Often over-thinking, eating & sleeping.
i am absolutely LOVING this time-lapse video of some popular San Francisco tourist spots using a tilt-shift lens by Shukhrat Pardaev.
i stumbled across it while following CALIBER‘s twitter feed. CALIBER is another source for unbridled creativity coming out of the city.
soooo inspiring!!
CHECK IT OOOOUT!!!
ive eaten at BLUE BARN GOURMET once before.
i remember it being GOOD. a bit pricey, but well worth it.
great quality, quaint barn-y atmosphere, good sized portions, and the fact that they support organic, local farmers is the cherry on top.
today, on my way home from my haircut in the Marina, wandering Chestnut street in search of a good to-go lunch i decided to revisit Blue Barn.
and holy fucking shit…sometimes there is nothing better in life than an AMAZING SANDWICH. and the one i had today was iiiiincredible and toootally satisfying and perfect in every way!!!!!!
the crusty grilled bread. the juicy heirloom tomatoes. the medley of cheeses and wad of fresh greens in the center. it dripped. it crunched. and it was large enough to require digestion breaks in between.
today’s sandwich experience goes down as one of the best EVER. No joke. i will be thinking about it for quite a while….
Blue Barn Burrata Grilled Cheese sando:
{ingredients: heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella burrata, arugula & pesto aioli}
…..NAP TIME!
Other cities seem to have many pictures taken in places that tourists don’t visit.
curious as how a statement like this is confirmed?
wellllllll, Artist/Geotagger/active Flickr-er Eric Fischer has created a slide show [somehow] able to identify at a certain period in time, if a photo is being taken by a local (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more), a tourist (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month), or some other creature (pictures where it can’t be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist [because they haven’t taken pictures anywhere for over a month]. They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all).
nuts….right?
well, besides being an incredibly interesting observation that makes me reflect on my own obsessive photo-snapping behaviors…some of these images are just BEAUTIFUL to me.
[Blue pictures are by locals. Red pictures are by tourists. Yellow pictures are undetermined]
Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
im LOVING this article The Dumpling Effect: The Trouble with Coolhunting your Dinner
i’ve definitely waited more than ten minutes for a slice of pizza…of course i’ve taken countless pictures of sandwiches (and then some, ahem foodspotting.com/KaylanS) ….call me what you want, but yes i do believe i belong as a part of this Foodie subculture.
i also fully agree that ‘there is something to be said for Just Experiencing something and letting the sole record of it be your memory. It’s worked for centuries.’
sometimes NOT tweeting/capturing/yelping/blogging the shit out of a meal makes it that much more special.
yes….i know im twisted…..
Horo for the day
…its important to have some quiet time to reconnect with your inner thoughts. Even if you attempt to avoid your feelings now, you still must face them once the current noise dies.
soooo i finally got around to visiting my very good friend Alex in her native land of COLORADO.
we met studying abroad in Melbourne, Aus, some years back and since then have traveled together throughout Greece, Mexico, New Zealand and a few other more local destinations….Arizona, Vegas, Lodi…the likes.
i have been saying for years that i wanted to come visit her but never seemed to pick a weekend and book tickets. so, during the most fun summer of MY LIFE i decided to just do it.
I had a blast!! Spent some time in Denver, Golden, Franktown and Boulder (pre-massive-fire).
We hiked, ate, drank many many local microbrews, rolled around with dogs, went to the park, watched UP, and witnessed a car show… of course with a few tiger snoozes in between.
Colorado is a great place! beautiful! clean air. the bluest of blue skies. nice people. kind of red-neck-y. but a fun-loving, dog-friendly, laid-back kind of place!
couple of weird things:
-there were speed limit (and minimum) signs on the highway, like so
-there was a 2drink MAXIMUM at some pub we went to in denver…. NO comprendo
– i heard about a Mexican restaurant that has a 3Margarita max… again no Hablo Americano
{its like they want people in Colorado to have funnnn….BUT not TOO much fun…??} no se.
i also noticed that you need the following things to really be a TRUE coloradoan:
-a labrador/retriever
-a very large truck
-a mountain bike
-a true love for Coors light
check out my snaps:
i spend most of my time inside my own head.
and im pretty sure im crazy fiiiiine.
About the GEMINI:
Your world comes in pairs: good and evil, male and female, in and out, yin and yang — and you Geminis are living proof. Some might say Gemini are an entanglement of paradoxes, but the truth is that Gemini have an easy acceptance of opposites. Gemini world is one of duality. Gemini can like this and that, one thing and its opposite.
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