Lollapalooza 2011

The 2011 20th Anniversary LINEUP has been revealed! This year's lineup is awesome as always! Make sure you check it out!

Lollapalooza is a 3 day music festival that takes place in Grant Park of Chicago, IL. This year will mark the 20th Anniversary and will take place August 5-7, 2011. Lolla has multiple stages that span across over 115 acres and an ever-more diverse array of 130+ artists.

Lollapalooza is a MUST and I look forward to it every year!! This will be my 4th year and every year it gets bigger and better!!

Here are some pictures from Lollapallooza 2010!

The group walking into Lollapalooza on the first day!

BFF's at Neon Trees

Temper Trap Show

After the Kaskade late night show

-Jane

Fantasy Fountains

An outdoor water feature is something that I would love to have someday HGTV shows you how to "Make a Modern Splash" in your backyard

source : HGTV

-Meg

Mozzarella, Tomato and Avocado Salad

This is a quick and easy salad that is very delicious! We had it for dinner with grilled chicken, and it's also great on toasted baguette slices as an appetizer. I found the recipe here, and I knew it was a must try!

Ingredients:

1 container cherry tomatoes, cut in half

1 carton fresh mozzarella cheese pearls, drained

1 avocado, peeled and diced

1/3 cup basil, julienned

2 tbs fresh parsley

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup olive

salt and pepper

baguette-optional

Globe Trottin'

I have a thing for globes lately and these are by far the best I have seen! Dr. Seuss quotes on a globe I mean you couldn't ask for anything better.  The artist who creates these lovely works of art is from the Bay Area and her blog shows you the whole process of working with vintage globes and adding recycled material to make each one unique.  Ah I want to be her, ok just owning one of her globes would be fine also.

Handmade Vintage Globes 

-Meg

Mashup Monday

Hope these help you get through this rainy day!

MOVER SHAKER- Youngin on His Wife (Wiz Khalifa vs Alex Winston vs Star Slinger)

DOSVEC- Ooh Ahh Home (Diddy Dirty Money ft Skylar Grey vs Grits)

FAROFF- Mashed Girl (The Temptations vs Cee-Lo Green)

LETHMOJOE- Machu Picchu Goes On (The Strokes vs Lupe Fiasco)

LOBSTERDUST- Roll It (Yeah Yeah Yeahs & A-Track vs Salt-N-Pepa)

Enjoy!
-Whitney

Easter Orzo with Smokey Tomato Vinigrette

I follow Giada De Laurentiis on Twitter and earlier this week she posted her Easter Menu, it all sounded delicious but I was really excited about her side dish she posted, an orzo with a Smokey Tomato Vinaigrette.

Ingredients:

1 pound cherry tomatoes

1 pound orzo pasta

Vinaigrette:

1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves, torn

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon smoked salt*

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

*I found the smoked salt at a local fine gourmet cooking store called The Better Cheddar

Laura Little's

I got this little guy today as an Easter present from my boss. It turned my terrible, horrible, no good very bad day into a terrible, horrible, no good bad day!

How cute is that?! And delicious too. It's from a little candy shop called Laura Little's in Prairie Village. They have chocolates, fudges, candies and gift boxes. Great gift ideas for Easter, birthdays, Mother's Day, teachers, etc. and it's local! Try them out, you won't regret it (or maybe you will, because you will be hooked!)

-Whitney