Magic

Texas Greek

Every September something very exciting happens in Dallas. It’s the annual Greek Food Festival held at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church! People from around the metroplex flock to the event to enjoy not only delicious traditional Greek food, but also Greek drinks, dancing and music. The weekend of fun is the perfect opportunity to try out a different cuisine.

Still Waiting

I’ve been wanting to make pumpkin muffins for a month now. My fall cooking plans start early since I can’t seem to wait that long to enjoy them. However, my plans have so far been dashed.

SMORES!!

When I was younger Smores were one of my favorite treats. The combination of crunchy and creamy and messy was pure delight for me. As summer draws to a close, what better way to celebrate the end of warm summer days than by experiencing that taste of a childhood summer treat? Although, smores have moved way beyond a marshmallow and chocolate between two graham crackers. They’ve even become, dare I say, sophisticated in some respects.

I’ve collected some of my favorite recipes that offer the perfect combination that I remember from years past.

Summer Sass

Summer Greens

Re-visits

Again, I’ve decided to re-examine some old pictures I have. This time I chose some portraits I did awhile ago and I tweaked them with some new Photoshop actions I downloaded. MCPActions has some awesome actions for sale, but they also offer some good ones for free as well.

Roller Skates

It’s a little rough, but this is my first attempt at the Photoshop Pen tool. The lyrics are from a really good song from the 70s by Melanie.

A Day at the Aquarium

Sex and the City 2: The REAL Ending

The idea for this “project” began when I first found out what the second Sex and the City movie entailed and watched the trailed. Astonishment was my first reaction. Astonishment at the fact that another movie was coming out. Fear at just how many of the commercials for this movie I would have to sit through. And ultimately, disgust.
I did actually watch the first movie and I was shocked at how much I didn’t like it. I thought it would just be a silly throw away movie that wasted a couple of hours, but was ultimately harmless.
All of these things, however, paled in importance when I watched that preview and discovered that instead of whooping it up again in one of the poorest nations in the world, Mexico, again, the girls head to the other side of the world. This time its the Middle Eastern country of the United Arab Emirates! What fun! Nothing like taking four women who make it their lives’ hobbies to drink, dress provocatively, and, while although the majority of them are currently married, having a long list of sexual conquests, and sending them to an extremely conservative Muslim country!
The consequences of this phenomenon of rich Westerners visiting rich Muslim countries, thinking they can run around and act as they would in any other western country have been well documented in the recent past. So the idea that they would play such out such a storyline in a movie featuring a franchise that stays far away from actual serious conversation was frightening to say the least.
But, while that may have inspired the ultimate point of this project, the results are far from serious political discussion. So, we’ll move on.
I began to imagine how such a vacation would end for these characters if they were real, and came to the following conclusion….