Been eating...

that's what we've been doing.

and I must say, it's one of my most favorite
things to do. Take a mo' and visit me at
hungry, are you? for some serious drooling time.

hungry girl por vida

my new fave sweet treats blog is just fascinating!
you really should check it out asap... go now!

you'll be wanting all sorts of sweet stuff once you
look at the 1st picture and skim the recipes... look:



even though it's still cold out, i want this.

it's wednesday, yay!

i'm happy it's wednesday for a
few reasons...the weekend is almost
here and it's also the makeover
show on america's next top model.
you know silly shit makes me happy
and i love it even more when one
or more of the girls flip the f*cK
out over their new look! hiLARious
and always a good time.

speaking of good times, i went to
see jenny lewis on monday night
and she was amazing! i went with
a lovely gal named Erin and we
had a great time! i took a few (not bad)
photos of lil' jenny, i'll post them
later and peed like 1,000 times...
as always. i have a small bladder,
what can you do? i also got to hear
my favorite song, yay me! have a
happy wednesday, yo!



(bob ross has absolutely nothing to do w/ this
post, i just really like him...)

ttv fun

some inspiration from hula seventy, a
lovely gal who will share some tips on
how to do ttv photos on her blog real
soon... check it out!

Wednesday...ho hum.

Gosh, I feel like it's been forever since I've
gotten my blog on.

I did have a great weekend though.

Saturday after breakfast at Mary + Tito's we watched
a few episodes of John Adams and frickin' loved it! It
was so awesome to see parts of history that we all read
about portrayed on the telly. And Abigail Adams? She
seemed like one smart and supportive lady/wife/mama.
Loved her.

We also watched more of the Wire and I'm
looking forward to more this evening... yay!
I'm hooked. Big time.

The 3 of us went out on Sunday and watched one the
best movies I've seen in a long time, the Dark Knight.
I didn't get up to pee once.... that's how amazing it was.
And the boys aren't bad to look at either. Not bad at all.
Go see it. Now.

OH! We also got to see the trailer for Watchmen
and my sweet lover nearly lost his shit. He can't wait!

Not a lot on Monday... had some cheeseburgers
for dinner. I love cheeseburger night!

Same for Tuesday, it was bleh.

Today I listened and sang along to Elvis Costello while
driving to trabajo. I had a peanut butter sandwich on
wheat and a delicious banana for breakfast. I really feel
like having a mountain of nachos for lunch, but, alas, they
are too messy to eat at my desk. Maybe for dinner if I'm
a good girl?

Now I'm here at work perusing my fave guilty pleasure
sites like this one and laughing my ass off. Check it out.

I'm also getting inspired by How About Orange and a
lot of the cute and crafty items she makes. Super fun!

I really should be working...

TtV Photos...

aka~ Through the Viewfinder Photography
and it's my latest obsession. After visiting
(stalking, whatevs...) one of my favorite
artsy/crafty/all around awesome blogs,
Hula Seventy I really wanted to learn
how to get these great images. Well, thanks
to Andrea (great name, I know.) @ HulaSeventy
for sending me a lovely email and a link
to help me get started... take a look at
a couple of test shots:







I used the digital camera,the Holga and
also a Polaroid camera to shoot these.

I'll post more photos later once I get a
little better! Try it out, it's lotsa fun!

Looking Forward

to lots of things lately...

1. Wilco in May with my Sweets!

2. America's Next Top Model... it's
Wednesday, yo! And, my fave gal got
the boot last week, so now I'm liking
on Whitney and her "plus-sized" self.
(she's cute and sassy!)

3. Catching up on my fave new blog,
Chef's Widow... check it out if you
have a moment, her hubby is a bad-ass
chef, she has 2 adorable bebes and a pug.
I'm in.

4. Going to Northern Cali in June with my
favorite person for a scooter rally... yay!

5. Making all sorts of crafty things for
a craft fair coming up... coasters, candles,
photos, greeting and postcards, glitter and
so much more!

6. Having tomorrow off... going to get
my (evil) ojos checked- mama needs
some new glasses!


**Hi, Rachael Jean.

Feel Like Having a Laugh?

stop by these sites:

Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians.
(fan-FUCKING-tastic idea... wish it were mine!)

Vice's DOs and DON'Ts.

Planet Hiltron. (i still love amy winehouse!)

One D at a Time.


if you have any fun sites that I'm missing
out on, please share!

HellaHolga

come visit us over at HellaHolga
for some rockin' eye candy!

Beautiful Film Week

Abby Try Again is having Beautiful Film Week over
at her blog and I'm a little late getting started, but the film
I choose is Away From Her. I wrote about this film a while
back, but I find it beautiful in so many ways, I decided to write
about it again.




Love is hard. Living with someone is also hard. I could not
imagine forgetting parts of my life that I share with my
lover years from now. That's what happens when Fiona starts
to slowly lose memories from her life with and without her
husband... because of Alzheimer's Disease. After much consideration,
Fiona thinks it best for her and her husband if she is institutionalized.
From there, you see a beautiful relationship put through the ringer and
the affect on both parties.

You'll probably cry buckets of tears if you watch this movie,
but you will also appreciate those in your life once you dry
your tears.

It's Plastic...**

My Holga shots are in!

Trust me, I know they are not perfect and/or beautiful
at fisrt sight, but this is my fisrt roll of actual film in
years! And, there is no focusing in on your subject
with a Holga.. it can typically focus in on something
up to 2-3 ft. tops. This, I learned by trial and error...
8 of the 12 shots came out and maybe 4 are actually
good. Anyhoo, I'm very excited to take as many photos
as I possibly can with my cool toy!

(and nevermind my cropping skillzzzz...)









**...and I tried to Rock It.

check out this site for more Holga goodness...
I will be contributing there soon!

x 365

I came across this fun project and now I'm addicted...
It's stirring up so many memories from, well, life.

check it out and start your own!

Surprise, Surprise...

i found this on Mint Julep's blog and thought
it'd be fun to post mine, too... what's your
blog's reading level?

Fans Of: Lists and Music...

head over to Music Mamas to list your Friday Fives...
this week is heartbreak and break-up songs.

and this was harder than it sounds to pick just 5...
i love me some sad, sappy, feel so bad music.

Beautiful Book Week

is a project that I came across @ Hula Seventy's blog,
but the idea is from abby try again, another deliciously
creative blog. Anyhoo, the idea is to post images
and passages from books you consider beautiful...

I'm all over it.

here's a beautiful favorite of mine:


"I wasn't born and raised to be a Kyoto geisha.
I wasn't even born in Kyoto. I'm a fisherman's
daughter from a little town called Yoroido on
the Sea of Japan. All my life I've never told more
than a handful of people anything at all about
Yoroido, or about the house in which I grew up,
or about my mother and father, or my older sister-
and certainly not about how I became a geisha,
or what it was like to be one."

Last Night

I made this and
these and we were
very pleased!

Along with the new
season of The Office,
all was happy in the
Blanragg household.

Another Fave

I love So-Yum for many reasons...

the awesome photos are just one.

Check Out

Tiger Bites Man, a blog about food.
and eating. and appetites.
and fabulous photos, too.

Let's Eat, Abq!

I'm so excited!

I was invited by Eat Albuquerque! to submit
restaurant reviews for eateries here in the city!
As someone who loves to eat and loves food, I am
thrilled! But, as someone who's never officially
reviewed food, on paper or online, I'm a bit nervous.
But, I think I have an upper hand in the sense that I
was a server and bartender at a number of places for
almost 10 years, so I have an idea of what people want
in a dining experience, casual or not.

I'm super grateful for the opportunity and I know I can
do a great job!

Stay tuned for my first review later this week - with
a ton of photos of course!

It's Always Fun

finding new bloggers with very similar interests.
And I love blogs about peoples everyday, real lives.
Check this one out to see what I'm talking about!