Pacified In Style

Meet the "Mustachifier" designed by Jason Feinberg and Alyssa Zeller.

It appeals to me because I am married to a guy who had a dark mustache pretty similar to this back in the day.  Now with 'staches' return, I'm thinking this is pretty darn cute!  Little hipster babies who entertain adults just by being themselves.  I am now looking for the hipster hats in miniature size to go with this look.

...you can find them HERE.

Daily Paintworks

I recently found the website, Daily Paintworks where 2-D artists can post and sell their work.  I love it.  It's so much fun to see the variety of styles and techniques.  If you are a glass person like me, there is plenty of inspiration through colors as well.

My favorite feature is their "What's New" category.  You can see what has been most recently posted.  My photo above is a sample of that.  But there are also art tutorials, auctions, challenges and you can track your favorite artists too.

I wish there was a similar one for flamework bead artists, where jewelry makers could pop by and see what has been recently posted in one place.  Where it has the price, about the artist and people could follow their favorites.  hmmm...

Foodie Heaven

Our friends, Bek and John were here in Atlanta Friday night and had made reservations for the four of us at The Spence, Richard Blais's newest restaurant. 

Although I love watching the chef and cooking shows, I'm not always the most adventurous when it comes to my meals.  I'll try new things but not "everything".  This restaurant had "everything".  And what I had was delicious, but watching the others and all their small plate samplers really had me smiling.

This is a photo of the oyster dish that everyone else shared.  (I'm not an oyster/lobster/mussels girl).  This was called oysters and pearls and the pearls were the newer style of food preparation- molecular gastronomy.  So to give you a better idea...remember Dippin Dots- the space ice cream little frozen ball things that you got at amusement parks?  The pearls in this dish were frozen horseradish sauce in little round balls that when my husband tasted it all together, looked like he had found bliss.  It was pretty cute.

I think the most different thing that I tried was sharing a delicious dessert.  It was panna cotta with parsnips.  Yep, you read it correctly.  When was the last time you had bits of veggies in your delicious custard?  It was amazing!

Well that's the end of my restaurant commentary. If you come to Atlanta, I'd be happy to give you some restaurant names.  See you tomorrow!

Dogs' Expressive Eyes

Just a quick laugh for you.  Apparently this is a new trend- although I don't see it having much staying power.  Human eyebrows for dogs- obviously for their owners' amusement.  Although I do think this dog used a bit too much eyeliner.

I have to admit, when I make Schnauzers as glass beads or sculptures, I do love accentuating their wonderful natural brows.  But if I had a dog, perhaps I would dress it in a funny costume once a year for a few minutes, but I personally wouldn't do the brows.  Heck, I have a hard enough time with my own.

Functional Jewelry

Look closely.  This bangle by designer Cynthia Rowley is also a flask.  When I checked, they were out of stock, but you can stalk them here.

Zeus and I Are Almost Famous PLUS Learn About Facebook's New Search Coming Soon

Tim Adam of Handmadeology recorded a video about the new Facebook Graph Search that will be debuting soon.  He showed some of the new search functions.

Well as I was watching to learn about it, I saw my cat Zeus and I  appear under one of the functions.  And there is another photo too.  So while you are learning about the new search (HERE), look for us starting at about 1:50 through 2:08 -ish.  Zeus is waiting for his big break as an internet sensation, but I told him that he has to do more than sleep and look good.  And he isn't up to learning any cool tricks.

Enjoy the video and see what's new for Facebook.  Thanks to Tim Adam and his wonderful sharing of information.

See you tomorrow!

Entertainment for the Entertainer

I saw this corkscrew in the Atlanta High Museum gift shop.  Museums are often a great place to find the out of the ordinary gifts.  This one is very reasonably priced, $28.  And you can find it here.

(Don't you just love how his boney arms rise for opening it?)  You might consider pairing it with THIS WINE.

See you tomorrow!