Lush

If you haven't been to Lush you have to go. I have walked by this store many times before thinking it was just like any other bath and body store, but its not. I went in there for the first time today after work with my co-worker, because she needed some soap and facial mask/scrub. At first I wasn't going to buy anything, but after looking around at all their cool products I just had to buy something.

This is what I got:

Champagne Supernova a smattering of fluorescent bubble mixture give it a frothy topping with splashes of bright pink.

Pop in the Bath a bright, uplifting blend of citrus essential oils to perk up your mind and body in a delightful bath of bubbles.

Our Trip to Europe

Wes and I took a two week vacation to Europe this summer and visited London and Paris.

Here are some of the highlights from our trip:

London -
London Eye
The Tube (riding it on the 2nd year anniversary of the London underground bombing)
House of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
Watching the first day of the Tour de France in Hyde Park
Hyde Park (walking in all of the parks was cool, but Hyde was the best)
Sitting 4th row at the Dirty Dancing show
Celebrating the 4th of July in another country at a carnival on a US air force base
Tower of London and the Tower Bridge
Eating at Nando's after going to two pubs at a Meetup social (met some great people from a tech startup in London called Trexy)
Kensington Gardens/Palace
The Swans trying to attack me in the park
Piccadilly Circus
Salvador Dali Museum

Paris -
Eiffel Tower
Gothic style churches/buildings
Going to a British Pub in France called The Princess and the Frog
Notre Dame
The Louvre
People with Mullets
Climbing up the Arc De Triumph
Shopping along Champs-Elysees
Playing around at the Renault racing shop
Seeing the French air force planes fly over us (thinking that it was the US coming to attack France, hehe)
Eating Mc D's in Paris (because that was the only place open to eat when we arrived late Sunday night)
All the cars parked on the sidewalks in Paris
Seeing fireworks and some crazy Gilles marching and playing music the night before Bastille Day

Recipezaar sold to Scripps for $23 Mil

"Scripps Networks, the online unit of media giant E.W. Scripps and operator of FoodNetwork.com, has gobbled up online recipe site Recipezaar."

Bite of Seattle

The Bite of Seattle is down at the Seattle Center this weekend, July 20, 21 and 22, 2007. I went two years ago and if your up for a nice relaxing day (hopefully in the sun) hanging in the beer garden, watching some bands, browsing all the art/booths and eating some okay food then you should go. I should warn you that the area where they set up food gets really crowded, so get ready to fight the crowds to get any kind of food.

Here's a list of some of the restaurants who are participating:
Annapurna Cafe - Indian
Chesapeake Crab Co. - Seafood
Casper's Everglades Supper House - Southern
Crepe Tyme -European
Bambuza Vietnamese Bistro -Vietnamese
China Delight -Chinese
Dancing Zorba -Greek
Mrs. Bs -BBQ
Chutney's Grille -Indian
Eloi Taste the Caribbean -Caribbean
Fajita Express -Mexican
Famous Dave's BBQ -BBQ
Sizzlin Phillies -American
Zieglers Bratwurst Haus -German
Gyros! Gyros! Gyros! -Greek
Tom Douglas' Serious Pie -Contemporary
Inchin's Bamboo Garden -Chinese
Indo Cafe Indonesian Cuisine -Japanese
Jasper's BBQ Catering -BBQ
RAIN Modern Japanese Cuisine -Japanese
The Frankfurter -German
Kaosamai Thai Restaurant -Thai
Rhodies Smokin BBQ -BBQ
Scotty's Northwest -Contemporary
Cafe Loc -Vietnamese
Porter's of Tacoma/Dixie's of Bellevue -BBQ
Tandoor -Indian
Susumu Japanese Steak House -Japanese
Taste of Poland -European
Wingdome -American
Kaleenka Piroshky -Russian
Espis Sausage and Tocino -Pan-asian
New Orleans Cookery -Seafood
Racha Noodles and Thai Cuisine -Thai
Biringer Farms -American
Aloha Plates -Pan-asian
Jones Barbeque -BBQ
Thai Woodinville -Thai

Nothing On

Marilyn Monroe
"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."

OMG, Jim from 'The Office' was in Seattle

Too bad I missed this. Jim was spotted at The Croc and then Coastal Kitchen.

http://seattlest.com/2007/07/14/holy_crap_there.php

Video Games = Profanity

BakeSpace.com

I found a new social networking site just for people who want to share their baking/cooking stories. Check it out: http://www.bakespace.com/

I haven't spent much time looking at it, but it sounds like a great site. It looks like there are already a lot of members in the Seattle area. I might have to join this site.

Yes, I'm still alive

I know it's been over a week since my last post, but yes, I'm still alive. Wes and I have been in London for the past week and we just made it to Paris today. London was great, we saw so much and met some great people. I'll post pics and write about my adventures when I get back to the states.