Rather wonderful

Don't you think?

Oooh

I like it.

Also

I have admired these for a long time. My party, if I have one, is gonna be a backyard party.

I waver

I turn 30 this August - something I'm not at all afraid of. I waver however over a birthday party. They always sound like so much fun, but frequently become so much work. Cause if I do have a party, I want invites and lights and a cake and punch and everyone I know to come and have fun.

If I don't do the party, I want a romantic evening with my boy which sounds like so much less work. Hmmmm......

Be prepared to suffer through my waffling. Above is an invite I do like.

Drinking Absinthe

Drinking Absinthe
Originally uploaded by MatthewA

Is not my thing. Too licorice-ish! However, I do love the accoutrement's.

Oh yes I do

I very badly desire this mirror from uncommon.

In case you're wondering...

I ended up making this chocolate cake with a secret inner cream cheese layer of frosting. Although Allison's suggestion of these cookies have me wishing someone would make them for me. Pretty please?

I was pleased with the bids on my cake though. And ended up winning some insanely good brownies with a layer of marshmallow under the frosting. Genius! As well as a chocolate kahlua cake for a celebration I'm hosting this Sunday. Not a bad turn out at all.

Orangey

I like it.

Clarence & Alabama

I will confess to an avid preteen love for Christian Slater. My best friend and I would rent his films over and over and paste pictures of him on our walls. And so many of those films were painfully schlocky (Bed of Roses or Untamed Heart anyone?).

I'm so glad we never stumbled upon True Romance. Because the title would have sucked us in instantly, and it would have all been hunky dory - until it came to the most brutal ass whooping I've ever seen on film. I covered my eyes!

I adored the main characters of this. Alabama is a crazy bad ass girl. Clarence is a doll and I loved his Elvis obsession. And Tarantino wrote it. I'm convinced Tarantino was read some pretty messed up bedtime stories as a kid, but I enjoy the results.

I give this one a 7.

Suggestions?

I need to bake something amazing for a dessert auction at work tomorrow. It must be delicious (I have a reputation to maintain), not require tons of insanely expensive ingredients, and look fabulous (cause these auction things are highly influenced by appearance.) It also must not be a pie cause I suck at those.


Baking commences at 5pm eastern time. Go!

Robins egg blue

This set by whitneysmith is pure loveliness.

Smart as hell

There are so many usual ways of telling a story that I love when I come across something wholly new and clever and it works. Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry (and no I'm not shitting you on that title) is the story of a relationship told through an auction catalog. Every item from this couple is photographed or described, and through it you can see so much. Its smart as hell and it made me look around and wonder what someone would collect if cataloging my relationships.

I give this one a 7.5.