Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Tiger Woods

ThPGA Tour's website just posted that Tiger Woods will hold a news conference at the PGA Tour Headquarters on Friday at 11:00 AM ET.

Cherry Blossom Festival Washington D.C.

The blizzards of 2010 have destroyed the cherry blossoms. Many of the trees have broken branches and split the trees in two. Park Rangers have said that this year will not be a good year for cherry blossom viewing but by next year they should recover.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

I Must Have These




The Vancouver 2010 Olympics mittens.

Easy Red Velvet Cupcakes















what you need!

1 pkg. (2-layer size) red velvet cake mix
1 pkg.  (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup  (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
1 pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar (about 4 cups)
1 cup  thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
1 square BAKER'S White Chocolate, shaved into curls

make it!

PREPARE cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, blending dry pudding mix into batter before spooning into prepared muffin cups. Cool.
MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually beat in sugar. Whisk in COOL WHIP. Spoon 1-1/2 cups into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Cut small corner off bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into top of each cupcake to pipe about 1 Tbsp. frosting into center of cupcake.
FROST cupcakes with remaining frosting. Top with chocolate curls.
Keep refrigerated.







This is a cute variation.

New Olympic Medal Design


By Josephine Minutillo
Long before the athletes go for the gold at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, native son Omer Arbel won the commission to design the medals the winning competitors will sport around their necks. Trained as an architect, Arbel divides his time equally between designing buildings and objects since founding his own firm, Omer Arbel Office, in 2005. The medals, however, are a first for Arbel, whose industrial design projects consist mainly of furniture and lighting. “We’ve never done anything like this before,” he admits.
Olympic Medals
Photo courtesy Vanoc/Covan

Arbel’s design is also a first for the Olympics since each medal is unique. Produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, each of the 4-inch-wide medals in solid bronze, silver, and gold plate is laser-etched with a cropped section of a larger artwork by Canadian artist Corrine Hunt—an orca whale on the 615 Olympic medals, and a raven on the 399 medals for the Paralympics (taking place in Vancouver in March). Like a puzzle, it takes all of the individual medals to complete the artwork.
The medal’s undulating surface evokes the iconic sea and mountains of the Vancouver-Whistler landscape, but developed from Arbel’s initial design concept of a locket—its bulging form containing a secret compartment in which to store a personal keepsake from the Games. While manufacturing and cost constraints prevented Arbel from pursuing his early idea, he is pleased with the final outcome.  “With the exception of Torino in 2006, every medal design for past Olympic Games has relied on allegory,” he explains. “With this design, the recipients will respond emotionally to the medal’s tactile quality rather than a symbol inscribed on it.”

Disneyland Secrets # 1



In  Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland,  if you make a left as you enter the castle you can take a tour of  animated Sleeping Beauty  scenes.

Ugliest Bag Ever


     


This is the new Louis Vuitton Bag, would you pay $54,000 for this?

This Is McNutts



McDonalds has fifty McNuggets for $9.99. Calories 2310.


                                        



This is really McNutts, the meal  consists of fifty McNuggets, two
cheeseburgers, two large fries and two large drinks for $16.95. 
NO, NO, NO!!!!! Calories for this meal 4540.

Humphrey Bogart Was Short



At 5 ' 8 Bogart was considered to short and was forced by "Warner Brothers Studios" to wear platforms.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Monday, February 8, 2010

Haskell Free Library And Opera House





Haskell Library is located in Derby Line, Vermont. The border between America and Canada runs right through the library. This is the only library in the country that has this unusual feature.






Rumor has it that the Beatles recorded here, due to the fact the Paul McCartney was on the run from the law due to a  marijuana charge.

http://www.haskellopera.org/

Miracle Worker - Baking Soda

Baking Soda












Baking soda is one of the worlds miracle workers. It can be used for cleaning, whitens laundry, and teeth, put it in your bath to sooth and soften skin. And best of all it's the best skin exfolliant out there. It breaks down to round corners so you'll never injure your skin like other pricier brands. Plus it's ph balanced and won't irritate even the most sensitive skin.



Use baking soda mixed with peroxide and use as a whitning agent for your teeth.
Add it to laundry to whiten your dirtiest items.
Use it as a cleanser to clean your sink or bathtub. Best of all it won't scratch.

http://www.armandhammer.com/

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Hedy Lamarr

























 Movie star Hedy Lamarr is the essentially the inventor of the cell phone,







Regional Favorite Imo's Pizza











Imo's Pizza




What makes Imo's so special is the Provel Cheese and the only place in the world that it's made is St.Louis .


Provel is a white processed cheese that is popular in St. Louis, Missouri. Provel is produced with Cheddar, Swiss, and provolone. It is soft at room temperature, with a gooey and almost buttery texture, and thus has a low melting point. It is the traditional topping for St. Louis-style pizza. It is also often served on salads, chicken and the Gerber sandwich. Some restaurants go a step further and use Provel for their pasta dishes with white sauce instead of the customary fresh Italian cheese and cream. Although popular in the St. Louis area, Provel is rarely used elsewhere.

Bonnie and Clyde

















The Bonnie And Clyde House In Joplin, Missouri

This is the house where Bonnie and Clyde and Clyde's brother  Buck Barrow and sister in-law, Blanch stayed.  Unfortunatly two police officers were killed in a bloody shootout.


This house is dipicted in the movie starring Warren Beatty and Fay Dunaway

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnez- I Love Lucy)





Ricky Ricardo's real name on I Love Lucy, was Ricardo Alberto Fernando Ricardo Acha.


Desi Arnez's real name was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III.





Art Garfunkle



Did you know that Art Garfunkle is an excellent free throw shooter.

Doris Day




Doris Day's husband Martin Melcher signed Doris up for the Doris Day Show. She didn't know until Melcher died in April  and had to start work on the show in November.

Green Goddess





Did you know Green Goddess salad dressing used to be the most popular dressing until ranch dressing came out?