Shish Kabobs
Safeway's Shish Kabobs
It’s summer, which means it’s BBQ season. Grilling up some shish kabobs and serving them with a side of fresh corn on the cob says summer to me.
If you’re in the mood for some kabobs, but not so much when it comes time to chop and prep them, head over to Safeway and pick up some prepared kabobs raw and ready for the grill.
These delectable steak and veggie skewers were prepared at Safeway and all we had to do was cook them and enjoy.
De-lish!
String Ring
String Rings
Tying a string around your finger has never been cooler.
These attractive rings with string running through them are some of the most awesome things I’ve seen in a while. With different color strings symbolizing different reminders this bit of bling carries some meaning as well as some sparkle.
Remember to love and enjoy is my favorite. String-Ring. Awesome.
Backyard
Backyard
There are a million awesome places. Toward the top of that list has to be your own backyard.
Time in your own backyard at the end of a long day can be the most rejuvenating thing you do. It is for me, anyway. A little time in the chair, with the breeze, a glass of wine, listening to the birds sing.
Ah…that’s heaven. Really, really awesome.
Bill Gates & Warren Buffett
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett (AP)
The two richest people in America not only want to give their money away, but they also want other billionaires to do the same.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are planning to give most of their money to charity and they’re asking the 400 wealthiest people in America to join them in giving away 50% or more of their fortune.
Why? Because they can. And because it will make a huge difference.
Awesome, gentlemen. Good form.
The Bird and The Bee
Okay, these guys are seriously good. All I know is I was in a coffeeshop and all of a sudden I found myself singing along – loudly and tapping my foot with feeling.
The Bird and the Bee
“The Bird and the Bee? We’re all obsessed with this album,” was the response when I asked the guy behind the counter what we were listening to.
The album is a tribute to Hall and Oates. And it’s good. The lyrics are familiar ones, of course, but the voices are as well. I sat for a good while trying to think, unsuccessfully, what they reminded me of. In the end it doesn’t really matter. The album is the kind of good that makes it an instant friend. It will be playing in my car, on my ipod, and foisted onto anyone who expresses any interest in music.
Yes, friends, it’s that awesome.
Sisters of the Road
Sisters of the Road
Sisters of the Road is more than your average soup kitchen. Addressing the need for a safe place for people, especially homeless women, to eat a good meal, and to get job training, the founders created Sisters of the Road. A place that would listen to and address the needs of the community it served.
According to the website:
All of Sisters’ programs are customer-driven solutions to the calamities of homelessness and poverty. Everything we do comes from what the customers say is needed.
The founders of Sisters Of The Road Café conceived of a restaurant where wholesome meals would be affordable to very low-income people, and where those who lacked the price of a meal could trade work for food. Even those with no training or education would be able to work for the price of a meal.
The ongoing experiment in community building known as Sisters Of The Road Cafe began on November 7, 1979 with three goals which remain unchanged:
- The creation of a safe and welcoming environment to neighborhood residents, especially women and children, where
- nourishing meals would be served at little cost or in exchange for work and
- job training and employment experience would be available.
Neighbors
When I think about the places I’ve lived, the neighbors I had made all the difference. The last neighbors I had walked my dog everyday while I was at work. They’d come over and take her out so their kids could see her, and I wouldn’t have to rush home. And we’d cat-sit when they went out of town.
Awesome neighbors really can make the neighborhood special. And not just your own neighbors.
Neighborly guest house
Like right now. I’m visiting friends in Atlanta. And staying in their neighbor’s guest house. They generously opened their home to me, without ever having met me. That’s awesome. I’ll make sure to do that for someone at some point. It’s the neighborly thing to do.
Okra pancakes
Okra pancakes from Watershed
I experienced these litle gems on my trip to the south. I had them at “Watershed,” the restaurant project owned by the Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers.
They’re made of thinly-sliced okra, some kind of bready and eggy batter, and then fried. Totally tasty. And the cucumber salad was good, to, dresed with creme fraiche. Yum.
California Baby Calendula Cream
This recommendation comes to us from Lynn Flickinger of Ketchum, Idaho (thanks, Mom).
California Baby Calendula Cream
So I guess my mom and sister used this stuf on a bug bite that my itty bitty nephew had. The bite was gone in 24 hours.
Then my mom put it on a cut she had on her finger and it healed it up. “It really is nature’s first-aid!” is what she wrote to me. Acording to the website, calendula has been used to heal the skin for centuries. You can used it for all sorts of baby skin issues, diaper rash, cradle cap, etc. Or you can use it on adult cuts, or as a general hydrator. I like multi-purpose, centuries-old remedies.
Atlanta’s Piedmont Park
Gazebo at Piedmont Park
Atlanta’s Piedmont Park is huge. It’s really big. It’s got lots of grass, and a pond, and a gazebo. It’s even got a new pool and public baths! Wow! Like at Pompeii!
It’s got kids and ducks and a playground with a twirly slide! And teeter-totters. Teeter totters. Awesome. And it has porch swings all over the place.
And, if that’s not awesome enough, according to the website:
The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) announced the selection of Piedmont Park as one of the first landscapes to participate in a new program testing the nation’s first rating system for green landscape design, construction and maintenance.
Green is awesome.
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