Happy Birthday to Shug!

Yesterday was Shug's birthday.  

We had a nice restful day hanging out with Ruby and watching movies.  It was so fun!  I think Shug was still recovering from his surprise party on Friday evening!  THAT was so much fun, too!  I feel so lucky that I get to spend another year with this amazing man!  Happy Birthday, Shug!

I'll have a whole post on the birthday shenanigans later this week...!

Goldteef's Best Songs of 2010

I know we're already almost a month into 2011, 

but I wanted to share a mixtape of what I thought to be 

the most lovely and interesting songs of 2010!  

You can download it for free here.

Here's the tracklist:

1~All Eyes - Gauntlet Hair

2~Locust Valley - Women

3~Mickey Mouse - Wavves

4~Born Free - M.I.A.

5~The Overachievers - Liars

6~Expectations - Tame Impala

7~In the Trees - Moon Duo

8~Slow Motion - Panda Bear

9~Tall Grass -Toro y Moi

10~Set Your Arms Down - Warpaint

11~Amsterdam - White Hinterland

12~Pleasure Sighs - Morning Benders

13~Harmonix - Surfer Blood

14~California Shakedown - Pearl Harbor

15~Round and Round - Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti

16~Blood Dries Darker - Woods

17~Gay Human Bones - Harlem

18~Crazy for You - Best Coast

19~Lost in the World - Kanye West featuring Bon Iver

20~Sir Greendown - Janelle Monae

21~Hocus Pocus - Woodsman

22~Untitled - Atlas Sound

23~Oliver Twist - Avey Tare

24~Helicopter - Deerhunter

25~Screens - Animal Collective

26~It's a Trap - Power Animal

27~Lady Daydream - Twin Sister

28~Silver Soul - Beach House

Here's Goldteef's favorites of 2009, if you're interested!

Have a lovely weekend!

xo.

A Blog to Follow: Bangable Dudes in History

I stumbled across one of the funniest blogs I've seen in a while yesterday: Bangable Dudes in History.  It is a collection of men, be they historically "bad guys" or "good," but they all have their "hotness" broken down in pie chart form. 

 

You also get some interesting info about these dudes: like, Tesla was a total heartthrob!  He believed women would become the dominant sex in the future!  He also was a vegetarian, believed in E.T. before Spielberg was even an itch in his daddy's pants, and celibate...Like I said, TOTAL heartthrob!

You'll be surprised at some of the inclusions!  Look at this young kid, Stalin!  He was just a lil' puddin'!  Take a few seconds out of your day to visit these hotties in history!

What the French Girls Are Wearing Right Now

 

1) Shorts over tights.  Add heels for extra points.

(Yes these lovely ladies aren't French, but their style is!)

2) ANY boot by Isabel Marant.

3) Always use an iPod on the Metro.  

If you don't have an iPod, 

a good book you can easily stash in your purse is a great alternative.

4) A scarf.  Always.

 5) Perfume.  

French women not only look amazing, 

but smell amazing, too!

Sniffle Central

Well, I've finally succumbed to the many hours of hospital time 

I've logged this last week and came down with the flu. 

I'm not a very good sick person.

I whine.

I cry.

I sniffle.

And I ask for very expensive vitamins.

(Have you tried Oscillo?  It's magic.  Pinky-swear!)

Shug has been taking good care of me,

even if I'm a nightmare to be around!

I'll have an awesome post up tomorrow, promise.

I am determined to feel better by then!

Music Monday: Panda Bear

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Love.

Love.

Love.

In which we find we are not only joined by our hearts...

...but our stomachs!

Shug and I have always enjoyed eating the local cuisine when we travel.  Our heads just about exploded over Irish Breakfasts.  And all we lived on in Costa Rica was gallo pinto, avocados, and cacique.  So you can imagine our excitement when we knew we were headed to Paris!

Since the dollar was so weak against the euro while we were in Europe, Shug and I decided to have one "real" meal a day, bolstered with some café au lait and inexpensive snacks.  Our first sit-down dinner in Paris remains Shug's favorite: steak, pomme frites, and haricots verts with an amazing mustard cream sauce.  We shared a lovely bottle of red wine and I ordered the escargots and cheese plate for my gluten-free fare.

Have you tried escargot?  It sounds like the most vile thing a human could ever want to eat: snails.  That green slimy-looking stuff is actually an amazing mixture of pureed garlic, butter, and herbs that have been slathered all over the little slugs!  They taste like a nutty, chewy mushroom dipped in butter and heavensauce!  Shug was a little skeptical at first, but decided to ignore his reservations about consuming an invertebrate and dove right in!  He was more than pleased with the cuisine risk he took, and escargot were ordered at almost every meal we had thereafter! 

On the walk back to our hotel we passed a sign that made the 11-year-old in us giggle:

I suppose that was lost in translation on us!  I am guessing it means served platter-style as opposed to sandwich or wrap-style, but it didn't stop us from laughing...!  I couldn't find the translation in my French phrasebook, either, so maybe the restaurant owners were playing a big joke on everyone who passes that sign!  Who knows?  If any of you speak French, please explain!

I hope you have a lovely weekend.  Are you ready for spring yet?  I know I am!  xo.