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Thursday, 19 March 2009
Mags this month
Everyone has their weaknesses. Some can't say no to cheese, others find gadgets irresistible. As some of you might know, my Achilles heel is magazines (amongst other things like desserts, books and earrings). This month the I managed quite a selection already.
Ofcourse I couldn't leave the second edition of Jamie behind on the shelves. It's packed with recipes and food related stories, but then what do you expect from Jamie Oliver. It is quite a blokey magazine, with robust recipes and chunky styling. As an import Brit (I'm Dutch/Italian) the recipe I really want to make is: Kick-arse chicken & leek pie. In short a great mag to buy your boyfriend if he's into cooking. BTW I still think that his best series EVER was Jamie at Home. It's just the honesty of food, growing your own veg, cooking with spirit.
I got Easy Living Magazine, mainly because of the gorgeous free Graham and Green bag. It's not big, but it's so pretty.The mag is quick cool actually, it's not as silly as most woman magazines where fashion and sex tips are the be all and end all. I'm glad there are some magazines for woman that have a bit more to them. It's not in depth but it's a good all rounder: home decor, food, health, beauty, etc. I liked the 'Look great in Jeans' idea's page (especially the bright yellow cardy with belt on a dark blue bootcut). The article about mums waiting and waiting for their grown up busy bee daughters to include them in their lives. It was send in by a reader and I think it was well cool of Easy Living to print it.
As a knitter I'm always on the outlook for knitting magazines. I have quite a few now and more patterns I want to make than time to make them. Still the second edition of Debbie Bliss magazine was a no brainer after such lovely yarniness in the first. Again there are plenty of patterns I would love to make, a beautiful orange pleated top is high on the list. White chunky pillows are also very lovely. I got it from Yarnbox where they also have a Zakka crochet book called Kyuuto! translated into English, which I also promptly bought.
Next I got Web Designer a mag that is full with tutorials. I've not been writing on my blog of late as I'm busy building a website for a company. It's a lot of work, cool work, but a lot of it. They want their news section working on WordPress which is the main theme of this months Web Designer. Pretty cool stuff. Who knows, I might switch :O
Then, yes we are not finished yet, I couldn't resist my first ever purchase of Food and Travel. This I flipped through in a supermarket check out line and didn't buy straight away, but I was well impressed and was incapable of not buying it later. Oh I'm so weak. Anyway it has great recipes and reports. Top notch: Lebanese cuisine, use of new herbs (well new to me, example: hot grilled avocado with brown shrimp and chervil butter), a great report of Parma (the place from the ham) and food foraging.
And last, but not least my monthly staple: Martha Stewart's Living. I can only get it at a few places here in the UK, nearby shopping centre Bluewater being the closest. This mag always delivers: recipies, gardening, tips, tricks, flowers, crafts... all the things I like. Martha is still the godess of homemaking. This month there is an article about a wine tasting evening, something I would love to try with a few friends. Great idea!
I'm well happy buying magazines. It's my little treat. Others buy their double mokka chokka bladibla from Starbucks... I buy mags. So many topics and idea's it's like a creative bomb in a few pages. Feel free to comment and let us know your favourite mags.
Ofcourse I couldn't leave the second edition of Jamie behind on the shelves. It's packed with recipes and food related stories, but then what do you expect from Jamie Oliver. It is quite a blokey magazine, with robust recipes and chunky styling. As an import Brit (I'm Dutch/Italian) the recipe I really want to make is: Kick-arse chicken & leek pie. In short a great mag to buy your boyfriend if he's into cooking. BTW I still think that his best series EVER was Jamie at Home. It's just the honesty of food, growing your own veg, cooking with spirit.
I got Easy Living Magazine, mainly because of the gorgeous free Graham and Green bag. It's not big, but it's so pretty.The mag is quick cool actually, it's not as silly as most woman magazines where fashion and sex tips are the be all and end all. I'm glad there are some magazines for woman that have a bit more to them. It's not in depth but it's a good all rounder: home decor, food, health, beauty, etc. I liked the 'Look great in Jeans' idea's page (especially the bright yellow cardy with belt on a dark blue bootcut). The article about mums waiting and waiting for their grown up busy bee daughters to include them in their lives. It was send in by a reader and I think it was well cool of Easy Living to print it.
As a knitter I'm always on the outlook for knitting magazines. I have quite a few now and more patterns I want to make than time to make them. Still the second edition of Debbie Bliss magazine was a no brainer after such lovely yarniness in the first. Again there are plenty of patterns I would love to make, a beautiful orange pleated top is high on the list. White chunky pillows are also very lovely. I got it from Yarnbox where they also have a Zakka crochet book called Kyuuto! translated into English, which I also promptly bought.
Next I got Web Designer a mag that is full with tutorials. I've not been writing on my blog of late as I'm busy building a website for a company. It's a lot of work, cool work, but a lot of it. They want their news section working on WordPress which is the main theme of this months Web Designer. Pretty cool stuff. Who knows, I might switch :O
Then, yes we are not finished yet, I couldn't resist my first ever purchase of Food and Travel. This I flipped through in a supermarket check out line and didn't buy straight away, but I was well impressed and was incapable of not buying it later. Oh I'm so weak. Anyway it has great recipes and reports. Top notch: Lebanese cuisine, use of new herbs (well new to me, example: hot grilled avocado with brown shrimp and chervil butter), a great report of Parma (the place from the ham) and food foraging.
And last, but not least my monthly staple: Martha Stewart's Living. I can only get it at a few places here in the UK, nearby shopping centre Bluewater being the closest. This mag always delivers: recipies, gardening, tips, tricks, flowers, crafts... all the things I like. Martha is still the godess of homemaking. This month there is an article about a wine tasting evening, something I would love to try with a few friends. Great idea!
I'm well happy buying magazines. It's my little treat. Others buy their double mokka chokka bladibla from Starbucks... I buy mags. So many topics and idea's it's like a creative bomb in a few pages. Feel free to comment and let us know your favourite mags.
Friday, 13 February 2009
Chocolate dessert..
Oke oke and as it's Friday the 13th (what a great day!) and to go with the previous article: 3 video happiness recipe a superb chocolate dessert:
View the newest Cadbury and just remember: when you where a child weird things didn't freak you out and you just had fun!!!
Soooo cool! Go Cadbury's
and if you want more we also have the runway video (who wouldn't dream of working on an airport after seeing that!?) and the Gorilla drummer (a classic!).
Such fun at work these guy have...
Classic!!!
View the newest Cadbury and just remember: when you where a child weird things didn't freak you out and you just had fun!!!
and if you want more we also have the runway video (who wouldn't dream of working on an airport after seeing that!?) and the Gorilla drummer (a classic!).
Such fun at work these guy have...
Classic!!!
3 video happiness recipe
So my Christmas job at the bookstore came to an end at the beginning of January and just as I caught my breath I got employed by my local council to design a Community Safety website. Now I've done some website building, but not that much and not recently at all. So I've been working all day and learning CSS all night via Lynda.com. They saved my behind so far. Today I presented the first set up of the site and people where happy. Lets hope I can keep up with demand eh!
But enough about myself. Lets me give you a precious gift: a happy weekend. Starting tonight!!! And all you have to do is watch three video's. Oke here we go.
To start off I want you to realise that we live in a SUPER AMAZING world. Really we do. And Louis CK told Conan O'brien so. Have a look at his "Everything is Amazing, nobody's happy" video. He says: "We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots". And when you stop and really think about it, he's absolutly right.
So now you know that it's time for the next fase: Letting go and having fun in a normally boring enviroment. And all you need is a boring office, lots of post-its and some fun! This video just makes me happy!!!
EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.
And as a bonus. The classic to close the week and chime in the weekend. The coca-cola and mentos experiment:
Yay! The best way to use 101 bottles of coke.
And don't forget: HAVE FUN!
But enough about myself. Lets me give you a precious gift: a happy weekend. Starting tonight!!! And all you have to do is watch three video's. Oke here we go.
To start off I want you to realise that we live in a SUPER AMAZING world. Really we do. And Louis CK told Conan O'brien so. Have a look at his "Everything is Amazing, nobody's happy" video. He says: "We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots". And when you stop and really think about it, he's absolutly right.
So now you know that it's time for the next fase: Letting go and having fun in a normally boring enviroment. And all you need is a boring office, lots of post-its and some fun! This video just makes me happy!!!
EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.
And as a bonus. The classic to close the week and chime in the weekend. The coca-cola and mentos experiment:
Yay! The best way to use 101 bottles of coke.
And don't forget: HAVE FUN!
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Happy New Year Everyone!
I like to wish you all a very good 2009! May it bring you health, wealth and happiness. May you have a year where good things come to you with ease and may you feel joy at being alive.
Celebrate Life!
If I may suggest one new years resolution that I feel all people int he world should try, then this is my choice: May everone stop for 10 seconds every day (this is one deep in out out breath) and in that moment feel what it is to be alive. Connect with that feeling and realise that all the people around them do the same every day... then go about your day. Do this for 10 seconds every day for 1 year and then look back and see how you feel.
If I may suggest one new years resolution that I feel all people int he world should try, then this is my choice: May everone stop for 10 seconds every day (this is one deep in out out breath) and in that moment feel what it is to be alive. Connect with that feeling and realise that all the people around them do the same every day... then go about your day. Do this for 10 seconds every day for 1 year and then look back and see how you feel.
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