Sneak Peek: Donna & Kevin

Check in tomorrow to see the rest of the photos from Donna and Kevin's elopement.

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Title: TRON: LEGACY - Disney Channel Sneak Peek

TRON: LEGACY now playing in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D.

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TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar®- and Golden Globe®-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world's leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynn's Arcade—a signal that could only come from his father—he finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of the fearless warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe—a universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons, landscapes and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape. Presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and scored by Grammy Award®-winning electronic music duo Daft Punk, TRON: LEGACY hits U.S. theaters on Dec. 17, 2010 in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D.

Title: Dave's iPhone Sneak Peek

Are you excited about Apple's new gadget? Just wait till you see what's coming next.

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Cute Books from Give Simple

I was browsing Give Simple for Mothers Day gift ideas and came across these cute little books for brides-to-be and newlyweds

And I also found what NOT to give your mom for mother's day! I have to admit this is hilarious though and I bet my mom would have a good laugh if I gave her this-

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Title: Banned Books Week: Puppet Book Banners

Chad, Rustle, and Mooch, the Crash Pad puppets, misinterpret the meaning of Banned Books Week, trying to throw some books with objectionable content--including Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, The Joy of Cooking, and the phone book--out of the library, until Herb points out the error of their ways. More ALA videos at alfocus.ala.org.

Title: DEATH COOKBOOK 1 | Goth Cooking Show | La Carmina. Black Sesame Seed Ice Cream, How-To Recipe Demo.

Learn how to cook delicious Japanese food! A fun Death Note anime spoof + Japanese Gothic Lolita twist on Food Network cooking shows! Starring J-pop culture author / cute food blogger / Goth designer LA CARMINA (www.lacarmina.com) ONLINE STORE NOW OPEN!

"Hello. I am Kojin, the Japanese Kitchen God. You can see me because you touched the Death Cookbook."

HOW TO USE...
Write down the name of a recipe and close the book. When you open the book, a recipe from the realm of the gods will appear.

THERE ARE 3 CATCHES...
One, only those who touch the cookbook can see Kojin and use the cookbook.
Two, you can only make one entry in the cookbook every 24 hours.
Three, once a recipe appears, you have 24 hours to gather the ingredients and successfully make it. If you don't, you will turn into a hungry ghost.

BLACK SESAME SEED ICE CREAM RECIPE
3/4 cup heavy cream
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup organic honey
3/4 cup 2% organic milk
3 tablespoons kuro goma (black sesame seeds)

Roast the sesame seeds in a pan. Let cool and then coarsely grind.
Heat the milk in a saucepan until it almost boils. Reduce heat to low.
Stir together the egg yolks and honey. Add one tablespoon of the milk to the egg mixture to temper it (warm the mixture up to the same temperature as the milk so that the eggs dont scramble).
Add the egg mixture and sesame seeds to the milk. Cook on low heat until it is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.
Transfer to a large container and let cool.
Lightly whip the cream and add it to the sesame-milk mixture. Refrigerate for a few hours.
Place the container in the freezer. Every few hours, remove the mixture and stir it vigorously with a wooden spoon to break up the ice crystals. Return the mixture to the freezer and repeat until smooth and frozen.

SONGS USED IN THE VIDEO
Malice Mizer: Illuminati and Rurouni Kenshin

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Blossom Dearie, I hardly knew ye

I recently heard a Fresh Air interview with Blossom Dearie, who died in February. She was a jazz chanteuse with a little girl's voice (and name!) and was adorable. 

While searching for more information about this person who's life I completely missed, I came across this little ditty, which I'm pretty sure is my new jam. In case you're at work and can't listen to it, read the lyrics here.

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Title: Blossom Dearie performs I Won't Dance

From 1983, Blossom Dearie performs I Won't Dance.

Title: Blossom Dearie - I'm Hip

http://www.billytaylorjazz.com presents singer/pianist Blossom Dearie performing her original composition, "I'm Hip."

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

One of my Husband's groomsman (and also a dear friend of mine) Julien, is deployed with a naval ship out of Everett, Washington. He has been gone for awhile and I decided to send him a care package. In it I have put letters, some dried fruit and some of his favorite cookies!

Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
source:The New Best Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened but cool
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1 1/2 cups raisins

1. Adjust the oven racks to the low and middle positions and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper or spray them with nonstick cooking spray
2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together in a medium bowl
3. Either by hand or using an electric mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy. Add the sugars; beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time
4. Stir the dry ingredients unto the butter-sugar mixture with a wooden spoon or large rubber spatula. Stir in the oats and raisins.
5. Working with a generous tablespoon of dough each time, roll the dough into 2-inch balls and place on baking sheets, spacing them at least 2 inches apart
6. Bake until cookie edges turn golden brown, 22 to 25 minutes, rotating the baking sheets from front to back and top to bottom halfway through the cooking time. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer the cookies with a wide metal spatula to a wire rack. Let cool at least 30 minutes.
   

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Title: Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Pancakes Recipe

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Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin Pancakes

Pancakes with a twist of oatmeal, cinnamon and raisins. These are fantastic!

Active Time: 10 min
Total Time: 30 min
Serves: 4

Step 1: Making the Batter

* 2 whole eggs
* 2 tbsp. brown sugar (or maple syrup)
* 2 tsp. vanilla
* 3 tbsp. canola oil
* 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
* 1/3 cup raisins
* 2 cups low fat buttermilk (or plain yogurt)
* 3/4 cup flour
* 1/2 tsp. baking soda
* 2 pinches nutmeg
* 1/2 tsp. baking powder
* 2 pinches cinnamon
* 1/2 tsp. salt

Whisk together eggs, brown sugar, vanilla and oil. Add the oatmeal, raisins, and milk. Mix and set aside. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix wet ingredients into the dry. Stir until the dry ingredients are just incorporated, do not over mix.

Step 2: Cooking the Pancakes

* 1 tbsp. oil or butter

Turn heat to medium-high and lightly oil your griddle or frying pan. Ladle batter onto griddle keeping in mind that this batter is thicker than regular pancakes and will need to cook longer before flipping. The pancakes are ready to flip when the tops look less wet and shiny. Cook a couple minutes on the other side. Serve immediately with warm maple syrup.

Title: How To Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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Just keep telling yourself that the raisins make these qualify as a serving of fruit.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Nonstick cooking spray
One and one half sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
One and one half c. light brown sugar
Two eggs at room temperature
Two tsp. vanilla extract
One and one half c. flour
One half tsp. baking soda
One half tsp. salt
One tsp. ground cinnamon
Two and one half c. rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
Three-quarters c. raisins
Two cookie sheets
Two bowls
A whisk
An electric mixer (optional)
Three-quarters c. chopped walnuts (optional)

Step 1: Preheat oven

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, spray the cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2: Mix butter and sugar

In a large bowl, mix the butter and sugar together with a fork or an electric mixer until it's well mixed and fluffy.

Step 3: Add the egg and vanilla

Add the egg and vanilla and mix well with a whisk or electric mixer to combine.

Step 4: Whisk dry ingredients

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

Step 5: Finish the batter

Add the flour mixture little by little to the butter and sugar, combining thoroughly before adding more flour mixture. Then, stir in the oats, raisins, and nuts, if using. Mix until just combined.

Step 6: Drop onto cookie sheet

Drop spoonfuls of the batter 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets, and press them down slightly with the back of the spoon. Bake them until they're golden, about 10 to 12 minutes, and let them cool on the cookie sheets before eating.

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When Bridezillas Attack: The venue

Folks. I'm officially in bridezilla mode. Send warm wishes Sean's way, because bless his heart, has he got a whiner talking his ear off.

So, when I imagined my wedding, here is what I pictured: ceremony under the trees, reception in a magical garden with white lights, a dance floor with cafe lights and people dancing under the stars. Not too hard, right? Right?

The perfect place exists, but was out of my price range. When we saw the Mariners Museum, it seemed like the right place for both. But then I slowly started going crazy.

I couldn't fathom how to have the ceremony AND the reception, back-to-back, in the same location. How would the event staff be able to set up for the reception? How could the caterers do their job without disrupting the ceremony? What would the guests do while event staff move stuff around?

And what about standing under the trees? What happened to that part?

Friday was my pre-one-year anniversary (yes, crazy I know), so in honor of that, I made a decision once and for all. Here's the plan:

The reception will still take place at the Mariners Museum, but only the reception so we can make full use of the space. The plan is for the dance floor to go in the grass there, with the DJ table on that little bit of patio.

Hopefully the bar setup will go over here, near the fountain.

This picture is from around the hour the reception will begin. Gorgeous, no?

And the reception will be just outside, in a little grove of trees next to the Peninsula Fine Arts Center. Is it crazy to have multiple outdoor venues? Yes. But will I sleep better at night now? Hopefully yes.

The rows of chairs (with aisle in the middle) will go here, bordered by the trees.

Yes, I am crazy. Let's all pray we don't have to put the rain plan into effect!

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Title: Worse than Bridezilla - the HST attacks BC summer weddings

VICTORIA - It's June, and that means wedding season is in full swing.
But this summer, perhaps the only thing worse than an attack of the Bridezilla blues is the attack of the HST.

For many couples, the tax is showing up as an uninvited guest to many receptions and adding thousands to the final bill.

How does the HST fiscally dampen the special day?

Weddings are all about service: so hair, nails makeup will cost seven per cent more, along with catering, the cost of renting a hall, and hiring a wedding planner to pull it all together.

Still, couples tying the knot this summer can look forward to something old, that was the PST.

Something new: that's the new HST.

Something borrowed, about $2.8 billion worth that's the BC deficit, and something blue: that sinking feeling when the bill comes.

Title: Clowns at the Wedding??

Watch this bride go crazy when her mom wants clowns to perform on her big day! The season premiere of Bridezillas this Sunday at 9p/8c on WE tv!

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Blah Blah Blanket

I think we've established that I have a weakness for any decor item with words/typography. Also, I think we've established that I am a bit of a babbler. My childhood nickname (bestowed by my mother) was Ambler-Rambler, so don't I need these blankets by Donna Wilson? 

The company is based in England, but her items are available in the U.S.:

Candystore, San Francisco CA, +1 415 863 3935, www.candystorecollective.com

Eden & Eden, San Francisco CA +1 415 983 0490, www.edenandeden.com

Kid O, New York NY, +1 212 366 5436, www.kidonyc.com

Lola , Berkeley CA, +1 510 981 8345, www.lolahome.com

MW Moss Limited, New York NY, +1 212 204 7100, www.mossonline.com

ReForm School, Los Angeles CA, +1 323 906 8660, www.reformschoolrules.com

The Future Perfect, New York NY, +1 718 599 6278, www.thefutureperfect.com

 

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Title: Lady Sovereign - Blah Blah

Lyrics... I think?

I see your first priorities are discussing me in Maccy D's at about half three,
While you're munching on your quarter-pounder with cheese,
Chatting about me and my abilities,
Like S-O-V you're Shit, S-O-V can't spit, S-O-V just quit,
Ahh, whatever don't talk with your mouth full bitch,
While your discussing me its all publicity,
Even if you're cussing me you're still dashing my name around the city,
it's all good though, publicity for free,
White midget, uh huh mic fidget,
Somebody just dialed my digit,
S-O-V you're no one, hmm is it?
Flattered by the way you use your credit,
you fed it and you said it that I'm nobody,
If I'm nobody then why are you ringing me?
You drained your credit that's killing it,
Well my style you sure you aren't feeling it?

[Chorus]

Blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah in one ear and it comes straight out the other
Repeating yourself like you got a stutter with all you mutter like reh reh reh reh rah

Blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah all your words in my brain are turning into clutter
Repeating yourself like you got a stutter with all you mutter like reh reh reh reh rah

People wanna classify me as an Eminem, but hear what I'm a different kinda specimen,
Just because I be a white caucasian, doesn't mean me and him are the same
Because one I'm not American 2 I'm not a man
3 I'm coming through with a different kinda plan,
Setting the facts straight cause I know that I can
Purely heavyweight cause I do the whole shebang. Categories I don't fit into any, I'm on so many styles I'm on many,
Writing up more lines than burberry and dealing with beats like a victim of a bully.
Make you drink my saliva off the floor the spit I pat when I walked in the door released my metaphor. like cor blimey its
That white girl S-O-V!

[Chorus]

I know you don't boast about me over your Sunday roast or mid-morning cheese on toast.
But when I find out you've been talking you start squawking
S-O-V I never said that,
S-O-V you know you ain't wack,
S-O-V I love your track,
What the fuck do you want bitch a pat on the back,
A blahbarian equals a soon to be beg-friend,
Cause a beg-friend is an ex-blahbarian,
And they only start caring.
When you're preparing a next big riddim that every deck is blaring.
"oh fuck" I got posh people swearing,
The rich, the poor, the snobs the whores,
Oh dear blahbarians galore!

[Chorus]

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