tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262279902024-02-18T20:03:19.836-08:00miscellany of me..muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.comBlogger433125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-21920382976154007132014-08-16T02:33:00.000-07:002014-08-16T02:34:28.080-07:00Dreaming away..<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/X31SjB0SwOI" width="640"></iframe>muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-48505628938899234482014-05-31T04:58:00.000-07:002014-05-31T05:03:08.693-07:00Paris Day 3 pt2: Movies, fashion, and a whole lot of Seine..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
More random wandering through Paris..starting with the Jewish Quarter, the Marais..</div>
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Because of course you bring a piano to the Seine...</div>
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(<span style="background-color: #edf8f1; color: #006666; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Statue de Sainte Geneviève, on </span><span style="background-color: #edf8f1; color: #00557d; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://paris1900.lartnouveau.com/ponts/pont_de_la_tournelle.htm" target="_blank">Le pont de la Tournelle</a>..if you are wondering..)</span></div>
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Reason I was bored: Some movie being filmed, and they shut down the street for 15 min intervals while they filmed some scene or other..No, I didn't bother finding out which film to track it down and watch, cause I was too over the standing and waiting. Plus, the crew member blocking pedestrians looked grumpy..</div>
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<br />muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-57536216389329848922014-05-31T04:17:00.001-07:002014-05-31T05:01:01.470-07:00Paris Day 3: Streets and food and a little culture..It's been like a year and a half..whoops..and memory of exact details is getting hazy..but I still love my pictures..they were the biggest souvenir I brought home...I had something in the vicinity of 5000 pics, I think, of my entire trip. Be thankful I am kind and have severely curated them for you! :p (Ok, really, I am a terrible photographer, and I had to take that many to end up with a few decent-ish ones!)<br />
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All vegan restaurant..but I can't remember which one! Soo yummy, though..</div>
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A view worth that monumental flight of stairs. Staring down <a href="http://www.champselysees.org/" target="_blank">The Avenue des Champs-Élysées</a>, which is where we came up. I guess it was worth saying I have been there, but honestly, it was not my favorite part of Paris. I mean, there was a Gap. I did not come to France to shop at the Gap. I way, way preferred the little winding, cobbled side streets, with all the buildings and cobblestones and walls and character older than my whole country. THAT was interesting..</div>
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Staring down Rue Jean Mermoz, according to Google. Was just damn cool, was all I cared..</div>
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I loved this view...the <a href="http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/us/index.html" target="_blank">Sacre Couer</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre" target="_blank">Montmarte</a>, visible way off in the distance, through the rain..Did I mention the rain? It rained from the second day through the second to last day. I liked it, though...I came armed with a sturdy umbrella that fit in my bag, a warm jacket, and boots..I was ready to handle anything, and it sure added to the experience! :p </div>
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To warm up from the rain and freezing wind on top of the Arc, we headed to <a href="http://www.angelina-paris.fr/en/#/home/" target="_blank">Angelina's Tea Room</a>, across from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuileries_Garden" target="_blank">Jardin de Tuileries</a>, famous for their hot chocolate. The hot chocolate was pretty damn good...what passed for vegetarian options for lunch was so not. Won't be doing that again. Yuck.</div>
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Even their amazing looking sweets lined up in the case were off limits to us, being filled with eggs and glazed with gelatin. Oh, well, they LOOKED pretty freaking awesome!</div>
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I have no idea where this is, and I don't think it's Hawaii, but, Happy New Year from Hawaii, anyway!! :D</div>
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Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/villaaltea/" target="_blank">Villa Altea</a> (Oh, hey..looking up the credit, apparently the pic is somewhere called Costa Blanca in the Mediterranean..Not really so close to Hawaii, huh? :p )</div>
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And of course, right on the river, Notre Dame. This was about 1-2 blocks from where we were staying. It felt surreal just saying that. We walked past it ALL the time, cause it was on the way to almost everywhere we went. Did I mention surreal??</div>
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My mom's first comment when she heard I was in Paris was TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES OF THE ARCHITECTURE!! So I did. (If you are wondering why that was her first comment about it, it would be because I basically told NO ONE I was going, and just..left. I was NOT going to jinx myself!! As it was, it got pretty close!)</div>
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I stayed in Paris for 7 days, and then went on to the next destination...give me a chance and I'll get all the days up! lol</div>
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We went to the <a href="http://www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com/" target="_blank">Shinnyo-en Lantern Floating Festival</a> memorial ceremony last night..</div>
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Some people brought their own to release, and some people wrote their prayers on the lanterns provided by the members of <a href="http://www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com/shinnyo-en/" target="_blank">Shinnyo-en</a>, who make the lanterns, care for them, and rescue for re-use, year after year..<br />
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Using a rake and a stick, and no other tools..<br />
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And comes out with this incredible art, in perfect scale and proportion..<br />
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He creates them at low tide, every week..<br />
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His nickname is the Sand Dancer, and honestly, seeing the graceful swirls, loops, and curves, I think it is extremely fitting..<br />
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He's been doing it 13 years or so, and has created over a thousand works of art. I hope he continues making many more.</div>
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4, 9. <a href="http://myhealingkitchen.com/" target="_blank">My Healing Kitchen </a></div>
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This here? This is ice. From the sky. In Hawaii. In March, which is practically summer. In marble to golf ball sizes. I currently have frozen feet from walking in it trying to lay yoga mats and blankets over the windshields and the paint on the cars. At 6am. After waking from a dead sleep. You know, I live in Hawaii so I *don't* get frozen feet. Ever.<br />
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It was supposed to be a bumper crop of mangoes this year, too. The flowers and fruit were holding out against the winds for weeks. I guess they were actually supposed to DIE, so the hail came down and cleaned off the trees. Wah.muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-37725706217652526072012-01-11T00:15:00.000-08:002012-01-11T00:32:20.225-08:00Make a much prettier magnetic pincushion..<br />
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I love the concept of magnetic pincushions...using them while sewing on the machine, I pull the pins out and throw them in the general direction of that ubiquitous blue donut thing without slowing down, and it grabs them from almost midair and keeps them safe from landing under my feet. I love it. Not so much, the blob of blue plastic in my sewing room.<br />
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So, I decided to make my own, using a little porcelain dish I loved. And cause I could, I took pictures while doing it, and you can make your own, too. I promise you, you'll love it SO much more! :D<br />
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Strong glue that will hold both surfaces..I used Gorilla Glue<br />
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First, spread your glue on the spot you want the magnet (or on the magnet itself...I had a slight curve to my surface, so I wanted to make sure it was well filled with the glue so it would hold)..</div>
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Decide how many magnets you need for your particular dish (I needed three stacked together to be strong enough...other dishes might need more or less...test your one out), gluing together layers if need be..</div>
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Attach to the dish (like I said, I needed to stack mine up...if you have a wider, flatter dish, you might need to spread them around a little, to cover the surface to make it workable)..</div>
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And that's it. You now have your gorgeous little magnetic pincushion, ready to hold those pins in place without having to stop and stab them in, or leaving piles next to the machine while you work, and then the next time you rotate the garment to sew another seam, you sweep the whole mess onto the floor. Gah. It's like having a superhero working next to you. Seriously. I am in love. Hope you love yours just as much. :D</div>
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<br />muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-76210566438683963062012-01-07T20:40:00.000-08:002012-01-07T20:43:23.145-08:00Orange and purple and greens..I was browsing through my <a href="http://pinterest.com/muralit/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> folder of colors..I noticed a trend...<br />
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Oranges, and purples, and greens...</div>
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I feel so predictable right now, lol...</div>
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Credits:</div>
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4.<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/52065918/succulents-8x8-square-original-fine-art" target="_blank"> BlackBirdExperience </a></div>
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5. <a href="http://desert-dreamer.tumblr.com/post/7301634253" target="_blank">Desert-Dreamer </a></div>
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6. <a href="http://sundayinbed.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">SundayInBed </a></div>
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7. <a href="http://adorablelife.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">AdorableLife </a></div>
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8. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98474349@N00/184803668/in/set-72157606611552920" target="_blank">Zsaj </a></div>
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9. <a href="http://pinterest.com/tenneal/" target="_blank">Tenneal </a></div>
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Garnet briolettes and teeny, tiny peridots, all twisted up on silver hoops. Now dd wants me to make HER a pair...gonna have to be different colors, though..I never did get into the matchy-matchy..so not my thing. :p</div>
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I took a walk tonight, at moonrise..muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-21014324454534057892011-09-09T18:00:00.000-07:002011-09-09T18:00:01.953-07:00Kids of Yesterday..<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NHF0PzbdWjw" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Loving these works by Kathe Fraga...the colors just make me happy..<br />
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All images found via <a href="http://www.kathefraga.com/Paintings_New.htm">Kathe Fraga</a>, who I found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/muralit/">Pinterest</a>..muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26227990.post-24337397006098964542011-08-28T04:31:00.000-07:002011-08-28T04:36:31.272-07:00Breathtaking..<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ri49XBQ23kA" width="640"></iframe><br />
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And if you are like me and can't get enough of it, try her taking on <a href="http://ladyantebellum.com/">Lady Antebellum</a> (accompanied by Hootie of <a href="http://www.hootie.com/">Blowfish fame</a>, and cheered on by Lady A themselves..)<br />
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(Holy macaroni, my last post was in MARCH!! I totally fell off the wagon!! Sorry, folks! Won't happen (much) again! :D )muralimanoharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422995764649985209noreply@blogger.com4