Pinterest Obession

A while back I am not sure really when, I decided to find out what Pinterest was.
Before Pinterest, when I was in need of a recipe I would turn to thekithcn.com or a craft I would look at Martha Stewart. 

But now, I no longer really search those sites, because I can find everything on Pinterest! I can just type in a recipe idea like white beans or tahini and find a bunch of different recipes or things to do with. And I have also found lots of different crafts to do when Fatima gets older and organization/cleaning techniques that I have actually used or will use in the future.

The one thing I find great about Pinterest is that I can pin things and then come back to them later. I have to set a Pinning time limit otherwise I could be on there all day and never get anything done.

So follow me on Pinterest!
Let me know of your boards or pins that you find interesting!

French Vocab Sundays - November 17, 2013

Note : Every Sunday I will post French vocab words that I learned throughout the week. They are mostly random words, ones that I think of at a certain moment and others are actually important ones like parts of the body or words pertaining to paperwork. 

frost - une gelée or un gel

to get frost bite - attraper des engelures

black ice - verglas

anti-freeze - antigel

defrost - dégivrer

defrost the windshield - dégivrer le pare-brise

defrost the freezer - décongeler le congélateur

ice scraper - grattoir à glace

There will be an upcoming post about these words soon

back to normal, better (concerning health) - consolider

ligaments - ligaments

tendons - tendon

I could have sworn I learned these words but I guess I forgot them

fitted sheet - drap housse

flat sheet - drap

pillowcase - taie d'oreiller

To help improve my French vocab, I have been playing the 94 seconds app on my i-phone. You have 94 seconds to guess as many words as possible. For example a verb that doesn't end in er that starts with a v (voir) or a cheese that starts with a b (brebis - baby goat)

 

Repost : Art + Paris

This was originally posted in March 2010, and I am deciding to repost it now to show some of my earlier adventures. I will probably do a repost once a week or once every two weeks, but new posts are coming soon especially ones pertaining to my pregnancy adventure and delivery experience.

Contemporary Art shows or fairs are not only good places to see fine art  but to see what all of Paris is wearing fashion-wise. The Michael Jackson vests are really hot right now, along with those striped sailor shirts, or odd colored stripes, like matching hot pink tights with a dark blue skirt, or green tights with a khaki skirt, make for really good combinations. All of this makes me want to see more of these chic people who follow the world of contemporary art, as I do not fit into this category.

For Art+Paris, this is were people are willing to spend the big bucks, for the upcoming or well-known contemporary artists and willing to spend the $ on the latest fashion.

As for the art, at Art+Paris, none of these paintings resemble those of child's play that one can see at Beauborg or other fairs in Pairs. There are just rows and rows of fine art that just happens to bring people together. Even these eco-friendly fiats, made it to the show.

Even my hatred for contemporary art was put on the back-burner, by the realization that anything goes in the contemporary art world: from nudity to drawings, to photography, etc etc. Just as sex sells, art sells, no matter what is in the picture.
Below are some pictures from Art+Paris

this painting was like 3-d and the angles changed as you moved

To learn more about the show please check out the site: http://artparis.fr/2010/en/

Let's go fly a kite

Homemade Kite from a friend

French Cuisine Friday : Brioche

The first time I ate brioche was in Versailles, it tasted like American sliced white bread with a hint of sugar. Brioche is pronounced like this bree -o-shh.

After a long week, even though I really don't remember what I did, except two moutains of laundry. I decided to make some brioche, actually two loaves in case one didn't turn out right.
I do remember it took an hour to clean the kitchen while the bread was cooking, but that could have been because I was listening to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack and was singing along more than cleaning. But I also have to remember I have a newborn and things take twice or three times longer than before I had the baby.

Anyway back to the brioche, the brioche recipe came from this website.
When I pulled the brioche out of the oven, I was like this doesn't look like what I had in Versailles. But after looking at the picture on the website it looked the same so I decided that I did it right.

The only thing I would do next time would be to add vanilla sugar or may be some dried fruit.

Because one piece isn't enough I had to have three!

Next week, I'm thinking appetizers