On Opulence And Light

Chateau De Versailles. Beautiful but empty. But beautiful.


pic: notcot.com via po

On Halloweeny

Happy happy

pic: Anna Moller

Atlas Sound

via Jared's music-head rival, Neeka.

On Flowers Aren't A Phase

- The jasmine bushes that line the path to Jared's house

- The dusky peach roses on Victoria's dining table

- The dying speckled tangeringe amaryllis flowers in round pots on the kitchen bench

- The jacaranda flowers that fall over cars overnight and leave a mauve spray on the road

- The white chrysanthemums on my bedside table that have lived for forever and a day

Dedicated to artists that forget that there will always be beauty in that which is beautiful.

pic: Nicollette Camille

On The Lost Girls

"Don't believe everything you read".

But if I do believe everything I read, then I don't have to read as much.

pic: Anna Moller

On Mon Fou Pantalon

pic: Ginger Jason, Kobenhaven July 09

On The Inspirationals

pic: Lanvin @ The Selby

On Entrez Et Sortie

pics: the selby

On Go Urmet!

I've just moved into a snobby part of town. Things are kind of hilariously nonsensical here. Like the price of milk.

For this reason, i love the local supermarket. It's a wonderland of hilariously nonsensical but insanely exciting food. Im trying out this fancy shmancy new muesli. It claims to contain "gourmet nuts".

What is a "gourmet nut"? Which nuts are "gourmet"? What does "gourmet" actually even mean? Does it just mean "fancy shmancy"?

If yes, then peanuts would lose cos you get them as snacks on no-frills airplanes, and Brazil nuts would win cos they cost like $49.95 a kilo and are huge so you get like 3 for 20 bucks, which is ridiculous. See Figure 1. for a completely subjective spectrum of gourmet nuts, as per me.

I looked up the definition of "gourmet" to correct my own, clearly biased, definition. It turns out that gourmet is, in fact, a noun meaning "a connoisseur of good food; a person with a discerning palate." As an adjective, it means "of a kind or standard suitable for a gourmet." Which means nothing to me. Especially cos im pretty sure it is bad literary form to use the word you are defining in the definition.

I think i can safely conclude that "gourmet nuts" is a hilariously nonsensical notion.

Figure 1. (In ascending order:)

- The Peanut

- The Cashew

- The Walnut

- The Almond

- The Pistachio

- The Chestnut

- The Pecan

- The Macadamia

- The Brazil

pic: (gourmet) bacon & egg english muffin (in trendy plaid), from simplybreakfast

On Portugueezy Fo Sheezy

On Green Eyed Love

On Helloelloello

Note to self: start small.

Incidentally, this week, things happened in threes:

- Moved in to 3 different houses

- Weathered 2 x 3 days of no internet

- Watched Hook over 3 nights

- Cooked dinner at home thrice: pumpkin & lentil soup; beetroot, walnut, fetta salad; spaghetti bolognese

- Drove a 3rd car in 3 weeks

- Made friends with a dog called Latte and a cat that thinks its a dog called Minnie and rekindled a friendship with a dog called Doofy

pic: stylesightings