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(*For the ladies*)
Yes, I’m still obsessed with skin care products. I’m always trying to find the best (and cheapest!) solution for great skin care.
I used to use the Kinerase Blemish Stick for minor acne breakouts. Problem is, Kinerase is extremely expensive (steep price tag of $42!), and while the blemish stick worked well, I ran out after about 15 uses. It only lasted me about 2 weeks.
I found a better solution, and it’s half the price. The Ole Henriksen Roll-On Blemish stick works better than the Kinerase blemish stick at fighting acne, and it’s better suited for people with sensitive skin (like myself). You can purchase this product at Sephora. It’s also almost 3 times the size of the Kinerase product, so it will last you for quite a while. It goes on smooth, and dries clear as well. I'm not sure if this will work for people with 'severe acne', but if you have minor/occasional spots – this blemish stick will knock them out overnight.
Like with all acne based products, remember to use sun-block!
It seems like almost everyone in the area has found out about Hello Cupcake’s free promotion today. In fact, I think they advertised the event a little TOO well. It was posted on Twitter, Facebook, Metromix, DCist blog and the Hello Cupcake website.
I called the shop about 9:50am to ask how long the promotion would be going on for. They told me they baked about 1,500 cupcakes for today, and the promotion would go on until the cupcakes ran out. They also told me, that there was already a line forming outside their door. Rightly so I suppose – in my opinion, this place does have the best cupcakes in DC.
I rushed up there about 10:30am to get my free cupcake (figuring I’d beat the lunch-rush), but was quickly diverted at seeing well over 50+ people already in line!!! Much to my dismay, I went back to work empty-handed, and sugarless. I’d rather pay the $3 per cupcake vs. standing in that ridiculously long line. And I only suspect it will get worse as lunchtime approaches.
So, if you scored a treat today – good for you! Everyone knows when you advertise “free” anything in DC, patrons come out the ‘wood-works’. Maybe I’ll hit my new sweet spot today – Robeks!
Here’s a couple of pics of the 10:30am line. Further toward the back of the line, it actually looked as if some lady brought her entire daycare of kids!
The Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to be exact! It’s located in New York city (Manhattan). They feature design in all it’s disciples – graphic design, illustration, textile, product design, interior design, fashion design, technology design, and architecture. It’s nice to know the Smithsonian saw a need for praising and honoring various facets of this noteworthy art form. So, next time you’re in New York city, why not skip the usual museum fare, and stop by the Design Museum? You really can’t beat the $15 admission price.
And if this museum’s mission couldn’t get any better, they also host the Annual National Design Awards, which honors the best in American design. There are normally a few free art/design panels and discussions in D.C. too. Check out the site.
If you're as obsessed with the Food Network as I am, you'll be excited to know that the Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show is coming to the DC area on November 7 & 8. You'll be able to meet some of your Food Network favorites, like Paula Deen and Giada De Laurentiis. There will be panels where you can see your favorite stars cook, as well as get book signings. Some noteworthy D.C. restaurant owners and chefs will also be there doing demonstrations and seminars. I'm contemplating getting tickets for the Neely's BBQ lunch or the Wine/Spirits tasting. My friends and family know that I truly hate cooking...but I don't mind watching someone else cook...and I have no objections to eating!
Tickets are selling fast! I believe one of the Giada demos is already sold out.
Check out the site: Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show
I’m hoping next year they’ll have my man, Bobby Flay! I love him!
I just recently had the chance to read my HOW magazine Self-Promo Design Annual issue. I always anticipate the Design Annual issues, because they are a great source of design inspiration. I was highly impressed by Danielle Lee Kroll’s self-promo piece (on pages 36-37). Danielle is a recent graduate of the Tyler School of Art, but this grad’s design work is far from amateur. I was so blown-away by this promo piece, I had to commend Danielle via email.
I thought her fabric swatch portfolio booklet was ingenious. The typography is exquisite, the portfolio pages are well designed, and the use of color and pattern work beautifully together. I wish I had a copy of this piece of add to my “inspiration” collection.
Well done Danielle – you’d be an asset to any design firm! Here’s a couple photos of her page spread:
Thank goodness for Facebook! Thievery Corporation posted on Facebook that they were planning two more tours – one being in Baltimore! I immediately bought my tix, and scored seats front and center for the show. Sweet! I missed their last two shows (9:30 and Rams Head) – so I’m so glad I found out about this show before it was too late.
If you’re interested, they’re coming to the Pier 6 Pavilion on Sept. 19th @ 5:30pm. Tickets range from $25 to $65.
I got pavilion seats. I never chance lawn seats after I was severely rained on (and slipped in the mud) at the Lilith Fair several years ago.
Today Adobe organized a free seminar at the Marriott Metro Center in D.C. to showcase some new features of Acrobat 9. I currently have 9Pro at home, but had no idea there were soo many cool additions!
In addition to the free session, Adobe offered us a free continental breakfast too! (Nice touch Adobe). The session ran from 9:30am – 12:30pm, and was hosted by Acrobat gurus Rick Borstein and Mark Middleton.
There’s no way these guys could cover ALL the new features in 3 hours, but they touched on the highlights. Adobe has significantly improved the Typewriter tool feature, OCR, Form field creation, Redaction, and PDF to web page conversion features. One of the biggest highlights – the ‘PDF Portfolio’ addition. This thing is cool, and actually pretty useful for Graphic Designers who want to develop PDF samples for email. PDF Portfolio basically takes your PDF files (and Word files, emails, spreadsheets, etc.), and creates an interactive presentation, that can be customized with a background, header graphic and logo. You can even customize your documents to flow ‘a la’ iPod album scroll style.
In the Pro-Extended version, there’s also a nifty PowerPoint plug-in that allows you to add more interactivity to your presentation – including voice over narration. Now PDF can work seamlessly with PowerPoint exports – and you can view and navigate your slides directly through Acrobat.
And the coolest feature added: you can now watch/play Flash movies WITHIN your PDF document! Meaning, if you do a PDF web capture on a website that has Flash – when you open your document in Acrobat, your PDF will play your Flash movie right in the document. Niiice.
Don’t’ forget to download Acrobat Reader 9 – it’s free!! Some of these ‘special’ features can only be viewed with the newest Acrobat versions.
I don’t use Adobe Acrobat outside of creating PDFs from the Creative Suite, but it’s always cool to take advantage of free seminars…especially ones that feed you!
(Unfortunately, the lady in front of me didn’t learn a darn thing. She knitted the entire time. Why come to a seminar to knit?!)
New York Daily News reported an online article which states that a mermaid has been sighted in Israel. Last time I checked, weren't mermaids mythical creatures? What's worse - the people quoted in this article are rationalizing the possibility of the mermaid's existance. (?!). Come on people. Check out this bizarre article.
Well, it’s probably not what you expect – but below are a couple photos from my trip. They are all scenic ones. Majority of my photos are on Facebook, and truthfully, there are soo many (500+!), that there’s no way I could post them all on this blog, or Flickr.
I hope you enjoy them. I’m not a photographer, but I was quite impressed with myself for taking these pictures. I think they came out really well. I’ve printed and framed a few of them at home.
It takes me ages to pick out wall art for our house, so why not use original work, right? It’s cheaper, and it has some sentimental value.
(Photo 1: Corinth, Photos 2-5: Islands of Hydra and Poros)
For those of you that need your “It’s Always Sunny” fix right now (and can not simply wait for the premiere) you might be interested in this news. A live musical production of ‘The Nightman Cometh’ is touring a couple venues across the US. And best of all, the actual cast is performing….including Charlie Day. Tickets go on sale today for the NYC show. All others go on sale tomorrow.
(And for those of you that do not watch the show…sorry for the geeky post)
