Coolest Menu Ever!

At some point in my various map design/cartography classes, I became something of a type nerd...So when I saw the menu for Doug Fir in Portland, I immediately had to go there just to see if I could get a copy of the menu! Alas, you can't take the menus with you, but the food was delicious and I did thoroughly enjoy looking at it while we were there! 

Doug Fir Menu

My cousin's wedding

My cousin is getting married in January 2011! Below is her choice of bridesmaid dress (from Vera Wang) in the two colors she's choosing between. Can't decide which I like better...but I'm excited to wear it :)

ThredUP

My last aimless facebook perusal led me to this interesting website:

www.thredup.com



It's kind of a netflix meets Plato's Closet meets Rent the Runway sort of sitaution. The premise: lots of people get tired of or grow out of clothes they thought they loved, so why not switch? You pay a set rate for envelopes, which thredUP sends you. You tell them what you have and you set preferences for what kinds of clothes you like. You send them your new or like new clothing, and they send you something in return!

Sounds good, yeah? Well, kind of. I registered in no time, but after further investigation realized that you don't actually get much say as to what they send you other than your size, color preference, and brand preference. Furthermore, you have to pay money each time you "thredUP" for the envelopes, and you can only thredUP if you have given them something. If I'm getting rid of a Banana Republic shirt, I can get a different Banana Republic shirt (or similar brand), but I can only request a brand that's similar in price range to what I'm trading. The other downfall is they are still fairly new and currently limited to trading only male and female shirts - no skirts, pants, or dresses...yet.

That said, it's an innovative concept, and if they work out some of the kinks, it could one day be worth your time!

Don't Believe the Hype

FYI, my friends, Covergirl Lash Blast Mascara is not that great. Despite the convincing claims of America's Next Top Model amateur competitive commercial shoots.

Women's soccer in the Middle East!

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/28/world/middleeast/1247465410812/playing-soccer-for-more-than-a-win.html

Check out this video--it's about the first woman's soccer game in Palestine! Wish I could embed, but NY Times won't let me :(. Really worth a look.

SO EXCITED!!!

I am so TOTALLY excited for this!!! And this promo is way cute...I know watching the episode will make me cry :)

Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

Chi Alpha Video

I made this video for Chi Alpha's kick off TNW at the start of the semester. Check it out! I had lots of fun and I'm excited to make more!

Watching Movies with Mom

Today I did something I never thought I'd do in college. I watched a movie with my mom. Yes, she is still in Las Vegas and I am still in Denver, but the wonders of technology (really just phones) allowed us to watch an almost 3 hour movie "together." It all came about because in my Hazard Mitigation & Vulnerability Assessment class we were given an assignment to view a disaster movie and see if it perpetuates myths about disasters along with some other questions. Well, my mother happens to be the biggest disaster movie fan I know, so when I told her about the assignment, she immediately started suggesting movies for me to watch. When I settled on The Towering Inferno, an epic made in 1974, she came up with the idea of us watching it together. While I was a bit skeptical at first, actually watching it and trying to get each of our DVDs at the same spot at the same time was a lot of fun! It is definitely the most ridiculous thing I've done in a while, but it was a lot of fun and not as crazy as it might sound. So what if I spent three straight hours on the phone with my mom today...it was fun, and productive! All in the name of school :)

Sweet Video!

This is a really cool video for a She&Him song made by the peeps from (500) Days of Summer! (awesome movie btw!)

Hey Jude x13,500

So I think we've all seen the way cool T-Mobile dance when the huge group of people started dancing during rush hour in Liverpool. Well, this is another video they made in Trafalgar Square in London, but this time instead of dancing, over 13,000 people sang the Beatles song, "Hey Jude" together...it's a pretty cool video, watching some of the people gave me goosebumps!

Enjoy!

Best Wedding Procession Ever

You may have already seen this, but just in case, here it is. Man, what a fun time!

Look what I found!

I recently read that AU's new website won an award on eduStyle.com for its Interactivity Tour! Here's a link to its Award Page.

So I decided to check it out. I found myself on the interactive campus map, clicking on MGC. As I clicked through the pictures, I found the following one.


And I felt like it was one of those "serendipitous moments" because who could it be in TDR but Miss Allison Doolittle (who by the way, was very rarely in TDR) so it was all the more serendipitous.

Check it out for yourself here. You'll have to search through MGC photos to find her!

Jubilee

Me, Marjie, Uncle Bill and our cousins Corey, Shae and Max

Last month, my great uncle Bill celebrated his 50th anniversary of being a priest. Crazy, I know! It's called a "Jubilee." The weekend turned into a fun family reunion and celebration of Uncle Bill's ministry. He's still going-- giving several masses each weekend, including one in Spanish. Random fact: my grandmother dated Uncle Bill before she married his brother Larry, my grandfather.

Visual Thesaurus

Pretty cool

Roller Babies

Haircut!

So Good to Me

Loving this song right now!

I [can't] see you!

My vision is getting worse. Naturally, this involves a fashion dilemma. Vote: a, b, c, or d and why?


(A)




(B)

(C)

(D)

Purl

A while back, Tanya introduced me to a lovely yarn and fabric shop in New York called Purl. Lately, I've been looking for design/color/etc. inspiration for decorating my apartment. What fun! I recently ran into photos of the Brooklyn apartment where Purl's owner, Joelle Hoverson, lives. Random, I know, but the pics are quite inspiring.

LeftRightLeftRightLeft

I'm not sure if you all have heard about this yet, but just in case you haven't, I thought I'd let you know that if you go to Coldplay's website (coldplay.com), and give them your email address, you can download this free album of live songs! I remembered that Tanya and Allison went to see them in October and told me how great they were live, and I know its not the same, but these versions are really good and I've enjoyed them quite a bit!!! Yay for free music!!!