Stay for Tea

Michael Pollan & Slow Food Alameda

I’ve simply not had a moment to write about a benefit J. and I attended a few weeks ago. The fundraiser supporting the Alameda Free Library was generously hosted by several local restaurants and members of Slow Food Alameda (places like Kroll’s Pizza, Acquacotta and C’era Una Volta.) A delicious fest of organic veggies, roasted pizzas, tasty snacks and local wine was spread out over several tables outside the Auctions by the Bay building located at the Alameda Navy base. The day was extremely windy and cold, but the free food and wine certainly warmed us up a bit. (I should mention that we were able to attend the event due to the two tickets generously given to us by J.’s boss at the library). Read the rest of this entry »

Make belief

I’m not going to go gaga over kiddies here. Plenty people think babies and little kids are all sorts of cute and funny. What absolutely tickles my heart about these photos is the delicate way the photographer captured the perfect atmosphere of playing dress-up and make belief. I’m almost 30 years old and I still revel in the moments where a playful outfit, a beautiful house, dust dancing in the sunbeams, can create for me a magic atmosphere that transcends the every day. I guess, I’m a kid at heart.

These two are my favorite, and there are a couple of more here at Kitty Kora’s set on Flickr.

Food stop motion

A double dose of foodiste stop-motion animation, thanks to Youtube.

Culture clichés abound in this little history lesson, but I don’t even mind the beef Stroganoff. In fact, the entire enactment of wars in XX and XXI is kind of clever, gruesomely messy (like real war is), but also made me incredibly hungry after watching.

PES makes really clever stop-motion shorts and this one is full of magic. Enjoy!