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Revisiting 9/11: Unpublished Photos by James Nachtwey

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:37:52 PDT

I can't believe it has been 10 years since September 11, 2001. My heart still aches when I view images 10 years later like these unpublished photos from James Nachtwey. I loved the WTC - they were always my favorite skyscrapers in NYC. I loved laying on a bench below and looking up at them when I lived in NYC.

Click... read more about Revisiting 9/11: Unpublished Photos by James Nachtwey here

Park Avenue Penthouse in NYC

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:28:01 PDT

Now this is one insane penthouse in New York City! I can't even imagine living in a house this big, let alone living in one this big in Manhattan where apartments probably average 700 square feet! And all of the terraces - wow!

Here is the link to the entire article and all of the photos on Fresh... read more about Park Avenue Penthouse in NYC here

James and Goblin at the Dog Park

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:02:39 PDT

We took James and Goblin to the dog park yesterday - they have a Standard Poodle Meetup group there every now and then so we decided to go. I forgot to take photos of the dogs playing but I took this one at the end when we were about to leave. It looks like James has a fake tongue! Can you believe his mouth and tongue are that big?!

James and Goblin at the Dog Park here

Guang Dong - Pas de deux - LE PLUS GRAND CABARET DU MONDE

Sun, 29 May 2011 13:49:58 PDT

A friend from our dance classes sent me this video - it is incredible! I can't believe she can do pointe on his shoulders! So awesome!

... read more about Guang Dong - Pas de deux - LE PLUS GRAND CABARET DU MONDE here

Antigravity Yoga

Thu, 26 May 2011 12:02:22 PDT

I first read about antigravity yoga on the Lululemon Blog and I loved it! I wanted to know where I could do it here in Orlando. Well, the closest place is Miami and then Atlanta. I will have to plan a trip around one of the classes!

Check out... read more about Antigravity Yoga here

Talking Dog Video

Sun, 08 May 2011 09:33:13 PDT

One of my dog clients sent this to me and I thought it was SO cute!

... read more about Talking Dog Video here

Happiness Project - Photographs

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:58:48 PDT

I love that today's Happiness Project video is about photographs. Have you read Gretchen Rubin's book yet? It is called The Happiness Project and I signed up for Gretchen's daily emails so I could learn even more.

In the video Gretchen mentions just making books with your digital photos and then writing in the captions later. That... read more about Happiness Project - Photographs here

Marcel's Quantum Kitchen

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:54:44 PDT

I have a feeling this is going to be one of my new favorite shows. Who doesn't love wacky science experiments mixed with cooking? Well I guess that's something we really haven't seen before which is why I think this is going to be a really fun show!

SyFy sent me the email announcing the Premiere of Marcel's Quantum Kitchen tonight at... read more about Marcel's Quantum Kitchen here

English Slang

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:00:00 PST

I've been listening to Absolute Radio '00 out of the UK recently and was confused by their traffic reports. Apparently there is always a broken down Lorry somewhere and I didn't know what a Lorry was. For all I knew there were these really bad drivers in London who were all named Lorry!

So I decided to look it up and after mis-spelling... read more about English Slang here

Ginger Rogers Dancing at 92

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:16:21 PST

Once of my dance class friends sent this to me - a link to view Ginger Rogers dancing at age 92 with her 29 year old great-grandson. It is a poor quality video but you can still see the dancing. And if you don't have time to watch the nearly 5 minute long video scroll to the middle to see some of the insane dips and lifts!

Ginger Rogers Dancing at 92 here

Air Force Boneyard Photos

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:04:35 PST

My aunt sent me these photos in an email - they are from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARG), also known as "The Boneyard." The Pima Air & Space Museum offers exclusive bus tours of The Boneyard. The facility is located adjacent to the Museum at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

What is The Boneyard? It's where... read more about Air Force Boneyard Photos here

Diamond Ipad

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:13:51 PST

Just what people need - a diamond Ipad! Who thinks of this stuff?

Mervis Diamond Importers is planning to release this stunning design to the masses in very limited quantities. The Mervis Diamond iPad features 11.43 carats of diamonds, hand-set in this beautiful... read more about Diamond Ipad here

Snow Globe Cupcakes

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:00:00 PST

These are a little late for the holidays now that it is January but check out these awesome snow globe cupcakes by Bakerella!

... read more about Snow Globe Cupcakes here

Absinthe - An Educational Video from Chow

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:13:10 PST

I love Chowhound. I use it any time we are going out of town and I want to find the best "foodie" restaurants.

So I should probably explain how I came across a video talking about absinthe. We are planning a trip to Las Vegas and I wanted to make reservations for restaurants that we haven't tried yet.... read more about Absinthe - An Educational Video from Chow here

Stylish and Modern Dog Crate

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:48:52 PST

Have you seen these dog crates from DenHaus? They are SO cute! James (our 8 month old Standard Poodle Puppy) has a very ugly crate. For the first few weeks we moved it around trying to find a place where it didn't stick out like a sore thumb but we... read more about Stylish and Modern Dog Crate here

Let It Dough - Christoph Niemann

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:28:00 PST

Have you seen this Let It Dough post in the Abstract City section of the New York Times? It is so awesome! Click on the photo to view it.

You should also check... read more about Let It Dough - Christoph Niemann here

Rock Climbing and Sleeping

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:18:35 PST

We had a wonderful Christmas and we were able to visit so many family members we don't see often enough. One of those was my cousin Bob and he is always talking about rock climbing and how we have to go. I am just not sure about it and after seeing this photo my mind is definitely made up! Sleeping on the side of a cliff is just not for me! Wow!Rock Climbing and Sleeping here

Lady Gaga - Christmas

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 07:45:14 PST

Of course Lady Gaga has a crazy Christmas song! I heard it just now on SomaFM - the best Christmas radio on the internet. It is not for the easily offended but the songs are so much fun when you get a little burned out on Jim Brickman and Elton John (I love both but sometimes it just gets to be too... read more about Lady Gaga - Christmas here

The Longest Way - Time Lapse Video

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:00:00 PST

This is such an awesome idea for a vacation video! This guy walked for a year taking lots of self portraits and it is such a great video! Click on the Vimeo website to read a few more things about his travels.

How to Open a Young Coconut

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:00:00 PDT

I've always loved coconut milk. It was rare when my family bought one but we would open it with a hammer and a nail and drain the milk out. This was not the most efficient process! In the past 10 years I've had a lot more coconuts at restaurants (usually raw restaurants out west) and I thought they had some cool machine in the back that opened the... read more about How to Open a Young Coconut here

Antartica - A Time Lapse Video

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Check out this incredible video called Antarctica Time Lapse Video - A Year On Ice!

Antartica - A Time Lapse Video here

Winter Park, on the way to the Alpine Slide

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

This is the first part of the video I warned you about. I've decided that if I have to edit video then I didn't shoot it correctly, so this is the one piece of video that I didn't have to edit. We were on our way and the Alpine Slide was at the end of our trip!

Winter Park, on the way to the Alpine Slide here

Oh the videos...

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Ok, we shot a TON of video on our trip to Winter Park and I'm really dreading trying to put it all into an edited piece of content for the blog so if you guys don't mind I'm going to break it up a bit and make it a bunch of fun little posts about our visit to Winter Park, Colorado.

There was so much fun stuff for us when we visited the... read more about Oh the videos... here

Sephora Friends and Family Promotion 2010

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:47 PDT

Today is the start of Sephora's Friends and Family 2010 promotion - it is 20% off your order! And I am not sure what the total is - I think $50 - but if you go over that there is free shipping! I first heard about this about 6 years ago and it seems like I always remember about it again mid-November when it is over. So this year I searched online... read more about Sephora Friends and Family Promotion 2010 here

Visiting the Mile High City

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

We headed back into Denver and had heard that there was a marker on the steps of the State Capitol marking 5,280 feet above Sea Level (One Mile). So we had to check this out and sure enough we found the area around the Capitol was under construction like any government property. So we parked a short walk away and headed over to see if the marker was... read more about Visiting the Mile High City here

Loving the cooler weather!

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Finally! Finally we broke below 90 degrees during the day. It has been brutal this summer with very little rain and all of the same humidity. For the past week though it has been great, 60's at night and 80's during the heat of the day. I hope it sticks around for a few more weeks!... read more about Loving the cooler weather! here

Ipad Arcade Cabinet

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

People are so creative - and I love it! Check out this Ipad case - although you can't really call it a case. It is more like an Ipad cabinet! It looks just like an arcade machine and it actually had speakers and you can download games to your Ipad and play using this arcade cabinet! I knew Chris would go nuts when I showed it to him - I might have... read more about Ipad Arcade Cabinet here

Back at the Trail Head

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

We made it back to the trail head after a few hours of hiking. The trip down was much easier than the trip up the trail but we would have loved to stay in the mountains for longer if we could.

We were saying good bye to the Missouri Gulch trail and the National... read more about Back at the Trail Head here

One more trip over the log bridge

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

Once again we hit the log bridge over the stream as we were heading for the parking lot. This time we had experience on our side and the knowledge that plenty of people had crossed this same set of logs in the past few days and they still looked the same as when we first found them. So they must be pretty resilient.

One more trip over the log bridge here

Preparing for the hike out

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:00:00 PDT

We took our time packing up our gear and getting ready for the hike out. The benefit to us was that the longer we waited the warmer it was going to be as we hit the trail. From our campsite the parking lot is a few miles in this direction:

We had a great time... read more about Preparing for the hike out here