My sneakers are made from recycled materials. They’re called “ecosneaks” and they’re pretty comfy. Uppers are made of hemp. Outsole is made of old tires. Insole is made of paper pulp. The laces are PET (recycled plastic bottles and containers). Cool, huh?!
This spring/summer, I’ve been mentoring my third graduate student and she has been so fun to have as my shadow. She’s very smart, intuitive, calm, and eager to learn. She also grew up in Sonoma County where her family still resides and grows fresh fruits and veggies. On Monday morning, I found this jar of preserves on my desk at work and it turns out that she made it with her mom over the weekend. And I got one!! The presentation is so simple and yet it’s so pretty too. I finally opened it today to have a little taste and WOW. It was so yummy and I can’t wait to make a PB&J sammich tomorrow morning.
I picked up this little guy at a gardening store. It’s perfect for getting crap out of my nails after a messy painting project, after cooking a big meal, or if I’m giving myself a manicure. It’s also an elephant. How awesome is that?!
I found this cool toy for Koa at Target and thought I’d do some show and tell. It’s a squeaky plush AND a tennis ball, which are two of Koa’s most favorite toys. I also thought it was cute. Unfortunately, they didn’t sew the head on very well and Koa nearly tore his head off in a matter of seconds. So, as I’ve done with many of his other plush toys, I restitched the head back on with dental floss, which I’ve found to be nearly indestructible to his teeth.
Hey everyone! Show me what you’ve got in your fridge!
Here’s what I have: Izze Sparkling Juice and Coors Light. Woot! The pomegranate is my favorite and I love the simple but appealing logo. The Coors Light is there because it’s always in my fridge.
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Today I had afternoon tea at Leland Tea Company before my Machine Hemming class. As usual, I ordered the tea lunch complete with a turkey and cheese sandwich cut into little triangles, a fresh pot of tea, side salad, bowl of fruit, and madeleines. With my tea, I added some of these Honey Pearls along with a dash of milk. Perfect. For some reason, the silverware, presentation of the food, and packaging and name “Honey Pearls” was very appealing to me so I ended up taking a snapshot of my meal.
My class went rather well and I learned how to do a blind hem (by hand), a machine blind hem, and how to shorten pants while keeping the original hem. I now have a brand new pair of pants to wear to work tomorrow!!
My classes usually get out between 9:30 and 10:00 so it’s pretty late. I usually take a cab home, which costs me about $11 and I get home in a jiffy. For some reason, I was feeling a little adventurous today and decided to save myself $11 and caught the 47 bus home. It was a free ride home (with my Muni pass) but it was pretty sketchy. After a couple of stops, I realized that I was taking the Bum Bus. It goes down Van Ness, past Market, turns onto Mission, goes down 10th street to Bryant and ends up at the CalTrain Station. With each stop, more and more bums got on and the bus started to smell like everyone was overdue for a bath. At Bryant and 5th, pretty much everyone got off and I realized that it was a homeless shelter. I guess they were all heading “home” after a long day out on the streets. One guy insisted on sitting right next to me even though the bus was pretty empty. I guess he wanted to talk to me and he did. I think he was a little crazy…nice, but crazy. So was it worth saving $11? Technically yes but not sure it’s worth the risk of getting harassed by a crazy dude. At least I can say I tried it out and survived to tell the story of how I rode the Bum Bus.
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