I went storm chasing for the first time this year and it was amazing. I went with StormTours.com with Brian Barnes. He was a great storm chaser, got us to all the best storms, was very informative, very safe and welcoming and humorous. I am 100% going again next year.
www.stormtours.com
Friday, August 27, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Weddings
I have become a little obsessed with weddings recently, ooooops. So am starting a new wedding blog, crazy me. :)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
How Animals Spend A Typical Day
mmmmm mind food.
www.pleated-jeans.com/2010/05/05/how-animals-spend-a-typical-day-charts/
The Essence of Rabbit
This is a crazy bunny compendium.
"Too much bunnies? There’s no such thing! And just to prove it Pictoplasma asked internationally established and upcoming character designers, illustrators and artists around the globe to send in their versions of rabbits, bunnies, hares and everything in between. The result is a full-scale bunny overdose, with far more than 1.500 individual rabbits from 500+ international contributers. By condensing the endless variations of the rabbit motif into one ultimate system - a perfect bunny mandala - the true nature of the beast emerges: the eternal essence of rabbit."
"Too much bunnies? There’s no such thing! And just to prove it Pictoplasma asked internationally established and upcoming character designers, illustrators and artists around the globe to send in their versions of rabbits, bunnies, hares and everything in between. The result is a full-scale bunny overdose, with far more than 1.500 individual rabbits from 500+ international contributers. By condensing the endless variations of the rabbit motif into one ultimate system - a perfect bunny mandala - the true nature of the beast emerges: the eternal essence of rabbit."
www.exhibition.pictoplasma.com/portfolio/the-essence-of-rabbit
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Chocolate Pencils
Mmmmmm chocolate pencils. You sharpen them to get chocolate shavings!!! This is by a company called nendo, who have loadsa other cool stuff and art.
Chocolate-pencils is a collaboration with patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu, the mastermind behind popular dessert shops like Mont St. Claire and Le Chocolat de H. Tsujiguchi created a new dessert based on his impression of nendo after conversations with us, and we designed new tableware for them. We wanted our plates to show off the beauty of meals and desserts like a painting on a canvas. Based on this idea, our "chocolate pencils" come in a number of cocoa blends that vary in intensity, and chocophiles can use the special "pencil sharpener" that comes with our plate to grate chocolate onto their dessert. Pencil filings are usually the unwanted remains of sharpening a pencil, but in this case, they're the star!"
Chocolate-pencils is a collaboration with patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu, the mastermind behind popular dessert shops like Mont St. Claire and Le Chocolat de H. Tsujiguchi created a new dessert based on his impression of nendo after conversations with us, and we designed new tableware for them. We wanted our plates to show off the beauty of meals and desserts like a painting on a canvas. Based on this idea, our "chocolate pencils" come in a number of cocoa blends that vary in intensity, and chocophiles can use the special "pencil sharpener" that comes with our plate to grate chocolate onto their dessert. Pencil filings are usually the unwanted remains of sharpening a pencil, but in this case, they're the star!"
www.nendo.jp
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Counter
The Counter is a US based burger company with locations all over America (but not Florida which is lame as this is where I am at the moment) You get a checkbox menu when you enter and so there are over 312,120+ combinations of burger you can have. A great idea as everything is freshly prepared, this should be expanded to all different types of restaurants yum. nom nom.
www.thecounterburger.com
Annalise Rees
Kinda cool building light ma-bob. Would like to see more of the same. Reminds me of the christmas villages you get where they light up and have a tiny railway, mmmmm.
www.annaliserees.com
Happy Tape
Happy Tape is a website selling colored Japanese masking tape. It is made of Japanese washi paper.
Its pwerrty.
www.happytape.bigcartel.com
Its pwerrty.
www.happytape.bigcartel.com
Etsy
I have just discovered Etsy and have not fully explored but can't wait to.
It is a place where people who make homemade things can sell to a big audience.
Or
What is Etsy?
"Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.
Our vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice:
Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade."
It is a place where people who make homemade things can sell to a big audience.
Or
What is Etsy?
"Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.
Our vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice:
Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade."
www.etsy.com
Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is one of my favorite series of books. Focusing on the lives of the Baudelaire children; Violet, Klaus and Sunny, who are trying to scape the evil Count Olaf. I love, and my lovely Talli brought me most of the 13 books in the series, much love x
The series has also been made into a film with Jude Law and Jim Carey. I thought it was shame they condensed maybe the first 3 books into one film and then never did anything with the rest of the series, but that is the lesson you learn from reading the books first.
www.lemonysnicket.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony_Snicket
The series has also been made into a film with Jude Law and Jim Carey. I thought it was shame they condensed maybe the first 3 books into one film and then never did anything with the rest of the series, but that is the lesson you learn from reading the books first.
www.lemonysnicket.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony_Snicket
Alphabet Draws - Kent and London
I likey, me wanty.
Alphabet draws from Kent and London
Alphabet draws from Kent and London
www.kentandlondon.co.uk/
Rune Guneriussen
Rune Guneriussen is a Norwegian artist who combines stark landscapes with lighting, old phones and retro furniture.
www.runeguneriussen.no
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tree Hotel
This is amazing. A collection of different tree houses which act as a hotel. I love the MirrorCube but would love to stay in any of these.
The MirrorCube
www.treehotel.se
The MirrorCube
The UFO
The Birds Nest
The Cabin
www.treehotel.se
Enjoy Cupcakes
Mmm cupcakes. This is a really cute company with a little caravan where they sell their cupcakes. Snaz.
www.enjoycupcakes.com
www.enjoycupcakes.com
100 Layer Cake
This is an amazing blog filled with beautiful weddings. I have always wanted to have a different wedding from the norm as they are usually so boring, this is definitely a blog I will be using when I plan my big day. So beautiful.
http://100layercake.com/blog/
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Will Cotton
This guy does photography and paintings with a cake/candy theme, very stylised.
www.willcotton.com
www.willcotton.com
Monday, June 7, 2010
Members Club
I want to join a Members only Club in central London, I think it will suit my style.
Many to choose from, I wonder which one I will get?
Many to choose from, I wonder which one I will get?
Saturday, June 5, 2010
RSA Animate
RSA Animate is a series of video lectures, 'vision videos', where lectures from some of the worlds most inspiring thinkers are accompanied by a video of real time drawing illustrating their points.
Very worthwhile and engaging, my favourite is below.
www.thersa.org/events/vision
Very worthwhile and engaging, my favourite is below.
www.thersa.org/events/vision
Terroirs Wine Bar and Restaurant
I took my family to Terroirs on a Friday evening in summer for a meal, and luckily we had a table for two hours.It is a short walk from Charing Cross Station.
The wine list is extensive, the food is amazing.
I had some of the best snails for starters along with some clams in a lemon and garlic sauce. For main I had black pudding, fried eggs, potatoes and broad beans, nom nom nom. My mum and brother had some Bavette, skirt steak.They didn't even ask how you wanted it done, you get it rare. It was amazing or as my mum put it 'out of this world'(though she uses this term quite a lot)
Highly recommended, the staff were lovely, the décor is relaxing, and under £40 per head.
www.terroirswinebar.com
The wine list is extensive, the food is amazing.
I had some of the best snails for starters along with some clams in a lemon and garlic sauce. For main I had black pudding, fried eggs, potatoes and broad beans, nom nom nom. My mum and brother had some Bavette, skirt steak.They didn't even ask how you wanted it done, you get it rare. It was amazing or as my mum put it 'out of this world'(though she uses this term quite a lot)
Highly recommended, the staff were lovely, the décor is relaxing, and under £40 per head.
www.terroirswinebar.com
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Information is Beautiful
I love information, suck in all up, absorb it in, make it pretty. The website for this is great and now a new book, I'm being spoilt.
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Information-Beautiful-David-McCandless/dp/0007294662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272154437&sr=8-1-spell
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Information-Beautiful-David-McCandless/dp/0007294662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272154437&sr=8-1-spell
Sunday, April 11, 2010
EyeMaze
When I used to get bored at work I played games online, most of them very bad and boring. EyeMaze on the other hand is very different.
There are a number of puzzle games all made by one guy with the most amazing graphics. The general idea in the games is to click on different options to work towards a goal, but you dont know which order will get you there. In the mistakes are lots of animations that will keep you amused until you find the right sequence that leads to the grand finale.
Check it out, hours of fun.
www.eyezmaze.com
There are a number of puzzle games all made by one guy with the most amazing graphics. The general idea in the games is to click on different options to work towards a goal, but you dont know which order will get you there. In the mistakes are lots of animations that will keep you amused until you find the right sequence that leads to the grand finale.
Check it out, hours of fun.
www.eyezmaze.com
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Papu Chan
I love Papu Chan. I brought him for my ex's birthday and he's still got him so I am going to purchase myself a brand new one.
It's a MP3 whale/seal. (Papu Chan is actually the pink girlfriend of Pala Chan the white main character, but I like saying Papu Chan better and so he is the white one to me)
It's a MP3 whale/seal. (Papu Chan is actually the pink girlfriend of Pala Chan the white main character, but I like saying Papu Chan better and so he is the white one to me)
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