Zoe Archer's (sometime) blog

crabby-cakes:

scarygodmother:

nicorosso replied to your post: zoearcher replied to your post: zoearcher replied…

If Zoë really loved me, she’d give me a chocolate diamond. And if I loved her, I’d take time off from golfing/business suiting/smugly shaving to devise a way to have one of the cats present her with a diamond tennis bracelet.

SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A SUIT AND AN INTERVIEW WITH STERLING COOPER. I can see the commercial now! Although, what self-respecting cat is going to give up diamonds? Might be a problem there.

That asshole. If he really loved Zoe, he’d give her a music box that plays the Lexus “December to Remember Sales Event” theme and there’d be a Lexus with a red bow outside. Diamonds are soooo last year.

As a matter of fact, I tweeted about that bizarre Pavlovian response earlier today. Suddenly everyone knows that creepy little tune? And immediately we are compelled to run outside to look for our car with a giant bow. GIVE ME MY LEXUS DAMMIT I HEARD THE SONG.

nicorosso:

THE LIMIT OF DESIRE received 4 stars from RT Book Reviews!  Here’s the full review: http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/limit-desire

And if you’d like to try and win a copy, stop by Moira Roger’s blog to get a sneak peek on how I’m bringing the apocalypse while keeping romance alive in 2012: http://moirarogers.com/blog/archives/4622

nicorosso:

We had a head of Chinese cabbage but no plan.  This soup came together in about 40 minutes and fed the two of us twice.  All ingredients are variables, suit your taste.

1 head of Chinese cabbage.
1 onion
2 carrots
2 cloves garlic
1 large can diced tomatoes
1 can beans (we used garbanzos on this go-round)
Some pasta (small shapes are best for soup, we used shells, because sometimes a shell will catch a garbanzo and you get an interesting bite)
Oregano
Salt/Pepper
Olive oil
Vinegar/lemon juice

Rough chop the onion and saute in olive oil in a large soup pot.  Peel and rough chop the carrot and throw in with the onion once it has some color.  Chop the cabbage into  bite-sized pieces and add that to the pot.  Salt and pepper.  Cover the pot to wilt the cabbage.  Once the cabbage has reduced a bit, add the peeled garlic and can of tomatoes.  Add water (using the empty tomato can) until all the vegetables are submerged and there’s a little extra liquid for the pasta and beans later.  Bring to a simmer and cover for about 20 minutes.  Add the pasta and beans and oregano.  Simmer for another 10 minutes.

Once the pasta is cooked and the vegetables have reached your desired consistency, turn off the heat and add the vinegar/lemon juice (we used red wine vinegar - two or three tablespoons).  Salt and pepper.  Drizzle top with more olive oil and serve.

Eat hot soup.

Variation: You can grate on some hard cheese if you have some, or float a piece of toasted crusty garlic bread on top of the soup.

countmystarsla:

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Asterisked books are used/have been read.  Unless otherwise noted, books are in pristine unread condition.  Shipping is included.

PAPERBACK $5 each
Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine*
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Born at Midnight by CC Hunter
Pretty Bad Things by CJ Skuse
The United States of Arugula by David Kamp*
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane*
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell*
Simon Bloom the Gravity Keeper by Michael Reisman
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
Changeling by Delia Sherman
Storm Glass by Maria V Snyder
In Ashes Lie by Marie Brennan*
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
The Accidental Hero by Matt Myklusch

HARDCOVER $10 each
Gormenghast Trilogy (paperback but huge)
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Darklight by Lesley Livingston (or $15 for the two Livingston books together)
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong (signed to me)
Enclave by Ann Aguirre (signed to me)
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
A Star is Found by Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitford*

ofanotherfashion:

These two Asian American dancers are performing at San Francisco’s premiere nightclub in the 1930s called Forbidden City. While the club was Chinese-themed, the performers themselves were not all Chinese American. Some were Japanese American and Filipino American. (Click the “Forbidden City” tag at the bottom to see more.)

Less than a decade after this photo was taken, all of the Japanese American performers would be interned under Executive Order 9066. To see more internment photos, click on the “1940s” tag or the “Japanese American” tag - note: internment images will include both these tags. 

Source: Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library, University of California

Elegance. And melancholy.

Hey folks, a friend of mine was just laid off from her job. It would be awesome if you could visit and make a purchase from her Etsy store.  She does sassy cross stitch and hand-sews cat toys—perfect gifts for the holiday season.

Thank you so much! Please signal boost if you can!