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BEST Banana Bread Recipe
This was by far the easiest and best banana bread I've ever made. Really moist and flavorful with great texture.
The World's BEST Banana Bread
Source here (Originally adapted from Americas Test kitchen)
Dry Ingredients:-
All Purpose flour(unbleached):-2 Cups
Sugar:-3/4 Cup
Toasted coarsely chopped Walnuts-1/2 Cup
Baking soda:- 1/2 Tsp
Salt:- 1/2 Tsp
3 ripe bananas
Wet Ingredients
Large eggs, beaten:- 2
Melted butter:- 6 Tbsp
Vanilla:- 1 Tsp
Buttermilk or Plain yogurt:- 1/4 cup
1)Butter a non-stick bread pan, then flour well. (The flour is really important for the bread to "climb" against while baking.
2)Combine and mix well the dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
3)In another medium bowl, coarsely smash 3 ripe bananas (use a large spoon or spatula and don't puree – the banana needs to be chunky)
4)To the bananas, add and combine wet ingredients (but try not to reduce the banana chunks)
5)Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently FOLD until the flour is thoroughly moistened
6)Pour into the prepared bread pan and spread the mixture evenly across the top.
Bake in a preheated 350-degree (F) oven for 45-50 minutes.
26 comments:
- Reshmi Mahesh said...
Looks super moist and delicious
- April 19, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- Rachu said...
Preety, I tried this as soon as you posted... luckily had all ingredients.. Must say this was my most successful attempt.. it was so moist and yumm.. thanks a lot!
- April 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- Harika's Kitchen said...
super , Excellent, lovely bread...
- April 19, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- Hema Mahen said...
Looks delicious and lovely pics..
- April 19, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Santosh Bangar said...
really it is best banana bread looking moist and yummy
- April 19, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- Vidhya said...
Thats one scrumptious cake.
- April 19, 2011 at 4:53 PM
- Torviewtoronto said...
flavourful delicious cake healthy with yogurt
- April 19, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- Hamaree Rasoi said...
Banana bread looks so delicious and fulfilling.
Hamaree Rasoi
- April 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM
- Nitha said...
delicious and perfect..
- April 19, 2011 at 7:33 PM
- SouthindianHome said...
Looks super delicious. Wish I had a slice
- April 19, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- RS said...
Looks mouthwatering and moist :)
- April 19, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- meeso said...
I just made some banana bread yesterday and It's already gone... this really looks wonderful :)
- April 19, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Raji said...
Looks super good.I love the texture of the bread.
- April 19, 2011 at 11:12 PM
- Sunanda said...
Bread looks soft and fabulous..Nice recipe..
- April 19, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- Priya said...
Definitely a best banana bread, fabulous;.
- April 20, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- sojo said...
looks tooooooo good..... lovely click and very very tempting...
- April 20, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- sowmya's creative saga said...
i so love the nuts in them..looks yumm
- April 20, 2011 at 2:19 AM
- kaveri said...
Mouthwatering bread..
- April 20, 2011 at 2:35 AM
- Rachu said...
Preety, I just posted my banana bread!! with a originalrecipe bookmarked to your's. Must say, I am so impressed..thanks a lot
- April 20, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Vimitha Anand said...
They are indeed the best bread... Lovely texture...
- April 20, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- Swathi said...
Banana bread looks awesome delicious. we are a fan of banana bread.
- April 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM
- Swarnavalli Suresh said...
banana bread is so tempting..
- April 20, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- SravsCulinaryConcepts said...
Beautiful texture and delicious bread !!
- April 20, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Plateful said...
I'm so inspired to bake this especially after reading about it at Rachu's. I have to go find the bananas before I'm too excited..! Hope you share with us more of such great recipes!
- April 20, 2011 at 11:51 PM
- Radhika said...
Thank you Preethi for stopping by my blog. New to ur space.Just read in Rachu's Space. Got to hurry to bake this bread. Looks so good. Visit mine when U find time.
- April 21, 2011 at 6:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
Looks really good.... i am going to bake one
- December 13, 2011 at 6:33 AM


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Brewers outslug Pirates
Milwaukee, WI – Rickie Weeks went 3-for-5 with a home run, five RBI and three runs scored, while Jean Segura and Yuniesky Betancourt each hit solo homers as the Milwaukee Brewers outslugged the Pittsburgh Pirates, 12-8, Tuesday in the middle test of a three-game series at Miller Park.
Jonathan Lucroy and Carlos Gomez each had two hits and an RBI and Martin Maldonado hit a two-run double for the Brewers, who extended their winning streak to nine games versus the Pirates en route to picking up the team's eighth straight home victory.
Milwaukee starter Marco Estrada tossed five innings and allowed five runs, while Tom Gorzelanny (1-0) picked up the win with a scoreless seventh inning in relief.
"Rickie was in early today and worked with Johnny (hitting coach Johnny Narron) and they worked on some things," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "I don't know exactly what it was, but he had a really good day. He's had some better at-bats lately."
Andrew McCutchen was one of four Pittsburgh players to hit a home run and finished 4-for-5 to go along with two RBI. Starling Marte hit a three-run shot, Russell Martin hit a solo homer and Gaby Sanchez added a two-run bomb in the setback.
"My confidence is always through the roof," McCutchen said, "regardless of the outcome. If you just focus on the results, it's going to be a long season. All you can do is keep playing. We fought back and we will continue to fight."
Vin Mazzaro was charged with a blown save in the sixth and Bryan Morris (0-1) absorbed the loss, allowing one run on two hits over two innings.
Martin and McCutchen hit back-to-back jacks with one down in the fifth to close the visitors' deficit to 7-5. Pittsburgh then looked to take control in the sixth versus the Milwaukee bullpen. Facing Burke Badenhop with runners on first and third and two outs, Marte crushed the first pitch he saw to deep center to make it 8-7.
It was short-lived, though, as the hot-hitting Brewers utilized the long-ball in the following innings to remain dominant in the recent series.
In the bottom of the sixth, Segura clubbed a solo shot to right-center, his second homer in as many days, and Betancourt followed with a solo blast -- also to right-center -- in the seventh, to make it 9-8.
Weeks capped the scoring and added some extra insurance in the eighth with a three-run shot to right-center which all but sunk the Bucs.
In the first, McCutchen's RBI single up the middle scored Marte, who hit a leadoff double to start the inning.
Weeks and Betancourt walked to open up the second inning and scored on Maldonado's double to left. Estrada helped his own cause with an RBI single and Maldonado scored on Garrett Jones' fielding error to make it 3-1.
Sanchez provided some offense for the visitors in the third with a two-out blast, his fourth of the season, to right field to tie the game. Gomez's RBI double to left in the bottom of the frame, though, scored Weeks to put the Brewers up 4-3.
In the fourth, Lucroy hit an RBI double to left and Weeks followed with a two- run poke to center to make it 7-3.
Game Notes
Estrada has 46 strikeouts and four walks in 42 2/3 innings against the Pirates all-time ... Milwaukee's Ryan Braun went 3-for-5 with two runs scored ... Milwaukee improved to 46-7 since 2007 versus Pittsburgh at Miller Park ... Marte's three-run homer was originally called a double, but the play was overturned after it was reviewed.

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Jimquisition: Perfect Pasta Sauce
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Good stuff, a message that clearly needs to be spread.
In other news, common sense and common logic is not in abundance.
Everyone is chasing the big three audiences; FPS, MMO and Esports. Meanwhile, no one gives a shit about the rest and isn't willing to do mediocre titles that might make money and give prestige in the lower ranks, because there's a bottom line that has to exceed the previous one, to think about.
Capitalism failure/success 101. Milk everyone for what they have and jump to the next big thing, rinse and repeat.
Meanwhile true creativity is stagnating and we won't see the amount of truly exceptional games that we did previously(in comparison).
A game like Dishonered, which Jim praised, wasn't that good a game. It was fun and while that might be all that matters, it was lacking on a lot of points. Now we'll see the Thief reboot which will try to go for that audience, but likely with a far more streamlined approach.
Then there's Bioshock Infinite, which was a mess of a game trying to be creative, but was kept back by the mainstream appeal that "needed" to be there to sell it.
If Mojang did expansion packs or DLC, I would've spent far more money on that than anything these triple A games have to offer.
I would say the only true success I've seen of late is League of Legends.
Activison pulled the plug on all their Crash bandicoot adventure games to focus on their COD games.
I really liked this episode. The example given at the beginning, of how every sauce was the same, and now we have variety, makes me hopeful for the day that we break out of the rut that the industry seems to be in and have a lot more choice of what we play.
Wow, insightful to say the least.
Recently you've been looking into how budgeting has been going on in the AAA companies and I believe this to be one of the conclusions of that line of thinking. Keep at it, this is what I've been wanting someone in the public eye to say for years. Not only is swinging for the moon every time bad, but it misses out on smaller opportunities. Well made inexpensive games are doing very well right now. Not just doubling or tripling investment but tearing the ROI calculator a new one. Big companies need to get their act together and realize that while they're dicking around with the AAA money they can still throw some money to these smaller games and make good or even better returns per dollar invested.
Frankly, it's a significant opportunity cost of them failing to do so.
I don't know if you've heard of it but give this page a look. It's an RTS called Planetary Annihilation where you can literally fight across the entire galaxy. I saw it on quickstarter and am now waiting impatiently for it's release.
one thing about the whole kickstarter thing is that there is obviously a market for low and mid tier games that dont have the latest is spectacular graphics,in animation. but are just plain solid, provide decent gameplay, make the players happy and give them something thats been missing for frankly decades
T F eachother and T F eachother and T F eachother and there's no substance! LIKE EPIC GOLD! The ending to this video is probably the best part.
I'll add on to that.
Also diversifying into markets where competition is not as fierce is not really risky. Personally I compete on an airplane design team. After dominating one competition we diversified into a more prestigious competition, but the stiff competition shut us out, so now were going the other way to a competition which is no where near as competitive. AAA could throw it's weight into any number of genres and make some money, and gain a loyal fan base.
Yet another fantastic episode, Jim. If companies would branch out even a little, they'd probably see more profits. But I doubt they will. After all, that involves risk! (GASP!)
Indie developers have more wiggle room in this regard because they can afford some risks and fill in untapped niches. For example, I like hard games (like Super Meat Boy), so naturally, I gonna make hard games because 1.) I like them, so whatever I make will be better for it, and 2.) it's a niche that many have yet to tap. If Dark Souls and the aforementioned Super Meat Boy are any indication, it's that there's a market for these kinds of games.
That was absolutely superb and I couldn't agree with that analogy more. This is yet another episode which I truly believe would do the industry good if publishers and developer CEOs watched it.
And right there is a great metaphor describing the death knell of gaming variety that has plagued the mainstream.
Consider the previous console generation: the Playstation 2 along with GBA and DS, had the most varied game libraries ever; Far better than this generation has.
Even comparing the PS2 GBA and DS to its competition at the time, it was always the system with the best game variety and not the best graphical fidelity that "won" (financially succeeded), and in all cases, it was not by a small amount either.
I reckon it goes something like this: Music industry > Movie industry > Games industry
In the music industry you see this happening the least, for the most part all a band wants to do is what Jim was raving on about: making music that the band wants to make, for the people that want to listen to it.
Then there's the movie industry and the scope becomes a bit more restrictive, budgets become significantly bigger and what is "selling" suddenly becomes a lot more attractive. So we see sequel after goddamn sequel to the point where they keep getting released purely for the SAKE of sequels - Call of Duty comparison anyone? While we do see stuff like Paranormal Activity (low-budget movie which made huge bucks) they are rare, very rare.
And finally we have the game industry, the worst of the worst when it comes to cashing-in to fads. Jim pretty much described everything regarding this.
What say people, would I be correct?
Just a slight correction with your XCOM example, Jim. Development for both the FPS XCOM (to be retitled The Bureau) and Enemy Unknown allegedly happened concurrently. So they were making both games at the same time, but released info on the FPS one earlier. Nobody outside of Firaxis even knew of Enemy Unknown until the damned thing went gold.
To use your pasta sauce analogy, they already made two sauces; they just didn't let you know about the extra-chunky blend until after everyone spat out the plain FPS flavor.
They did make a single player Conan game, simply titled Conan, around the same time AoC was released. It was a decent-enough game, but it proved to be a very big financial failure.
Ooh.. is that a spiritual successor to Total Annihilation I see?
I like this idea, not only because RTS games are kind of rare right now but also because those that exist seem to be steadily moving towards deeper micromanagement, which I'm not opposed to but it would be nice to get away from.
On topic.. excellent episode, and I think a strong counterbalance to the episode on innovation (which I somewhat disagreed with at the time, but I think you've added a lot of context to your argument here).
I cringe at the term focus testing as well. Simple statistics proves that their samples aren't even useful information for representing such a diverse consumer base. Plus, almost everybody's focus testing comes from third party marketing firms that have no idea what a "gamer" is. They seem to think the 12-25 year old males that live in their mother's basement are the only ones who buy videogames. And of course, the large publishers in the industry take the large quantity of numbers as fact and base their decisions off of that. All reaction and no action.
I wouldn't be too worried about Broken Age because Tim's using the community involvement more as marketing than helping with actual game design. It's smart because it gives the community a sense of creativity in the game they plan on buying.
I too have stared into those soulless eyes of the game industry, and what I saw scared me enough to stop buying games as much as I can. If a game comes out that does cater to me, I'm sure to buy it still, but I don't think one is coming from that zombie corpse that is today's game industry.
Jim, you speak the truth (once again. Keep it up!)
As has been said before, not everyone has the same itch. Thus, you should create different back scratchers.
I kind of felt this lately playing Luigi's Mansion 2 and Fire Emblem. It's NICE to play something different even if there are still great shooters like Bioshock Infinite.
There's certainly the audience for more than that which, I think, is why kickstarters like Double Fine and Project Eternity are doing so well.
See, this video is a perfect example of why I don't even bother to comment in Jimquisition threads.
Because he's already said what I was going to say.
Thank God for you, Jim.
I don't think this is entirely fair. Focus testing can be an excellent marketing took, if you know how to use them. The problem with them is that Focus Testing, at it's heart, is a scientific experiment most often conducted by people who are very much not scientists. Therefore they have no understanding of just how rigorous and careful their studies have to be in order to provide meaningful conclusion. Without this, you end up with confirmation bias-you see the results that you wanted to see consciously or subconsciously.
Yep, AAA industry has no clue what its doing most of the time. I would literally go buy every single mid tier game that could possibly interest me if it were priced accordingly. I don't need a bazillion 200 million budget action fests, I don't even like shooters that much anymore, give me something freaking unique or at least different to the last thing I played god. It's like their are literally people with signs and directions screaming at publishers doors and they just hold up in their little offices and keep pretending all anyone wants is Call of Duty.
I own Limbo, braid, Terraria and cave story
3D plat formers?
Is it indeed a fact and that being sold to microsoft and making nothing but crappy kinect games since was entirely rares fault? For some reason I don't think Nintendo handing over some of their successful ips had as much to do with rare turning bad as it did with the global financial crisis.
Banjo Kazooie was a pretty well renowned game in it's time and Psychonauts which I love gained a lot of it's cult following after the initially abysmal release. Unfortunately many games are judged only by their initial sales but I wonder how well it's done so many years later.
Sounds good to me
Holy shit... that comparison between "AAA" Games and inbreeding royal families is insanely profound. Well put, Jim!
I like this show very much. It's a bit dismaying to hear though that people in the industry don't understand anything so basic.
Great point, Jim, I honestly never considered this.
It makes me think of Mount and Blade, a considered niche' by all means, but as I understand it Paradox was originally just two people, but seems to have grown massively, and most of their published games seem focused around that medieval niche'.
It a sickness in capitalism that fewer and fewer have any interest in simply earning a living and providing a service. If you are looking for the big bucks as fast as you can, you're doing something wrong. Hence, everyone just tries to ape CoD and WoW, either directly, in in the features that seemed to attract all those extra casual gamers. Or, should I say most do. There are small and mid sized companies that fill their niche happily (that you Atlus and telltale) and therein lies some of the problem.
As much as I hate to defend the AAA's stagnation, there is a reality to consider: While Angry Birds soared to new heights, there are a lot of indy / mini games that flopped and are gaining digital dust right now. Walking Dead seems like a similar fluke as telltate's other games didn't set the world on fire, nor are a few other games in the same vein like Virtue's last Reward. For all the cravings of new IPs, it seems more common to see them flub in favor of Generic Sequel XIII, and companies start relying on reboots and "spiritual sequels) to avoid being ignored. You can call the AAA industry myopic, but they at least want to see more than one or two big successes before they even start to consider something a thing to try while we hold up exceptions that worked because we refuse to see a lot that didn't.
I'm not saying I like what happening in the industry. Just that it's easy to shout at companies to take a risk when it isn't your money or company you're asking them to gamble. Even on the cheap end, games are a lot pricier to produce than pasta sauce just to try something for the sake of seeing if people like it. Heck, we seem reluctant to put $60 down on something unless we're sure we're going to like it, and companies have the same reluctance. Maybe we should lead by example: buy something new. In store or online, we need to try and get other genres than the shooter, the MMO, or the AAA blockbuster up in sales more regularly. When the adventure game, the tactical RPG, or the visual novel only do modestly, or only make a splash one in a rare while, it's not hard to understand why companies get the idea they don't sell.
mirrors edge was AWESOME!
Thank God for you Jim. Another good argument to spice up the variety I miss so much.
I will drown developers in money if they bring out another game like Super Smash Brothers Melee (no, not Brawl you moron) and I don't care who does it because I don't know if I can trust Nintendo with that anymore.
Also, I will throw money bombs at any developer who can make RTS games that doesn't look like a copy of classic RTS games and also have good game play. Something with one persons soul put into it. Remember, it's glorified chess, make it fucking interesting for fuck sake.
Funny Thing... I've already played most of the Ones mentioned there...
...Save for Phantasy Star and Chrono Trigger, those are kinda hard to get hold of.
(And Phantasy Star Online 2 was still "Coming Soon" last I heard.)
I loved the pasta sauce analogy- it really really worked.
Oh come on.
And no, us Australians don't want to keep the queen as our head of state.
I'd wager that CoD is creaming Battlefield because to date they've only sold one gun as DLC (in the first Black Ops 2 map pack), whereas Battlefield upsets the gun balance in practically every BF game since Bad Company Gold with Gun DLC and early unlocks, turning it into a meta-game of buying your way to victory just to keep an edge on the other players.
There's not enough respect for "niches" in today's market. And niche is being treated as an insult. I never remember "niche" being treated as an insult to a genre or a type of game in the 90s. Yes, some people referred to "RPGs" in a condescending fashion in the 90s, but things were nothing like they are today.
Gamers don't all like the same game. Call of Duty fans will buy Call of Duty. Angry Birds fans will by Angry Birds. Gamers cannot all be put into one camp and moved around. We are diverse people with diverse tastes and needs.
Japanese RPGs are hardly being made except lower budgeted ones on the handheld, and indie games out of the West going by the Japanese formula like Pier Solar. Why? Because there's hardly any sales to be made and folks like Capcom and Konami have abandoned the genre. What happened to the Suikodens, the Breath of Fires, the Grandias of the world? Lost to time because the industry that created them has abandoned them.
Capcom won't even make a Mega Man game anymore. It has cancelled all Mega Man projects, and will likely not make another one. It cancelled Mega Man Legends 3. Why? Because according to them it "would not sell enough". Mega Man is seen as "too niche" by Capcom to warrant developing for.
Who is making scrolling shooters anymore, a genre that can be as varied and innovative and worthwhile as first person shooters, but folks like Cave and indie developers? This genre was one king of the arcades. Now thrown by the wayside as being "too niche". Shoot em' ups deserve a love they are not getting. In the meantime I will buy up every single thing that Cave puts out.
For goodness sake Point and Click Adventure games deserve a place in the industry. But have all but completely disappeared aside from their very cult following. I was never a PC gamer in the early days. But when people talk of the "good old days" of PC gaming, I can at least remember some PC genres of game I really did like. Point and Click adventure games were fun and took advantage of the PC platform. Why not more point and click adventure games? Visual Novels are still around. I wish Japan would discover the point and click genre(actually there are a few, the genre just never really took off in Japan). I'd like to seem some point and click Visual Novels. To me, a point and click adventure game and Visual Novel would be a match made in heaven. People should make more point and click games.
What about platform games? Both 2D and 3D platformers aren't getting enough love in today's industry. The majority of both of these genres are coming out of SEGA and Nintendo. Particularly Nintendo. Who carries on the torch for this genre. Outside of that? You have your Rayman, but not much else. Most of the 2D and even 3D platformers are coming out of the indie sphere. Loads of 2D platformers are coming out of indie developers all around the world. But big developers outside of Nintendo and SEGA hardly bother with the genre.
Why? Is there no innovation to be had? No new fun? Of course not! Heck, the New Super Mario Bros. games are extremely innovative and have finely polished gameplay. The fact that people think that first person shooters have more room for innovation today than platformers or shoot em' ups shows a problem with today's industry.
And here's another thing Capcom threw by the wayside, Metroidvanias. Nobody is making Metroidvanias anymore. The "Lords of Shadow" franchise has been turning Castlevania into something it is entirely not. What happened to Castlevania? What happened to Metroidvanias? I have to get mine out of the indie community, like with Cave Story, La-Mulana and Bunny Must Die.
What happened to Fighting games? I really respect Lab Zero for making Skullgirls, because outside of them, Capcom still making Street Fighter, Bandai Namco still making Tekken, and Arc System Works still making Blazblue, nobody is making Fighting Games anymore. Oh yeah, and the Dead or Alive series I suppose. What happened to other franchises like Virtua Fighter?
Why indeed the lack of real strategy and horror games? People are still carrying the torch for horror games. Amnesia is more of a horror game than the recent stuff by Capcom. Where's the effort and magic that made Silent Hill good? Where are games like Fatal Frame? At least Koei has the guts to throw the 3DS a Survival Horror game. I wish that most companies felt that way. I'm also sick of the variety in the genre, we need more games like Fatal Frame and less "Hey look! Zombies!" games. I'm looking at you, Zombie U.
This issue is also a problem in the MMORPG industry. Everyone is trying to copy World of Warcraft. Could maybe, just maybe, the folks who want to play World of Warcraft, end up simply going and playing World of Warcraft? The genre is never going to improve if every MMORPG fits the World of Warcraft or Nexon grind formula.
You've got the success of Farmville and a long history of games like Harvest Moon, Rune Factory and ect. Why does nobody want to make any more games like this? As in serious, Farm Raising type games? Right now you've got Zynga and Natsume. Why nobody else?
I hate the video game industry today. I really do. It is so alienating as someone who grew up with gaming in the 80s and 90s. I want the PlayStation 2 era video game culture back at least. People keep talking about a video game industry crash. I don't know about a total crash, but I want this current gaming culture to "crash" and be replaced by something better. I need some fresh air, because at this rate, I start to wonder if I need another hobby. And I love video games.
Jim, can you tell me the reason of your fixation with Dafoe, other than because he's the smexiest man alive?
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Photography: Jose Villa // Hair and makeup: Jordan Byers // Flowers: Amy Osaba // Calligraphy and Paper Goods: neithersnow // Cake and Catering: Sun in My Belly // Linens: La Tavola's Tuscano collection // Venue: Dunaway Gardens // Oscar De La Renta Dress: B. Hughes // Tux: Le Tux
For the last shoot of our workshop we decided to go for a more classic elegance that was still on the natural side of the spectrum. Thank you again to all those that helped and to those that attended our first workshop. We had such a good time, hope you learned a lot, and wish you all the best!!
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LOVE her bridal hair and makeup! Effortlessly chic!
I love the table cloth color and the bride is glowing (as she should be!) Great photos. I can't wait to get married!
I'm a huge fan of the blue ribbon on the dress. I threw out the white sash-comme-TP that came with mine and laced it up with a GORG 1.5″ Royal blue 12′ long ribbon.
Great job at the workshop, all!
Oh my gosh golly! Such a beautiful bride! Adore the hair so very much!
What a gorgeous wedding with perfect table scape! Thank you for posting the inspiration. I included it in my blog post today and hope you love it as much as I enjoy your blog!
Happy Blogging!
xo Christina Leigh
This is so lovely, I love her dress and the elegance to this shoot.
This is the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen and she is the most beautiful bride! Just divine!
where'd you find those smaller than votive candles? they've fantastic!
drcw, i think i found them at t.j. maxx or marshalls :) and yes, marie, jordan is the best!
Beautiful! I love the simple white and gold china. Can you tell me the company or line it's from? Thanks! xx
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text: WHY? because the SV650 has a beautiful torquey ultra-reliable engine, and you can pick up them very cheaply. and i wasn't interested in a wee-strom DL650 because i don't like the look, the detuned engine, the size and the weight. and figured it would be a fun project. HOW FAR TO GO? from similar threads, i figured i had the following options... EASY - just throw some dual purpose tires on the existing rims. guys have done this, but i figured the soft under-dampened front forks on the SV are bad enough on bitumen, let alone a dirt road. INTERMEDIATE - adapt suitable forks from a dirt bike, dual purpose tyres on the existing rims, convert to single front disc and jack up the rear with shorter dog bones to compensate for the higher front. FULL ON - adapt the triple clamps and entire front end from a suitable dirt bike, jack up the rear with shorter dog bones and a better rear shock, reroute the exhaust into a rally-style setup, create a subframe to move the footpegs down and forward and mount a bashplate to, remodel the tank and seat etc. possibly go to spoked wheels, or at least a 19 inch front wheel. SO FAR... i decided to go the intermediate way due to a tight budget and being a bit of a mechanical noob. and the SV will only be doing easy dirt roads so i didn't feel the need to go too far with the suspension. first, the front forks. there's a handy list of alternative 41mm front forks here. an advantage of slipping these into the existing triple clamps is you still have your steering lock and existing instrumentation all in place. got hold of a cheap pair of early XT600 forks that slotted in nicely. the springs were way too soft. pulled them apart and found each fork had two springs. i removed the short soft one and replaced with a long spacer. this increased the spring rate on the remaining primary spring and worked very nicely. it was under-dampened too so replaced with 12.5w fork oil which improved things up front. next a front wheel. i wanted to keep the road wheels as is so i could change over if i felt like it. i had a pair of honda CBR250R wheels lying around. the front had a 310mm disc so i made up a caliper adapter plate to push the caliper out enough for the larger disc. messed around at the local wreckers and eventually found an axle that suited the XT forks, then machined spacers to make everything line up. i wanted to keep the SV front brake setup intact, so back to the wreckers and came back with the front brake setup and four pot front caliper from a fireblade CBR600, and a single braided brake line. this wound up working really well. the stronger caliper still hauls the SV up very quickly on the single disc but is not overly grabby for dirt roads. the honda CBR250R rear wheel was an easy fit. i needed 20mm spacers to move the rear disc further out, and just machined wheel spacers to suit. i thought it was important to keep the drive chain completely straight, so left the rear wheel slightly off-center... i knew from motarding days this wouldn't affect the handling at all. tires? chucked a mitas E07 150/70-17 on the rear. the front was trickier as the CBR250R front wheel is only 2.5 inches wide. i had a trailwing 120/90-17 rear tire lying around and figured i'd start with that... the high profile takes the rolling diameter closer to that of a 19 inch front wheel, and i was hoping the comparatively narrow front rim on the CBR would give the correct tyre profile for cornering. what else? i bought a generic motard front fender and made a bracket so i could bolt it on to the triple clamps. i machined some one inch spacers for the front bars and rolled them back for a more upright position. any higher than this i would have needed longer cables. i'm quite tall so i grabbed some upholstery foam, black vinyl and a staple gun to build the seat higher. it's just a rough job and may get it done properly if it works out in the long term. a kamel toe was put on the stand so the sidestand won't sink in the dirt. fitted some frame sliders that will at least protect the radiators from stacking on the road, but dubious about how much protection they would offer offroad. HOW DOES IT HANDLE? i had concerns about the handling due to putting dirt bike forks into road bike triple clamps, especially with the front axle now sitting in front of the forks. but it seems pretty good so far. it handles more like a dirt bike with a 21 inch front wheel on the road, it's less likely to tip into corners and feels very stable in a straight line. cornering on road actually works better riding it like a dirt bike too, lean the bike but keep the body upright. i still haven't done the dog bones yet to yet the rear end higher so will report back when that is done. the front suspension is a huge improvement, on or off road. but i wouldn't want to push those 41mm forks too far so would certainly be taking it easy on anything harder than easy dirt roads. the rear suspension feels a bit too firm, but with limited travel it probably has about the right spring rate for my purposes. ergonomics are good which is a big relief as i didn't want to have to try to move the pegs forward. not sure if other riders would agree, i'm very tall so i don't have to lean forward to reach the bars. raising the seat has helped get rid of the cramped riding position, plus i can always add a pair of those buell footpegs to drop down another inch (part number N0006.1AD at your buell dealer, click here for a piccie). WHAT'S NEXT? next steps will be a basic bashplate, shorter dog bones to kick the rear of the bike up an inch, make some fork protectors out of an old wetsuit to keep dust out of the fork seals, make a small fairing, and some kind of rear rack for luggage. and get rid of that huge exhaust! i hear good things about the danmoto jisu slip on muffler for the SV650 and at $130 posted i figure it's worth a try if it isn't too loud. GOOD THREADS i found these threads very useful for research... SV650 Adventure (AKA franken bike) SV650 Wannabe Motard/Adventure Bike Yet another SV650->Adventure build SV650 ADV info thread SV650 shorty pants mod


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Whether you're traveling for Spring Break or simply lazing around at home — perhaps waiting for the weather to warm — your next digital diversion is just a tap away on your smartphone or tablet.
Hundreds of new games debut each week at Apple's App Store or Android's Google Play, many of which are completely free to download and play.
Puzzle fans might opt for Little Things Forever, a challenging Where's Waldo-like game, while sports fans can putt through Mini Golf MatchUp. Both games are family-friendly and available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices.
A closer look at each offering:
Little Things Forever (klicktock.com; 3.5 stars out of 4)
Usually $2.99 but available for free for a limited time, Little Things Forever is one of those "hidden object games," or "HOGs," that challenge you to find well-hidden objects in a busy scene.
But unlike other HOGs, the objects you're tasked to find — such as an umbrella, bunny, billiard ball or peace sign — all make up another object when you zoom out, such as an owl, domino or rhino. Pinching in and out helps you better find what you're looking for.
You'll be timed on your performance, so you can compare your score with other online players, and some levels only give you a preset time in which to find the listed items. A countdown timer adds more pressure to find what you're looking for, of course.
As you collect puzzle pieces, you'll also be asked to solve a jigsaw puzzle by rotating and dragging pieces into their proper spot.
Australian developer Klicktock says there are 101 puzzle pieces to collect and nine main puzzles to solve. Even when you finish the game — which could take a few weeks — all object lists are randomly generated so there's a high replayability factor here. For example, instead of being asked to find a wallet, falcon and dice, the next time you launch the same puzzle you'll be hunting for a bicycle, wheelbarrow and cat.
Little Things Forever features attractive artwork (including Retina support for new iPads and iPhones) and soothing soundtrack — but I wish you could play your own music or podcasts while playing the game.
The game can be played in one of a dozen languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Brazilian Portugese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish and Russian.
Mini Golf MatchUp. (withbuddies.com; 3.0 stars out of 4)
Who doesn't love mini-putt?
Now you can take the casual golf experience with you to go, via your Android or Apple smartphone or tablet (or iPod touch).
Mini Golf MatchUp is an accessible mini-putt simulation that houses five 18-hole courses. Just like Angry Birds, use your fingertip to angle the shot, pull back on the golf ball and let go. Avoid the crazy obstacles — including sharks, pyramids, jumps and dinosaurs — and apply just the right power to sink the putt.
As the name of the game suggests, Mini Golf MatchUp is designed for you to play against your online friends (over Facebook, Twitter or SMS) or a random stranger. You can chat with people through the in-game messaging system.
It's fun to play against someone you know, sure, but because of the multiplayer focus you're required to have an Internet connection to play. It would've been great to also play by yourself on long plane rides — without requiring Wi-Fi or cellular connectivity.
You can use crystals and coins to unlock premium content, including new courses, plus there are collectible purple gems on the courses to boost your score even more.
While not mandatory, there are in-app purchases such as $4.99 for a pile of crystals or coins.
Mini Golf MatchUp is great for kids and kids at heart.
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Whether you're traveling for Spring Break or simply lazing around at home — perhaps waiting for the weather to warm — your next digital diversion is just a tap away on your smartphone or tablet.


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Save Money With an Air Vent Booster
November 28th 2007
- I donĺt know about you, but I have one room in my house that just doesnĺt get warm in the winter and it will not get cool in the summer. The room is situated directly above our garage so I think that may play a role.
The room is our computer/guest room, so we spend a lot of time in there, and if we have guests we want them to be comfortableů most of the time! ;)
Until recently, my wife and I have employed fans in the summer and a space heater in the winter to stay comfortable. However, we no longer need to lug those portable units because we installed an air vent booster last week, and it works great!
What is it?
An air vent booster is a powered fan that fits in your vent register and helps pull additional conditioned air from the ducts into your room.
The model I have is the AirFlow Breeze, which is produced by AirFlow Technology. I recently wrote a few articles about saving money on utilities including 7 Free Ways to Save on Heating Costs, and 10 Inexpensive Ways to Reduce Heating Costs. These articles lead to an e-mail exchange with a representative who was kind enough to send me an AirFlow Breeze to review. Blogging does have perks sometimes! :)
Does it work?
Yes it does. But,
donĺt confuse it with a heater or an air conditioner
. All it is designed to do is provide a ôboostö to the amount of air coming through the ducts into the room it is installed in. The air comes from your ducts and will help make that room a similar temperature to the rest of your house. They are great if you have a problem room like mine!
Does the extra draw on the air source affect the rest of the house?
Not that I noticed. The only thing I noticed was that our computer/guest room is more comfortable to be in and we enjoy our room more now.
Does it constantly run?
No. It has a built in thermostat that switches the fan on when either the heater or AC comes on. It is very easy to set - just follow the directions in the manual.
Does it save money?
Yes. If you have a room that just does not get hot or cold unless you crank up the heat or AC for the rest of the house, or use a space heater or fan, this could save you a substantial amount of money over the course of a year because you will use less energy to condition your room. The fan uses a 12 volt DC power adapter, which costs pennies to run.
Is it hard to install?
No! It only took a short while including the time to remove the old vent cover with a screwdriver (not a drill). You donĺt need any special tools other than the screwdriver. There is a 12 volt power adapter with a 6 foot cord that plugs into the unit.
Is it loud?
Let me put it this way: you can hear it in the other room, but it isnĺt loud enough to bother me when I am in the room and it is running. I think it is one of those things that might take some people some time to get used to, but once you get used to it, you donĺt really notice it anymore.
Do you recommend it?
I recommend it to people who have a ôproblem roomö that is difficult to cool or warm. I believe people who purchase one will be more comfortable in their room and enjoy it more. After all, the whole point of having a house is to enjoy living in it, right? :)


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UK.gov serves up GM food as price hike fix
Brown pushes Greens off plate while slamming food waste
The government's former chief science adviser Sir David King has said genetically-modified crops represent our best chance for improving yields sufficiently to deal with current food price problems.
According to the FT, King said: "There is only one technology likely to deliver [the yield increases needed] and that is GM.... We need more crop per drop [of water] because of the fresh water problem. Unless you move into plant technologies to develop these crops, food provision is not going to increase."
"The future lies there [with GM]. And this is urgent."
The comments coincide with the publication of a Cabinet Office report, Food Matters: Towards a Strategy for the 21st Century, which also supports a softer line on GM production.
The Cabinet Office report said: "Further advances in science and technology are likely to impact on food production, potentially increasing yields and making food healthier and more environmentally sustainable." But the report also notes that no such crop is approved for commercial growing in the UK, and "public trust in the new technologies is a key issue".
The report also notes that British consumers waste a third of the food they buy - 6.7m tonnes. This costs the average family £420 a year and creates greenhouse gases equivalent to one car in five on British roads.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that although action was needed to improve food supplies UK households could help by reducing unnecessary demand, or wasted food. Brown is on his way the G8 meeting in Japan where he also predicted to call for a moratorium on the use of biofuels.
The report also predicts a growing role for nanotechnology and predicts non-edible nanotech - like coatings on packaging - is likely to be less contentious and will therefore grow quickly.
It said the move to biofuel was "creating a growing, inelastic source of demand for grain and oilseeds that will further tighten the global balance of supply and demand". It predicts grain prices will more closely follow oil prices in future. ®


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Country star Tim McGraw rushed to the aid of an ailing fan who fainted near the stage during his recent gig in Atlanta, Georgia.
The "Live Like You Were Dying" hitmaker was midway through his performance on May 12, when he witnessed Paula Whitten pass out from exhaustion.
McGraw stopped the show and jumped down to help the young concertgoer, and Whitten admits she was shocked to see the Grammy winner towering over her when she came to.
Recalling the experience during an interview with local radio station 101.5FM, she says, "I just started feeling kinda weak. I was against the stage… (and) I remember waking up and there was Tim McGraw sitting in front of me, handing me water.
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Pecan Finger CookiesPecan finger cookies just speak Christmas to me. My Mama passed away just before Christmas in 1997, but this is the recipe she used to make with her sisters on their big Christmas holiday cookie night. One night while browsing through Mama's old cookbooks, there it was, handwritten in the back of one of them.
It is always still a little shocking to see her handwriting so long after she passed away. Every once in awhile I look at inscriptions on old cards that she gave me, and run my fingers across her words, wondering what she was thinking and feeling at the time that she signed them. (Yes folks, that is a pound of butter and 8 tablespoons, yes, 8 tablespoons of vanilla extract!)
Mama with her sisters, used to do big batches of all the cookies they made every holiday so that they could split them up, and though this is a fairly big batch, I'd be willing to bet that they probably at least doubled, and possibly even tripled this one. If I halve the recipe, I get about 2-1/2 dozen finger cookies, so I think the full recipe below probably yields about 5 dozen - depending on how fat you roll them. As you see, I tend to roll them kinda fat!
Speaking of which... don't expect the rolled "fingers" to stay completely round. They will, of course, flatten a bit on the bottom as they cook, but you can see that they still resemble a log or "finger" shape, which is how they got their name. These are known by many names across the world - often depending on how they are shaped. Pecan sandies, sand tarts, snowball cookies, pecan nougat cookies, Mexican hats, or Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, Meltaways, Butterballs, and down in Cajun country, cocoons. Georgia, one of our Facebook readers, says that the Greeks and Germans use almonds and that the Greek Cookies are called Kourabiethes and the German cookies are Vanillekipferl. Apparently these are a well-loved cookie everywhere!
I have seen comments across the net about dry and crumbly dough for these types of cookies, but I can assure you that my Mama's recipe is anything but. They are simply perfect, and definitely a traditional Christmas cookie for me, and if I make no other, I always make these in memory of my mama. They are of course delicious and enjoyable any time of the year and would be great for any potluck, church supper, or as a funeral food. I hope that you enjoy them.
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Recipe: Pecan Finger Cookies©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min per batch
Total time: 55 min
Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 pound salted butter
- 8 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons pure vanilla extract(yes, that is 8 T. y'all)
- 2 cups lightly salted chopped pecans
- Additional powdered sugar for rolling finished cookie
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream the butter, add the sugar and blend together. Add remaining ingredients, mixing well. Chill dough for about 10 minutes to make it easier to handle. Shape into small finger shaped logs and bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. May also bend and shape dough into a crescent shape for Crescent Cookies, or roll into a ball for Snowball Cookies.
Let cool slightly so that you can handle them but while still warm, roll in the extra powdered sugar to coat; re-roll in the powdered sugar several times if desired. I usually roll mine two or three times. Set aside to cool completely before storing.
Cook's Notes: I use White Lily flour and Land O'Lakes salted butter. If you use unsalted butter, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Yes, the amount of vanilla extract shown in this recipe is correct - 8 tablespoons. I have used less, but that's what Mama used!
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I'm writing this in bed, in the flat I share with my friend, even though it's 1pm on a weekday. I've got no man, no babies and a freelance career that allows me to live like a student, should I choose to. Invariably, I do.
I'm 30 and by the time my mother was my age, she was married with two children and a mortgage, and was working a 60-hour week in a highly driven, corporate environment. In short, by 30 she was a fully-fledged grown up – a woman.
Meanwhile, I'm still floundering somewhere between a girl and womanhood - staying up too late, sleeping in too late, powering through my increasingly brutal weekday hangovers with berroccas and bacon sandwiches.
It's not just my behaviour that's downright childish. At 30, my mum wore suits to work, and had a briefcase. In my oversized slogan t-shirts, shorts and plimsolls, I'm dressed like a 15-year-old (although all the real 15-year-olds I know seem to be wearing power heels and shoulder pads in an effort to get served in the pub).
I'm not alone – Courtney, 32, struggles to meet the expectations she feels the rest of the world have set for her. "I'm married, so I've got that down, but everything else is just stuff that happens to other people. I can't comprehend it."
But comparing ourselves to our mothers is pointless – times are a-changing and for the ladies of Generation Y, meeting the milestones that society judges us against has never been harder.
The career
The first thing you're meant to do, upon leaving university is get a job, right? Not just a job – a career. And you need to be paid for said career-enhancing job, or it's just work experience and only kids do work experience. Right? RIGHT?
The concept of unpaid internships only really hit the UK in 1997 when Lord Dearing's report into higher education called for all undergraduates to undertake some form of work experience. Yet now, it's impossible to get into most oversubscribed industries (politics, publishing, media) without a lengthy stint of internships or work experience.
Emily Blunt plays an editor's assistant in The Devil Wears Prada
Stevie, a 25-year-old journalist spent three years interning and doing work experience at various publications before she was able to secure full-time paid work: "From the age 21 until I was 24, I had to waitress in the evenings and intern in the day. At one point I only ate eggs for three days because I couldn't afford food. I used to hoard freebies from the office like blue eyeliner and hand wipes and sell them on eBay because I was so skint."
"The recession basically meant I remained a student until the age of 24. When you're interning and sleeping on sofas you feel like a teenager, so you act like one. I've only just started living like a grown up woman and brushing my hair and wearing proper clothes and making dinner as opposed to eating cold baked beans out of a can. There's nothing more demoralising than people being surprised that you're the intern because you're not 19."
OK, so in pursuit of your dream job, you're still working in a bar and doing unpaid work experience aged 27, but never mind, in the mean time you can fill out those mortgage applications. I mean, bar work pays pretty well doesn't it?
The house
Clearly I'm joking here – ha ha! A mortgage! Even people with proper jobs don't have those anymore! The average age of a first time buyer is now 35 – in the 1980s when my parents were buying their first home it was 28. By some estimates, the average deposit size in London for first time buyers will hit £100,000 by 2020.
Harriet, a 30-year-old management consultant found herself in this position when she realized the 15 per cent deposit she'd spent eight years saving up wasn't going to cut it. "I should be in a good position to buy somewhere – I have a good job and a lump sum that would have been more than sufficient, six or seven years ago, but now, it's nowhere near enough.
"The crux of the matter is, to save up any more and then afford my monthly mortgage payments, I'd have to seriously curb my lifestyle and I'm not prepared to do that. If all my friends were buying places now then I'd probably make a bit more effort to get on the property ladder, but no-one can afford it – London is going to become a city of renters, like New York."
Fine, so the mortgage is out, but you can still get married and pop out a couple of kids from your rented accommodation in between internships, can't you?
What do you mean they don't just pop out?
The wedding
Let's deal with marriage first – fewer people are getting married than ever. Women are three times less likely to get married than their mother's generation, and a study by Leeds University at the end of last year found that in 2011 the number of couples cohabiting with children equalled the number of married couples with children in the UK.
There's certainly much less stigma attached to cohabiting without getting married now than there was 30 years ago, but it's the cost of The Big Day that's putting off a decent proportion of couples. A survey by law firm Seddons for the Marriage Foundation Think Tank found that 40 per cent of cohabiting couples were put off by the prohibitive cost of weddings (those pesky house prices were also cited as a key factor).
And then there are the non-married, non-cohabiting single ladies. I'm not going to bang on about how there are no men left because a) I've already done that and b) it's just not true – a man just walked past my flat, bold as brass, so there are definitely some out there.
But BUT, the 2011 census showed that there are now more single households in the UK than married couples with dependent children. Like I said, times are a-changing, the traditional models by which we live our lives just don't work anymore.
The baby
And this brings us to the next life stage. The big one. The one that proves you/me/we are real women. Babies.
Any idiot can get married, or fill out a mortgage application form (actually, no they can't – have you seen those things?), but creating and expelling life itself from your own body? That takes proper woman chops.
Holding the baby: Joan Harris and Roger Sterling in 'Mad Men'
But we're not doing much of that either. Women having children over 45 has trebled in the last decade, the average age of women having their first child in the UK is 30 (it was more like 26 in 1983 when my mum had me) and one in five UK women will choose not to have children at all. We're useless womb owners.
Now, I'd quite like to have children. I think. Probably. At some point. And as the Daily Mail keep reminding me; if I keep selfishly putting it off for too long, then I'll be barren. Selfish and barren.
But as I've already said –there is no man in my life. And having a child on my own, in one of the most expensive cities in the world, while negotiating a not-all-that-lucrative (but very enjoyable and rewarding) freelance career, in the middle of the biggest financial slump since the Great Depression seems foolhardy at best, an act of hara-kiri at worst. So I'm going to put it off for now, thank you very much. And if it never happens? I'm not convinced it will be the end of the world.
Even though there's no point judging ourselves by our mother's standards – or even by women who are 10-15 years old than us, but we still do. We still feel like we're failing if we don't meet every life goal that's being set for us within an allotted time. But the goal posts have changed.
Whereas my mother and her friends will be able to retire at 60, we'll probably have to work a decade longer at least. Going to work mean something different when a job for life doesn't exist and most people will have two or three different careers over the course of their working life.
In theory we'll live longer and healthier lives, but we'll need to – we won't have final salary pensions to ease us into retirement (I certainly won't – self employed, remember?).
Chill out and give yourself a break
Instead of playing bowls and sipping Pastis (I always intended to be retired in the south of France), I'll still be sitting on my bed, cracking my arthritic knuckles over my keyboard aged 72. With any luck I'll have invested in a slightly better mattress in the intervening 40 years – it'll be murder on my back otherwise.
So yes, we're putting everything off longer, or completely, but our old age is going to look very different from the generations before us, so maybe we should give ourselves a break.
And why is putting off or missing out on marriage, babies and a mortgage such a bad thing anyway? When I asked my Twitter followers how they felt about skipping these traditional life stages, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Few would swap lives with their mother, and almost all of them relished the time and freedom they had a result.
It used to be so simple...or not. Don Draper with his kids, ex-wife, her new husband and his new wife in Mad Men
Essentially, my life is very different from my mother's, and I do feel like a bit of a child in comparison (especially when I still call to ask her advice on almost all 'grown up' things, rather than trying to work them out for myself). But am I unhappy as a result? Not at all – I have a lot of time and freedom too, and I love that. I also feel like I'm in control of my life, and I'm not convinced that would be the case were I clocking into a desk job each day to support my two kids and husband (my having kids fantasy never actually involves me spending any time with said children).
I've travelled more than my mum had at my age, I've been able to take my career in any impractical direction I've wanted to because I've never had to support anyone else. Every decision I make about my life is mine to make alone.
Does this make me a selfish woman child with a Peter Pan complex? Absolutely, but it's ever so much fun.
Rebecca Holman has a decade's experience in women's consumer publishing. Starting her career on the award-winning asos.com magazine, Rebecca then went on to edit handbag.com and launch xoJane.co.uk with American media legend Jane Pratt. She is a freelance writer and editor who writes about women's issues, current affairs, sex and dating. Follow her on Twitter @rebecca_hol.


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Fall Beer Guide
Brush Up On Your Cold-Weather Brews With Our Fall Beer Guide
Summer is on its way out and the cooler air of fall is making an appearance. While you can still often enjoy beers on the patio, there are also days that require a more hearty beer to keep you company.
In my Fall Beer Guide I have included a few of the expected pumpkin and Oktoberfest beers, but I've also tried to share a big range of beers for all types of weather. My choices will be all craft beers, but aiming toward the less obscure, and more toward beers you're likely to find in quality stores and bars in a variety of geographic locations. I've got beers of all types, and even have two plum beers on the list. I bet you haven't seen that before! Read on, take notes and consider the beers of your future.
Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier (Germany)
When starting a Fall beer list it's probably wise to start with a classic Oktoberfestbier, and the Hofbräu is an excellent example. As expected, this beer has a nice malt-forward character with a lot of bready notes and firm bitterness. For a beer that's consumed in copious quantities, it's a little higher ABV at 6.3%, but I'm not sure anyone in Munich is complaining.
Samuel Adams Octoberfest (Massachusetts)
Hopping across the pond to an American-made version of the Octoberfest style, the Samuel Adams Octoberfest is a solid, and broadly available example of the German classic. It leans a bit more toward the caramel side in terms of malt character, and shows a restrained earthy hop quality. At 5.3% ABV it doesn't quite pack the same punch as the Hofbräu but it's a direct and flavorful beer that's worth a try this fall.
Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin (Maine)
Next up after the Octoberfests we're getting a few pumpkin beers on the list, and first is the Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin. Like most pumpkin beers, this one has a large spicy character on the nose, with nutmeg making a major appearance. On first sip however, it's pretty obvious that this is a very big beer; with an ABV of 9.0% this beer displays a muscular booziness underlined by bold sweetness. If you want a powerful pumpkin beer, then the Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin is a great bet.
Magic Hat Wilhelm Scream Pumpkin Ale (Vermont)
Any of you involved in audio production know the Wilhelm Scream as an inside joke, with the same scream appearing in hundreds of production over the years. For the folks over at Magic Hat, it seems to commemorate the yearly return of their Pumpkin Ale. The Wilhelm Scream is a more down-to-earth Pumpkin ale in comparison to the burly Smashed Pumpkin, coming in at 5.4% ABV. It has the expected solid pumpkin spice character with a hint of roastiness, and a touch of caramel sweetness in the finish.
Howe Sound Pumpkin Eater (British Columbia)
Our last Pumpkin Ale on this fall list is another big beer: the Pumpkin Eater from Howe Sound comes in at 8% ABV and claims Imperial status (denoting a greater strength beer). Like the other pumpkin beers, this one displays some sweet, caramel notes, but it's differentiated by the balance of pumpkin spice with pleasant vegetal notes. This harvest-like quality truly emphasizes its nature as a fall beer, making it one of the stars of this list.
The Bruery Autumn Maple (California)
The Autumn Maple technically isn't a pumpkin beer, but it does have some similarities as it's made with another gourd (plenty of yams) and spiced with cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Add in some vanilla, maple syrup and molasses and this beer really reminds one of a Thanksgiving side-dish. The yams make a sweet caramelly appearance with the spices in the background to create a very unique and delicious beer.
Ayinger Jarhundert (Germany)
While the Ayinger Oktoberfestbier is one of the best around, I've instead decided to put their Jarhundert, a Dortmunder Export style of beer, on the list instead. Why? Well, the Jarhundert is exceptionally delicious and is a hearty lager that really fits the fall season. Jarhundert displays solid grainy malt quality along with bold and herbal hoppy bitterness. It's just about as good as a lager can get.
König Ludwig Weissbier (Germany)
Sticking with Germany, next up on the list is König Ludwig Weissbier. Normally I'd showcase weissbiers on a summer list, but a hearty, balanced beer like the König Ludwig is great all year round. Like all good weissbiers, this one shows a nice balance between banana and clove character, but it also has just a little more body than some of its competitors. And, it's named after King Ludwig!
St. Bernardus Wit (Belgium)
Another Europe-brewed, wheat-based beer on this fall list is the St. Bernardus Wit. Unlike the pure German wheat beers, the Belgian Wits include the addition of orange peel and coriander, which gives them a spicy and complex character that complements the variable fall weather. The St. Bernardus Wit is a superb version of the style, probably because it was created in collaboration with Pierre Celis, the brewer credited with resurrecting the style. Mr. Celis is no longer with us, but his beer remains, so enjoy it as the leaves fall.
Ecaussinnes Le Penneffoise (Belgium)
Another Belgian product, and one of the more obscure beers on this list, is Le Penneffoise. It's one of the two beers featuring plum as an addition, and is a very unique, slightly tart and wild-tasting beer that is probably unlike anything you've tasted before. It displays a significant fruity quality, but it's hard to pick out the plum as the primary fruit as there are notes of cherry and even grapes. It's got a hint of sour acid, a hint of funkiness and some farmhouse complexity. It's a great beer for an unpredictable fall day.
New Belgium Long Table (Colorado)
Coming back from across the Atlantic — but to a brewery inspired by the beers of Belgium — next up is the Long Table Farmhouse Ale from New Belgium of Colorado. The Long Table is a very tasty farmhouse-style ale with complex fruity notes balanced with some peppery spice and a slightly sweet finish. The complexity of this beer is impressive, as each sip unearths a new flavor to consider, and before you realize it, it's gone, and time for another.
Boulevard Saison Brett (Missouri)
Saisons were one of the better-known of the farmhouse ales, and this modern version from Boulevard Brewing, the Saison Brett, is also one of the best. Saisons typically have a complex, fruity, and estery nose and an earthy, spicy quality, and the addition of Brettanomyces both dries out the beer and increase its complexity. The Saison Brett is both highly drinkable, and exceptionally interesting any time of year.
Hitachino Nest Ancient Nipponia (Japan)
A truly unusual and unique beer, the Hitachino Nest Ancient Nipponia features a type of Japanese barley thought to be lost to the sands of time, in combination with Japanese Sorachi Ace hops. The result is a light, refreshing, herbal and citrusy hopped beer balanced with bready malt and sweet cotton candy notes. It's completely unique and completely compelling.
Tripel Karmeliet (Belgium)
Don't let the lighter color of the Tripel Karmeliet fool you: this golden beer clocks in at 8.4% ABV and is a powerful, bold beer. Tripels are great cooler-weather beers as their robust fruity and yeasty character is underpinned by a solid booziness. In spite of the lighter color this is still a surprisingly malty beer, with lots of bready malt forming the flavor backbone. Who needs hops when you have all of this fruity Belgian complexity?
Houblon Chouffe (Belgium)
What happens when one combines a Belgian Tripel with a big bunch of hops? Some call it a Belgian IPA, but whatever you want to call it, the Houblon Chouffe is a tremendous example of a complex, golden Belgian beer with a hops load worthy of an American IPA. The hop character is different than the citrus and pine-focused American style, and instead is floral and herbal in character, and melded with the fruity and yeasty quality of a Belgian beer. It's bold and bitter, but complex and contemplative; just right for the fall season.
Epic Hop Zombie (New Zealand)
It's a real feat to get through any broadly-based beer list and not mention any hop-focused beer until midway through the list, but my goal has been to show a range of beers to enjoy in fall, before we get hop-focused. I've chosen Epic's Hop Zombie as my fall IPA, largely for its tropical fruit-focused flavors. Made with a combination of American and New Zealand hops, the Hop Zombie is a big and bold IPA, but tastes quite different from most other IPAs, with mango and passionfruit as the primary flavors. Hopefully you'll be able to enjoy it without having to go to another hemisphere.
Laughing Dog Rocket Dog Rye IPA (Idaho)
Continuing on in the vein of offbeat IPAs, next up is a Rye IPA called Rocket Dog, from Laughing Dog. Beers that contain rye tend to have an earthy, spicy character and the Rocket Dog fits the prototype well. It has a bready, cracker-like malt character, but this is dominated by citrus and piney hops and finishes with rye spiciness. This is a solid, earthy IPA well suited to fall quaffing.
Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale (England)
It's always a pleasure showcasing a classic beer like the Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale. As a dry, brown ale it's an excellent fall beer with a tremendous balance of bready malt, caramel and toffee in conjunction with direct nutty notes. It displays some gentle earthy hoppiness to balance it out and make it so tremendously drinkable. Having been brewed for the last couple hundred years, it's clear the fine folks at Samuel Smith have been doing something right!
Unibroue Trois Pistoles (Quebec)
While on the subject of brown ales, it only seems appropriate to turn it up to 11 and showcase the Trois Pistoles from Unibroue of Quebec. This beer is a style called a Belgian Strong Dark Ale, and it is largely that: deep brown in color and very potent, with a 9% ABV. This beer is perfect for the cooler nights that fall can bring. It's big and bold, with sweet notes from start to finish, but also plenty of dark fruit to get your lips smacking and some roasty cocoa notes tantalize your pallet.
Fuller's London Porter (England)
The next few beers will continue to get darker and darker as we go deeper into the fall selections, and I now showcase another English classic, the Fuller's London Porter. One of my fondest beer-drinking memories is of drinking London Porter on tap while sitting on a cool fall patio. I was amazed by the dark chocolate character and smooth creaminess of the beer. I've had the pleasure of enjoying it a few times since and have never been disappointed. It's bold and roasty, but very drinkable at 5.4% ABV.
8 Wired Flat White (New Zealand)
Another interesting darker beer I've run across recently is the Flat White Coffee Milk Stout from 8 Wired. Originating from Australia (though New Zealanders are also claiming it), a flat white is an espresso shot with a velvety layer of milk poured over it. So, it makes complete sense a beer inspired by the coffee drink should be made. 8 Wired's Flat White is a milk stout (a stout with Lactose added to increase sweetness) and combined with coffee. The beer absolutely lives up to this billing with very bold coffee character and a hint of finishing sweetness. It's not quite like the coffee, but is a great cooler weather beer.
Sound Brewing Dubbel Entendre (Washington)
Another great, darker fall beer to enjoy is the Dubbel Entendre from Sound Brewing of Washington state. As a Belgian-style Dubbel, this beer displays many layers of complexity, with fruity and banana esters on the nose, and roasted toffee body with a spicy, dry finish. It's dark, complex yet very drinkable; a great beer for the fall season.
Celebrator Dopplebock (Germany)
Next up is another lager, but one unlike most you would have tried. The Celebrator is a Dopplebock, a dark and very malty lager that is a bold, big beer with a combination of molasses, toffee and caramel with dark fruit. As a lager it displays a silky smoothness even in the face of these many bold flavors and remains very drinkable. It's somehow refreshing and powerful; an excellent fall beer.
Clown Shoes Royal Standard (Massachusetts)
The Royal Standard is a Wee Heavy, a strong and malty Scottish-inspired ale. Like most good Wee Heavies, the Royal Standard displays plenty of caramel malty sweetness counterbalanced by ripe dark fruit. It's got a huge ABV at 10%, but the alcohol is dangerously well-hidden. This is one for late fall when the snow is threatening.
Dark Island Reserve (Scotland)
Another big and bold Wee Heavy (at least at its core), the Dark Island Reserve clocks in at the exact same ABV (10%) as our prior beer, but has the added benefit of being barrel-aged in Scotch Whiskey barrels. While the prior beer's alcohol is well hidden, the booziness of the Dark Island Reserve is right up front and part of the core experience. It's got lots of caramel sweetness but also some vanilla from the barrel as well as dark fruit and vinous notes. This one is for deep fall, once the snow has already fallen.
Stone Woot Stout 2015 (California)
The Wil Wheaton-inspired Woot Stouts are a yearly release from California's Stone Brewing. This unique beer has been brewed for a few years now, and the 2015 batch includes some of the 2014 that's been aged in bourbon barrels for the last year. It's a big, powerful (13% ABV) Imperial Stout and hits all of the right coffee, chocolate and molasses notes along with sweet bourbon character and hints of vanilla from the barrel aging. It's big and bold and ready for sipping on a cold fall evening.
Rodenbach Grand Cru (Belgium)
Now that we're approaching the tail end of this list, it's time for something completely different, and I'm going to feature a few sours. Sour beers to me seem like a very fall beverage. They're not made to be directly thirst quenching, yet they're not overly heavy. They feel like a beer that belongs in-between seasons. The first of these beers is also a classic, the Rodenbach Grand Cru, is a tart, red-brown beer that features direct, sharp acidity, but also vinous complexity and subtle sweet notes. If you're just getting introduced to sours, this is probably the best place to start.
Oude Quetsche Tilquin (Belgium)
Like the other plum-based beer on this fall list, the Tilquin is quite rare (and this is the Prunes De Namur version). As a fruit lambic, this beer has a very direct tart acidity intermingled with ripe plum notes. Many people that try a beer like this find the sourness overpowering, but once you get the hang of it, it's quite enjoyable, and you're better able to pick out subtle notes in the flavor. In this case, the plum is quite subtle but manages to soften the overall experience and balance out the acid slightly.
Mikkeller Spontanpeach (Belgium)
Another sour entry in our list is the Spontanpeach from Mikkeller. The gypsy brewers from Mikkeller brew all over the world, though in this case the Spontanpeach was aged in Belgium to create a very bold, sour beer. My first taste of this beer demonstrated some significant funk along with very direct and tart acidity. The peach is definitely present and a dominant part of this beer. Over time this should mellow somewhat and the peach will come forward. Perhaps it's best to wait on this one until next fall if you prefer a more subdued beer.
Gigantic Snakebite (Oregon)
Last but not least, this unclassifiable beer is a collaboration between Gigantic of Oregon, Beau's All Natural Brewing of Ontario and Cider Riot!, also of Oregon. The Snakebite is a combination of Kölsch and cider (with a hint of black currant). This beer displays the expected ripe red apple character you'd see in a cider, but also a bit of counterbalancing citrus hops — just enough to emphasize its beer roots. The Kölsch grainy malt fills the middle of the flavor and it finishes off dry with more fruity notes. It's most unusual and quite delicious, and a great final fall beer for this list.


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Here is over 15 minutes of rare mostly never before seen footage of Tupac's infamous bathtub photo shoot with renowed photographer David LaChapelle shortly after his release from prison.
Some of what Lachappelle had to say about the shoot:
DM: I feel that a lot of your work emphasises on beauty in people, regardless of colour or size. One of my favourite pieces of your work is "Becoming Clean" with Tupac Shakur amongst others. How was it like work with him?
DL: Tupac was great, he was very sensitive and is truly a good person. I wrote to his mum when he died and she sent me flowers and gave me his last song, "Ghetto Gospel." When we did the shoot, he had just come out of prison and every shot has a reason, it's never random, so this was the idea of the photo shoot, him becoming clean. He had given this interview when he was still in prison and he really opened up and was so honest. I had read it and thought it was so truthful so for the work I did with him, there was this idea of washing away and rebirth. And we did another shoot where he posed as a slave on a cotton field. They traced rapping and rhyming to "call and repeat" during slavery time in sugar cane and cotton fields to pass the time. It's on the Hotel Lachapelle book. Tupac came to the shoot 2 hours early, which was very unusual for a rapper. So I wasn't ready for the shoot and he didn't care. He reminded me of my black friends whom I went to art schools with, he was so cool, open-minded and chill. He wasn't judgemental. Then later on, I found out that he had gone to an art school. He left behind a big bag of socks and underwear because he had just come out from prison and never picked it up. He died shortly after. I still wear his socks sometimes (laughs).
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Stitch in a Circle Tutorial for Scrapbook Pages
Circle-shaped scrapbook accents look even more whimsical when they're stitched! Use this fun technique to accent photos (as shown here) and patterned paper accents.
Snap Snap by Kim Watson, as seen in Scrapbooking with Fabric & Notions, page 35.
How to Stitch a Circle
1. Punch or cut out circle.
2. Stitch slowly, using presser foot as guide, turning circle counterclockwise as you work.
3. Stitch around circle again. The double stitching will help hide imperfections.
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Ricky Gervais missed out on the chance to land a coveted cover feature in Rolling Stone magazine after submitting a photograph of himself in a crucifixion pose with the word 'atheist' painted on his chest.
The Office creator was asked to send in an image to accompany a feature and he chose a picture of himself topless, wearing a crown of thorns, with fake blood dripping down his face, and a microphone stand placed behind his outstretched arms.
Editors at the publication requested an alternative picture in case the image, which resembles Christ on the cross, was too shocking for readers – but Gervais stood his ground and the magazine carried a photo of Rihanna on the cover instead.
In a blog entry for the Huffington Post, Gervais writes, "I've wanted to do this picture for about 20 years. Finally did it this week with photographer Rich Hardcastle. And this was done for Rolling Stone magazine but I think they decided it was a little strong for their demographic.
"To be fair when I described it to them over the phone weeks before the shoot they said they'd like an alternative, if I wanted a front cover. When it came to it I decided that I didn't want to do an alternative, as I knew they would go with that. I was right. They definitely would have gone with the alternative, but since I didn't give them one they went with Rihanna. Ha Ha. Fair enough. I stand by my decision."
Gervais also shows readers another controversial recent photo in which he's posing as a suicidal clown with a gun in his mouth.


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Today I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming a friend and colleague, Scott Mallinger, a.k.a.
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Scott is a BDSM journalist, lecturer, leather titleholder and Dom all rolled into that most charming package. And he has the most wonderful sense of humor, as you will soon discover. Scott is my second guest in this new series of podcast interviews called Sex EDGE-U-cation.
Through this series we'll take a look at the world of fetish sex, kink and alternative sexual lifestyles. We'll touch on topics both familiar and exotic. And I will be chatting with prominent educators, practitioners and advocates of unconventional sexual expressions and lifestyles from all over the
This new series will continue to appear on Wednesdays. My regular weekly podcast, which often contains The Erotic Mind interviews, will continue on Mondays.
Scott and I discuss:
- The meaning of Power Play.
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- Working definitions for: Negotiation, Safeword, Scene and Aftercare.
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"chuck" muskrat skull anti-rosary, "stolas" mink bone necklace, and "naughty samantha" cross vial earring (it's empty, chill) all courtesy of Iconoclast, cabochon cocktail ring courtesy of Hard Candy Gems, vintage poison ring, sterling lightning bolt cocktail ring & human tooth ring courtesy of L.S.D., Margiela powder-coated brass bangle & matching ring, Monserat de Lucca measuring tape bangle.
Look ma: two posts in a row, two consecutive days! This is mostly thanks to a few mega-talented jewelry artists who have sent me treasures as of late -- Iconoclast Creations being one of them. Expect wayyy more of Iconoclast on here ... I'll definitely be bringing all of these beaties to L.A. with me on Friday. Speaking of which, I'll say once again: if you see me there -- blogger buddies, readers, whatever -- please come up and say hi! I may look nuts but I'm actually a pretty nice chick.
The next time you hear from me I'll be in sunny California, supporting Bobby & the good people from 9.14 Pictures & IFC/Sundance Selects. Adios! &hearts