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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Winners of First Drone Aerial Photo Contest Announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of the first National Geographic France/Dronestagram contest for aerial photographs made with the use of drones. [Dronestagram is a website that specializes in photos and videos captured by drone hobbyists.]
Focus on a Tree en Plein Air
Tree in my Backyard
I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work–a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before.
William Faulkner, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
This morning when I read these words from Faulkner, I felt his nod of affirmation toward anyone who tries to create. The moment class ended today, I bolted for my studio so I could give this plein air sketch begun yesterday afternoon one more push. As I worked over the details, I thought of all artists, musicians and writers–those who try and seize those impulses in their consciousness, mull over them, and then give them some kind of recognizable form for others to see and feel.
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Zucchini Basil Spring Rolls
Since we’ve been back to the States I have been seriously missing all the amazing food we ate on vacation. In the three weeks we’ve been back, I’ve ordered Thai food from our favorite neighborhood spot at least three times. Between ordering Asian food, I’ve decided I need to try my hand at making a few things so I stop making a run to Land every few days. I decided the easiest place to start would be the spring roll. It requires no cooking, about 10 minutes, and can be made with whatever’s laying around the fridge. Sounds pretty perfect, right?
I was inspired after I found myself in the “specialty” section of the local grocer when I was looking for coconut milk. (Really? Coconut milk is a specialty item?) I stumbled across rice paper wrappers and I knew I had to try my hand at spring rolls. I had…
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F is for Fish Sauce, Flavour, Phan Thiết and Phú Quốc
Green Juicing on My New Kitchen
Clean Machine: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Drinking Green Juice
Every morning, Monday through Friday, I try to stick to a pretty healthy routine. Not only do I feel better when I have a consistent schedule, but I’m also more productive and have more “me” time at the end of the day. I like to wake up, make breakfast, work out, and drink a big glass of green juice before getting down to work for the rest of the day. Drinking my greens is one of the best parts of my mornings, and I try to do it every day to get a big boost of vitamins and nutrients. But only recently did I learn that there are a few facts every girl should know when it comes to sipping those greens…
With a little help from our LaurenConrad.com expert nutritionist Shira Lenchewski, RD, today I’ll be sharing my smart girl’s guide to drinking green juice. Take a peek below to find out everything you need to know about getting juiced…
I am in real need of a green juice so I headed off to my newly refurbished Geneva kitchen cabinets, got my blender and mix fresh kale and other green leafies. Anyone else make green juice out of these veggies? I dont know which – broccoli, kale, cabbage, bok choy cause gas and bloating?
Found an aswer
Gas and Bloating After Drinking a Green Smoothie
Good read:
Can a $400 Blender Change Your Life?
When you first buy a Vitamix 5200, the so-called Ferrari of blenders, two thoughts are likely to pass through your mind. The first is “Did I really just spend more than $400 on a blender?” And the second is “This machine is going to change my life.”
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