Monday, August 06, 2007

Childhood Frozen In Time



We recently went to Disneyland and on our way out of the park, spotted two older ladies chatting just inside a shop surrounded by silhouettes. Having just been thinking to myself in recent weeks that I'd like to have something like this made of the boys, I talked them into checking the place out with me. A sign on the wall read 'Silhouettes in one minute or less!' Curious how much such a thing would cost at 'the happiest place on Earth," one of the ladies said it would only be $7 per child. Sold!

Last week, we made our way over to Venice Beach and eye spied a man making face sculptures of various people plopping down in his lawn chair. Well, an hour later, we walked away with yet another unique and timeless treasure... a sculpture of both boys.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Links of Interest

Recent discoveries:
Rate My Space via HGTV
Zillow - A fun Real Estate Search
CraftGossip website
Templates - various templates from a generous UK based website

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Birthday Classroom Favors




Back in February for my son's birthday, he wanted to take some birthday party favors in to share with his class. He's in the 5th grade, so we opted for something a bit more quirky than a standard baggie of candy and trinkets. We filled up ice cream cones with random colored animal cookies, circus peanuts, candy dots strips, rub-on tattoos, etc. Sorry for the not so good pictures. I was having trouble with my main camera at the time the photos were taken.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Vacation!


I just returned from a week long vacation to NYC and Ohio and where was my first stop after being dropped off at the hotel? Why, Serendipity of course! I own both cookbooks, but had never had the opportunity to visit the restaurant on previous Big Apple visits. It was everything I expected it to be and more! I ordered the chicken pot pie and of course... the Frozen Hot Chocolate. Delicious! The interior was an eclectic mix of cute and bizarre. Here's a shot of the monster dessert just before we devoured it. More photos and trip highlights soon...

Saturday, June 30, 2007

A Christmas Story

The movie. A classic. The leg lamp - every home should have one... or in my case... two! Coming in July... A Christmas Story Monopoly! Also, for those that might not know... there was a sequel called My Summer Story.

* UPDATE * 08/08/07 - Mine arrived this morning and ooh is it neat! The Monopoly Money has Ralphie's face on it and instead of houses and buildings, the green and red pieces are gift wrapping and crates! Too cute!