Here we go again.

For the nursery, which was painted before the baby was born, the choice was turquoise. "I figured the blue had enough green so it would work for either sex," Ms. Louie explained.


Another totally newsworthy home featured in the paper of record. HERE.

In search of a less bleak playground, the toddler pedaled faster.

HERE.

Dwell gets a much-deserved spanking.

(Thanks E for sending.)

Belize Trip Review - Jay and Heide - Hackensack, New Jersey, USA - September 2009

This place is simply fantastic…and unique. The scenery is beautiful, the dogs are protective, the service is great, the food is amazing and the people are wonderful.

We feel like we have made a lifelong friend in David. He is one of the greatest guys. We never got a chance to hike with him at night in the jungle, but we know it would have been memorable and we know he is going to make a great guide one day. Test him on his knowledge of the land and the birds and his Texas Holdem Skills!

We did the Caracol and the Cave Tubing/Zip Line tours with Luis and the ATM Tour with Emil.

The best thing about our experience is everything we learned from David, Luis and Emil. These guys have a wealth of knowledge and are willing to share with anyone who asks. We hope to never forget anything on this trip but will certainly never forget the people we have met.

Thanks Jungle Dome!!

Jay & Heide (just married)
Hackensack, NJ

September 19, 2009

This kitchen: Yes or No?

"I wanted a place where the dogs can get up on the furniture, where I can make a mess in the kitchen," she said. "My biggest thrill is making omelets for my friends. In New York I don't even know where my kitchen is." - Joan Rivers

HERE.

Deep freeze.

From the New York Times:

Serious cold, Justen Ladda said, is when the sponge in the kitchen sink feels like wood or the toothpaste freezes or the refrigerator turns itself off, as it did one particularly frigid day last winter. Not that Mr. Ladda, a 56-year-old sculptor who has lived heat-free in his Lower East Side loft for three decades, is bothered by such extremes. “Winter comes and goes,” he’ll tell you blithely, adjusting his black wool scarf and watch cap. (Along with fingerless gloves, long underwear and felt slippers, they are part of Mr. Ladda’s at-home uniform when the mercury dips.)

Mr. Ladda, whose work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, decided long ago to live without central heating. Proper temperature control, you see, would require insulating his wooden ceiling, and ruining its fine acoustics. “I know this sounds really lame, but I listen to a lot of music and it just sounds better,” he said. Also, the rent on his unimproved live-work loft is only $300, well below many people’s winter utility bills.

More HERE.

Slide show HERE.

Could you? Would you?

Is it spring yet?

I can’t wait to garden. I realize I am a few months away, but still.

Mmm. Twinkies.

Still shaking my head over the writer of Decorno, who apparently only knows three yummy recipes and is resolving to learn more this year. What’s astonishing is that the writer thinks it’s an achievement to follow a recipe for Boeuf Bourguignonne. And that one of the commenters succeeded in ruining one! Maybe they really do grow up on Twinkies over there. HERE.


Fuck. Now I am hungry for Twinkies. Thanks a lot, Chookie.