Wüsthof Santoku knife

i have wanted REAL knives FOR YEARS. A few years ago, my dear lovely mother in law (she is a sweetheart!) bought us a nice set by Wolfgang Puck and they're wonderful but nothing really CUTS and FEELS like a Wüsthof Santoku knife... sigh... :(

stripe lust

i'm obsessed with stripes via push the movement

storage glee

storage glee is a website I'm obsessing with lately but storage glee (the emotion) is what I felt when I saw this idea posted there (seriously, i wept). Vintage printer drawers turned jewelry storage? Oh, hit me. Total ♥.

house warming bucket gift

super cool idea by queen Martha Stewart - an awesome alternative to the predictable plate of cookies or candle as a welcoming gift.

seriously organized closet

i think i may have soiled my pants a bit... this is too awesome - from the container store

beijinho de coco recipe

Beijinho de Coco ("coconut little kiss) is a Brazilian dessert - a friend and I made them this weekend. I am not a fan of coconut but I can eat a pound of these things, no doubt. They're easy, pretty & addictive.


Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon butter, plus more for pan
• 1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• sweetened flaked coconut or crystallized sugar for decorating
• whole cloves for decorating

Directions

1. Bring milk and butter to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Continue to cook, stirring often, until the milk has reduced to half and thickened, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in the 1/4 cup coconut, and allow to cool a bit before pouring into a buttered bowl. Chill in the refrigerator until cold, about 2 hours.
2. With buttered or oiled hands, form milk mixture into tablespoon-sized balls, and roll in coconut flakes or sugar. Stick a clove into each beijinho as decoration.

birthday wish # 457

from Pinterest.

calling all craigslist freaks

if you thought online shopping couldn't get any easier (or lazier), you were wrong, my friend. HeyCraig is a website that will search stuff on Craigslist for you and alert you when what you want becomes available - just give them your location & item. Get your alerts on heycraigapp.com>>


via pointlesscorp

acqua nursery

one of the most beautiful nurseries i've seen. Ren, for our next magic trick, i mean, baby, I am going to need this nursery. via House of Turquoise

William Elliott Whitmore

had the pleasure to meet this fine man & watch his set, back when he wasn't very well known, opening for another band i love more than chocolate, Clutch. Anywhoo. He's good stuff. Hi William.

birthday wishes, random edition

more crap that I could probably live without (but really don't wanna).

veer goodness

while looking for an utilitarian sans serif font yesterday, my sweet friend turtle shared this one with me: filmotype (above) by Veer. Else Boo had not visited Veer in a while so I had a good time swimming in that ocean of pretty stuff.

evan

it is a very foggy, wet and dark afternoon in kansas city today. I'm avoiding responsibility & patiently waiting for my family to log on to Skype. Parents and younger brother live in Brazil, older brother, Evan, lives in Dublin and I really miss them today.

Evan, in particular, is one I often think about and miss. In part because he's on his own right now in a country that isn't his home, like I was at one point here in the U.S. so I sympathize. But you know, the more I think about him, the happier I get - he's done things I've only dreamed of, he's seen places and met people I'll probably never get to see.

He's 3 years older than me, much crazier, funnier and braver. He has a law degree and wants nothing to do with it, left everything behind in Brazil and the only thing he attaches himself to are meaningful life experiences. He loves nice things but sheds material things wherever he goes, he hangs on to nothing, really. Evan loves to laugh and seems to always become the life of the party, even when he isn't invited to the party and/or doesn't know anyone there.

He's the kind of guy who can be dropped anywhere on God's green Earth and make it. Financial, geographical or language barriers aren't barriers, they're just steps - eventually, he says, everything is conquered, the only true barrier lives in your mind.

So here's to my older brother who pretty soon will be living in New York city. I'm counting the days when we'll be residing on the same land again. He's nuts. He's brilliant. I wish him well.

love,

Dega

new fave site: apolis

apolis global citizen >>
another rabbit hole i could spend hours in, found via valet, via garance doré.
these guys deserve love for their craftsmanship, advocacy and philosophy.
very inspiring. on all levels.
(rene bank, apolis is your friend)

three potato four stuff i can't live without

by three potato four

more dieter rams ♥

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams.
The more I read on him, the more I see visual vomit everywhere I look. And that's actually a good thing - I'm trying hard to train myself to peel the layers, dial it down, simplify, say it with the least amount of information. I'm putting this book in my wish list.
found while body surfing on Amazon.com

while her baby sleeps...

a mother from Helsinki creates these:

via buzz feed >>

say it with red

via Pinterest

wear it

today's moodboard brought to you by the letter C - for comfortable.
board by Else, on Kaboodle.

drool