Birthday Bubbles...

    I can think of few things better than visiting Tomás Saraceno's Cloud Cities
    on your birthday.

    Part ecological bounce house and part gravity defying mind bender,
    this show really makes you rethink the components connected to perception
    and experience of space.

 

Happy Birthday, MJ!

    Wish you were here to celebrate with us!

Happy Birthday, Lizzie

    My ever-fabulous godmother, Lizzie, would be 73 today.

    So for those of us that knew her and loved her, please pick up your martini

    glass and give her a toast. And for those of you who didn't have the 

    opportunity to meet Elizabeth Strahan...

    try to do something nice for someone else today. 

    Hold the door open, smile at a stranger, give a compliment...

    and listen to one of our favorite songs, which feels especially appropriate on 

    this rainy Berlinese day.

    Happy 73rd! Hope you are celebrating too wherever you may be...

    

The Geometry in Your Dessert

    Have you ever noticed how much geometric inspiration
    can be found in your dessert?

    It's entirely possible that all of the baumkuchen I've been eating lately
    is to blame for this post but...

    don't you see it??

    whether it's that perfect rectangle of flan

    or that tantalizing triangle of torte

    or that still-warm square of beignet

    One of the best places to look for form and design inspiration
    is right there in your pastry

   This last one-
   (my one-day-old-half-eaten-chocolate-chip-bagel-birthday-cake-stand-in)
   probably doesn't count but will still hopefully provide you with some
   amusement/ food for thought.

    the moral of this story: don't skip dessert!