First glance you can pass this off as a book of matches, but that isn't what the "Five Minutes" is all about. A book of 10 small candles that comes handy in many everyday situations! Why, I can think of 3 situations right this instant:
1) When you bring in the cake but forget the candles.
2) Emergency lights-out.
3) In my travel bag, right next to pocket matches and paper-strip soaps! How many tricky situations can you come up with?
Designed by Mayday | Country: United Kingdom
Beautiful work for UK brand Clearspring from Mayday. Creative use of diecutting makes for quick and easy recognition of what the product is. The photographic treatment for the organic fruit purée is very unique and screams appetite appeal.
Dayna Decker Chandel Couture ~ the same way looking up at chandeliers has been mesmerizing recently, looking down at the wide woody crackling wicks of Dayna Decker Chandels. They smell divine, but i can't get over the lovely glass votive lined in black with the patented EcoWood Wick is "made from organic wood via a natural manufacturing process, and burns cleaner than an ordinary cotton wick. When lit, the EcoWood Wick displays an intriguing "teardrop" shaped flame and emits a soothing crackling sound." Quick video to share the crackling with you on the next page as well as unboxing and product shots of the chandel!
NOTCOT Field Trip? Posted The Grilled Cheese Truck earlier this week on NOTCOT.org, and when we noticed it was going to be on this side of town for lunch, simply had to pop out to see what all the commotion was about. (Also, i have a soft spot for grilled cheese… and their logo reminds me of The Magic School Bus… i half expected to see Ms. Frizzle pop out to take us on a cheesy adventure)… With website, twitter, and facebook page (like many of these social media savvy specialty lunch trucks) the updates were constant as their precise location kept changing down to the minute, and we finally found them at the Los Angeles Fine Arts & Wine Storage Company parking lot, only half an hour into it and quite the line had already formed, inescapable scent of delicious greasy cheesiness omnipresent. Even CBS news was there tasting and shooting away… With a mix of your classic grilled cheeses, to your gourmet grilled cheese (add in mac+cheese, bacon, avocado, bbq pork and more) ~ and even dessert options (marshmallows, nutella, bananas) ~ as well as tomato soup shots and more ~ it was hard to choose! As with all of these specialty twitter happy lunch trucks, the lines are long, ordering seems to be the bottleneck, and it seems best to meet up with a bunch of friends to hang out with in line… also, go early! Because depending on zoning/landlord regulations, they can usually only stay put for a limited amount of time, so not everyone will get fed! So take a peek at more pics of both the truck and the food ~ this is the first time i've peeked INSIDE the truck! And since it took quite a while to get the food, and i promised to get Linhchi back to her house by 1:40, we shot the food pics in the car (sometimes at red lights)…p.s.
was reading up last night on this Lunch Truck Phenomenon that seems to be sweeping the nation lately ~ some fun resources to note: Find LA Food Trucks and California Taco Trucks (run by dan's old boyscout friend, Cyrus Farivar!)
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While fun and amusing ~ i think overall, if i'm going to spend an hour+ at lunch with friends, i'd rather do the sit down thing ~ but good times, and a fun chance to catch up with some old friends!
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From an im conversation right now, we've decided that when the process of getting the food and hanging out with friends is a lot of the fun… where is our champagne and oysters truck?
Here's CBS' @malkoff and cameraman (sorry! i didn't catch your name!) waiting for grilled cheesiness…
Tomato soup shot looks like a tub of salsa, perfect for dipping… grilled cheese needs to be eaten fast while still crispy and gooey ~ definitely super greasy though!
Tater tots were like you'd expect… (we wish we had some salt +/or ketchup in the car!)
A peek at the sweet dessert gooey marshmallow, nutella, roasted banana one ~ honestly wasn't a huge fan ~ it was a pile of mashed banana on mostly one half that didn't really mix with the black and white goo… but it did make me crave smores!
Popped by the opening of the inaugural PRISM Gallery exhibition, MindTheGap, featuring the stunning works of Barry McGee and Phil Frost. There are so many angles a post on this opening could take, just doing a quick google of it, quickly you can see who's who that showed up, the architecture, the artists, the gallerist… so let's just focus on what was truly most inspiring about the event. The art. The details. The space. And to take in such overwhelming amounts of pattern heavy art that took a bit to process… and perched on sunset in West Hollywood, the three tiered roof with breath taking LA views were exactly what you needed… although the sparkling lights of the city felt as if you were staring into another patterned piece of art to lose yourself in. With all of the work shown, you could easily spend some time discovering details, turning away, turning back, and still see something new. So explore some of my favorite views of the show on the next page…
I couldn't help but notice how techy and YOU focused the unmissably large adverts next to the party were… nice one, HTC and Yahoo.
