WHOLE FOODS 12/07

I couldn't resist going a wee bit nuts at the new Whole Foods when I was attacked by all the color! Holy carrots, tomatoes, and squash - oh my! I wandered the aisles gently lifting goodies into my cart for nearly an hour and a half. In the veggies section I started thinking about partnerships and relationships and individuality. How exactly does one blend all 3? I have never been good at that particular trifecta. It seems I ever only manage 2 at a time.

I finally fessed up to myself that I love to grocery shop alone. I hate using a list or minding someone else's agenda. I get flustered and fussy. Today was luxurious. I visited the veggies twice! I bought little bits of anything I pleased. That's the other thing about being a single, you can shop cheap and try whatever strikes your fancy.

Maybe the secret to being a + 1, is finding your food buddy, who still lets you shop like a single!




















oh la la! I have never had this kind of melon before!


for the office. no more plastic sporks for me!








how awesome do these sound!!?




meat!


I love you cheese!!





* editor's note: the above is all fine and good until I get home and make waaaay too much food for one! Help!

WEATHER UPDATE

I know these are not the exact wedge wellies on my Chrismukkah list, but aren't they cute!? So I am replacing the boots on the list with this uber cute leather jacket from Piero Tucci.







I love their pink throats!

BRUNCH WITH B!!

Our annual Bust Your Really Tacky Holiday Sweater Gathering! Happy Holidays from B and Friends!














hot wings, red wine and a vodka tonic full of limes!




S won this Colossal Calculator in our White Eley Gift Swap


I won bondage...


two sets of everything in fact!




family portrait!


naughty and nice

A LIKELY CHANTEUSE

I can't help but think she should have been a Warhol Star...



* thanks buzzfeed!

7 MILES IN THE SNOW

There are days when from the very first moment you open your peepers you know that you would be better off just snapping them shut and pretending to still be asleep. Today was a mother one of those.

Firstly I nearly slept through the alarm. Then in my mad dash around the apartment I lost track of my employee badge. Goodie. Once at my desk, wearing my sticker badge of shame, yay!, I started to sneeze. And sneeze. This was not a good sign. When my nose starts going it is next to impossible to stop. Next on my to do list, was exploding soup in the office microwave. At this point I knew the whole day was shot. It was 8:27am.

By lunch I was in an allergy fog while trying desperately to pre-press files and keep my nose attached to my head. Then my computer which had been finicky all morning, began to act up in earnest. Every time I saved a file it crashed. If I opened an email, it was a 3 minute waiting game with the spinning color wheel. All the while used kleenex were floating down and making drifts at my feet.

At 6:30 I made my escape after fashioning snow shoes out of used X-acto blades and glittery thread. I followed out a fellow office mate who commented on my nasal noise. Lovely, the whole office had been getting an earful. As we exited the building I realized that all my evening plans would never materialize. I would not get my Christmas tree before the rain predicted for tomorrow. A trip to Whole Foods was out of the question and the laundry was going to spend a few more nights on the bedroom floor. I got it together enough to stop and put gas in the car. I am not entirely sure what came over me, but somehow I got confused and only bought 4 gallons. Not even half a tank I realized as I drove away.

Home, James. I am a menace even to myself. I pray for tomorrow.

© MURAKAMI

It was a Sunday of culture and commerce. Nobody does it better than Takashi Murakami. First up was the Dick Hebdige discussion/essay review of © Murakami. Then, time for the show itself!




snapped before a very small, exceeding angry woman made me stash the camera


gifts!




not Murakami...but still fun!






tada! smorkin' labbit Johnny


bff's!

* the show is up through Feb.11 in Little Tokyo @ MOCA

JUST FOR DAD

From the Hubble Telescope - Nebulas, Globular Clusters and Spiral Galaxies!















* how amazing is our universe?!

THINGS THAT REMAIN A MYSTERY

1. Why does my mobile charge at different speeds? I swear it's like my own personal poltergeist. "Today? I only need a half hour. Tomorrow, that all depends on when Blake wants to play tennis." Did I mention that my phone belongs to a country club and answers to the name Babs?

2. The reasoning behind why Firefox chooses to only freak the fu*k out, crash when I am trying to:

A. Blog
B. Watch 21 Jump Street on Youtube

If anyone cares to enlighten me (or knows how to goad Babs into better behavior), that would be awesome.

-wee