Rice to Riches

The most random "new yorkie" thing I came across (at 2am of course) was Rice to Riches on Spring Street off Bowery. You have to check out this website! They have a bunch of different flavors like an ice cream parlor (I give Graham Cracker an A+). The best part is the packaging your rice pudding comes in. It's a brightly hued hard plastic container with a matching scoop spoon. Of course I couldn't throw away the amazing containers/spoons, so I washed off our containers in the bathroom and carried them around in my purse for the rest of the night. I have no idea what I will use them for, probably display them proudly on my desk. My friends laugh at me for my trashy tendencies, but giving disposable things a new purpose excites me. I just got the book Cool Green Stuff: A Guide to Finding Great Recycled, Sustainable, Renewable Objects You Will Love by Dave Evans. If you're a dumpster diver you will love this book.

Tiptoe through the Tulips

Thanks to my amazing friends & family for being so generous with the flood of gifts, cards, phone calls, text messages and web posts today {my birthday}. They mean so much to me and remind me of how fortunate I am to have all of you in my life :) Here's to another amazing year of life!
(yeah it's cheesy but it's my blog so go hump yourself)

Here are pics of the bouquet of tulips I picked up over the weekend. What a cheerful burst of spring on a very snowy January day.

Love to all!

80s Birthday Spectacular Part I

Continuing with the theme of feeling another year older (and wiser, read more about all my wisdom below) I decided to take a quick look back at birthday parties of the 1980s. What exactly did we do in those fenced in backyards on those sunny Saturday afternoons? It's all a little fuzzy looking back. I remember my best friend Mary once had a pony and face painting, and of course, every kid on the block had Pin the tail on the Donkey. I think parents bought these kits by the gross.





What's the cheapest way to entertain a shitload of kids for an afternoon? Musical chairs! These kids look like they're having a blast...


Speaking of musical chairs, I found a post from last year on Magpie & Cake about the artist Doris Salcedo and here crazy chair installation. I'm in love.Okay, back on track! The toys on every little girl's wish list in the 80s were:
Popples

I found one just like my original on Ebay a few years ago, thank goodness!

Cabbage Patch Kids! I had a redheaded one named Colleen Linda. Looked alot like this:



One toy I never had, and not really sure I wanted:

When I asked Kate what was on her childhood wishlist she screamed "My Little Ponies!"
Of course it was, she's the Equine Queen!

The look of Death

Hey! Here's someone not looking forward to being another year older. It's this guy's cat. I kinda know how he feels...

Hell No

Don't even think of getting me one of these. You will be very, very sorry.

Words of Wisdom

Happy New Year! No, these are not my wisdom teeth, but believe me, I wish they were. Besides being kinda pretty, they are no longer in their owner's mouth--something I cannot say about my friendly foursome. I have one on top that popped through in October and one on the bottom that popped through tonight. I've been teething like crazy! It's ridiculous really. Do they make teething rings for adults, because I would be all over those! I only have a couple friends who actually have their wisdom teeth, everyone else had the good sense to extract them on a winter break in college. I just always hoped they would just go away on their own. I guess teeth don't work that way.