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Anthony Bourdain

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Two of my favorite things in 90 seconds



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Road Trip: A week in review

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Well folks, I'm back and alive. Surprisingly, I never got carsick.

You can see all of my week's adventures in picture form with the click of this button


While that may not be enough incentive, here's some B&Ws taken from my buddy Sean who brough with him his 35mm camera. (wait. there's such thing as FILM cameras? Who would have known)






A few things I've learned on this trip:

1. Unless you have family, there's no point in visiting Nebraska

2. Oklahoma has the cheapest ciggs out of all the states we passed. $3.25 for a pack of Marlboro.

3. "Dressing up" to go to bars in Texas means: Best button down you have, best Levis jeans you own, clean cowboy boots, and your best Stetson hat. Boy did we fuck that up.

4. Colorado can out-snow any other state. We got 7 inches in 1 hour.

5. Non-traction boots are a no-go for mountain trekking.

6. I'm still allergic to cats.

7. Ci Ci's pizza is the most economical and tasty college road trip meal. Promotion for their 25th anniversary: $3.99 all you can eat!

8. Don't forget to check- double check- triple check that you packed everything before you leave the hotel. I have to invest in a new phone charger.

9. Texas wants you to know when you're in Texas.

10. Old Chicago is everywhere in the U.S. And has a great deal on beer Tuesdays! (110 varieties of beer!)

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Photoshop cookies

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Adobe Photoshop Cook from Lait Noir on Vimeo.

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Do not Trust Profile Pictures!

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Ad for SamsungDCC model. Human truth

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Spring Break 2010

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This spring break involves many a miles: A roadtrip with 3 friends, 7 destinations, and a whole lot of stories.



TRIP DETAILS: Clicky Click


A map of our soon-to-be adventures around the U.S.

I'm sure I will be uploading lots of pictures and talking about weird side adventures. Keep posted in a few weeks to hear about my trip!




I love road trips!

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Westwood Lodge

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One more rant about Springfield. Apart from the city of Lincoln, they're also known for their horseshoes. What's a horseshoe you ask?!

Quote from Wiki:
The horseshoe sandwich originated in Springfield, Illinois. This open-faced sandwich begins with thick-sliced toasted bread, and most often hamburger patties or ham. Other meats used commonly are deep fried pork tenderloin, grilled or fried chicken breast, and fried fish filets. There is also a "breakfast" horseshoe that uses eggs and hash browns. The meat is topped with french fries and smothered with a "secret" cheese sauce. With its many variations, it is a local favorite not often found outside Central Illinois.

Evil or Awesome.

I found a place called Westwood Lodge that sells horseshoes, but they call it "snowshoes". This place is not for vegetarians, you can tell from the decor.

lots of dead things..

My snowshow menu. You can even buy the patty as buffalo or elk rather than a regular hamburger.



They were having some Irish celebration for St. Pattys the moment we arrived there. Lots of men with bagpipes, kilts, and drums. Certainly great entertainment with my awesome food.

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Horses and Holistic Healing

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On Saturday I took a trip down to Springfield to go visit a friend's Clydesdale barn. It was pouring outside so you couldn't really take the horses out for a walk or anything. Plus I don't think I would ride them since I've only ridden quarter horses and Clydesdales are HUGE.



View from Tracy and Mike's barn.
View from Tracy and Mike's barn.

A mare with its young. The baby's coat is so incredibly soft.

Here's an Arab horse. He was my favorite.

Me and my friend took a trip to Meijer beforehand to purchase a bag of apples and carrots to feed the horses. I've learned that when feeding, you must lay your hand flat with the food on top or you might loose your fingers (small chance but hey, better to be safe). Some of these Clydesdales would rather you cut the apples in half first, and some would just take bites of the apple so you'd be literally holding the apple while the horse was picking at it. Cuteee.
Here's a horse that dropped my apple. The picture was taken right when it fell.




This particular horse had some knee problems, so when we were there, a "holistic healer" was there, and we were helping to keep this Clydes steady while she did some cool "touch points" and muscle inspection. In addition, she used scented oils and other various tools for this horse to heal properly. In my book, it seems pretty crazy but apparently there's a lot of people out there who live by this horse culture. She also had this lead ball on a chain (which i first thought was a pendant necklace) that she used over specific horse points. Depending on how this ball spins, it could apparently tell what is wrong with the horse. I found out this trick is used a lot to tell if a mare is pregnant and to tell the gender of the baby. I guess there's a lot of iron in the horse's body that collects in the horses' kidneys and using this technique is apparently pretty accurate. I'll try to do some more research with this later.




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Post-Its: no longer a reminder tool

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Bounty Can Drop Some Balls

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No Words


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Cupcake Delivery - 3.99 shipping

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So I splurged on myself and purchased both Magnolia's Complete Cookbook and Martha Stewarts Cupcake book. I really need to find that kitchen-aid mixer my mom has in the basement somewhere stashed. These books arrived last week and every single recipe looks amazing (amaesing?). I now have magnolia's buttercream recipe and I can't wait to try it out, although it's not terribly different than the usual buttercream frosting.


My friend Kyle came to visit me and we ended up at Hobby Lobby (one of my most beloved places). I spent a good 45 minutes at the baking section explaining what everything on the shelf was/function. Then I picked up Wilton's cake decorating book and was sucked into all the visuals and demonstrations. Long story short, I had recieved a package this week and one of the things in it was.. the book! I was so pumped.


The basket weave. Yes. It looks challenging, but really isn't.



I also spent two weekends ago at Hobby Lobby (surprise) buying useless crap for my unhealthy obsessions. All the valentine's stuff was already heavily discounted, so Janie and I bought lots of stuff that day. Mine included this large heart box that I think I will either use for storing cupcakes or use as another crafty/embellishing/ribbon box.



(the Fun Dip wasn't from Hobby Lobby, but fit in the V-day category)

These glittery hearts are not edible, but can be used to top cakes with! Probably one made from fondant.
Still waiting to explore the fondant world.

Cupcake Toppers! Aren't they cute!


Want to learn how to pipe cupcakes and cakes without buying books? There's lots of videos online (Youtube) that you can search. That's where I started off.. here's just a couple..

PinkCakeBox (check out their website too)
Xanthe Milton (British)
WILTON (subscribe to their videos)
Learn Cake Decorating


.. there's so many videos, you just have to search around!

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Vintage - potentially dangerous inspiration

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So flickring images of cupcakes led me to someone's link...

Such Pretty Things

Which has an amazing showcase of crafts - specifically vintage inspired. Lots of lace, ruffles, pastels, flowers, and neat stores that I want to eventually want to visit. Here's some snippets from her blog.






Which led me to another link on her blog...

Natasha Burns

Natasha is another crafty person.. vintage inspired here's images






Reading these are going to take up a good half my week. Starting 3 hours ago.

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Parisian Love- Parody

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Would this still be your favorite ad if played on the superbowl?


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