Defeated

I can't even begin to express how I feel these days. I'm loooking forward to the summer and spending time with those that really love me. Thank you to all of my friends, family, and more for supporting me this year. I could not have done it without everyone's help and words of wisdom... and now I think some other words of wisdom are necessary- The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates.

Topstitch this month

If you have not already, please please please go see the current show at topstitch in Old city. It's called valley of the dolls and it is fabulous. Of course- I AM a little biased- because I am a doll lover and my work is in the show.

Here is a write up about the show from the best blog out there: artblog.

touch me for artblog

Who should you vote for?

This site is pretty cool. It atleast reassured me that who I thought I would vote for is DEF the person I WILL vote for. Check it out:

who should you vote for?

Cheesesteaks!

Newsflash! This just in: The portuguese LOVE cheesesteaks!

como e grande o meu amor por voce

como e grande o meu amor por voce
Eu tenho tanto
Pra lhe falar
Mas com palavras
Nao sei dizer
Como é grande o meu amor por voce

E nao ha nada
Pra comparar
Para poder
Me explicar
Como é grande o meu amor por voce

Nem mesmo o céu
Nem as estrelas
Nem mesmo o mar
E o infinito
Nao é maior
Que o meu amor
Nem mais bonito

Me desespero
A procurar
Alguma forma
De lhe falar
Como é grande o meu amor por voce

Nunca se esqueca
Nem um segundo
Que eu tenho o amor
Maior do mundo
Como é grande o meu amor por voce

Nunca se esqueca
Nem um segundo
Que eu tenho o amor
Maior do mundo
Como é grande o meu amor por voce
Mas como é grande o meu amor por voce

herbs

Yeah dude! I got some seeds and soil for my b-day and now I'm growing herbs! I got some cilantro, basil, chives, rosemary, mint, and oregano. I can't wait until they get big enough to use for cooking!

happy belated valentines day.

check out my valentine card.

click me for kisses

sudoku: a new love

I decided to do the sudoku from the newspaper a couple of weeks ago because I had already finished the other puzzles. I never wanted to get into sudoku because everyone else raves about it-so you know- I have to be different. But I tried it anyways and now I'm slightly addicted! 

you can print them off the web at www.websudoko.com

Cooking

Well in case you didin't know, I've never really been able to cook. I mean- I could make macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, and the typical stuff, but that was about it. But lately I've been experimenting a little more, and getting a lot better. In fact, I'm pretty impressed with my new skills. I DO have to say that I owe some of the new-found-talent to my some of my talented friends who have helped me out.. (Natalie, Maria, Amber,Alyssa- props.).. but mostly I have my subscription to reall simple to thank. Oh- and of course my online pals martha stewert and rachael ray.
Anyways. I thought I would share with you some of the stuff I've been cooking in the recent months.
Here is a list of some of my favs:
Ginger chicken with brown rice
Steak and soy with wasabi mashed potatoes
Black bean soup with chicken (natalie's concoction)
Orzo with zuchinni, tomatoes, olives and basil
Tortellini soup with chicken tomato and thyme
Bifanas with fried onions (this is portuguese)
Brussel sprouts with warm lemon vinagrette
Shrimp scampi with tomato and spinach
Roast beef sanwiches with avacado and cilantro
Pork loin wrapped with bacon with mushroom sauce

deserts:
Home-made lemon sorbet
baked bananna with warm chocolate sauce (this one's low fat!)
Natas (another portuguese one.. but really Tiago made most of it)

life updates: video

Video is fun. Here are some.

life updates: painting exhibition

I have a painting exhibition going on now at The Chapterhouse Cafe and Gallery on 9th street between Bainbridge and South Streets. I did a lot of new work for the show, and I'm pretty happy with the results.

life updates: being a bridesmaid.

I was in a wedding this January. It was the marriage of my BFF Meghan Touey and my homeboy Luke Pattrick O'Connell. WOW! What a wedding. It was spectacular.
Above are the bridesmaids and bride at the shower... and me coming down the isle.

life updates: museums

So I think most people know.. but I'm in grad school now for museum studies. These are just a few photos from my months studying museums...
This is me at the Franklin institute doing some serious field work:

Here I am leading a tour group onto the USS Olympia at the Seaport museum where I interned.

This is a photograph of the mural I did at the Philadelphia Art museum as part of my internship there.

.. and action painting at the Moma when I went to see the Serra exhibit. loved it btw.

life updates: boyfriend.

ha. ok.. well I'm going to start a few blogs that arre pretty much just an update of my life. One is that I have the best BF in the US or Europe. He is awsome. He is Tiago. We met when I went to Portugal with my friend Marta in 2006. Now he is in Philly and life is grand. Here are a few pictures in case you see him around town and you want to say "Hi" or "Ola!"

.. back to blogging.

Ok. So I always say that I'm going to blog more and then I never do it... but... because I am in graduate school now and I have NO life, I decided that this is a way that my peeps can feel in the loop. (Who am I kidding? No one ever reads my blog.)
Anyways, here is a current photo of me- in case many of you have forgotten what I actually look like.

WOWSA

Oh boy. So I haven't written a blog in a while and I was just really mad because it's all changed and it wasn't letting me log in and i was getting so mad and then it work and now here I am posting a stupid blog.

Well anyways...
So I have a show coming up in about a year at the Chapter House off of south street. I've been working on some paintings that I'm pretty excited about. shhhhyeah.. they're rad.

ok so the image quality isn't the best but i guess you'll have to come see them for yourself.

Portugal

Sadly, I am home from my wonderful trip to Portugal. I arrived in lisbon after delays and lines and confusion and travel mess. When I finally got there I waited for Marta to meet me, so I walked around Lisbon for a whiel, and then I went to a cafe to relax. When Marta got there we went by train to Mealhada, the town where she lives. Unfortunately though, we missed the train stop, so we stopped in aveira where her friend Hugo picked us up and took us to her house. My whole travel time was about 35 hours long. I was pretty cranky to say the least. After a good night sleep the fun really began. A lot of my time there was spent meeting new people and Marta's awesome family. We went out almost everynight, and slept all day. We had a bunch of trips to the local beaches (which are nothing like the beaches here, and are incredible) and some trips to bordering towns and cities. I basically stayed up all night everynight I was there. This is a picture of me at Luso, a town famous for it's sring and endless water supply.

side walkin it and other hazards

ok.. so last night felicia and i decided to take the venture into center city for some well deserved sorbetto and gelato. we decided to walk.

it was a lovely time with nate and dan serving us our yummies and chit chatting about magazines and men and the likes. i enjoyed a hazelnut gelato on a cone in which nate so courteously filled with whipped cream, while felicia savored her double scoop strawberry sorbetto (which proved to be way too much for the dainty gal. i mean cmon flea.. you gotta learn how to be a pig here like me. hehe.)

we finished, and set out for the walk home. to spice up the evening we decided to take an alternative route home rather than going the same way we came. (wow.. i know what you're thinking: if this is spicing up your evening you gotta get out more! but im just using that type of language for the story..mmmkay?)
back to the story....
we walked down 13th street, and here's where the excitment started. as we walked a man on a bicycle came flying down the sidewalk. he wasn't just flying, he was swerving all over the place! and i dont mean laxadazical swaying from side to side, i mean CRAZY SWERVING! he was a mad man i tell you! a this point my knight in shining armor, felicia, was quick to her whits and screamed, "OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GET OFF THE SIDEWALK YOU FUCKING RETARD!!!!!" and of course the lunatic rebuttled with an emphatic groan. (okay... sidebar here.. it WASN'T emphatic. i was using a literary tool called sarcasm)
at this point i laughed my ass of while other pedestrians: 1. instructed us on a better way of handling the situation. 2. watched in horror. 3. watched in delight.

we continued home, arriving at the house around 11 or so to discuss whether or not the 5 mile or so walk burned off any of the diabetes fest we had earlier indulged in.
it was a great little venture the two of us had. so glad we did it. we MUST do it again soon. (here's where i am making a flipping gesture with my wrist while batting my eyelashes)
ta ta.

Spelling

Ugh.. have you read my blog? (probably not because I never update it) My spelling errors and typos are absolutely ATROCIOUS!!! Really.. they are exceptionally bad. My appologies to anyone who tried to read this crap.

my life update

do you really care? I didnt think so. But I am lookin pretty hot in my bikini in this picture. ha.... Like anyone even reads this thing.