There are 600 million adolescent girls living in the developing world – the majority living in poverty. By giving one of these girls a chance, you start the Girl Effect. When girls have safe places to meet, education, legal protection, health care, and access to training and job skills, they can thrive. And if they [...]
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The Girl Effect ~ Invest in a Girl and She Will Do The Rest
Posted in life, random, thoughts, video, tagged advertising, awareness, change, charity, creativity, education, Girl Effect, helping others, making a difference, Nike Foundation, non-profit, NoVo Foundation, philanthropy, poverty, The Girl Effect, typography, Wieden & Kennedy, women, youtube on August 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Puppy Love
Posted in Frenchie, Sweden, life, video, tagged animals, best in show, dog, dogs, french bulldog, frogdog, new dog, new puppy, pets, puppies, youtube on August 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you’ve been following my puppy posts (all four of them) you know I’ve been super excited to finally be in a good space and situation in my life to add a puppy in the mix (read: not working a gazillion hours, traveling around the globe, and generally just being too stinking busy most of [...]
Randy Pausch ~ Inspiring Last Lecture
Posted in life, thoughts, video, tagged Carnegie Mellon, death, dreams, hope, inspiration, last lecture, pancreatic cancer, people, professor, Randy Pausch, really achieving your childhood dreams, youtube on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon. On September 18, 2007, after just a month of being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he gave his last lecture, titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” in a packed McConomy Auditorium. Inspiring others, he speaks about his life lessons and encourages others to achieve their [...]
Jason Mraz ~ Something Old is Something New
Posted in Sweden, life, music, travel & adventures, video, tagged entertainment, feeling good, I'm Yours, Jason Mraz, Life is Wonderful, male singer, music, opinion, singer, songs, video, youtube on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was fumbling through my iPod to resurrect some long forgotten tunes and I decided to give my older Jason Mraz CD’s a whirl again. I’ve been a fan of San Diego based Mraz for years but haven’t spun his older tracks in many moons. I’m sure you’ve heard his current hit, I’m Yours, that’s [...]
Spicy Broad Bean Fritters
Posted in food & wine, life, recipes, video, tagged appetizer, broad beans, chef, cooking, fava beans, Food, fritters, jamie oliver, naked chef, recipe, tasty, vegetables, veggies, youtube on July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Oh, yeah. I’ll been know for taking risks. And when I caught those fresh broad beans eyeing me from across the produce section I knew I must scoop them up even though I had absolutely no plan for these tasty morsels. See, told you – I’m wild.
I ended up making some bean fritters (ala Naked [...]
Augustana CD ~ Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
Posted in life, music, video, tagged Augustana, CD, entertainment, live shows, musicians, new release, opinion, videos, youtube on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy to be back in the states for a couple weeks and tonight I’m feeling so grateful for the abundance and availability (well, compared to where I’m currently living in Sweden) of decent live music here.
Last night we headed out to set our eyes and ears on the San Diego based, Augustana. I’m sure you’ve [...]
Colbie Caillat ~ Magic
Posted in music, video, tagged album, breaking records, CD, CoCo, Colbie Caillat, entertainment, feeling good, magic, opinion, upbeat, youtube on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Colbie Calliat is the super cute 22 year old blondie singer-songwriter from California who broke records with her song, Bubbly – it’s been viewed more than 17 million times on youtube and upwards of 20 million on myspace.
Her CD, Coco, has been making the rounds in my iPod since last year and it continues to [...]
More Brett Dennen – Ain’t No Reason Video
Posted in music, video, tagged addiction, aint' no reason, brett dennen, CD, entertainment, jimmy kimmel, life, music, musician, obsession, so much more, song, video, videos, youtube on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Official Brett Dennen Ain’t No Reason video.
And again on Jimmy Kimmel Live a few weeks back.
I can’t get enough.
I’m a junkie. High on Brett Dennen.
Posted in life, music, video, tagged addiction, album, artist to watch, brett dennen, CD, entertainment, music, musician, obsession, opinion, rising artist, rolling stone, singer, singers, songwriter, video, youtube on February 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ok, I realize I might be a little obsessive by nature. Even my friends would agree, once I like something I really like it. I’m just loyal and dedicated like that. That’s how I roll.
My current addiction is Brett Dennen.
Yeah, I heard him a couple years ago too but couldn’t really decide how much I [...]
Nick Pitera ~ Amazing Voice
Posted in music, random, video, tagged Aladdin, amazing, Disney, entertainment, music, Nick Pitera, opinion, random, singing, songs, talent, The Little Mermaid, video, videos, voice, youtube on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Nick Pitera is unusually talented and has tremendous vocal abilities – you can’t question that. Apparently, some refer to him as the ultimate singing mermaid.
I think he’s an angel.
Just spend 60 seconds listening to him perform Oh Holy Night. I got chills.
Here Nick sings both parts in Disney’s Aladdin song, Whole [...]
