Sunday, April 15, 2012

Win a Muppet that looks like you!

(Gap Kids promotion in London)

But I'm wondering; do they create a new Muppet that looks like you? Or will they just tell you which existing Muppet you look like? Cause that could be kinda hurtful.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Inside a spire of La Sagrada Familia

Inside one of the spires of Antoni Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain was one of the most terrifying and exhilarating places I've been.

Terrifying because:
1. Its dizzying 400 foot height
2. Its total lack of handrails or really anything to grab onto that might keep you from falling right through the middle, all the way to the stone floor before. Actually, you'd never make it to the stone floor. You'd almost certainly catch a leg or something on the way down through the tiny hole and end up wedged there - where no stretcher could reach you.

Exhilarating because:
(see above)

Due to my lack of knowledge of the Spanish language, I didn't know I was supposed to take an elevator to the top and only take the stairs down. Consequently, I met a lot of other tourists coming down while I tried to go up a spiral staircase which was perhaps 30" across - from stone wall to stone wall. It was exhilarating! ...And did I mention terrifying?

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Miss Katie Cupcake

http://www.facebook.com/misskatiecupcake1
"Katie Cupcake" designs and creates some of the most unique and lovely jewelry I've ever seen. After years of hard work and dogged determination, she's opened a sweet little shop in Edinburgh, Scotland.










But if a trip to the UK is out of the question, :-) you can grab a Katie Cupcake original for yourself via her website: www.misskatiecupcake.com/ Lucky you!