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Brazillian Nazi Village or Nuclear Test Subjects

Pretty interesting stuff huh? I am betting Nazi Village.Story VIA National Geographic

Its not official until its on facebook

Sadly, I know quite a few people who would probably do this for real on their big day. VIA Switched

The Manhattan Bucket List

I decided to make a list of places I have yet to eat in and stay at in NYC but would really like to plus a couple I have frequented. I was a little inspired after seeing pictures of the Bowery Hotel on The Paris Apartment. I have based this looks really on aesthetics only so if you don't see the phenomenal for their food, hole in the wall no brainers on here that is why.

HOTELS ( in no particular order)

1.) The Bowery Hotel  (for the amazing bar)

 

The Bowery Hotel Image VIA The Paris Apartment

2.) The Hudson (for the lobby and outside terrace)

 

3.) The GPH or Gramercy Park Hotel (for the entire friggin place)

Image VIA Project Blancoyd

4.) The Mercer Hotel (for its free mini bar, basement kitchen and super central SOHO location)

RESTAURANTS (in no particular order)

1.) The Grand Central Station Oyster Bar (for the ceilings and walls of subway tiles)

Image VIA Grub Street

2.) Bergdorf Goodman BG Restaurant (for the Balloon chairs and because it is in Bergdorf's)

 

Image VIA Southern Accents

3.) The Bemelmans Bar @ The Carlyle  (for the wallpaper or is it wall murals?)

Image VIA  Summer Pierre and Little Hokum Rag

4.) FALAI (for the food that looks like abstract art, the tile and the pastries...oh the pastries!) 

Image VIA John Mariani

5.) Freemans  (for its taxidermy)

Image VIA The Worlds Best Ever

6.) Kai (for its modern Japanese Interior)

7.) Waverley Inn (for its wall murals)

 

Image  VIA Next Stop

 8.) Schiller's Liquior Bar (for its tile and typography)

 

Image VIA Blindtasting Club

st. eom’s pasaquan

Thanks to Design Sponge I discovered a really cool flooring technique with pressed tin that was done at st. eom’s pasaquan in Buena Vista, Georgia. I would love to have a wall or door of this. Possibly a neat way of fireproofing?

New November Playlist!

Just because I know how bored everyone gets at their desks I added a new playlist to get you through the day. A sizable chunk of the music is a soundtrack from you know where and the rest is a collection of indie bands. Hopefully this will help you discover some new bands/artists. You can pop the player out by clicking below so you don't have to have my blog up at work.

Now, a Moment of Objectification

Ok so the new cover of Rolling Stone almost made me switch my team to Team Taylor.  As Perez would say, completely gratuitous. Please don't make fun of me and my little obsession with silly team movies.

Armed with Pie

Tonight I made 4 pumpkin pies and a little casserole dish of extra pie filling. I have come extra prepared for all that threaten my piece of pie. For years it has always been my big little brother, mother and I sneaking pieces of the pumpkin pie without the others knowing throughout the day until suddenly the pie tin or plate disappears without a trace. Quite often I may get one piece if I am lucky but then my brother somehow gobbles the remainder leaving my mother with comments like "He's a growing man" or something to that affect. Now, if he wants the last piece they have to eat 4 pies. ((evil laughing)) This year he can be a "growing sideways man." Oh and the absolute best recipe for the pies are from the back of the Libby's pumpkin pie can.  Here you go!

Level: Easy

• Prep: 15 min
• Cooking: 55 min
• Cooling time: 2 hrs cooling
• Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 large eggs
• 1 can (15 oz.) LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
• 1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
• 1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell
• Whipped cream (optional)

Hello my name is Avtomat Kalashnikova but you can call me Anna.

I am having a bit of an identity crisis these days so I decided to rename myself as Anna last week and take these hilarious pictures of me as a Russian spy.Of course, I have my favorite red cap on too. This week I am still deciding who I am going to be. Any suggestions??

 

By Accident or Intentional?

This kind of looks like something I would do by accident. Then again, I might do it on purpose. Image from my mother (but not my mother-yet)

Feathered Walls

Since I have this earthy, rustic bohemian style I was immediately drawn to the wall coverings that Schumacher just came out with and am considering on taking a field trip to the market place Design Center in Philadelphia. Aren't these amazing!! I have no idea what they cost but man they would look beautiful in my home.

Shabby Chic is back!

I was so bummed out last March when I heard that Shabby Chic was disappearing but then so happy last week to discover that Rachel Ashwell opened back up 2 of her stores. Hooray!! Here is the sad sad picture I took while in Manhattan from last April.

Here she is reopening the store. Images via Shabby Chic Blog

Hats by Behida

I. Want. One. Of. These. Hats.   Aren't they beautiful? I have seen them on Etsy but after seeing SeeSaw Design write about them I am finding that I like them even more.

Phillyary on Etsy

Hello Everyone!

   I just wanted to announce a little side project that I have been working on over the past couple days. I created a shop called Phillyary on Etsy that will sell humorous Philadelphia related post cards and so on. Here are a couple of the funny designs I have been working on. They may or may not be the final ones I put in the shop.

My banner (for those of you that don't know my name is actually spelled with 1 L but it just looks better like this, oh and the nose is the mascot's nose from the Philadelphia Phanatic)

Here are some of the Post Card Designs I came up with. They are just silly drawings but I think they are fun. You can click to enlarge

 

 

Stick Figures are taking over the Postal System

I signed up for this website called PostCrossing (which I recommend you doing too) where you send and receive post cards all around the world and today I got this really funny one from England that made we want to blog about it. The postcard was from this company called Stickmen which is kind of like Mean Cards from the Philadelphia artist Juliana Hough that I wrote about a couple years ago on Project Blancoyd.

Here is the funny card I got in the mail and below is more from this company.

Below are some mean cards and here is a link to the entertaining blog that Juliana maintains

Quirky Corners

Just thought I would share with you some quirky little corners of my home. I know, I know, its been a while.

            

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A Tale of Two Christmas Trees

Even though I have the most amount of fun decorating Project Blancoyd for Halloween I still can't discount my love of Christmas decor. I am starting to put up my decorations in steps. Tonight I worked diligently at climbing up and down the stairs to my attic to pull out 2 Christmas trees and a couple boxes of ornaments. So far I have one folk themed storybook tree and my other tree is Parisian themed. Here are some close ups of the trees. I don't want to show too much because the room is not finished. What do you think?

Sneak Peeks of the Paris Tree

 

I love this little golden geese nest

 

A mime in a tree!

I love this little pink sheep. If I had more of them I would love to do a whole tree of sheep and use a mini hobby sized fencing around the tree as garland...maybe next year :)

 

I finally figured out a use for this drawer that was cut off the bottom of an over-sized armoire to make it fit in the house.

Tree # 2 (storybook Tree)

Annie Leibovitz’s Hänsel & Gretel for Vogue

Don't you just love Lady Gaga as the witch? The tree people are absolutely amazing too! First seen on WurzelTumblr

 

Nicoletta Ceccoli, New Works

I am so happy to see that the ethereal  artist Nicoletta Ceccoli has come out with new work. Unfortunately I live across the country and will not be able to see any of it in person. Here is some of her new work. You can purchase her prints at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica.

 

 

Leandro Erlich...genius

Now this guy has some ideas! I love how people passing by interact with his art. I bet this would be a fun thing to somehow integrate into a real swimming pool area. T see more of Leandro Erlich's work you can check out his website here .

How to make a Homosexual dessert

I am loving this tutorial from Meg Duerksen that I saw linked on the UO Blog on how to rainbow cake. You can find the instructions on her blog. Luckily I know a special somebody with a birthday coming up that can use a gay little cake like this one :)

Aux Armes Etc.

Thanks to the wonderful UO Blog I learned a the name of the display team responsible for a good bit of my window gawking. They go by the name of Aux Armes Etc and here is a sampling of their portfolio.

 

Ken Fulk Design

I first heard about San Francisco Designer Ken Fulk from a blog called Alkemie and Ohh aren't these pictures Dramatic? Possibly a new turn for Project Blancoyd? I like how he uses cabbage instead of flowers. That is something quirky that I thought only I did. Plus he loves the Waterworks Watertable sinks too. Unfortunately for me the price tag was a little too steep so I opted for an Ikea knockoff instead.]

Augmented Reality

I was checking out Design Therapy the other day and was totally blown away by the post on Esquire Magazine's "Augmented Reality". It is almost one step away from the crazy personalized advertisements that talk to you in the movie Minority Report. Remember that scene? If only Domino Magazine was around to do this as well. Sniff, Sniff..

Esquire Magazine

Gap Scene in the Movie Minority Report

Dennis Quad Wants Coffee

Oh my, I almost died when I watched this. I hope this becomes a regular prank on the Ellen show.

Google Reader

As you may have guess, I am an avid blog reader. I have a daily blog roll of 200 on my Google Reader. I am finding more and more that Google is just the most amazing company ever. I would highly recommend getting yourself a Google account and checking out all the applications starting with Google Reader and Calendar. In fact, you can run a company using Google..for free. Ok, that's enough for tonight for my Google plugging. Here is a little tutorial on how to use Google Reader

Inspiration through travel

Since I first visited the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City and laid eyes on their light bulb room that I refer to as a real life Vangoh's Starry Night I have always wanted to replicate it. Being that the recreation of Starry Night would cost me a fortune with Peco, our electric company, I found the next best thing....jewelry.

Starry Night at the GPH

Starry night on my neck

The Convertible House

Imagine living in a house that you can peel the roof back on a nice day. Pretty neat huh?

And I thought cheerleading routines were tough....

Hopefully I am not the last person to discover this video. Chances are I probably am. Pretty incredible coordination huh?

My Hiatus Scrapbook

I am sure that many of you have been wondering what happened to me during my 1 year hiatus from Project Blancoyd. Let's just say I was a little preoccupied with a certain somebody and work kind of swept me off my feet. Here is a quick snapshoot of what I had been up to.

Ignor + Andre Art Blog <3

I have been following Danny Roberts for a little while now and all I have to say is WOW. He really is an amazing artist! If you get a moment take a peek at his work here.