Summer in Santa Monica- and a recipe round-up

Farmers' market beauty in Santa Monica.

The first notes from our 

Santa Monica summer sublet:

After living in the brittle high dessert of Northern New Mexico for three years, I am drunk on oxygen. I walk Ocean Avenue cradled in moisture, intoxicated, breathing deep. And although we sleep seventeen blocks from the Pacific, I smell the ocean in the sheets. I wake with the sensation, the awareness of the sea. It infuses the day with an unnameable pleasure I can almost taste. If I could live on air I would eat the on-shore breeze with a spoon.

Steve has found his own source of bliss at Caffe Luxxe on Montana Avenue. Rich, caramel Italian espresso with the perfect artful brush of creamy foam. If further persuasion is needed to lure him into staying here, I only need to whisper, “Una bella tazza” and he'll be putty in my hands.

Things are looking up.

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♛ MOIS & still heart broken about MJ

went to MOIS last night, a so-called one of the most famous club in Penang.
wasn't that bad but i personally don't like indoor club, it's too crowded.
but i had fun.. xD
the night was for Doreen, one of my friend that celebrated her birthday.


soo after all the fun time, the club were playing Michael Jackson last night, it was cruel.
specially because it was the "heal the world" song. it was truly a sayonara night for him that everybody held hands together to honour him for the last time.
it's like MJ telling us goodbye in a song & told us not to cries.
it's so sadd that i weeped & cried. it was soo sadd.
MJ was truly a legend, the one & only the king of pop. he was a genius although it was a dissapointment to saw him suffered for his plastic surgery. =(


people still talk out there.. the fans, and even the haters.
i just still don't get the haters, they have no heart.
even the media was so cruel to MJ making all the rumours that wasn't true.
i also regretted that some of us have been mocking MJ when it wasn't even our problem in the first place.


it's so shocked that the world will be different without him.
it's hard to accept the fact that we will never hear any new material from him or see him perform again.


i am heart broken.


we will miss you MJ.
Rest In Peace
R.I.P


love.love ♥♥

" Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough For The Living
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me "

♛ AWARD & MY COMEBACK !!

hula hulaa.. i am backk. hahaaa.
i am very very veryy sorry that i have been ignoring my blog for about a month now.
i was on vacation at my hometown, jakarta.. & i was enjoying my time so much i didn't want to get online.
i am sorry ya'll.. hikss hiksss.


i will keep up with a lot of things, for starter i wanna posted some awards that have given to me by all my lovely bloggers friends.. xD


my 8th award from miss weefee, she's such a cutiee.. haha thank you so muchh girlie..

soo in this award i'm just suppose to tag to 3 of my fav blogs.
since all of YOU are my fav blog ever, so everybody please take itt. i'd be honour. thankss.

my 9th award from Jessi.. she is a big fan of hannah montana & jobros i think, because her music always playing the songs from them. xD

the rules is just the same as before, i just have to tagg it to peoples..
take itt againn okkkiee.. ANY of YOU!
i'd be happy ~ tnxx.

my 10th award from Thia, a lovaalayy girl.. makasii..

the rules is that i'm suppose to explained why do i choose to blog..
well, blogging for me is a tool for expression, diaries, reminders, sharing place, making friends & also a big opportunity to show off your talent.. in a good way of course. xD
so yeaa.. that's my reason why i choose to blog.


i'd like to tagg itt to any of YOU, again.. take itt pleasee ~


xD

love.love ♥♥

Strawberry Cobbler Cake

Dear Gluten-Free Goddess,

Not another strawberry recipe! Please. And a cake recipe at that? Pfffft. I've had it with all your so called strawberry deliciousness. Will you just get over it already? What do you think this is, strawberry season? I'm totally bored with the whole strawberry thing. Good Gracious Lord In Heaven. Where the bleep are the broccolini recipes? The watercress and sardine tarts? The marinated scapes, head cheese and tripe? Where's your squid ink linguini recipe? I can't find it anywhere.

And must I mention, boutique beans? You of all people- living in your precious New Mexico desert. Or have you moved to Hollyweird now? (that figures). I want boutique heirloom bean recipes. I need my daily fiber, if you get my drift.

What? None of the above?

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Free Tattoo Designs

Free Tattoo Designs

Fish Tattoo

Fish Tattoo

Foot Tattoo

Foot Tattoo

Flower Tattoo Lady

Flower Tattoo Lady

Girl Tattoos interest

Girl Tattoos interest

Papa Smurf Tattoo

Papa Smurf Tattoo

Tattoos Feet

Tattoos Feet

Tattoo artists, at least the good ones, are true artists, and they don’t like to take on work which won’t let them do their best. One of the things you may not know about your feet is that they have reflex points, just like the one in your knee which the doctor hits with the little hammer to see if your nerves are still talking to your brain.
In spite of your best efforts to keep still while getting a foot tattoo, your foot may engage in some twitching and jerking, and the tattoo artist may have difficulty controlling the needle when it does. If the tattoo artist is good enough, he or she may be able to cover up any resulting squiggles, but that’s a chance you’ll have to take.
Another thing: You have a lot of nerve endings and capillaries in you feet, and not much cushioning between the skin and bones. Most people who have had both foot and body tattoos done report that the foot tattoos are far and away the more painful; and those nerve endings can also make some people very ticklish. If your feet are ticklish, pass on trying to have a foot tattoo done; and all those capillaries are so close to the skin’s surface that foot tattoos tend to bleed more profusely than body tattoos.
But if you can find a willing artist, and after assessing all the potential negatives decide go ahead and get a foot tattoo, using a pre-inking anesthetic ointment to numb your foot is a good idea.
You can still expect to have swelling and soreness for a few days afterwards. If your work requires you to be on your feet for any length of time, consider holding off on the tattoo until your vacation.
The Beautiful: Because there just aren’t a lot of souls brave enough to face having their feet tattooed, your tattoo is sure to get extra attention. And you’ll have some stunningly beautiful foot tattoo designs, both simple and highly stylized, to choose from.
The foot provides a small but nearly flat canvas on which the artist can work and the results, like garlands of flowers or stars, or tarantulas or frogs poised to leap, can be amazingly three dimensional.

Girl Tattoos Picture

Girl Tattoos Picture

Fifty Five Things I've Learned in 55 Years

Last December, my blogging amiga Kalyn posted a list for her birthday: Sixty Things I've Learned in Sixty Years. Like so many readers, friends and fellow food bloggers, I was inspired by her post. So as birthday number fifty-five (fifty-five? how is that possible?) sat on the horizon as opaque and huge as June Gloom in Los Angeles, I was inspired to write my own list of hard won wisdom. Just to cheer myself up. And shake some cobwebs loose. Fifty-five just scares the pants off me, I gotta confess.

Fifty Five Things I've Learned in 55 Years

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Smiley Happy Pinup

Chris Burnett chanelling the Joker, perhaps. Previously featured here.

Channelling Jime

Derek Zielinski's Jime Litwalk inspired piece.

Plane Gash (sorry)

And finally for today, a wicked rib-piece done by realistic king Cecil Porter.

Not Ugly Bettie

Bettie Page, as rendered by Pinup master Steve Soto

Perky Plumage

Classic old school, wonderfully crisp, from a new tattooist to the blog, Shakey Pete. You can also find an excellent owl he did on Owl Tattoos.

Gluten-Free Millet Buckwheat Wraps

Gluten-free wraps- an easy recipe with millet and buckwheat flours.

What's keeping us fortified during our transition from the wild desert of northern New Mexico to the cool big blue of the Pacific? In a word, wraps. We're munching Lime Quinoa Salads, leftover Veggie Garden Loaf, stir-fry veggies and quinoa, and sandwich fillings in these handy, tasty beauties. They sustained us as we whittled down our food supply, making both lunch and dinner easy as pie. I froze a dozen for the road, thinking that in a pinch, I could always buy a salad to stuff inside.

They're completely fabulous hot off the griddle. The best. I could scarf them down bare, without adornment. In fact, I started with a basic crepe recipe when I was developing this wrap recipe. Which is why they're pliable, tender and delicious. Unfortunately, they're also fragile after day one- a problem I am working on. But if you freeze them right away, snugging rounds of wax paper in between each wrap, they thaw easily and remain fresh enough- though slightly less flexible.

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Mother Nature

A classic Sean Herman piece.

Something In My Rocket

New from blog favourite Tony Ciavarro.

Celery Soup with Ryeless Rye Croutons

A creamy celery soup that is dairy-free and gluten-free? Indeed.

By the time you read this new soup recipe, we'll be well on our way to Southern California. It will Monday, you see (it is Monday, right?). It will be bright and early. And we'll be waving our coffee fueled good-byes to piney Flagstaff, Arizona, the infamous gateway to the Grand Canyon (inspiration for Steve's movie) where we stayed overnight. We'll be up with the chickens, Honda packed with gluten-free treats, hitting Route 40 West for the second leg of the trip.

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