is this modern?

Lately modern-day "modernist" architects seem to be headed a quite different direction than their forefathers. Part of me is a bit sad to say I ascribe to modernism when it is aligned with architects who "rejuvenate" a historical building, only to completely hide the original intent of the building - why bother "saving" the original building at all? Especially and more specifically when the original building had a beautiful character of its own.

The new MAD building in NYC is just one example.

a little embarassing...

A friend of a friend is a photographer who needed some practice shooting pregnant women. The sitting was free and we get another free session once the baby comes (that was my real motivation). Either way, here's an updated belly shot from a professional...

From a friend: The group that put this together is the very good taste blog and they are calling this the top 100 foods every omnivore should try.

So, here is what you do. 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding (nope)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (if what I had wasn't this, it was just as stinky)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (pass)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (someday...)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea (indeed! while sitting in Oxford!)
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail (pass)
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (intentionally?)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (scary, no thanks)
47. Chicken tikka masala (in Oxford!)
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut (the first one is pure heaven)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (not the Candian version...)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (is this edible?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (pass)
90. Criollo chocolate (maybe?)
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

the saga continues

Yet another armadillo has been captured...and released. Only this time it was just beyond the gates of our backyard. I'm sure he and his buddies are plotting revenge any day now.

Here is Doug chasing the armadillo. The idea was to take a photo where it appeared the armadillo was chasing Doug; but this was one quick 'dillo. He literally bounded out of the cage. Doug had no choice but to chase him down.