My friend David made this cool sculpture out of hula hoops and a piece of stained glass.
April 26th, 2010
Mood Lounge, Atlanta
I have discovered something I really love to do: dance. I love dancing, even if I am not very good at it. If you are around the Atlanta area, come out to Mood Lounge on Friday nights, you may see me dancing there.
April 25th, 2010
Recipe: Grilled 3-pepper sandwich
My favorite part of spring and summer is without a doubt, grilling. I love grilled food. The smoky flavor infused into the food by cooking over an open flame is incomparable. If I could grill every meal, every day, forever, I would. I recently became more adventurous and started grilling food other than meat and potatoes. Grilled sandwiches are my new obsession. This is one of my new favorites, I’ve made it several times the last couple weeks.
Ingredients
1 Yellow, orange & green pepper
8 oz mushrooms
1 medium onion, sweet yellow or red
8 oz feta cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp sour cream
1/4 cup + 1 tsp lemon juice
Lemon zest (the more, the better, I promise)
3 cloves garlic, pressed
3 tbsp olive oil
Salt, pepper & garlic powder to taste
Any kind of bread you like, I usually go for foccacia, but I have not been able to find it at my local grocer lately, so I’ve been using a white, crusty bread. Try not to go for a very thick bread, you’ll just have to remove some of the inside otherwise it’s too bready and you’ll miss out on all the awesome flavors of the peppers and feta cheese.
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Prepare your grill!
Wash, de-seed and cut peppers in half. Mix together 1 tsp lemon juice, half of zest, feta cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, salt, pepper and refrigerate . Slice mushrooms and onion, set aside. (You can grill the mushrooms and onions if you desire, I just cook those over the stove since I do not have a vegetable grill tray). Mix together olive oil, 1/4 cup lemon juice, half of zest, pressed garlic, salt, pepper & garlic powder. Brush olive oil and lemon juice mixture on both sides of each pepper. Cut your bread in half, spread feta & mayo mixture on each side.
Make sure you keep a close eye on your peppers as they grill. You want them blackened, but not burned. Turn them often. When they are finished, remove from grill & cut into slices and place on one side of the bread. Mushrooms and onions go on the other side. Cover with foil, and press your sandwich with a heavy pot or cookie sheet. You want it to be as thin as possible without all of the stuff on the inside coming out. Grill your sandwich for 5-8 minutes, keeping a close eye on it and flipping often. Don’t let it burn! Once you see grill lines on each side, your sandwich is ready to be consumed. Slice, and enjoy!!
April 23rd, 2010
A couple things I said I’d never do…
I find, as I get older, my tastes change. Food, drink, music, clothes & most especially make-up. I’m a strange bird, and have only been wearing make-up for the last 3 years. My make-up obsession began when I discovered an amazing line of products called Bare Escentuals.
I can remember very clearly my mother telling me that I should -never- wear blue eyeshadow, because of my brown eyes. I stayed away from bright & bold colors for as long as I possibly could. And then… and then. After Christmas, I ordered this 3 piece set called the “LOL collection (blues)” from BE, because it was on clearance, and I cannot pass up a great deal. The color names are awesome, a shimmery green apple color called “Nice Pear”, and two blues, one called “Blue-ty Call” and “17506″, which happens to be the zip code for Blue Ball, PA. I waited quite awhile before I tried it. When I did, I couldn’t believe I ever listened to a word my silly mother said! Blue eyeshadow looks amazing on brown eyes, if done properly. I call the above look my “mermaid eyes”. I haven’t tried blending the colors in another way yet, but I will soon. Now, on to the next…
Now! LEGGINGS! I was such a hater of leggings for so long. Until I lost a bunch of weight, and decided to give them a try. I love them. I love them so much, I don’t know how I ever lived without them. I bought my first pair of capri leggings today, and am wearing them along with my new tangerine colored gladiator-style wedge sandals (which I also hated upon for a long time).
What has changed about your style as you’ve gotten older?
April 12th, 2010
It doesn’t matter what you say
I really love my big sunglasses and will never get over that love. Haters gonna hate, what can ya do.