Anyone who makes a martini should know this absolute rule. By shaking the martini you thoroughly mix and circulate the ingredients. Something about martini's just scream opulence and class, not to mention deliciousness! For those who are reading, below are two martini's my roommate calls my "signature" drinks. Enjoy!
Green Tea Martini:
1 oz. Green Tea Liquor
1-2 oz. Citrus Vodka
Splash of lime juice and triple sec.
Shaken over ice, and serve in a chilled martini glass.
Pomegranate Martini:
1-2oz. Pomegranate Liquor
1-2oz. Citrus Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
Shaken over irce, and serve in chilled martini glass.
There you have it, folks. Drink up!
I feel within (at most ) the next 5 years we will no longer have cellphone plans where you purchase "minutes". As we move more and more towards IP communications and Web 3.0. Your cellphone will just become a medium of virtualization, a conduit to your data that is accessible from any connected device. Instead data plans will become the norm. In fact examples of this are already here. T-mobile already allows you to have unlimited calls on wifi-enabled phones (very similar to UbiCell from my CES 2008 highlights). Other products such as skype mobile have been around for a while and allow you to "cheat" the number of minutes you use each month.
With this idea in mind I try to use as much data on my cell phone each month to stay connected (partly to justify to myself the added cost of having the data plan). With this in mind i stumbled across this sweet program this morning: Palringo. This program is basically a multi-platform mulit-service IM client on steriods. Supporting AIM, G-Talk, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber, MSN, Gadu-Gadu running on Windows, Linux, Sambian, WM6, Java enabled phones or computers. Palringo allows you to quickly send picture messages, IM's, and voice messages which they call the "walkie-talkie on steroids" feature. Best of all it's FREE! Head over to their website and check it out.
C+. That was the highest grade I ever received in 'handwriting & penmanship' in elementary school. My parents and sibling have great natural hand writing, but I have terrible hand writing. My father is ambidexterous and his penmanship easily trumps mine. Time to change that my friends!
Since I purchased my fountain pen, and my attempts at writing in cards have netted some ill comments. I'm taking that as the *ahem* writing on the wall telling me to start fixing it. Much like my March diet experiment, I will be performing an exercise that will last throughout May and some of June to improve my handwriting. The progress will be tracked here as I write the same statement over and over, and perform exercises to increase my...well whatever it is that measures penmanship.
You may feel that analog writing is going the way of the rollerblade and that digital typing and what have you will soon be prevalant. There is nothing quite as eloquent and prestigious as putting pen to fine stationary. Here's just a small list of things that require handwriting:
-Forged Doctors notes
-Messages in cards
-Personal invitations
-Scribbles on bathroom stalls
-Love letters
-List of specific
Okay, so we have been slacking on writing posts pretty badly lately. Well fret no more, my friends, for I have returned to write a small blurb to inform all our loyal readers that we will resume our regularly scheduled (its not scheduled) postings the following week. I apologize for the delays, I have been busy traveling every weekend and working (sorta). Mark will be contributing some good posts soon, he got Pearl Harbored with work.
We appreciate any of you readers left still returning to our page, and stick around, more random ramblings coming!
Alright, since I am here sitting at SFO using T-mobile's hotspot with nothing to do for the next half hour, I suppose I could give you guys a little posting...I'm a little buzzed from drinking, don't hate!
I got to pee.
I'll probably end up editing this post...or Mark will do it. Better not post.
As I sit here working by candle light (having turned out my lights); I contemplate the concept of Earth Hour. Though the actual act of turning off your lights for one hour will probably have a minimal impact in the whole scheme of things, the awareness is the true victory. The event, still in its infancy, began a year ago in Sydney Australia. Where citizens and businesses alike, for one hour, were thrown back to the 1800s when life was just a bit greener. This year cities and companies (including my own) around the world are participating. More importantly its an awareness event that everyone can participate from the comfort of their own home.
Virginia Woolf wrote in Three Guineas that dress not only covered nakedness, gratified vanity and created pleasure for the eye "but it serves to advertise the social, professional, or intellectual standing of the wearer."
I enjoy wearing a suit. I wish I could wear one more often.
There I said it. In this modern age, when I put on a great fitting suit I feel like I am strapping on a suit of armor. Confidence, bravado, and self-esteem automatically rise. Now I didn't say putting on any suit will see the boost in self-image, I said a great fitting suit did. I am no style sartorialist, but I've read enough articles and purchased a few suits to formulate what I consider some basic principles behind suits that fit well for me.
Here are a couple of tips:
-Shoulders pads of jacket do not go over your own shoulders. They should hug it, not restrain them either.
-Try a size smaller than what you normally think. As long as you feel comfortable in it and not in danger of ripping anything, chances are you will look good in it.
-Vent! No, I mean have some sort of vent in your coat. Be it side vents or a single vent, have it and that is end of story. If not, have a tailor alter your coat. I prefer the side vents.
-Customize, get a tailor and change the jacket to fit your body. Like I learned in my Ergonomics Laboratory, there is no such thing as an average body size.
I have to note that I favor the more European look of suits than those of American suits, primarily because of the modern/slim cuts and appearance that the suit fits comfortably but fits well.
How do you like to wear your suit? Or why do you disapprove of wearing a suit? Post a comment.
Anyone who really knows me, probably has heard design/lifestyle aesthetic: minimalism. Trying to live simply as well as bringing value of quality over quantity. Investing in pieces that are of high-value (not necessarily monetarily). This also extends to my awkward stance of getting rid of a lot of items/possessions.
Anyways, I suggest everyone view Possessed. The documentary follows several people who have hoarding issues. What is more interesting is how some of these people recognize something is wrong, but are seemingly powerless at the daunting task of making change.
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