imagine waking up and alicia keys and swizz beatz are having a party in your kitchen

An unnamed Water Mill resident was awoken in the middle of the night recently by an exclusive Alicia Keys party going on in her own house, "Page Six" reports. Keys, husband Swizz Beatz, and posse were renting in the neighborhood but had become "confused" and come home to the wrong house. The resident assumed the noise was coming from her twentysomething daughter and her friends, who had gone out earlier, but instead it was "a number of strangers, men and women" in her kitchen. "She was startled." Luckily, "All parties saw the humor in the mishap." VIA


been there.

Southern Hospitality is Dead

I mean, the Justin Timberlake owned terrible restaurant on the Upper East Side has closed. There are people on facebook that just can't believe it, but that place was the definition of over priced and mediocre. If you just can't stand it, there is another one in Hell's Kitchen and one in Denver. via

what did you do for thanksgiving?

so, it's officially christmas season, but i have just been swamped, and haven't had a chance to tell you guys what my thanksgiving was like. and trust me. you want to know. now where do i start...

lilly invited me up to the ol' slezak farm in massachusetts to spend thanksgiving with her lovely family.

they have a ginormous barn!

there's a (defunct) chicken coop!

and firewood4dayz.

thanksgiving day was one impressive affair. i woke up to find a bonfire already burnin' outside. 

lilly's mom (judy!) prepared a 16-pound turkey on the same model of weber grill that i can barely make hot dogs with on my roof. and it was aMaZiNg!!

the spread, featuring the standout procuitto-wrapped sweet potata spearz. mmmmm. mm-mm-mmmm!

after the meal, lilly's dad (larry!) gave us a tour of his beautiful print studio / gallery, out in the barn.

now, i know what you're thinking, and you're right. there WERE puppies and kitties. everywhere, as a matter of fact! introducing....

louise! she sits like this. 

and let me throw the frisbee to her for hours (until she got tired, oc.)

anna's roommate, kitchen! she only has 3 legs!

gretta's kitty, tulip! one million toes!

and last and my FAVORITE: YUKI!!!!!!!

look at her!

gosh, i miss her. well, now you know everything. hope you all had half as good a thanksgiving as i did. now, on to christmas!

this is pretty important.

Today, most kitchen trash bags are white (though the outdoor kind tend to be dark green or black). That stems from a time when most kitchen appliances were white or shades of beige. That time has passed.

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While stainless steel is the bigger trend in appliances, black is a bigger deal in trash cans, said Lisa Smith, marketing manager for Hefty waste bags, primarily because black cans are less expensive than stainless steel or chrome. Consumers also find black bags look better with stainless steel than white ones, she said.

Delving deeper, Hefty discovered trash also looks better, or at least less messy, in black bags. (via)

now you know everything.

beeun in the kitchen

i dont know why i got the lady apron.

giant sugar cookies

im making sugar cookies from scratch for my brother (and myself).

also i made some icing.

hippie kitchen

check out this "kitchen". it uses the normal waste created by kitchen activity to grow plants! it was designed by someone from oregon, but i'm pretty sure i didn't have to tell you that. (via)