WW191: MELISSA ARENDT, CAFE FIORENTINA, and muppets

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
After MONTHS away, I give you Wonderful Wednesday!!!!!
Yes.....here are 5 things I love this week!
Sometimes these things are NEW NEW NEW and sometimes - these 5 things are just new to me, and I need to share them!
So, if they aren't new to you......sorry you're so DAMN informed.....GEESH!
(yikes - already a bit aggressive in this post...Buckle up!!!)

1.) Okay, it in NO SECRET that lately I have been feeling a bit down, and I have been looking for laughs in my television schedge (schedule in hipster). Unfortunately, "The Big Bang Theory", "Mom" and "Looking" have all had dead parent sub-plots THIS MONTH......and let's face it, there are NOT a lot of laughs on "The Walking Dead"....that is why I thank the Lord for:

Broad City. Season two...is so G.D. good!!!!!!!!



Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are brilliantly funny! You must must MUST watch this show. It is so offensive and wonderful!!!!!  Catch up by watching it on demand - or on MUCH!

Here's a sneak peak of the (almost over) second season:

Big laughs.....EXACTLY what I am looking for!

NOT FOR KIDS. Seriously, yo.

2.) Remember when you were a kid, and your folks would take you to the Marks and Spencer store in the mall, and you would think....um......this store is so boring (yes, a lot of that had to do with being a 7 year old in ANY store that didn't sell toys).....BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR MOMMA'S MARKS AND SPENCER! I give you these MUST HAVE socks from M&S (yes....that is the new name...hip...right?):

MUPPET SOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCKKKS!!

(that was a squeal of joy - I got a set for Xmas, and I cannot wear them enough!)

Thanks Mark and Jeff and Marks and Spencer.
Go order something from them now....free shipping to the Colony!
;-)

3.) Have you missed my reviews of pancakes? Have you? Well last week I had some yummy brunch at Cafè Fiorentina......

Yes.......it's small.....but the food was yummy....as were the sweet treats we took home!!! Try them for dinner or lunch or YUM YUM brunch!

 Here are more deets:

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Twitter and Facebook too!

4.) ....and now for something ART-Y........Melissa Arendt has delightful work that brings a smile to my face. It is nicely designed and DRAWN and painted and such!!!!! Go and check her art out....here are a couple that grabbed my eyes.......

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!
Check her site HERE...
Like her on the Book of Faces 
and buy her work!!! DO IT!

5.) FINALLY........this is so great. I LOVE Conan, and I also love Billy Eichner.......here is why....

(or go HERE if this didn't work)

WW161: VALEK ROLLING PINS, TOBY ATTICUS FRALEY AND KEERMEET

Hey guys! Here are 5 things that I think are fantastic this week!!!!

1.) Hey Aimée, Cousin Penny, and all you baking type people…….I found this for you! I HATE to bake…but maybe if I had THIS….I would:

Engraved rolling pins to cheer up your cookies…your cakes, pasta, sugar frosting to cover the cake and even dumplings! (the one above is DOGGIES) Thanks to Valek Rolling Pins:

OMG! Burgers, fries and shakes!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

HERE IS WHERE YOU BUY IT!
Thanks Etsy!

2.) HOLY CRAP I LOVE THIS………Toby Atticus Fraley from Pittsburg takes vintage thermoses, picnic coolers, and various found thingies…..and then TRANSFORMS them into robots.

"The Secret Life of Robots", is on view at SPACE gallery in Pittsburgh through April 27, 2014! In his latest installation….he made dozens of robots in domestic vignettes….

"Robots assembled from pieces of Americana illustrate mundane everyday rituals, acts of daring, and precious milestones. These scenes of great joy and crushing sadness cover the beginning to the end of a typical robot’s lifespan, celebrating and revering the beauty in the everyday.”
Am I right nerds??? FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!!!
SEE MORE HERE!!!!!!!

3.) ok……here is ANOTHER food related thing…..but I had to share how DEEEELICIOUS this sounds…..thanks to The Girl Who Ate Everything!

Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
¼ cup basil pesto
2 tablespoons sliced green onions
2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
2 (8 ounce) packages Pillsbury® Crescent Rolls
¼ cup melted butter
2 cups seasoned Panko crumbs

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray. In a medium bowl add the cream cheese, pesto, green onions, and chicken. Stir until combined. Salt and pepper to taste.
Unroll the crescent dough. Take two triangles and press them together to form a rectangle.
Spoon about ½ cup of the chicken mixture in the center of the rectangle and bring the corners of the crescent dough together, pinching to seal.
Place the Panko crumbs on a plate. Dip each chicken pillow in the melted butter (or brush it on using a pastry brush) and roll it in the Panko crumbs.
Place the chicken pillows seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken pillows have turned golden brown.

Read more at http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2013/11/pesto-chicken-pillows.html#vST4v0u7HDQhd7jT.99…and then invite me over for dinner……would ya????

4.) Musically…….I have to admit I have been a bit stuck on this……

or this:

Thank you muppets!!!

5.) This is kinda for the cat ladies……but mostly for the Batman lovers….…..it did amuse me!!!

GO HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO IF IT DOESNT PLAY!

WW158: POPCULTURE! Saint Hoax, Epbot, and Mad Men art…….

Ok….so this week is REALLY pop-culture-y!!! Enjoy the 5 things that I LOVED this week…….

1.) This is for my gays…..and those who love them……….Saint Hoax has created a series of short animated gifs, which transform international political leaders into elaborately dressed-up drag queens! Girrrrrl…….Putin never looked so good!

Saint Hoax describes the commentary the collection of moving images makes, saying, ‘like drag queens, political/religious leaders are expected to entertain, perform and occasionally lip-sync a public speech. but unlike drag queens, the fame hungry leaders don’t know when to take their costumes off.’

Go check out the rest at Saint Hoax……I promise you will LOVE it…...
So good!!!!!
Thanks to DesignBoom for this one!

2.) Here is one for the nerds……I SOOOOO WANT one of these. I am not sure why - as I have no kids…..but COME ON!!!!!!!!!!

Jen, at EPBOT (Check out her VERY ENJOYABLE blog HERE) has created this for her little one!!! From MDF, paint and LOVE……Really she (and her partner John) did a super-fantabuloud job!!!!

Now go and check out her site - she is incredibly crafty and I really enjoyed spending some time on her blog! http://www.epbot.com

3.) Hey Muppet-heads (no…I don't know that that is a real thing ….but what evs) These muppet trailers…….I can't even say how I enjoyed them……

or this one…OMG…..you know how I love a good song and dance!!!!

MUPPETS MOST WANTED…….in theatres March 21st!!
(go to http://muppets.disney.com/muppets-most-wanted for lots of time wasting entertainment!!)

4.) This. Amazing. 'Nuff said.

At 84 legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser is 84…..and still INCREDIBLE!!! He was enlisted to design the promotional ads for the upcoming season of AMC's Mad Men. As the advertising drama moves into the late 60's, the show's creator, Matthew Weiner and the Mad Men promotional team began thinking about the appropriate advertising aesthetic as the show approached its final two years.
(that is them below)

YOU GOTTA read the interview with Milton Glazer HERE!

5.)  Oh…ok….this is FANTASTIC!!!!!!! Thanks Jimmy Kimmel for these…..they are a gift from heaven……These are films based on YouTube sensations…….