Apparently, I have four movie passes for the Food, Inc. documentary instead of two! Sadly, I don’t have that many friends. Kidding. Partly. Stephen Pearson is on an island, Elliot Rajan is in China, Jem will be in Seattle…
Any foodists out there who want a ticket or two? Email me asap.
Ah, the perks of being my friend: you get free stuff courtesy of my cheap lifestyle. Just be grateful that I haven’t taken anyone dumpster diving yet. 
by MoleitauEtsy interviews self-taught metalsmith Sara Westermark:
“My husband quickly learned not to buy me jewelry for Christmas, but instead to buy me tools.
[...]
“I have always worked with my hands. It quiets my racing mind and helps me to connect with my inner self. When I work, I cannot concentrate on anything else but the task at hand – I am completely absorbed.
[...]
“My work graphically represents my life. I have come to see my striving for the, ‘perfect and happy’ life as a clean form, and all the divergent paths and unexpected detours as the cutting away or crumbling of the original form. The acceptance of life as it comes – usually messy, unpredictable, and tragic – can lead to a new kind of beauty with richness and depth that only wisdom of experience can afford.”
Read the rest of the interview here or visit Sara’s etsy shop.
I love how the statement about preferring tools over jewelry underscores a basic truth about creative people: happiness lies not just in acquiring, but in the making.
by MoleitauEtsy interviews self-taught metalsmith Sara Westermark:
“My husband quickly learned not to buy me jewelry for Christmas, but instead to buy me tools.
[...]
“I have always worked with my hands. It quiets my racing mind and helps me to connect with my inner self. When I work, I cannot concentrate on anything else but the task at hand – I am completely absorbed.
[...]
“My work graphically represents my life. I have come to see my striving for the, ‘perfect and happy’ life as a clean form, and all the divergent paths and unexpected detours as the cutting away or crumbling of the original form. The acceptance of life as it comes – usually messy, unpredictable, and tragic – can lead to a new kind of beauty with richness and depth that only wisdom of experience can afford.”
Read the rest of the interview here or visit Sara’s etsy shop.
I love how the statement about preferring tools over jewelry underscores a basic truth about creative people: happiness lies not just in acquiring, but in the making.
On initial inspection, Gorilla Food seems more like a cozy hobbit hole than a restaurant. Situated underground beside a Richards Street sidewalk (you have to saunter down a flight of stairs before you reach the doors), Gorilla Food is easy to miss, a secret lair tucked away while the rest of bustling Vancouver passes by above. Further inspection of the interior only adds to the “cozy hobbit hole” impression. For instance, each side of the restaurant’s walls is painted with a different colour. The walls themselves are adorned by colourful paintings of local artist Simon Haiduk. There are only five people working in the open-space kitchen. And the counter has a handwritten sign: “Cash only please.” I found all these details to be charming, even provincial.
But beneath the undeniably bohemian atmosphere, Gorilla Food carries a very weighty food philosophy…
Click here to read the rest of the review at Yum!Vancouver!
And don’t forget to leave a comment there too.
PS I’m being given two advance movie screening passes to Food, Inc. courtesy of the Georgia Straight. Sometimes, the universe likes me.
On initial inspection, Gorilla Food seems more like a cozy hobbit hole than a restaurant. Situated underground beside a Richards Street sidewalk (you have to saunter down a flight of stairs before you reach the doors), Gorilla Food is easy to miss, a secret lair tucked away while the rest of bustling Vancouver passes by above. Further inspection of the interior only adds to the “cozy hobbit hole” impression. For instance, each side of the restaurant’s walls is painted with a different colour. The walls themselves are adorned by colourful paintings of local artist Simon Haiduk. There are only five people working in the open-space kitchen. And the counter has a handwritten sign: “Cash only please.” I found all these details to be charming, even provincial.
But beneath the undeniably bohemian atmosphere, Gorilla Food carries a very weighty food philosophy…
Click here to read the rest of the review at Yum!Vancouver!
And don’t forget to leave a comment there too.
PS I’m being given two advance movie screening passes to Food, Inc. courtesy of the Georgia Straight. Sometimes, the universe likes me.
- Write. I’m about 10 pages behind.
- Paint my painterly ideas. Sketch my sketching inklings.
- Buy boxes of blueberries at Richmond or Chilliwack. Eat and make authentic blueberry jam.
- Finish reading 2 books per week.
- Wear swimsuit.
- Plan autumn harvest and winter garden.
- Redecorate room for shoe collection expansion.
- Organize free kayaking trip this July with like-minded adventurers.
- Reply to mail. Send postcards randomly.
- Eat at the new Thai restaurant, Maenam. Write review.
- See movie 500 Days of Summer
- See documentary Food, Inc.
- Update blog properly (this does not count)
- Photoshoot summer clothes collection in my Lookbook before summer is over! Start autumn collection.
- Choose a new language to learn. Hmm. Or more Japanese and German maybe?
- Hike in forests, have picnics in parks.
- Find a Winners outlet to buy a winter coat–preferrably a peacoat–that actually fits me. Winter clothes on sale now.
- Buy buttons. Sew buttons.
- More experiments with food. Photograph expirements for evidence and future replication.
- Exercise to build arm strength.
- Find zinc oxide face moisturizer.
- Go back to Galiano island to explore even more.
- Finish pi, divide by zero, beat Chuck Norris, and heal heartbreak.
Here are some photos of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. It looks…Burtonian, by which I mean a sufficient combination of creepiness and whimsy, enough to give impressionable young children some sweet rainbow-coloured nightmares.
Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter looks like he could be a serious challenger to Heath Ledger Joker’s title as “cuckoo character wearing way too much makeup.”
Click photos to enlarge (so you can see all the crazy details):
Expected release date is March 5, 2010.
And oh, Alan Rickman is in it, too! <3 Alan.
Here are some photos of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. It looks…Burtonian, by which I mean a sufficient combination of creepiness and whimsy, enough to give impressionable young children some sweet rainbow-coloured nightmares.
Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter looks like he could be a serious challenger to Heath Ledger Joker’s title as “cuckoo character wearing way too much makeup.”
Click photos to enlarge (so you can see all the crazy details):
Expected release date is March 5, 2010.
And oh, Alan Rickman is in it, too! <3 Alan.
I love cooking more than I love eating (and I love eating a lot).
I love making food look presentable more than I love cooking (and you already know how much I love cooking).
Something I randomly whipped up for weekend lunch:
I love cooking more than I love eating (and I love eating a lot).
I love making food look presentable more than I love cooking (and you already know how much I love cooking).
Something I randomly whipped up for weekend lunch:
