talkin bout some stuff

hey there.  today we're talking about some stuff.

first up..facials.

i had one. 

i have had 3 facials in my life. maybe 4.  and the last one i had was well over 10 years ago.  so long that i can't even remember where or when it was exactly.

what a treat.  i just kept thinking the whole time, WHY did i not do this sooner?  it was so relaxing and indulgent.  it's like getting a massage for the face.  but with products that help your skin facilitate a glow and a deep clean.   

i went to judith of budapest.  i can't recommend her enough.  she has a tiny office here in the buckhead neighborhood of atlanta.  the prices weren't ridiculous.  about what you'd pay for a massage. she assessed my skin:  "good texture, good elasticity, beautiful!"  "a little dry around the eyes"  "some pimples..they look hormonal"... she proclaimed the vitamin C facial.  

it was glorious.  that's really about all i can say.  lots of steam, creams, scrubs, masks, massaging and tapping. 

 judith tells me that one should get a facial every month and a half.  this seems doable and reasonable. though i am most certain i will not adhere to this.  what do you say?  surely some of you get them on the reg.  

 

this weekend i spent some time with my LA homegirl, molly.  nothing like spending time with good friends to impart a little natural glow. 

although i got hammered and felt that glow turn to a dusky shade of dead on saturday morning.

 

but on sunday...

i gardened. 

and that is my favorite. 

not pictured:

chioggia beets, chard and cauliflower. 

 

 

and in coffee table news...

 

i am having this sucker made for about .000001% of the original cost.

sometimes you gotta take matters into your own hands. 

because frankly most coffee tables in my budget are not that interesting. 

i like this one for it's modern simplicity. (it's huge and low. totes wabi sabi)

i feel like you could dress it up with a fancy tufted velvet sofa or dress it down with a slipcovered canvas marshmallow of a sofa. 

and it's wood and battered a little so bring on the kids and meals. 

 

and FINALLY...

who's watching? 

ya, know.???....hmmm....ok.....

it's one of those things where you watch because you read the books and you wanna like it  a lot because JAMIE FRASER, but then the casting seems all wrong but you continue to watch because JAMIE FRASER,  but then it seems to be getting cheesier with the weird voiceover that sounds like a high school play voiceover and you can totally tell the difference between the real scottish accents and the fake ones and you really shouldn't be able to tell that but then you find yourself getting excited for saturday night because JAMIE FRASER so you watch but then nothing happens with JAMIE FRASER. 

 

if you have no idea what i am talking about go here. 

and then go here.

 

if you DO know what i am talking about,  hi-5!

but also, let's discuss. 

is it just me?  do you love it?  is it as you expected?

i'm not 100% on board...yet. 

i have this sense of hope because..well...JAMES FRASER!!!!

 

talk it out.

 




new paintings

good morning good morning.

i have added a bunch of new paper paintings to the shop.

here's a small sampling...

 

get rich  

disco high school  

ask for janice   

certain things just are

angie

those and many more here. 

 

i will be adding a bunch of canvas paintings next week. 

i have pretty much made back-to-school my bitch. 

thank you for all of your continued support. 

 

have a fab weekend. 

 


exciting news

guys i am beyond excited to finally share a project i've been working on for a while now. 

i have teamed up with citizen atelier to bring you large jellyfish paintings exclusively through their site. 

pearlseed  29 x 41 

read all about it here. 

quantities are limited so get you one if you want one. 

 

and don't forget to come back tomorrow for all the new paintings going in my shop. 

 

peace(ful jellyfish) out .


saturday

well that was weird. 

where did the week go and why did i only post twice in it?

maybe because i am still cleaning cat poop off of the everything?

i DO know it's not because i have the sadz. 

even though i sense that a lot of people are sad lately. 

myself included. 

i try to keep sadness in perspective.

i revere sadness.  

no one is happy all the time. 

not one of us. 

plus we grow from it. 

also there is a super moon out there or something and weird things happen including sleeplessness, sad things, dumb things and weird things. and yes, i said that twice. 

posting on a saturday is weird but i had some things to share. 

 

many times i view this blog like a phone call to a friend. 

this is one of those times.

it's like..."oh hey!  did you hear about this stuff?  it's awesome!!"

and... "ohmygod i am cleaning up so much cat poop off the floor lately!"

 

so here are my shares...friends:

when this stuff first came on the market i thought, here we go again, another gluten free flour that tastes like assfarts. 

but then i heard about how it came to be.

thomas keller and his pastry chef at french laundry in yountville, CA created it. 

this peaked my interest because according to a lot of people thomas keller is the best chef in the world. 

but then i saw how much it was for a bag of flour ($19) and that it was nearly impossible to find in stores.  so i forgot about it and continued to be a bake-less person. 

well, i was in a little organic grocery store here in atlanta the other day and there it was, sitting on a nearly empty shelf. 

i grabbed 2 bags and never looked back. 

i took it home and commenced making banana bread with it because i had 3 brown bananas in the fridge. 

i made this recipe. 

i substituted chocolate chips for the blueberries because fuck blueberries, CHOCOLATE CHIPS! 

i also made it with one regular-sized loaf pan instead of 4 mini's. 

and just baked it a bit longer. 

but OHMYGOD!

i am so not just saying this...

there is no trace of gluten free in this gluten free flour. 

if you are gluten free and you haven't tried it you really have to. 

i am going to make chocolate chip cookies next because all gluten free cookies suck. 

i will let you know how they turn out. 

you can buy it online here. 

if you have used it please let me know!  what's your favorite way to use it?

also- i recommend sifting the flour before using it for anything. 

even if the recipe you're using doesn't call for it. 

 

next...

vietnamese pork chops with watermelon salad

i made this last night and it is easy and delicious.  

the pork chops are marinated in a soy, nam pla and sriracha sauce.

then grilled for a few minutes. 

i marinated mine for about 4 hours.

and then they are served alongside an arugula and watermelon salad in a soy and rice wine dressing and topped with crispy, fried shallots. 

the recipe calls for pickled watermelon rind which i didn't make because watermelon pickling takes 12 hours.  i didn't have 12 hours but it honestly was delicious without it. 

this was a ridiculously easy recipe to put together. 

i made the marinade in 3 minutes, which i did at about 2 in the afternoon but you could easily do this in the morning or the night before you want to cook it. 

and then all that's left is mixing the salad dressing, cutting the watermelon, frying up some shallots and then putting it all together when the pork chops are done. 

fast and easy. 

a note- i DID find the dressing for the salad to be too much for the amount of salad it said to serve with it. 

just be careful not to use all of the dressing if you make the full amount. 

 

 

last winter i was cold a lot and found that i didn't have any real warm clothes to snuggle into. 

this year i will snuggle into this teddy bear of a jacket.

because i bought it on sale at patagonia. 

lots of warm snuggly things on sale over there. 

go take a look.

it is wise to take advantage of those winter clothes sales that are happening right now. 

SAID YOUR MOM!!

 

ok. 

i feel better now that we talked. 

 

enjoy your weekend!

call your other mom.