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Back on the blogging.... feeling all techy since I am the last person on the planet to get an iPhone.... but when it was only $50... how could I not? However, I refuse for this to cut into my love for actual paper maps, remember those? I am ready to hop back into the blogging after too long of being away from it....bad Claire! I am now settled into a new place in San Diego. Here is my front window where I peep on all the goings on of the neighborhood :) And work at my temporary desk whilst my friend Quinn builds me a custom one! More to come....

I guess this was made over a year ago, but I have just now come across this short commercial/film, pairing together the Amelie team... director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the gorgeous actress Audrey Tautou... there is something so romantic about the vintage railway travel that takes you away to a Hitchcock kind of world..here is the extended 2 minute version... Enjoy!

To take care of my Domino fix (tear), I have enjoyed reading the online Lonny magazine. April/May was the "Eco" issue, full of great product. A neat feature of this magazine is that you can click on any product for a direct link to the website to purchase... here are a few favorite images from this issue...

Saw this on a favorite blog, ink and post. I am planning to attempt soon...

"With her eyes closed, water tickling the tips of her fingers, she could conjure                memories of a time before the bomb, before the zombies."

"As he sorted the 1970s atlas collection (alphabetically, by state) the chair nervously tried to blend into the scenery."

Here is an easy pizza recipe that critics have called, "The best pizza I have ever had in my life." This is low-effort and so easy it seems unreal, but trust me, it tastes like you have slaved away. Feel free to lead people to believe that you have.

Stuff you need (makes 2 pizzas):
2 Trader Joe's Pesto Pizza Dough
1 cube-thing of mozzarella cheese, grated
1/4 lb. of sliced prosciutto
1 large red onion
1 Tablespoon of brown sugar

Let the dough sit at room temperature for 20 minutes. In the meantime, cut onion into rounds, then in half. Throw some olive oil in a pan and cook these.. as they are starting to brown thrown in the brown sugar to caramerlize them. Mmmmm. Roll out your pizza dough. Spread some olive oil over those bad boys. Sprinkle some salt over them. Add cheese. Add the onions. Cut prosciutto into chunks and add that. Dough instructions say throw in at 425 degree oven for 10 minutes, though mine were in for a little longer. You be the judge. Let cool for 2.5 seconds, cut. Eat. 

Awesome T-shirt design!! I have to 'fess up though, this is my Dad's shirt! Go Dad!