Tag Archives: Blog Love

On a Break

I’m sure you guys have noticed that I’ve been not quite on my game this week. I’ve been sick. My little one’s been sick. You know the story. :(

We’re on our way to recovery though and now that I’m finding my footing I wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for your support of my submission to the SacPress open. I’m so touched by how many of you took the time to register with SacPress just so you could leave a note and support me. You are unspeakably wonderful!

If I could I would grab a big group of people and sing my LOVE for you in a big-group-jam session. Just like these people below.

Found via Girls Gone Child

Five for Friday Pt. 36

1) Design: Jonathan Adler kills me because after I see his rooms I’m always left thinking something along the lines of “I need a Union Jack rug” or “Obviously I should reupholster our chairs in magenta.” Or perhaps “That’s what was missing, a hippopotamus ottoman!” He’s the best.

I”m totally serious by the way. I really feel like I “need” a hippopotamus ottoman now.

Jonathan Adler's NY duplex via the Wall Street Journal

2) Funny: My friend Andres was once offered a contract that was going to pay 20% of his salary in Pizza. For reals. I think that’s why I can’t get over this commercial. My favorite part is when the Dad says “I know! We’re set for life!”

3) Food: Sparkly stars on something I can eat? Yes please! Get them here.

Found via Oh Happy Day

4) Blog Love: I love this ode to airport layovers. I find them so calm and relaxing. There’s usually Starbucks and Wi-Fi too. What’s not to like?

5) Dance: And of course, it’s not Friday without a little dancing. Am I right?

Side Note: My friend Renee has officially served lymphoma its eviction notice: she began chemo yesterday. Please pray that the nasty stuff does what it’s supposed to do. Thanks!

Five for Friday Pt. 34

1) Blog Love: If you know me “in real life” you might’ve heard me mentioning my “friend Danielle from Oklahoma”. Connecting with cool people is absolutely the best part about blogging. Danielle and I’ve been having an ” internet friendmance” for awhile and I was so excited that she invited me to participate in her Holiday Gift Guide. Click here to ck out Danielle’s blog and see what I picked!

2) Dance: Ck out the Valedictorian of the Creatives Ms. Jaimie Goodwin in this fun piece for Dancing with the Stars.

3) Music: Last week Chocquibtown took home Best Alternative song for Colombia at the Latin Grammy’s. Represent Costenos! Bogota is close to my heart but there is absolutely no place on earth like the Colombian coast. I love their kick-asses accents, their open smiles and the way they swagga! In English De Donde vengo yo means “Where I come from”

Holla.

4) TV: I have a love/hate relationship with Glee. Sometimes it is so awesome and sometimes it’s just… so not up to par with its better moments. The Umbrella/Singing in the Rain Mashup from this weeks episode was EPIC. I love everything the arrangement, the dancing, the staging, the lighting, the color scheme. I forsee an ill advised attempt to sing Rihanna songs in the rain in my future.

5) Movies: It’s HARRY POTTER WEEKEND everybody! Break out your wands!The opening to Deathly Hallows was probably the most breathtakingly exciting scene I have ever read. It felt like watching a movie to read it so I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to handle it in IMAX. My parents are in town and offered to babysit so it’s a win-win all around. We’re coming to help you Harry!

Weekend Update #34

Hey-yo blog peeps! I’ve got some cool stuff for us this week: more awesomeness from last weeks conference, a new guest for the Creatives and an Imaginary Vacation! Let’s start the week off with some very serious and flattering pictures, shall we?

Em and I hit up the launch party for Anthology Magazine. It was very, very cool. I'm sure from these pics you can see that we didn't have any fun at all.

Yeah, super not-fun. We definitely didn't have the BEST TIME EVER.

We met lots of cool people including one of my very favorite bloggers: Maggie from Mighty Girl. You guys, she is so nice. I can't even tell you how cool and friendly she was. Okay, I just did, but you get the idea. :) If I am ever able to finally grow up I want to be just like her.

In other completely un-related news, my son is perfecting his "What up?" face.

He dropped the gangsta shtick to hang with Eliana. Smart kid.

I recruited my friend Marilyn (otherwise known as Eliana's mom) for a future blog project.

You guys wouldn't be interested in learning how to make Marilyn's delicious and super-authentic Thai Curry would you? Yes? Hmmm... we'll see what we can do about that.

I made a chocolate stout cake with cream cheese frosting. It was awesome and probably the first cake I've ever made that didn't turn out crapalicious. In fact it was quite the opposite. Thank you Nigella Lawson and Ms. Jules from Pancakes and French Fries!

Five for Friday Pt. 30

1) Learn: Inspired by Allyn’s beautiful photos? Want to be a better photographer? Check out this amazing 31 day Foto Tutorial here. Foto School Sunday here I come.

2) Dance: Love this beautiful contemporary piece about a couple who seem perfect on the outside but are at war on the inside. Even better? It features this weeks “The Creatives” guest Allison Holker. Ck it out here.

3) Fun: Stuck in a pickle of a situation? Head over to the Bureau of Communications website where you can mad lib your way out of the akward.

4) Design: I love the Kartell ghost chairs. I will get my little paws on one… eventually.

Image via This is Glamorous

5) Wisdom: I love this list of 31 things this blogger has learned in her 31 years. I’m 31. Let’s just say the list resonates.

Mighty List-Eat at Delancey

I get nervous about meeting people I admire. Not that I meet people I admire that often but what would happen for example if I met Shakira? What if she was a jerk? Or really, really stupid. It would be so disappointing. I would never be able to enjoy the music again. Why do I have Shakira on the brain? Cause I’m going to go see her in concert tonight, whee!

That’ll be a story for another day though.

Today’s story is about a restaurant in Seattle: Delancey pizzeria to be specific. There are many, many restaurants that I would like to eat at but I’ve only listed a few on the Mighty List. The ones that made the cut are there for the quality of their food and my emotional attachment to them. For example: Topolobampo in Chicago. Arnold and I love to watch Rick Bayless’ show and we cheered him on like demented groupies when he won Top Chef Masters. We have a personal (if imaginary) relationship with Rick and that’s why his restaurant made the cut.

Delancey was on the list because I absolutely adore Molly Wizenberg’s book “A Homemade Life“. After reading that book, anything that Molly cooks is on my list. Like Arnold and Rick, Molly and I are in a committed if one-sided friendship.

So I was practically obligated to drag 6 of my friends out to a residential area of drizzly Seattle two weeks ago to eat pizza at Delancey. I won’t lie. I was very nervous about how this would turn out. What if it was horrible, terrible, ghastly pizza or worse, rude service? Everyone would be mad about how I convinced them to go there and Molly and me’s imaginary friendship would be irreparably damaged.

I needn’t have worried.

The pizza was perfect; thin and crispy with super-fresh toppings. The salads we had beforehand were fresh and zippy with crunchy lettuce layered under the perfect amount of dressing. Outside it was cold and rainy but inside it was warm and cozy and candlelit. I couldn’t have been any happier with a belly full of pizza and a table filled with people I love.

Delancey Pizzeria. You will be black and white but the pizza will be full color.

Then dessert came.

And that’s when things sort of went to another level. Dessert was some kind of cream, honey and fig concoction. It was insanely good. I don’t even really like figs but there I was fighting over figs like a drunken sailor. It was just like when Molly convinced me that I should braise cabbage. Unthinkable. But then I tried it, and I saw the light, and it was good.

Eat at Delancey: Check!