Remember the Vimeo vid on slow Venice? Here’s a Paris version, similar in both concept and music. Fodder for your end-of-the-workweek daydreams.
(via Lost in Cheeseland)
First Greens
I'm especially excited about young, small favas with tiny wedges of pecorino cheese.
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Seven Ways to Love San Francisco's Museums
Far from the stuffy, sterile elitism that the word "museum" traditionally evokes, San Francisco is home to some of the most vibrant, interactive and – dare we say? – fun museums around. For decades, SF's museums have focused on accessible engagement with art, science, discovery and history. The recent closing of the Museum of Craft and Folk Art inspired us here at…
I enjoy museums as places to read, absorb, and pique my curiosity as well as stoke my love of learning. (They appeal to the introvert in me.) My favorite Bay Area museum may actually be the San Jose Museum of Art ... it's small, but well curated, fun, informative, and down-to-earth in its presentation. Plus its exhibitions program draws big names (Calder, Mapplethorpe, and now Leibovitz coming up).
Spotted SF / Mission / Salumeria
A fairly novel addition to the quieter part of the Mission, this shop offers a great variety of house made salumi, prosciuttos, cheese, other complimentary items + a daily selection of fresh made pastas from nearby Flour + Water. A chalkboard menu also lists the fresh sandwiches and salads of the day. I was torn between ordering a salumi or a cheese plate (as they're separate), but a sweet gentleman kindly offered to help me pick out a cheese and have it sliced up if I picked the salumi mix.
Mouthwatering photos. I'm excited to buy some fresh pasta and start experimenting with my family. The cocoa cavatelli is particularly intriguing!
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Are You a Handwriter or a Typer?
Handwriting is like making love; typing, like having sex. It’s essentially the same enjoyable activity, but the approach is slightly different.
Haha, that's a doozy of an opener! But I can identify with this. I like handwriting and typing for different reasons—the latter when I have a lot on my mind to sort through, a lot that I just want to get down on paper (or Word, as it were) and organize, and the former when I want to ponder life a bit. When I write a letter by hand, I find my thoughts slowing down to a pace where my pen can more or less keep up.
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Want: The perfect shrunken sweatshirt (yes, we found it!)
What: A shrunken sweatshirt cut in thick reverse terrycloth.
Why: We never thought we'd live to see the day when athletic-style sweatshirts became work appropriate, but now that it's here, we're embracing the comfy trend with both (terrycloth-clad) arms. This dark navy number from Everlane—a west coast based e-commerce shop specializing in gorgeously crafted basics—is a shrunken version of the brand's men's style, and is made from an ultra-soft reverse terry material.
Tomboy style lies at the heart of whatever fashion sense I possess, so I like the idea of a work-appropriate sweatshirt paired with a patterned A-line mini—though in my case, I'd wear it with knee-high boots (ankle boots are not a good look for me). Maybe a nice pair of Hunter wellies. || Speaking of Everlane, I'm super stoked about my His for Her men's oxford shirt, which just arrived in the mail today. I'm so often nabbing my boyfriend's roomy tailored oxfords and V-neck sweaters, it'll be a relief—for both him and me!—to have my own "slightly tapered waist" version. Plus, the Everlane oxfords seem to sell out like hotcakes; just a couple of weeks ago they were completely sold out in all sizes, and as I type this now, XS and S are also again out of stock.
(photo of model Ana Kras via Everlane Unedited)
(photo of model Ana Kras via Everlane Unedited)
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The Pigeon does Hamlet
Behold, lovers of children’s books, “two of literature’s most tortured characters, together at last” in the Willems Shakespeare mashup of Mo Willems’s pigeon (from Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!) performing Hamlet’s famed soliloquy.
That is one pigeon with an existential crisis.
Here is the entire parody. This day-maker brought to you by bottom shelf books, via The Children’s Book Council.
