artichoke

the curious gypsy in me has decided that for the entire month of june i will do, try ,or learn something new every day. i am a strong believer of exploring and taking the time to experience all that life has to offer.
below is my 1st june treat

a artichoke yes a artichoke. i have eaten them before but had no idea how to cook one. it always looked so daunting...so not the case. with the tips of my dear friend caroline and the guidance of simplyrecipes.com it was a breeze.

click here for the complete recipe

bay leaf, garlic clove and a slice of lemon.

viola!!!! done. so simple to make.

                                                                              tasty.

bits of a brooklyn street fair

happy speakers

nice baskets

colorful earrings

funky chair

hula hoop girls

a mandrian drink to cool me down

brooklyn flea

scenes from the brooklyn flea.

satc 2

so nice to see my girls back on the big screen. I enjoyed the movie however i think my invite to abu dhabi was lost in the mail?

banana shpeel

i went to the cirque du soleil show banana spheel. colorful and entertaining

bits of the drums along the hudson festival

dream catchers

drums a long the hudson a native american festival held once a year at the inwood hill park

the sartorialist & face hunter

my sister gave me the book the sartorialist a few months back because she knows i am a big fan of Scott Schuman's photos of fashionable/interesting people.

to add to my collection last week i received the facehunter as a gift from a coworker........luck me 2 table top books full of fashion candy.

                                                                       the facehunter