Isn’t it nice when things just fall into place? So, I have this recipe, I can’t take credit for it unfortunately, but it is a great recipe, especially on hot summer days like today. Unfortunately I couldn’t really think of a decent post to go with it besides “This is a great recipe.”
Then today I get an email from New York Magazine (written by Faran Alexis Krentcil*) for these molds.
Anyway, the recipe is for making frozen Rhubarb Yogurt with Raspberry Syrup Pops. Personally, I like to make them in Push-Up Pop form, but these molds will work just as well. The recipe can be found here. They make an excellent treat and are pretty simple to make. Though remember they are frozen pops- think ahead, make them today so you can enjoy them tomorrow. Oh, also, with this recipe I recommend reading it straight through before starting, personally I cut back a bit on the sugar in both the rhubarb and the yogurt, it gives the frozen pop a nice tangy flavor.
*Same writer from the Snoopy Sno-Cone maker incident
P.S.- Faran, I don’t recommend trying to make Frozen Daiquiri’s in spaceship form. Due to rum’s low freezing point you are just going to get slush, no frozen spaceships, well, unless you leave the rum out, but really what is the point then?
First I would like to thank all of our readers and glancers- Yesterday we passed 200 page views in a single day (219 to be exact)! Yeah, go us. Now let’s see if we hit 300 posts or 300 viewers first.
Next up I am going to post a quick follow up to the Google Maps new Street View function, a couple of folks have been wondering (including myself) how they actually go about getting those photos. Apparently it isn’t a man with a camera and a tripod taking a panoramic photo every 15 feet, but rather a van that does that, Engadget has a photo and a brief write up on it.
Next we have another Graffiti piece (don’t ask how you write a follow up to a piece you posted less then an hour ago, sometimes ti just happens) I am just going to post the original article and the follow up, there was a reason I didn’t really get into this one, but basically a school on the Lower East side had to paint over a wall twice due to Graffiti and posted a note to the writer/community about the damage that writing on walls does to the school it was written on. After learning the meaning of the graffiti, they followed their message up with a second note to the community posted on the wall. Definitely shows a social consciousness and works on building a stronger community up around the school. The original note is here and this is the follow-up from Gothamist
And for those of you looking for Kool-Aid Pickle Recipes I am working on locating one, or just giving it a whirl myself. Hopefully it won’t be too long before we have a real Kool-Aid Pickle recipe up here.
Everything these days is going to the designer route- Designer shoes, clothes, makeup, cellphones, even dogs. So, really, it was only a matter of time before the designer cat market really sprung up.
Lifestyle Pets is where to go when you want the most exclusive in pets. They currently sell Ashera cats billed as “the world’s rarest and most exotic breed of domestic cat” they can weigh upwards of 30lbs and, unlike most cats don’t mind being walked on a leash. Lifestyle Pets has come up with a proprietary cross breeding process to produce the cats and watch the genetic markers as they develop to ensure that the cats all have the spots and stripes. Although there is a 9-12 month wait to get your paws* on one of these babies, that will really give you the time to pull together the $22,000 you will need to drop to own one, though for an additional $6,000 they will have one to you in 4-6 months.
Currently Lifestyle Pets is working on “developing a new breed of very small dog.” We’ll keep you posted on that one
*sorry, couldn’t resist
Ok, I came across this site and thought it was kind of neat*
Postcrossing is a project set up by some one who clearly likes to collect postcards from exotic locations without the hassle of actually traveling to them. Over 500,000 postcards have been sent so far, basically once you register you get a random address and ID number, you put the ID number on the postcard and then send it off to your addressee, in the meanwhile you will get a postcard as well. To keep it all good and make sure that everyone is sending and receiving the ID is entered into the database and identifies each postcard.
In a world were online social networking has become such a big deal and you haven’t actually met half the people on your Facebook page, it is kind of nice to get an actual piece of mail from a stranger. Also, it is probably nice to receive something in the mail other then a bill or a catalog, I can only assume as that is all I ever receive.
There is also that whole personalization aspect in that someone has taken the time to buy or print or otherwise create a postcard for you, at the least you can add some new artwork to your cubicle. I think I am going to go and sign up now.
*Yes, I use the word neat
I’ve been meaning to write a post about graffiti. It is one of those perennial hot topics. Give it some time and something will turn up about it (and usually New York City Councilman Peter Vallone will have something to say about it). Well, I actually have had two things pop up, neither one really worthy of a full post on its own, but combined…
Anyway, first up we have a class being taught at Parsons New School called “Geek Graffiti” it adds a high-tech slant to the old art form, turning your typical piece into a neon light show as it projects the tagging onto massive structures, in the end leaving no permanent marking or damage. Of course in typical fashion Peter Vallone had this to say “They want to study what the motivation is behind graffiti writers,” [he] fumed. “It’s vandalism, notoriety and gang communication. That is the motivation behind graffiti. No one needs a course to study it. This fascination with graffiti really needs to end.”
I know it is wishful thinking, but Vallone really needs to re-analyze his stance on graffiti. He needs to move beyond what graffiti was in the early 80s and realize it has a far deeper cultural relevance that goes beyond just notoriety and gang communication — that it has become a form of subservient protest and political expression that reaches beyond just gang culture. Of course it is also vandalism…
Oh and the project that was written about in the New York Post also earned the student an A, as the professor said that anyone who garnered media attention would automatically get one. The article is here.
Moving on-
Los Angeles has started a new initiative in their war on graffiti. In the past it has all been about painting over and covering up graffiti as soon as possible, but now they are using a system to track writers. Taking photos of their work using GPS cameras that track the date and time that the piece that is then loaded into a database allowing the police to have a listing of an artist’s work and file charges accordingly. Using this new system, the police busted two teens caught writing and fined them $22,000. So, if you are writing in LA, watch your back (The article from Reuters is here)
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