BLOG CROXFORD: WW94: THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

WW94: THE BIRDS AND THE BEES - REVISED!!!!!

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!!!!

Truthfully, I am NOT the person to ask for the "real" birds and the bees!

So instead, I give you these items!

5 (or so) things that I LOVE this week!!!!!

1.) Ok...if you have been under a rock, and haven't downloaded my latest obsession, you are missing out!!! Angry Birds: Star Wars!! If you are looking to waste your time, look no further!!

ok....and speaking of angry birds......sometimes a great game can influence an artist. Angry Birds All Levels is a 300-sheet ink on tracing paper design by interaction designer Evan Roth that displays every finger swipe and screen press needed to complete the popularAngry Birds video game on a handheld device. It was commissioned by the Science Gallery located in Dublin, Ireland and is on display in their Game Exhibits. "Angry Birds All Levels is a part of Evan’s larger Multi-Touch Finger Paintings project that he has been working on throughout the years.

2.) Buffalo Chicken Garbage Bread. Yes, it has the word garbage in the title....shameful......but.....

Ingredients
2 boneless chicken breasts
1 tsp. olive oil
1 pizza dough (I used store bought and let it sit out for about 20 minutes)
(I might try with crescent roll dough....)
8 oz. of shredded mozzarella cheese
3 oz. of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup of Franks Wing Sauce
1/3 cup of blue cheese dressing

Directions
- Cut chicken into cubes. Season with salt and pepper. Heat teaspoon of olive oil in skillet and add chicken when hot. Cook chicken completely and then add 1/4 cup of wing sauce. Stir to coat chicken and let simmer for a minute or two. Take chicken off heat and let cool.
- Pre-heat oven to 425°F.
-On a well floured surface, spread pizza dough into a long rectangle shape. (or you could use crescent rolls!!!)
-Add blue cheese dressing and remaining 1/4 cup of wing sauce. Spread across the dough. Add chicken and then top with mozzarella and cheddar cheese. You can also add a bit more of the wing sauce on top of the cheese if you want it to be a little bit spicier.

Roll the dough like a pinwheel until you reach the end. Make sure to tuck the ends of the dough in so the middle doesn’t ‘ooze’ out when baking.

Spray baking sheet with light coat of non-stick cooking spray. Place garbage bread on the pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Let sit for five minutes and cut into and enjoy!

Read more http://www.pincookie.com/buffalo-chicken-garbage-bread-just-made-this-for-supper/

3.) I love this bird-like Smartcar! SMART has colllaborated with fashion designer Jeremy Scott to conceive a limited edition electrified 'fortwo'. equipped with wings that illuminate like igniting rockets to form avant-garde rear taillights! You may not Jeremy by name....but you might know his work! He dressed Britney Spears as a futuristic airline stewardess for her Toxic video. He is also the first fashion designer to dress the muppet diva Miss Piggy, who called him her favorite designer, as have Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga.

Here is what he says about the design:
'for me, wings mean freedom, a sense of weightlessness. because of this, I definitely wanted to have them for the 'smart electric drive' in order to convey the way it frees the environment of noxious emissions and symbolises the new lightness of mobility' -- Jeremy Scott

4.) I want to go to there. I mean HERE: Jean Jullien has helped to create an amazing bar called Le Nid, “The Nest”, which overlooks the city of Nantes at the top of the Tour de Bretagne. It is designed as though it’s a nest!! The bar is shaped like the body of a bird, while it’s long necks circles and wraps around the space, eventually ending at the birds head. Around the space are dozens of cracked egg chairs for sitting or resting your drinks on!!!