Tatte Cookies and Cakes

This cute little place is in Brookline Mass. The menu is a mix of mediterranean and middle eastern inspired pastries. I would love to decorate my kitchen and dining room like this. 

Mas Info Graphics

The possibilities are endless! Check out this web site as well.

Info Graphics Galore

Info Graphics are a fun way to spice up otherwise dull information. Check out this web site for inspiration!

Quirky collections

I found this article about what drives people to collect, when collecting is a healthy hobby, and when it becomes extreme. I wonder if any of us would run around the city wearing an orange cape and calling ourselves Captain Beany? :)

52 cupcakes by the Cupcake Queen

The Cupcake Queen started this blog when she embarked on a mission to bake one cupcake a week for a year. The hitch was that she had never baked before. Through her blog she narrates her failures and successes and lets her audience in on how the cupcakes tie in with what's going on in her life. Birthdays, new jobs, sports championships. And her photography is beautiful. Check out her blog at 52cupcakes.blogspot.com

D.C. Tourism

I have been doing a bunch of research for my booklet project and came across two great D.C. tourism sites. Washington.org is really user friendly and easy to navigate depending on what interests you. For example, if you were, say, a foodie, the page would be filled with current and relevant foodie events, restaurants to visit, etc. Cultural Tourism D.C. is another great site. It points you to D.C.'s historic and cultural attractions. When you're looking for something to fill all those free Saturdays you have coming up, check them out!

Fondation Maeght

Check out this link to the Fondation Maeght. This is the modern art museum in Southern France where I picked up those two illustrated books from class. They house work from Chagall, Miro, Braque and Giacometti. The outside of the museum is even more beautiful than the galleries within. The image at left is from the back of the museum. There are some even better images at this web site.

Louise Fili

Louise Fili has designed some of the most beautiful food packaging and restaurant identities. I can't imagine a more amazing career than one that combines food and design!  Check out her web site to see her portfolio gallery. 

Sex Advice Column

Savage love is more of a column, but the writing is fantastic so I had to share. Dan Savage writes this weekly column in response to letters and calls from his readers. The letters are usually hilarious. He tells tells them how it is, with a lot of sarcasm and humor, and his advice is usually spot on. 

101 Cookbooks

101 Cookbooks is one of my favorite blogs. Not surprisingly, it is about food:) Heidi Swanson started the blog when she realized that she had accrued over 100 cookbooks and had better start trying some recipes before she bought any more. 

She is also an amazing photographer so the images are always beautiful. I love her recipes as well. They are mostly, if not all vegetarian, and she experiments with a lot of whole grains, natural sugars, and seasonal vegetables. I also have her book: Super Natural Cooking, and every recipe has been delicious. 

I think I might make this dish ravioli dish for dinner tonight. yum. 

Designer Toys

Kidrobot produces and sells limited edition, collectible toys for adults. The toys range from smoking bunnies to crazy alien creatures. They have a huge following and have developed some great marketing strategies to keep demand for Kidrobot toys at a maximum. They will do thing like send people on their listserve an email saying that they have something like 10 minutes to get to a certain spot in New York for a chance to purchase one of the newly released toys. 

Check out this web site for news on other designer toys.