Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts

14.10.11

Your Filo-sofical Friday Pump Up

    One of my dearest friends asked us to make her a list
    of ways she could start living life in a more interesting way.
    She found this list so motivating that she encouraged us
    to pass it along to you.

    So without further ado,
    Filosofia would like to present our partially illustrated
     41 tips for re-inspiring daily life.

    1. Start a penpal collective.

    2. Cook one new thing a week.

    3. Learn to sew.

    4. Get into color.

    5. Read more.

    6. Go to a poetry slam.

    7. Eat more cake.

    8. Eat more cake that you've made.

    9. Start a bakery collective.

    10. Take a dance class.

    11. Do more yoga.

    12. Be nice to people (and animals).

    13. Donate to charities that you like.

    14. Window shop.

    15. Donate some extra free time to a cause you believe in.

    16. Paint your nails.

    17. Learn to play chess.

    18.  Redo a part of your house (if there is something you want to improve).

    19. Take up gardening.

    20. Take piano lessons.

    21. Get a record player.

    22. Wear more hats.

    23. Use your Saturday mornings to practice your foreign language skills.

    24.  Do more headstands (if you can't do a headstand, then learn how).

    25.  Do more cartwheels (same rules as #24).

    26. Join a collective (book, gardening, whatever).

    27. Grow your own herbs.

    28. Pickle things.

    29. Make jam.

    30. Smile more.

    31. Pay attention to your surroundings.

    32. Make sure everything in your space is only there because
          you love it and want it there.

    33. Read at least one chapter of a book you love per day.

    34. Buy colorful pens.

    35. Learn to wink / wink more.

    36. Perfect your handshake.

    37. Make origami.

    38. Knit.

    39. Crochet.

    40. Make your own hats.

    41. Wear flowers in your hair.

7.4.11

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!