the marshmellow test.

this video makes me so happy. i saw it on another a cup of jo, but found it too amazing not to share.
it reminds me how little growing up i've done in the past 18 years. i could never wait for the second marshmellow.

besting me

broccoli rabe: terrorists vegetable of choice.
-my roommate

why is this vegetable suddenly appearing everywhere? last week i decided to try a recipe and see what this broccoli rabe, this rapini, is all about.
well this vegetable is all about sadness, if you must know. sadness, terror and dissapointment. i literally spit it out and admitted that broccoli rabe got the best of me that night.

how did the phrase "got the best of me" come about?
did broccoli rabe look at me and say: not impressed
well screw you broccoli rabe, you hipster broccoli, you bitter green stalk of vitamins A, K and C.

i can't decide if i want to start a lifelong campaign against the lesser of the broccolis, or turn around and get the best of it.

celebrating national coffee day

happy national coffee day

peregrine macchiato.

in honor of national coffee day, starbucks is going to try their best to make their coffee not taste like shit. perhaps that sounds a bit hypocritical coming from someone who documented her first starbucks pumpkin spiced latte of the season on her iphone.

i still love a lot of starbucks drinks, but anything i will actually order is more likely to induce a sugar coma than get me started for an invigorating day of calendars and all-around time wastement. there are a lot of independent coffee shops in dc, and at the risk of sounding insufferable, i would choose any one of them over starbucks - if not for the hand crafted coffee, then for the abundance of foamed milk leafs, dogs and hippies.

my favorite drinks lately have been espressos. they remind me of france where everyone sipped from tiny little cups and you could find dispensers everywhere that charged only a euro. i was never able to taste any different flavors in coffee, but in espressos i can. it makes the experience more like drinking wine. ugh, french people and their refined palates and hand-rolled cigarettes. i hate envy adore you.

today i am celebrating national coffee day by letting the rain and melancholy get the best of me and generally acting like i need a big cup of coffee. happy day.

spirit animals.

Heather - The Domestic Hen

let the wild rumpus begin.

palm canyon reminded me of the land of the wild things.

which just so happens to be a great fall movie
(don't listen to anyone who said it was bad)

ps. i have a flickr.

Palm Springs, CA

from dc to dallas to palm springs to dallas to st. louis and back to dc.
palm springs. i think the heat makes the people there crazy, they are eccentric and gay and colorful and in a world of their own.

we stayed in a retro hotel in the middle of a desert down the street from liberace's house. most of palm springs is built on an indian reservation and we were very close to palm canyon.

an ancient friendship bracelet ceremony:

palm canyon

arizona through a few filters:

a few facts: our room was constantly stocked with champagne, red velvet cake, water and cheese balls. palms don't sweat in the desert. i'm going to tell people american indians made my new moccasins. at one point on the trip, i found myself laying on my stomach with a lady knee-walking on my back, this is apparently what they call a massage. people don't usually get rufied at the village pub, but they might. i have a free ticket to anywhere.

birthdays.

going to dinner tonight to celebrate this girl's twenty fourth birthday

then off to palm springs at 4am tomorrow morning to visit monica for the first time in california for her birthday

i couldn't be more excited and i'm going to take a ton of pictures unless, of course, i drop my camera into a canyon. or more likely, the pool. helllllo cabana boy.

spirit animals.

Kerry/me - The Deer















Megan Farnsworth Snyder - The Chipmunk


















Alli - The Squirrel
















Please let me know if you would like me to explore your spirit animal.

If i kept this gift to myself, i know my american indian ancestors would be very displeased. Know that it's the spirit animal that chooses you, and I am merely a medium.

Like,
the Deer.

orange, va

the street festival. a giant pumpkin, American flags (spell check was basically calling me a terrorist for keeping "American" in lowercase), kettle corn, the high school marching band and a boxer puppy.

fried chicken crisis in his press badge.

scrabble and oktoberfest on the porch. croquet in the backyard.

tornado chips with lots of salt & malt vinegar & pale legs.

starr hill brewery in crozet, va. black and white because drew's eyes were red-rimmed on account of the crack (just kidding! please please don't get angry...again). just kidding again there. i think i'm going to go watch tv.

when i was five.

when i was five all i wore were dresses. i hated pants, especially jeans.

this dress reminds me of all the dresses i wanted to wear when i was a little girl. hello 2010 holiday dress, it's nice to have met you.

find everything else i can't buy until after my palm springs trip here.

my fantasy.

Drew Brees.
Miles Austin: thanks drew.
Eddie Royal: obviously
Braylon Edwards: ?
Cedric Benson: Diggory
Reggie Bush.
Owen Daniels: ?
SeaBass.
Baltimore defense.

oh and if hogwarts was real.

oh and to dance with koa like this at my wedding: