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Oh Onion, you crack me up. via

In 1999 I went to Sweden to visit a friend for New Year’s. While wandering around the town of Malmö one day, she introduced me to the Swedish institution of fika (pronounced fee:ka). Fika is a break in your day to have coffee, something sweet and most importantly to socialize. Apparently a mid-morning fika is just about mandatory in most Swedish offices. What a wonderful idea. Getting together to share 15 minutes and talk get to know your coworker, catch up with a friend or meet your husband then head back to your desk refreshed and ready to tackle your work again. My friend in now in NJ and has 3 little ones so it is harder for us to get together (although once I finish this post I am going to call her) but I will never forget sitting down with her to have coffee and a sweet in her home town. Vilken trevlig fika!

Thanks to my sister Michele, M&I have green chile to last us a good long while. Yeah! She bought, froze, packaged and overnighted three large bags of chile for us. They arrived today ready to roast. You need to remove the tough outer skin to get to the tender meat of the chile. Roasting also given them a nice smokey flavor. I have been researching the best ways and I think I am going to try a combination. Since I am pretty excited I am going to try some in the oven under the broiler tonight. This weekend I will try a few on the charcoal grill. Apparently the even heat of a gas grill would be better, but we have to work with what we got. Thanks again Michele!

Oh. Dear. God. Google DOES know everything. via

And in case you didn’t know why you should be really scared, check out these Chuck Norris facts.

The web seems to be commanding me to visit to Santa Fe! Today via Tastespotting I saw this post talking about green chile cheese burgers from Bobcat Bite! In case you haven’t been to Santa Fe, pretty much anything can come with green chile and it tastes good on so many things. In eggs, on burgers, smothering enchiladas, in corn bread, in ice cream… ok, I never actually saw it in ice cream, but that is about the only thing. Here in NY, green means tomatilla and I am not a huge fan of tomatilla, so I am missing green chile. Especially now that it is roasting season. The smell in the air, the snapping and sizzling of your chilis as they are roasted while you wait. I won’t make it back in time to get my own bushel… Mom, I hope you are buying me a bushel and freezing them for me.

I took a picture of my skirt and shoes mostly because I can. (I love my iPhone.) At the moment these shoes are one of my top three favorite. The other two are the same shoes in brown and green. I have always loved maryjane style shoes and these are just ridiculously comfortable. I love this skirt as well. It floats as I am going in or coming out of the subway.

When we go upstate, since there are no livable building on the property, we camp. M LOVES camping. He loves the sounds, the smells, the whole camping experience. I on the other hand am not a big fan of camping. The sounds are not soothing, they are unfamiliar and they make it really hard to sleep. I end up feeling like I was awake all night.  People say how quiet it is in the great outdoors. Tell that to the bugs, the birds and the rain. Well now I can feel right at home with an app for my iTouch called Ambiance. I can be lulled to sleep by the soothing sounds of the subway, or cars, or people arguing on the street outside my window. Ok, I made that last one up, but the first two are for real. If I am feeling like I could use a little more nature in my life there are also the sounds of a stream, waves and a haunted wind. What could be more relaxing?

Are there any FFFFOUND! members out there who wouldn’t mind sending an invite my way?

I love these images from ScarletBeautiful2! They are wonderfully gritty and beautiful and have such personality. She uses one camera to take pictures through the viewfinder of another camera. I miss the old days in school back when we still used film and you could use your holga to get this same type of unpredictable results. It just so happens that I have several dozen old cameras on the property (did I mention the previous owner was a bit of a pack rat) and I can’t wait to give this a try. In the meantime I think I am going to put in  an order. via

If you happen to be in NY tomorrow night and love knitting and music and wonder how you can mix them you may want to check out Knitting Jam at the Chelsea Art Museum.

THURSDAY AUGUST 28, 2008, 6:30PM FREECHELSEA ART MUSEUM

556 West 22nd Street,
New York, NY 10011

Knitting Jam at the Chelsea Art Museum.

Laure Drogoul invites one and all to participate in an evening of musical knitting.

You are cordially invited to knit and become a part of a knitting orchestra. Knitters and non-knitters alike are invited to play/knit on a souped-up, amplified knitting instrument. The Apparatus for Orchestral Knitting amplifies the sound of the knitting, is mixed and played back live. All materials supplied.

Program presented by the

Chelsea Art Museum & Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center

This event is free and open to the public.
Directions: http://chelseaartmuseum.org/information/

If you want to come to participate in the knitting, please email Laure Drougoul with your RSVP at lahostess@hotmail.com.

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