While vacationing on the (eee!) Mayan Riviera this past week, I had the opportunity to do something I NEVER seem to find the time to do anymore: Read a book. I chose my paperback beach companion based on the advice of my good friend Jenny Foughner — and kudos to her for such a fantastic recommendation.
Radio Diaries v2 Launch
I can’t say how excited I am to announce the v2 launch of Radiodiaries.org — mostly because Joe, Samara and Victor are some of the all-time best people I’ve ever worked with on a freelance project. They also have some stunning content.
It was an exciting collaboration and a phenomenal learning experience for me (this is the most complex WordPress site I’ve done to date), so go on over and take a look! The site is built using a custom WordPress theme that I designed and implemented, and we’re using categories for the main areas of the site and tags for the individual series. All the audio integration (thanks Victor!!) is implemented using a SoundCloud plugins.
Holiday party recipes
With the holidays quickly approaching, as well as our Holiday-Party-Unintentionally-Turned-Engagement-Soiree, I figure it’s as good a time as any to share the recipes I’ll be making for our shindig. (Many of the cocktail recipes came from the 2011 Holiday Spirits Bazaar at the Astor Center.)
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Engaged!
Holy potatoes, Blogosphere, I’m engaged!
(For those you diamond nerds out there [and I do believe my fiancé (what a weird word -- I had to Google just to get the accent aigu!) turned into one over the last few months], this ring design is based closely on the oh-so-classy Tiffany Novo.)
Dog and Manfriend enjoy beach while girlfriend turkey trots
While I ran the 5k Turkey Trot this morning (another PR – 7:30 mile pace even with the walking clusterf%*$ start, yay!), Lucy and Brian enjoyed sunbathing at Corey Beach Park where it was a balmy 39 degrees.
5K Turkey Trot Running Playlist
Pre-feast, tomorrow I’ll be running in the Blue Point Turkey Trot. My 27-minute playlist (I’m hoping to break the 8:00 mile mark) would have included some turkey tunes, but I found myself drawing a blank …
Cultural Studies takes on the Muppets
I was just chatting with a co-worker (a “water cooler” conversation, if you will) about Thanksgiving weekend plans. Topping my list, naturally, is the new Muppet movie (see Google-ordered AMC tickets, left). I asked if her eight-year-old daughter is as excited as I am. “Mmm, she’s not so into the Muppets.” And why should she be? The last muppet movie came out ten years ago.
LAUNCHED: IthacaKane.com
Announcing the launch of IthacaKane.com — a website for my singer/performer/model best childhood friend Madia!
The site is overall pretty simple. I used WordPress for content management (so Mads can update it herself), styled my own WP theme, a pretty-much-out-of-the-box jQuery photo gallery to showcase Madia’s gorgeous photography, Google Web fonts for the typography, and a funky texture to match Madia’s awesome jacket in the showcased photo. Voila!
Pumpkintinis
Back to blogging
Inspired by my good friend fellow HMCS major/writer-turned-blogger Rebecca DeJarlais, whose well-written Blogger blog ‘Miles and Laurel‘ consistently puts a smile on my face during slow afternoons at work … I’ve returned to the wonderful world of blogging.
For those who’ve lost track of me (i.e. choose not to stalk me on Facebook), I left Montana in ’02, endured four frigid Minnesota winters before packing my bags for New York City, and have yet to live in another borough since … despite my comrades leaving me for Brooklyn — or even worse, the sixth borough.
Other vitals: By day I build interfaces for Google, I cohabitate with my lovely significant oth and dog-ter in Hellsie (the charming tourist-packed ‘transitional’ neighborhood between Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen), design websites, run races, mix cocktails, sample restaurants, clip coupons, and miss my Montanan family.
That should suffice for an introductory post. Seems like the beginning of a beautiful friendship …