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Tired of turkey? Meet the perfect sandwich 2007-08-21 23:39:00 Gone are the bleak days of boring sandwiches, enter in a new era of sandwiches that will reawaken your tired tastebuds. Nestled in LA’s Larchmont Village is a nondescript wine and cheese shop that will do just that. It sells, quite obviously, wine and cheese, but it coincidentally also makes the tastiest sandwiches known to man.With long lines extending from one end of the store to the other, the sandwiches that inspire such hype deserves this credit. The numbered menu presents a combination of ingredients such as Italian proscuitto, fresh mozzarella and basil (the #5), and other various ingredient combinations featuring chicken, or tuna. Of course there are delicious vegetarian options, as well, but all I care about is the meat.I had the #3: salami, sundried tomato mayonnaise, vinaigrette, salad, and Spanish manchego cheese on a baguette (ciabatta bread is an option too). This flavor combination blew my mind. The cheese was thinly sliced to perfection, the salami was rich and flavo
Cure the early week blues with some therapy... 2007-08-17 22:42:00 Art therapy that is. If you're already feeling that unmistakable, undeniable feeling of "blah" (which often accompanies Mondays) then it's time to bust out the paint, construction paper and markers. One of the best things I ever did during stressful times was take out a blank canvas and paint whatever I was feeling. Though I am no art history scholar, I believe this was the idea behind the works of Expressionists artists such as Edvard Munch and played a bit part in the philosophy behind Vasily Kandinsky's paintings (my favorite artist of all time). My little rendition is pictured above. See, obviously I don't have very much technique, which means anyone can do this. And feel good about it! Some graduate programs exist in the U.S., such as Pratt in NY, where students are taught art (and dance/movment) therapy skills. They in turn, can bring these techniques to different settings, helping people in geriatric homes, special ed programs, eating disorder clinics, etc. to express them
Get Green Before the Weekend Ends 2007-08-15 21:31:00 As summer slowly leaves us and fall approaches, the best thing to do during this interim period is to spend a day at the local farmer’s market. Hoping to enjoy today’s sun (although here in California it is perpetually sunny, yes, even during Christmas) I meandered about the small, unpretentious farmer’s market located across the street from UCI.The first thing that greeted me was the beloved hummus stand. With a dozen or so different flavored hummus dips (my favorite is the roasted garlic), the Babba foods stand actually lets you try each hummus dip with pita bread samples. You can literally stand there and eat your way through the row of roasted tomato, pesto, and eggplant (plus more) hummus dips. Yum.The other great thing about farmer’s markets is the appearance of local bakeries. There is nothing I love more than a bakery, and with items such as chocolate poundcake with a ganache center, chocolate almond brioche, and passionfruit marshmallows, I can barely restrain myself f Read more:Green
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B Is for Blueberries, Breakfast and Boston 2007-08-27 14:04:00 Ahh, Boston
, the city that inspires one-hit-wonder singles, pivotal moments in American History, and images of tombstones in the snow (or maybe a tea-colored body of water). These may be gross subjugations of the city. Irregardless, I have a different take on Boston.Boston means pancakes.Located in Beacon Hill, The Paramount, has created that definition for me. A small, brunch-y nook, it serves up a variety of day, evening and brunch fare that feature simple and straightforward options executed with (an oxymoronic) simple sophistication. Exhibit A: On a particular, bleary Friday morning, I stumbled upon their blueberry pancakes: fresh, sweet blueberries embedded in a sumptuous golden batter that had been lovingly carressed and cajoled to form that delicate, flat cake. With a light dusting of powdered sugar and light syrup the taste has been so permanently fixed in my memory that -this, this, is what makes me think fondly of Boston. I am sure at this point, native Bostonions are sighing Read more:Blueberries
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Photography, Photography, Paint My Autobiography 2007-08-25 17:32:00 Lately I've been digging these company websites that feature the type of photography showcased in magazines or in ads. Thussfarrell is one of my favorite sites. They are a husband-wife duo that are pretty much a creative dream team, offering branding and identity design and all that jazz. Basically they inspire a lot of jealousy (imagine: creating beautiful things, and being darn succesful at it).Check out the photography on this site. Many are design inspired and sometimes humorous, with lantern/cupcake combinations and a tiny plastic penguin strategically placed among rows of seashells (thussfarrell's book 5 of work). This understated, quirky sense of perspective is what makes their work unique and a little different from the rest. Lastly if you're looking to get married or know someone who is, Aperatura does some great wedding photography too.- - - - - -*picture taken at Central Park Read more:Paint
Watching The City Sinking slowly Out Of View 2007-10-01 00:16:00 It was a relaxing and sorry we left y'all hangin, I got a handful of emails asking for new posts! So here to start us off (if you start your weeks on Sundays) is a new album from Saturday Looks Good To Me. I'm actually a new fan, they've been around since 99 and I started diggin' "Lift Me up" when it dropped a couple years ago. If you guys are unfamiliar, SLGTM definitely brings an indie-pop element with writer/producer Fred Thomas (who used to be in His Name is Alive!)arranging with a talented line-up. Saxophones, synths, handclaps with harmonies and harpischord, display a good span of sound ranging from acoustic to catchy melodies worthy of 60s, 70s 4/4 rock beat ballads."Fill Up The Room" is the 4th album out from K Records and will be available for your listening ears on Oct. 23! but you can pre-order now! SLGTM will be going around for an awesome tour so be sure to catch them and for the LA folks, The Echo, Nov. 10th/6pm/$10. By the way, these songs make way good for tra Read more:Watching
"Magnets Are The Talk Of This Town..." 2007-10-12 17:49:00 It took me a few songs to get used to Matthew Thomas Dillion's high vocals but it's a good different. Windmill is the combined efforts of Dillon and several key players that bring the mild melancholy sound. Puddle City Racing Lights has electronics and voice samples on several tracks and heavy synths throughout to make this a great 'official' debut for Dillon. That cello isn't too shabby either. I like the heart put into this album, lots of the piano 1-on-1 emotional stuff. The Album is out now on Melodic Records label in the UK. These are two of my favorite tracks on the album. Get them now! Flourescent LightsAsthmatic Hey also they are doing some small touring in Europe so check'em out if you're in that neck of woods. Read more:Magnets
RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS/ IN RAIN_BOWS IN/RAINBOWS 2007-10-11 02:31:00 If you haven't heard of Radiohead, this is your chance to get out from under that big rock. After the 3 years wait from Hail To The Chief in 04', Radiohead bring out their self released 7th album, IN RAINBOWS. Strangely, The EMI contract was fulfilled with the last album so not only is this album self released, but you can purchase/download the digital version of the album for your own price. YOU name your own price that you want to pay for the album. It's sort of an interesting twist, partly marketing, part experimental and totally 100% rad!On the other hand for all you real Radioheads, the Discbox version is a full on package including In Rainbows CD, the recording sessions bonus CD, Vinyl record of the album split onto two vinyls, and a hardcover book...now that's extreme supplement! That runs around $82 a pop! You can pre-order now and it will be shipping in early December. This album has all the familiar symptons of mass appeal, an almost continuation of OK Computer, and I f
HIDDEN DETOUR PARTIES w/ Ed Banger Recs & The Villians!!! 2007-10-07 05:01:00 I heard about the Hidden Detour Party about two days before the event and I had absolutely no idea what to expect except that there would be lots of dancing. And I guess that's all we really needed to know! Boost Mobile & Fader put on 2 parties at these hidden locations in LA and the only way to go was to rsvp/text to get a text back of the address on the days of, raver status true. We went Friday night for the Ed Banger
crew. Quick History: Pedro Winter a.k.a. Busy P runs Ed Banger Recs since '02, it was part of Headbanger Entertainment. Most of the acts are French electro/house DJs and Artists including heavyweights DaftPunk! Friday night was one of the best DJ live sets we have ever heard/seen/experienced. Some of the DJs included Kavinsky, So-Me, Justice, Mehdi and of course Busy P. We danced to mixes, remixes, mashups done way proper on the 1s and 2s of Feist, Beastie, some old school, lots of dance and house beats. You could definitely feel the anticipat
Cats And Cats And Cats and This Town Needs Guns SPLIT! 2007-10-05 16:29:00 Big Scary Monsters Records are bringing us a split album from the two awesome up and coming indie bands, Cats And Cats And Cats and This Town Needs
Guns who are both from the U.K. I really like both of the bands' names. CCC has some sweet girl/boy vocal harmonies mixed with their indie pop, heavy instrumental intros while This Town Needs Guns has similarities of another favorite, Minus the Bear. Each band has 4 tracks on the split and it's overall an enegery filled, instrument driven sound. While listening to the album, I often times can't always differentiate between the bands until I hear the vocals. It is pretty rare to find a split where both bands have a good thing going. We got a track from each of the bands. Be sure to pick up the new album here. Cats And Cats And Cats - AnchoressThis Town Needs Guns - 26 is Dancier Than 4
The GO! Team Continues To Prove Their Youth! 2007-10-03 16:34:00 The sophomore effort of the GO! Team is even better than the first album. It's just powerpacked with a crazy array of samples, tambourines and that super catchy playground rock. We would say it perfectly compliments the GO! Team's sound progressively moving to a massive party with the kind of album that you could pop into any CD player for a guaranteed good time. Proof Of Youth rocks a 36 minute loud soulful often times 70s era funk tv show theme song except in a much hipper extended form. Just lots of Kick. If you picked up the album, you know exactly what I mean. Check out these songs now! Doing It RightTitanic VandalismThe Wrath of MarcieThe album dropped on September 11th off of Columbia Records here in the U.S. and is being played in heavy rotation all over including mashups and remixes. There are some excellent ones out there! Also check out their tour! They'll be at the Glasshouse on the 20th, and the following night at the Echo! Read more:Prove
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