am going for 14 or anything, but six? Eight? Who knows! I do want to find a dress that isn't insanely expensive and maybe that they can wear again too. I know I have a few dresses in my closet that I will never wear again!

Yes, so it's Friday afternoon and I am slacking off a bit. It's okay to do sometimes. Besides, my boss is out of town (all next week too!), so I can have a few minutes of off-time, right?

Ohh, and remember to go over to Heidi's blog and read my first ever guest post sometime today!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

quick afternoon thoughts from Safeway

  • I just ran to Safeway to grab a few things. I saw a man walking, wearing a grey pinstripe suit and black leather slip-on leather loafers with no socks. Now, I'm no fashionista, but I thought it looked rediculous. Am I missing something?

  • There is a cashier who works there who knows my name. It is likely because it must come up on the screen after I swipe my safeway card. He remembers my name every time. Now, I know it comes up every time, but he remembers my name, even if I am not in his line. I'll be standing in the next line over and he'll say hi to me. I'll be walking by, and he'll say hi to me. One day, I had just a few things, so I was in the 10 items or less. His line is on the other end of the store, by the entrance. There were two people in line in front of me. He walked out from behind the cashier stand and saw me and yelled out "Hey A, come to my line, it's open." I wasn't sure what to do, but everyone was looking at me, so I walked down there. Am I wrong to be a bit creeped out by this?

  • On another note, has angel hair pasta disapeared from shelves? I found ooodles of noodles, none of which were angel hair. I did however, find several packages of "thin spagetti." Is this the new angel hair? Is this the PC term for angel hair?

It's a little chilly today! Well, maybe I shouldn't say chilly; it is 60*, but the weather report this morning on the news said mid-70*s...

Is it just me, or is this morning seriously dragging on and on? I feel like it should be after 2pm, but alas, it is only 11:41am. Booo.

Oh! Be sure to visit Heidi's blog this weekend, because I am making my first ever guest post!

I am making this recipe for dinner tonight. I will take a picture or two, I think, and post them. Though I still can't figure out how to post pictures on here...I'm new at this blogging!

I need a nap. Maybe a cookie too.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

So my first (of two) summer classes began tonight and I LOVE IT!!! Background- I'm finishing up year one (of two) of an MA in International Education. I do already have a Masters, but another? Why the heck not? I'm especially interested in literacy development and library building in developing nations. Interesting? I'd say yes. The class I have Wednesday afternoons for the next six weeks is Childrens Literature. It seems really fantastic. There will be a good amount of work, but all really worthwhile and interesting projects. One assignment is to read to a group of children of varying ages. We do this twice, so maybe once a group of first graders and then second time, maybe to just one or two four-year olds. Aside from the reading, we have to create a few questions for the children before, during and after reading, and then analyze their reactions. So, I am looking forward to it.

We spent time going around the room (there are only about 12 students) talking about our favorite stories as children. It was so refreshing to hear what stories others remembered and loved from their childhood and we all had many favorites in common! It was also fun, because often, one would say their favorite, and it would trigger a memory to the rest of us, so someone would say their favorite, and there would be a chorus of "ohhh, I loved that book!" and "ohhhh yeah, me too!"

So, I think it will be a good class and I am excited about it. That's a good thing, eh?

Okay- dinner time--- I made pierogi!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Hello lovelies!

It is Tuesday afternoon and I actually stayed home from work today. Not because I was sick, per se, but I woke up exhausted and thought a day at home would benefit me. So, sent an "I'm not feeling well" email to the boss, and turned over and went back to sleep. I woke up around 10am. Ahhh, sweet bliss.

I went out to dinner last night with two fabulous ladies. We had a great time and hopefully it will happen again soon! If you are in DC, I suggest heading to Chinatown and going to Ella's Wood-fired Pizza and trying some sangria and a polpotini pizza. Delish!

I think my neighbor has moved out. I haven't seen him in a while, and I just heard a bit of commotion in the hallway, and there are workmen going in and out of his apartment. Sad. Derrick was cool!

One of my summer classes begins tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it- it's called Children's Literature, and from what I've heard from others who took it in the past, we read a lot of childrens books, and then the final project is to write one of our own! My other summer class begins in June. The month of June will be Hellish- on Wednesdays, I have class from 1:30 to 9:30! I didn't do that on purpose, obviously...

You know those wallflowers from Bath and Body Works? I have one in my kitchen, and I just changed the bulb, and now my kitchen smells like cherry pie. Yum. It's making me hungry.

My seeds are beginning to sprout!

We had a great time at the wine festival at Mount Vernon. Between the two of us, Steve and I bought 12 bottles...

What did you think of the Gossip Girl finale?

Sunday, May 18, 2008

I'm thinking of creating a blog to review the books I read? Might be fun?

Also, maybe a cooking blog? I could post recipes and pictures of my dinners!

Hmmm, maybe I am jumping ahead of myself a bit, considering I've only had this blog a few weeks!

Sunday mornings

I am lying in bed while I blog. I should have gotten up early and gone to church with Steve, but that isn't happening, obviously. He's clearly a better Catholic then I am, since he got up with plenty of time to walk down to mass. He said he tried to wake me up too...he probably did, but I am far from a morning person and very grumpy when I first wake up. Lucky him!

Yesterday was a really nice day. I woke up late (shocker!) as I was up late Friday night reading Certain Girls. We'll talk more about that later. So, Steve came over and met me, then we walked down to Union Station where we had lunch at Uno's. Not terribly exciting, but good...predictable. You know. Then we walked over to the Mall...we walked first to the Capitol, then past the reflecting pool and over to Penn NW, where they were having a big Asian Festival. Several blocks were shut down to cars, and there were street dancers and music, food of all sorts, people talking about yoga and meditation, etc. There was also a booth for SOS Children where I was talked into sponsoring an Albanian village. Steve laughs at me, he says I am a salesperson's dream and can be talked into anything. This is somewhat true, but I'd been considering this for a while, so it wasn't exactly a spur-of-the-moment decision. I feel good about it.

Once we left the festival, we walked across the Mall and over to the Smithsonian Castle. I'd never been inside and have decided that I'd like to live there! Ha. After the Castle, we went to the National Archives, which I am slightly ashamed to admit that I'd never been to before, despite living in DC for nearly four years now! While we were there, a friend texted and asked if we wanted to meet them for dinner, so we went down to Phillips (seafood) on the Waterfront, and had dinner there. It was good, yet nothing to get excited about.

Tonight is the wine and jazz festival at Mount Vernon. I am excited. Two options for an outfit....an adorable sundress (white and purple stripes, with little bits of green) and a purple caridgan OR dark blue capris with a white top from Gap? Sorry, no link to the dress....it's Gap outlet, so not on their site anymore...

I did take some pics yesterday, and will take more tonight. If I can figure out how to post them, I will eventually!

Happy Sunday!

Friday, May 16, 2008

Finally, Friday! Though it is raining, but I can deal.

I wore my adorable new rain boots today, but I am not sure how I feel about them! They fit fine in the foot, but around my calves, they are TIGHT! Maybe I have fat calves? I'm unsure...

I am currently reading Certain Girls, the new book by Jennifer Wiener. I'll be discussing it at Heidi's bookclub on Monday! Excellent. I'm about halfway through, and it is very good so far. I've read her other's and always enjoyed them. I read several chapters last night, and decided to read a few more this morning before I left for work. This was a bad idea...I was late for work. Oh well, it is Friday and my boss is out. Nobody noticed. Now of course, I am mad at myself for not bringing it with me. Since my boss is out and there are four people here today, I could totally have done an hour lunch with the book at my favorite Dupont lunch spot, which is luckily about a block from my office! I have another book though...I'll go anyway!

Yesterday I went to Whole Foods and purchased a few planting kits. They had a few of those sets that comes with planters, dirt and seeds. One should grow oregano, rosemary, basil and parsley and the other should grow lavender, mint and chamomile. So, I planted those with the hopes that they grow! I also had to replant my bamboo plant, as he was getting too big for his container. I have no idea where this green thumb is coming from....like I even have a garden or even a plot of grass...I have a window facing Capitol Hill, so that should work for something, eh?

Oh, and yay for California, for legalizing same-sex marriages!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

mid week-weakness

How is it only Wednesday? Seriously?

My godson, via my best friend, sent me a Happy Godmother's Day card along with a few new pics. He's seriously the most adorable baby! He'll be a year in July and he's huge! Renee isn't having a big party for him (long story) but I have a wedding to go to the weekend after his birthday, so I will probably go home for the week. That will be nice.

This weekend Steve and I, along with a few friends, are going to Mount Vernon for their annual jazz and wine festival. I'm looking forward to it. I've been wanting to go for ages, and just never got around to it in the past, but finally remembered to buy tickets this year. I love Mount Vernon, it is one of my favorite places in the DC area. We go pretty often and it never gets old. We went to the Christmas candlelit tour, which was gorgeous. I think this one will be lovely too, with the sun setting over the Potomac, wine, cheese and my boy!

Any plans for Memorial Day weekend?

Monday, May 12, 2008

PS. I think I need this-

Am I the only one who thought that Gossip Girl and The Hills were both slightly lame tonight?

MIA sweater...

Do you often lose things? I have an adorable black button up cardigan that has gone missing in a most mysterious way.

I seriously have no idea where it could have gone.

I bought it at H&m not too long ago...maybe January? I can't find it.

I've searched my (small) apartment. It's not there. It was not left at Steve's, I've looked and asked him. I went home for a weekend in February and thought maybe I left it there, but I asked my parents, they looked and its not there. It is not at my office. I cleaned my closets this weekend, hoping I'd find it...but no such luck.

I have no idea where it could possibly be and this is driving me nuts.

Has this happened to you? What went missing and where did you find it?

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day!

I don't think my mother is aware of my blog (considering it's barely a week old, I'm doubting it!) but regardless, Happy Mother's Day to my amazing mother! My mother is pretty special and I don't know how to adequately express that.

She's a high school librarian, which most definitely contributes to my love of reading. Every Saturday, when I was younger, we'd go to the library and pick out books. Every summer, we took part in the summer reading projects at the library. Growing up, my sister, brother and I each had our own author...I had Beatrix Potter, my sister had Tasha Tudor and my brother had Tomie dePaola. Each Christmas, birthday, Easter, etc, we would get a book by "our" author. I now have the entire collection of Peter Rabbit and friends stories. Since I exhausted the collection several years back, my mother will now buy other Peter Rabbit things. Sometimes she finds Peter Rabbit cookbooks, or teacups or sticker books. Along the same lines, each Christmas we'd get (and still get) a Christmas story. I now have 28 Christmas stories of all sorts. I plan to do the same thing for my children. They will also someday get my Peter Rabbit stories and Christmas stories.

My mother is terrified of thunder and lightening. She had a scary experience with it when she was young. When we were children, during a storm, we would each go into our room and get a stack of books. We'd then go downstairs and sit on the floor in the hallway (where there were no windows), and read books until the storm ended. She would also unplug everything...lamps, phones, tv/vcr, everything....

My mother's best friend lives in upstate NY and is a very accomplished equestrian. I began riding when I was 9, and every summer, we'd go to Donna's and spend a week there and I'd ride every day, all day. I was in Heaven. Recently, my mother has begun to take riding lessons at a stable near my parents house. Every Monday night, she calls me to tell me about her lesson that evening. I love hearing about what she is learning and it brings back all sorts of memories.

Sometimes I really hate being so far from home. I was fortunate in that when growing up, all four of my grandparents lived ten minutes from my house and we saw them all the time. It makes me sad that my children won't be that close to theirs. We won't be able to go over for Sunday dinners or stop by on the way home from church. I want my babies to know how amazing their grandmother is...but I think they will still know....

Happy Mothers Day to mine and all the other mummies out there!

Sunday night

Another Sunday night....

It has been a productive weekend. Steve went to Iowa at the last minute, his father was in the hospital, but is okay. He's at the airport now, waiting for his flight back, which was apparently delayed.

I went to Old Town (Alexandria) yesterday. I had a few things to exchange at the Gap outlet, so I figured it was okay to help stimulate the economy, since I got my check Friday (yay!). I picked up a few things there and then stopped by Nine West where they were having a buy one, get one half off sale. I found a pair of sandals that are almost exactly sure what I was looking for (I'm not totally sure exactly what I was looking for!) and then found another pair that I LOVED...but of course, they didn't have my size (11...ughhhh!), so I asked the sales girl if there were more in the back. She said she knew they didn't have any of those, but would call another store. Turns out, there was a pair at Potomac Mills in my size...so, I ordered them and they are going to ship them to me! Yippie! So, successful trip indeed.

I also went to Bread and Chocolate, which I love, and had the German pancakes with berries....raspberries and strawberries...so delish! I sat there with those and a vanilla latte reading Three Cups of Tea. It was lovely. Have you read it? What did you think?

Today was more boring. I cleaned out my closet. I now have FIVE garbage bags full of clothes that I need to donate to the Salvation Army. There is actually a drop-off facility a few blocks from me, but I can't walk down there with all of them, so I'll wait for Steve to help me, since he has a car and I do not. My closets are so orderly! Love it!

Tonight is the finale for Survivor. I love this. Do you watch it?

Now I'm full of pierogi....yummmmm.

I want to go to Preakness next weekend.

Friday, May 9, 2008

It is raining. A lot. I heard something about a flood watch? Right, and I am wearing cottonish ballet flats today. Brilliant, Lexiloo, just brilliant.

As I walked to my office from the Dupont North metro stop, I jumped to avoid puddles, which didn't do much, since I mostly landed in others. Then, walking down Corcoran, I was splashed by a car. Wanker! Yes, I yelled that at the car, who was unlikely to have heard me, and probably didn't care much anyway.

So, the logical thing to do was order a pair of adorable wellies from JCrew.com when I got to work, since a. I obviously need them, and b. I was economically stimulated today! Yippie for the government!

So, the boots? Tres adorable, no?
Okay, the boots are at the top...I don't know why I can't get the picture down here where I want it...stupid blogspot! I'm new at this...so sorry!
Right, this weekend is Learnapalooza DC....
Fun? I think so! I think that the lovely Heidi and I are going to the Intro to Knitting class! I've always wanted to learn, so I think this will be fun. In DC? Want to knit? Come learn with us!
Since it is Friday, rainy and I am now miraculously richer, thanks to the US gov, maybe I will get lunch somewhere fun.....any ideas?

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

I had a meeting with my advisor this afternoon, so I left work a little early. On the way back, I decided to get off at Eastern Market and walk, rather then switch at Metro to go to Union Station like usual. On a whim, I got off at Capitol South instead. It's been a long time since I was at Cap South. As I came up the escalator and Cannon HOB came into view, I began to think about the year I spent working in the Rayburn building. It was my first "real" job, after I finished my Masters. Moving to DC and working on the Hill wasn't really my idea, it wasn't something I wanted, per se. What I mean, is that it wasn't something I really considered initially. When I began looking for jobs, most of my resumes went to NYC and Boston, and a few here and there would come down to DC. I heard about the position with the Congressman through a former supervisor at a past summer internship, and she told me to apply. So I did. I didn't hear anything for a while...then they asked me to interview...then a second interview...and then, several weeks later, after I had accepted a position as the Deputy Campaign Manager for an election in Canada, they offered me the job. I told them about Canada, they said they'd wait for me, that I could come down to DC when the election was over. So that's what I did.

It all seems so surreal now, when I think about it. It feels like it was so long ago, yet it wasn't. July 4 is Independence Day, but it is also the day I moved to DC and began my life here, almost four years ago. While it may not have been the job of my dreams, I enjoyed it (most days!) and learned a lot. When I left the Hill a year later, I thought I knew what I wanted to do. Three years and three jobs later, I'm still not so sure.....

My father just sent me the link for the craigslist ad where he has posted my car for sale. Now, I should say that if you want to be techical, it really is my parents car, not MY car...but I drove it all through college, before and after Poland, and then for a while before I moved to DC. I knew I didn't need or want a car here in the city, so it remained in NH in my parents driveway. When I was home, I'd sometimes drive it, or another car, if my sister had Ruby that day (yes, I named her Ruby...Ruby Red...)

Some people (ie, my boyfriend!) find it amazing that I've never owned a car of my own. He apparently bought a used junker at 16 and never looked back. I suppose I would have bought one eventually, should my life have taken my elsewhere, but in a city with a reasonably good public transportation, why would I want a car? Parking is horrendous, traffic is awful and I don't even like to think about gas prices, so I don't, since they don't affect me. Really though, I have no need for a car of my own right now. Maybe someday, but not this one.

Still though, seeing that craigslist ad tugged a few of my heartstrings. I have such fond memories of that car! She came with me to CT my senior year, and I drove all over the place, despite my claiming not to. I remember two days after I brought the car down after begging and pleading with my parents to let me, I was on I-95 driving to New Haven to help at a campaign event, when a huge piece of asphault flew up from a mack truck and smashed into my windshield. My passengers and I were fine, but Ruby needed a new one. Poor girl. Many other trips to New Haven soon followed, along with trips to the diner at 2am, drives to the beach to play on the swings and other adventures in the Nutmeg State. She was packed up tight as I drove home to NH after graduation, tears falling from my eyes.

Ahhhh, the memories....

Ruby, you'll be missed!

Monday, May 5, 2008

I am so sad. There is a family in Falls Church with THE three most adorable little boys ever and I babysit for them.

They are moving to Charleston.

Yes, the one in South Carolina :(

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Why do weekends end so soon?

I ran over to Eastern Market today and discovered that it was the Market Fest, so there were street dancers and music and all sorts of great things. I bought some lemons and limes, since I forgot them at Wegmans yesterday. I also bought a vintage map of both New Hampshire and Iowa that will look good in frames. Also, there is a local artist that I like, Mary Belcher and I bought a few of her hand-painted notecards. I'll likely frame them for my kitchen rather then actually sending them.

I've been into Susan Branch's artwork lately too. I found a few of her prints, matted in frames on ebay, and they are now in my kitchen!

I made a little lemon-pepper chicken for dinner, with asparagus and snow pea pods. Yum. Now I should do the dishes, eh? I wish I had a dishwasher...

sunny Sundays

There are few places in DC that I like more then Eastern Market in the summer. If you haven't been there, you must go, and soon! I love the flea market and the farmers selling their goods, the artists and their goods and the live music. I love all the area shops and restaurants. I love the Polish man selling the Boleslawiec pottery. I love the crafts and the handmade jewelry. On occasion, there is an Amish farmer there selling furniture. Granted my Capitol Hill efficiency isn't roomy enough for his beautiful pieces, but I can dream, right? I love the rows of fresh produce from Maryland, Virginia and sometimes West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Yesterday included a trip to Wegmans and then a movie. Today will include a trip to Eastern Market. Then I suppose I should write my Mothers Day cards and get those in the mail....