Muffinettes - Bite Sized Fun!

Sparkling Ink

This week's Muffinettes installment is devoted to, you guessed it, Finland! I appreciate you all hanging in there, it's taking me a while to get my head out of the forest. But I promise you there are some real jewels this week.

...a wonderful blog based in Helsinki via Decor8...

...I have to get out of the sauna at 90 degrees, this guys begins at 110!...

...pretty books and brooches on etsy...

...hello favourite things!...

...I bought this...and this... and these...

Have a great weekend!
bess

Muffinettes - Bite Sized Fun!

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, photo by Anna Finke

Merce Cunningham passed away on Sunday at the age of ninety. He was one of modern dance's pioneers, a force for innovation and purity in the art form. His works are some of the most technically challenging to dance and watch, he demanded a lot from his dancers as well as his audiences. Mr. Cunningham choreographed in an unusual way. He separated out all the other aspects of the work and choreographed the dance in isolation. Often the dancers only heard the music, wore the costumes and saw the set in a final rehearsal or on opening night. He embraced the fleeting nature of dance by ensuring the audience would never see the same performance twice by inviting into his process randomness, like the flip of a coin or roll of a dice. Merce Cunningham danced in his works until the age of seventy and was teaching class only a few months before he died. Merci Merce...

...oh so pretty! at oh joy via oh happy day...

...ballet for everyday...

...sugar craving? just watch the bottom left corner...

...now this is useful...

...if only Tyke's hair was long enough...

Have a great weekend!
Bess

Muffinettes - Bite Sized Fun!

(photo: Lottie + Doof)

Today's the day!! Big Chuck arrives home this evening. I will of course be meeting him at the airport in true fiancé style :) I'm also thinking of what to make him for dinner. Usually he wears the chef pants in the family, but after a long flight over the Atlantic I can hardly expect him to wait on me hand and foot.... can I?? No, no, we'll give him a day to recover.

In my effort to find a meal worthy of his homecoming (and this heat wave) I've been visiting all my favourite food blogs. I have a bunch of them listed under "Yummy Blogs" in the sidebar, but I've been a bit lazy keeping this list up-to-date. So, for today's installment of Muffinettes I thought I would give you the links to my new favourites. Yay, party in your kitchen!!

Lottie + Doof - pretty pictures and fun recipes

fresh365 - I want to make everything...

The Wednesday Chef - currently featuring a recipe for Marillenknödel, an Austrian delight!

Dorie Greenspan - the New York Times of food blogs

Whipped - even the name sounds delicious

Homesick Texan - it's just fun to see what they make, and pretend to know what "Cow Head Barbacoa" is.

All of these blogs have great blog rolls of their own, so be sure to explore, Mahlzeit!

Have a wonderful weekend, and see you on Monday :)
bess

Muffinettes - Bite Sized Fun!

The Sartorialist
...red lip envy...

Hello dear readers! My brain is a little foggy today, perhaps from all this heat, or my new no-sugar, no-carb, no-anything that could at some point become sugar or carbs in my digestive tract diet. I know, what am I thinking?? Well, it's all good intentioned I assure you, and of course not permanent. Only a few more weeks and we'll see how I feel. Muffinettes, I now realize was not the best name to give these tid bits from internet-land (mmmmm, sugar). Perhaps I should instead rename them Florettes, as in broccoli florettes. mmmmm.

Here are this week's (insert preferred name here)!

...how about "I'd rather be skipping!"...

...gearing up for 2010 in Vancouver...

...I would understand so much better if it really was like this...

...Big Chuck always knew...

Have a great weekend everyone!

Muffinettes - Bite Sized Fun!

...jaune et bleu...

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you had warm and sunny week, maybe even took your bike for a spin. Today, in lieu of Freestylin' Fridays with Big Chuck, we are continuing with the Muffinettes series. How have you been liking it? Any thoughts? Feedback is always appreciated :) Personally, I'm a fan. I really enjoy gathering bite-sized fun to share with you while I'm making my way through internet-land. So, without further ado, may I present this week's Muffinettes...

...Elvis, I couldn't have said it better myself...

...you can do this in Montréal?!....

...learn how to make a robot, a really cute one...

...mom and sis, please don't see this sans moi...

...when you have some time, go here, there's lots to explore...

Have a wonderful weekend, until Monday...
bess

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...Cartonlandia - Ana Serrano...
Well it's Friday again! And since our favourite Friday blogger is somewhere in the jungle battling chiggers, crocodiles and spider monkeys, I'm posting some more Muffinettes. Hope you enjoy these bite-sized beauties from internet-land.

...pretty Swedish summer style...

...vintage poetry and more pretty summer styles...

...wow - lots of time and dedication went into this beauty...

...hotdog! need I say more?...

...and, this last one is for you, hubby-to-be...

Have a great weekend!
bess

Muffinettes - Bite Sized Fun!

Preston - Sharon Montrose Photographs

I often find things in the vast and wonderful world of the web that I think are cool, but either are not in the "theme" of English Muffin (what is the theme of EM?), or I just don't feel like quoting another blogger word for word, and so they never make it onto the blog. Instead, they sit in my bookmarks folder. So, I thought today I would pick some of my favourite little bite-sized posts from this week in internet-land and share them with you. Just click on the link, and let these little... muffinettes (!) whisk you away to fun and interesting new sites. Enjoy :)

...dearest fiancé, i know you would approve...

...and most likely of this one too, i'm not sure how i feel about the blue, i think silver is more my colour...

...do it, you'll thank me...

...pretty ladies from the 50's...

...farewell, mj...

Have a great weekend!
bess