“The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone wants to call it. Five fingers on your hand and someone wants to hold it. If we just start there, every beautiful thing that has and will ever exist is possible. If we start there, everything, for a moment, is right in the world.”
The Baked Potato Ice Cream at Cowgirl in NYC
All right, listen. I know this doesn't look like anything special. But you'll just have to trust me on this because this is the BEST DESSERT IN NEW YORK CITY.
It's on the dessert menu at Cowgirl (519 Hudson Street) and it's entirely worthy of your praise. It basically looks like a baked potato but it ain't - the "potato" is actually this hard-as-hell vanilla ice cream (and I mean hard) rolled in cocoa powder. I love it when it's hard like a rock like that. None of that soupy trash here. The "sour cream" is whipped cream, the "green chives" are coloured nuts and the "butter" is fondant icing. Essentially? Heaven on a plate. I swear to God you'll love it. I took my boyfriend here once for my birthday because this was what I was craving and he casually made some jokes here and there beforehand, but then he ate it and understood.
It's incredible. I'll forever be grateful to the great Paul for taking me here for the first time.
Pills N Potions - Nicki Minaj
Can't stop listening.
Balea Face Masks
Are people supposed to exfoliate their face more than once a month? Who knows. But that's what I do. And when I'm doing it - I use these babies. For three reasons mainly:
- Cheap as hell (3 for $5)
- The flavours are fun.
- They don't overly dry out my skin.
Maybe one day I'll become loyal to some fancy brand that will do all the things that face cleansers are supposed to do, but until that day arrives, these masks are my everything. You can find them at Shoppers Drug Mart, usually at the end of the hair products aisle. They also have some hair, body and foot masks that are pretty killer, too.
Water Fillable Ankle Weights
Look how happy she is with them!
Look how happy she is with them!
You're thinking one of two things right now:
- This is the best idea for a product in the world.
- Who the hell would buy something so stupid?
Assuming you're in the category #1 of people, here are some of the details (as listed by Amazon).
- "Great for workouts away from home." (This is the main reason I would want to own them. You can take these anywhere you go and still do your body business? Amazing.)
- "The perfect travel companion." (The PERFECT travel companion? God, I hope not. Bit sad of a thought. I still want them, but nobody should yearn for them.)
- "Each holds up to eight pounds when full." (Eight pounds is ridiculous and amazing.)
- "Guaranteed not to leak." (Sweet.)
- "Aquabells empty in seconds." (Love it.)
I was on the subway and thought of the idea of water fillable hand free weights (those exist too, but the ones I found looked too meaty, these ones seem better), and of course the product already existed when I did a Google search for them. Such a smart idea. You can get them on Amazon for $28.50.
“If you want to up your fruit game, put a plum in the freezer for thirty minutes - then take it out and eat it. Can’t describe how magical this tastes.”
Orajel for Mosquito Bites
I think about this tweet maybe... once a week. Just love it.
Anyway, Pinterest/Buzzfeed/Tumblr have all been telling me for years to put Orajel onto my mosquito bites to make them stop itching. I finally tried it and - fuck. I've never found anything else that works like this stuff. Literally in a matter of seconds. I think it has something to do with the numbing ingredient in it - I don't know, let's not get technical. PLEASE carry this with you wherever there are mosquitoes looming near. This stuff is goddam magic.
Wood Watches by JORD
I've always felt that a person who wears a watch is an extremely well put together kind of person and I've been yearning to align myself in that category of people for many years now. (There's just something lame about someone having to look at their phone for the time.) When I came this to conclusion, I could have just bought the first watch I'd seen, but if you know me (and you do, by now) then you know that I like to wait until I find something that's just right and exactly what I want. And since I can be pretty picky about the things that I like, it's taken me awhile to find one that's good enough.
My favourite thing about this JORD watch is the fact that it's made of wood, not plastic since there's nothing more gross than having accessories stick to your warm body throughout any given day. And it isn't a heavy kind of wood, so you can wear it as long as you like without really feeling the weight of it on your wrist.
And maybe this doesn't have have anything to do with anything, but the box that it comes in? Man. That box is gorgeous. It's sturdy as hell and you'll definitely keep it to store it in when you're not wearing it.
You can see all of the different models they offer over here. Oh and also? JORD is generously offering the same watch I'm wearing above as a giveaway for one lucky reader - all you have to do is send a message with your name and email address by going over here. I'll randomly pick the winning entry on Monday June 30th, so send me a note if you're interested!
Mom Says
Illustration by Andrew Hamm
Illustration by Andrew Hamm
Michael Bolton in Concert
You're not a fan, you say? Well, get outta this blog, bud. Lotta bolt talk ahead.
I saw this fine man perform this week in Mississauga and if you ever get a chance to see him - GO. He, of course, plays the big hits - but even the songs he does "off his new album" are still covers of other songs from the past, so it's a win-win situation. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the fact that he has two women who come out and do duets with him at various times. And then when he leaves for an outfit change (of which there are three), one of the women would come out and sing a snippet from one of HIS songs! What the hell?! I paid to hear HIM sing it, not you, bitch! Anyway, hated that. But him? He's a gem. A real national treasure. Also, THIS reggae version is too fantastic not to pass on.
The two remaining tour dates he has lined up are in Snoqualmie, WA on June 15th and in Peachtree City, GA on July 26th and you can find information on them here.