ebay

Yesterday, Scarlett Johansson did a favor for Jay Leno. She caught a cold from Spirit co-star, Sam Jackson. Blew her nose unto a tissue, signed the plastic ziplock that held the used thing &.. as of 1am, Thursday morning..  . the current bid ( oh! because its being auctioned off on Ebay! ) is at $1,625 usd.  All proceeds go to benefit USA Harvest. weird,huh?

22-december-08: the tissue ended up going for 5,300.00 usd. 

craving

A brisk summer weekend, in San Francisco. It was the Outside Lands Music festival (Radiohead night), when I decided to grab an iced coffee at one of the food vendors at the festival. 

Why do I continue to get iced coffee drinks when it's cold? When I lived in NY, I would always grab a coffee at one of the stands before work & I could never wait long enough, for my hot coffee, to cool before I was at work. Coffee & Cigarettes, one of my favorites. An iced coffee always sufficed. 

Anyways,  back to the festival.. Displayed, at the coffee shack were some YUMMY looking sandwich cookies, covered in powdered sugar. Is that caramel in between? "Alfajores", the nice counter lady declared. "Iced coffee and an alfajor, please!" I, just about, died and gone to heaven as I walked away, with alfajor in hand. I really didn't want to share it with Ruben. But he would have needed to experience the cookie, just as much as me. They're that good. 

The next day... I forgot what they were called!? A couple weeks later, I awoke to Ingrid Hoffman's Simply Delicioso. She was making alfajores! I vowed to myself.. never to forget the name of these Argentinean cookies, again. 


Above, is a shot of my own homemade version. They turned out really good, but I'll need a lil more practice to perfect it. Recipe, thanks to mattbites.

top of The List..

the first of all the christmas movies, I can't wait to see. Especially with Gabriel Macht, as the Spirit. the curious case of Benjamin Button comes in 2nd. What about you?

jealous?

Last week: "Turn around, I'm ordering your Christmas present (online)"- BF, ruben. I had no idea what he was getting me. 2 days ago: The shipped box lay on my laptop. "Should I wait until Christmas to open it?"... "Oh, what the hell!" Three cloth wrapped ..things ( I didn't know what), labeled seascape, landscape and winterscape. As I shook the parcel, I knew immediately. "..all three of them!?" 

These are so beautiful! Thanks to the Curiosity Shoppe.. where I first fell in love with yellow owl workshop. think about good people, simple things in life.. don't let stress get to you, especially this time of year. i heart my jigah, ruben.

happy holidays, from downtown san jose.

cheech & chong

San Jose stop, 30-11-2008. Glad to have seen 'em, in my lifetime. a/k/a Tommy Chong

thanksgiving '08

Some favorites for this year: sweet honey ham, bread, and marshmallow'd sweet potatoes. I'm still full.

lemoncakes

Yesterday, I made some lemon cupcakes with a lemon buttercream. Yummy, fresh and easy to make. I used a box of yellow cake mix. I added some lemon juice to the water you're supposed to add to the mix. For the frosting, I mixed a cup of butter with 2 1/2 cups of powered sugar. And another squeeze of lemon juice. I went easy on frosting the lemoncakes, and sprinkled a little lemon peel on top. I used the juice of half a lemon. They went great with some Cooks Extra Dry. I love long weekends. 

1st look

my husband, johnny, as the Mad Hatter. .in Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland. this won't disappoint.

SASsy

My new, old lady, comfy, electric blue, work shoes, from SAS. The salesman handed me some toffee (walkers' nonsuch) before I left. .made my day, yummy!

i need this!

I am in love with this maze shelf I found on elseware.to. will you be, too?

obama-4-president

Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the U.S. Today is a good day.

i ((heart)) this movie.

one of my favorites. 

RIP George Carlin

you crazy SOB. love yah. 

i hope

Currently, I am working on a couple of gocco prints..finishing touches on some sketches. Really excited about my new work area. Almost ready to print! I can take a long time creating and making. Which is why I'm proud of my work, 100%.
I hope to post some stationery and notebooks (4-sale on etsy.com) by spring of '09.. I am also putting together some jewelry, which I haven't been working on, in awhile. I really want the shoppe to be successful, which is why its gonna take a little longer. All hand-made by me, Jonahliza.

hmmm

I'm testing out a blog. Hope it goes well. Wish me luck?