The entire Crate and Barrel summer catalog: Green mosaic hurricane candle holders, bottle-glass green summer glasses, Ruovikko seaglass bedding… um, notice a theme? Coveting green in spring, how innovative. I told you I’m a marketer’s dream.
The current cover of Rolling Stone with The Hills girls, which let’s just say I won’t be throwing away anytime soon. I know, I know, but what can I say? Those trashy girls make me go a little gay. (Except for Lauren. She’s like everyone’s annoying ex-girlfriend.)
Movies! I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall twice and lah-hoved it. If Superbad and The 40 Year Old Virgin were up your alley, this will be too. I agreed to see Iron Man and ended up totally loving it. It was a perfect summer movie, and Robert Downey Jr. is such a pimp (he IS). Gwyneth Paltrow was in it too. Are action movies becoming the new indie flick? And of course there’s Indiana Jones, the Sex movie, and a new Will Ferrell movie, which I can usually take or leave, but I love him paired with John C. Reilly (”Why do you need to have the stereo and the TV on at the same time?” “Because I like to party.”). Also, do you know that movie theaters now have self-serve butter? It really walks that fine line between completely genius and totally gross. Between all that and the free air-conditioning, I can tell that I’ll be spending a lot of time there this summer.
Sabra hummus. Like most people on the planet I enjoy but don’t spend much time thinking about hummus. I only buy it when I’ll be putting out apps or something. But for some reason a work friend randomly told me to try Sabra. I was at the grocery store after work that day and noticed they had it so I picked some up and, um, YUM. It’s like regular hummus’s superhot older sister. For reals. I mean, how often do I blog so enthusiastically about chickpeas?
My summer job. Once the school year ends I’ll be spending two days a week seeing my students and two days with my friend’s 10 and 8-year-old, which means swimming and mini-golf and day trips. I considered the whole 30-year-old babysitter thing for a second, and then thought, fuck it, what a break from the routine, bring on the sno-cones!
Getting back into cooking, especially for friends, but also just in general. It seems natural that this picks up more in the spring, when there’s more last-minute gatherings and open windows and longer sunlight. I’m more relaxed and confident with cooking than last year at this time, which makes it more fun. I should get back into the Tuesday night cooking thing. My next mission is grilling. First up: Buy a grill. Actually, does anyone have any suggestions for outdoor grills? I saw the George Foreman outdoor grill at Linens and Things for a decent price and then realized that I actually have no idea what I’m looking for, or what kind of grill is any good. I’ll round up a guy friend or two to help, since they come out of the womb with endless opinions on barbecued meat, but if you have any thoughts on the matter (or any other matter, really), they’d be very welcome.
Hmm…could all that green have anything to do with your new green patio set that an amazing “guy friend or two” lugged and put together for you? I bet he has great taste in movies, too! Seriously, though, your summer sounds like it’s going to be awesome! Hooray for good weather, good music, a good patio and set, good Crate and Barrel stuff, and even better friends!
die… die… dieeeee… I can’t! (omg… still laughing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq1vikN3XLM
Snocones sound so good to me right now! Especially the red ones. The purple ones are disgusting.
I also loved Forgetting Sarah Marshall. “I just want to B my L on some Ts.” That totally cracked me up.
Finally, grills. I have always used a propane gas grill, but I have no idea what kind. I am such a big help. I know.
Jill, woo summer and thanks for all the directions.
S, I was so happy to see that!! They also have the Infant Sorrow videos on there. Sodomize intolerance!
-R-, what makes the red and purple ones so different? Hmmm.
The purple ones taste like medicine. Bleck.
Yummm, Sabra Hummus! The kind with roasted pine nuts is my favorite!
What delightful things to love! I don’t really have anything else to say here, except that Rob refused to buy a gas grill and insisted upon a weber charcoal one last summer when we moved into the new house. Now, 9 times out of the 10 that I suggest we grill something, his answer is, “Enh. I don’t want to deal with the charcoal.”
Ahhh, men.
Ooo, now I totally have to try that hummus. Hummus makes me happy because it’s so good and also so healthy! Yummy chickpeas!
Pottery Barn has cute summer stuff too. And CB2 for a more modern spin.
Also love the Sabra pine nut hummus. Most of the people I work with think I’m totally insane for having pita chips and Sabra for lunch. They just don’t know. And I’m not sharing.
I would give about anything to see a puppet musical right about now. Oh, wait. Avenue Q is coming to my town soon. Looks like I CAN.
When Jason Segal started singing in his Count Chocula voice, I almost wet my pants. He’s my new hero!
Always good to read about swimming, my ex was an olympic swimmer..
Can I ask though - how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..