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Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-83393259367250010732013-08-13T19:42:00.000-07:002013-08-16T13:27:41.588-07:00Agostino Iacurci(Italy)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="dropcaps">A</span>t first glance, you might mistake <b>Agostino Iacurci</b>'s vivid murals as only a picture. A charismatic way of making the street brighter. However, the murals depict the surroundings they inhabit.<br />
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Using ironic undertones to bring attention to his murals, Iacurci has a very unique way of bringing a community together by the circumstances and development that have seen. </div>
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Exert from Agostino Iacurci's interview from <a href="http://www.lanciatrendvisions.com/en/article/ceci-n-est-pas-une-pipe-interview-with-agostino-iacurci" target="_blank">Lanciatrendvisions.com</a>, </div>
<span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"A first level of reading of the murals in Porto Fluviale can be the infantile image of a person that swims among fishes. If you look at the context though, you discover that you are in an area historically linked to the fish market, an unhappy environment for the protagonists of the murals. In addition, the title, "Fish'n'Kids", apart from describing the scene, refers also to a famous dish. So in total you have a vital image that contemporarily represents a catastrophe. It’s the irony unleashed by a sadistic element. I try to work on that threshold mechanism through which an innocent image can become mischievous, or serenity can become a premonition. This is my motivation, my story. But I think the interesting aspect comes afterwards, in the interpretations of others."</span><br />
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Known for his vibrant colors and psychedelic imagery,<b> 3ttman </b>(<a href="https://twitter.com/3ttman" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">@3ttman</span></a>) graces us with his presence at this year's Living Walls Atl.<br />
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<br />Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-51249436671310151622013-08-11T09:24:00.000-07:002013-08-12T09:04:00.548-07:00Living Walls Atlanta 2013 The number of white walls in Atlanta are diminishing but, I am here for it. Everywhere I turn there are artist doing there part to make this city alive with the power of art. Then again that is what Living Walls is here for.From August 14th to 18th, Atlanta streets will be alive with the sound of......artists! <br />
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Featuring 20 progressive artists from around the world come together to create murals around Atlanta involving film screenings, lectures, block parties, gallery exhibits, and bike tours. </div>
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Starting in 2010, Living Walls has set itself apart by being not only one of the nonprofit organizations that bring together artist from every spectrum, but they introduce art to communities and engage the public in street art. </div>
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In 2012, two murals were removed after being deemed as controversial.</div>
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While it was a shame it further asks the question, What is art? Or better yet what defines it. Critique is an can be an artist best friend. Yet the residents of Pittsburgh, Atlanta felt that them never being inquired on having the mural there was a clear sign of being casted aside. The community said it was "demonic imagery" that resulted in removal and the Hyuro mural was vandalized. </div>
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<b>Sheila Pree Knight</b></div>
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As an ode to Living Wall <span style="font-family: inherit;">Atlanta, Im doing a blog post on each artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>3ttman(France)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Agostino lacuri (Italy)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Axel Void (Spain)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Brandon Sadler(Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Christopher Derek Bruno (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Elian(Argentina)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Freddy Sam (South Africa)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Gyun Hur (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Inti(Chile)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Jaz (Argentina)9</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Joshua Ray Stephens (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Know Hope(Israel)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Marcy Starz (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Matt Haffner (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Laura Bell (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Never 2501 (Italy)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Roti (France)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sam Parker(Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Trek Matthews (Atlanta)</b></span></div>
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH<br />
BSA Movie Night<br />
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center<br />
980 Briarcliffe Road, NE<br />
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM<br />
Jaime and Steve from Brooklyn Street Art will screen a series of street art and graffiti short films<br />
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH<br />
Block Party<br />
Edgewood Ave<br />
9:00 PM - 2:00 AM<br />
Restaurants, bars and music venues will come together in support of the conference.<br />
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16TH<br />
Lecture Series<br />
W Atlanta - Midtown<br />
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM<br />
Featuring Tim Crimmins of Georgia State and Dana White of Emory, Rebecca Burns of Atlanta Magazine, Assata Richards, Marcos Feldman, and Lisa Murch<br />
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SATURDAY<br />
Main Event at The Goat Farm Arts Center<br />
1200 Foster St<br />
8:00 PM - 2:00 AM<br />
Gallery exhibit featuring work of this year's participating artists, Pecha Kucha style talks, DJ's and bands<br />
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SUNDAY<br />
Bike Tour of Walls<br />
Location TBA<br />
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM<br />
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Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/LivingWallsAtl" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">@LivingWallsAtl</span></a></div>
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Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-72312747748763269102013-08-09T07:35:00.001-07:002013-08-12T08:20:48.538-07:00Rob Simmons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many Atlanta residents may identify with <b>Rob Simmon's</b> choices of location, but not many can capture the beauty in a photo that so much of us see everyday. <br />
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A gritty stairwell turned into a creative mind's drawing board, caught through a lens. As if it was a quick glimpse of magic;something so dull and normal became something radiant and alluring.<br />
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Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-2611938568481500072013-08-06T19:16:00.000-07:002013-08-09T21:05:38.580-07:00Straight from the coffee pot, to the canvas: Micheal Aaron Williams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Focusing on the common occurences of the "normal day", <b>Micheal Aaron Williams </b>captures the natural essence of people in their own habitat. His use of coffee for his paintings has the effect of making the features of the person soft yet darkened in the right places, subtly, for added depth. Who knew coffee was so damn awesome.<br />
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<span style="color: #727272; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Garuda, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i>"My art is a narrative, visual poetry, making a social statement to move the viewwe to the action or realization. an important part of my work focuses on the street, the place where people live their daily lives. This allows me to interact with an audience on how they react to the art, it is a social experiment . these open air installations focus on the ephemeral state of street people and enable the viewer to participate in the outcome of the pieces, whether the viewer leaves or saves them from the street. My goal in depicting street people is to show their beauty and fragility, while bringing their situation into the eyes of the viewer, refusing to let them be forgotten or ignored"</i></span></span><br />
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<b>Website :<a href="http://michaelaaronart.com/" target="_blank">Micheal Aaron Art</a></b>Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-25101503848830849352013-08-06T11:51:00.001-07:002013-08-12T08:15:03.053-07:00Loui Jover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Loui Jover(<a href="https://twitter.com/LouiJover" target="_blank">@<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LouiJover</span></a>) is a self represented full time artist who lives now lives in Queensland, Australia.<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">"Right now I like making ink drawings on adhered together sheets of vintage book paper, there is a fragility to these images that I find interesting (as if the wind may blow them away at any moment) and the hand drawn stark black lines against the intricate printed words of the book pages offer a strange fusion and depth that seems to give the images a kind of 'meaning' and back story, even though unconnected in a contrived way. I never pick the image for the pages or visa-versa they just collide as chance permits, any meaning they may have is purely created by the observer and their own imaginings." </span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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Equipped with a DJ and bar, the W downtown heated rooftop pool (called WET) is the place to be in the summer! Hosted by : Dell Harris(<a href="https://twitter.com/dellharris">https://twitter.com/dellharris</a>)</div>
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This pool party is exactly what you need after a weekend of complete and utter DEBAUCHERY! (Because everybody knows the only way to cure a hangover is to drink booze and party harder). If the bar, pool, and view isn't enough for you</div>
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theres a DJ playing nothing but the best funk ,garage, house, and disco so you KNOW ima be in my swimsuit bustin a move. Entrance is $20 but the password(ask around when you get there) will get you in free! (more money for drinks!) So from 2pm-8pm every Sunday when your holding your head, sipping seltzer water, and cringing at the thought of the person whose gum is in your mouth ;drag yourself out of bed, throw on a bikini, and head down to Recovery Sessions!</div>
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<b><i>Hosted by: Dell Harris</i></b></div>
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<b><i>*Extended to every sunday*</i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b><i>45 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard NW · Atlanta, Georgia 30308</i></b></span></div>
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Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-67313656524830272232013-01-30T12:17:00.002-08:002013-01-30T12:19:57.128-08:00Octopus Bar<i>The weather was a tad dreary, but not dreary enough to explore. The air had a sense of mystery to it..and I had to find out why...</i><br />
It also could of been that I have had the flu for the past few days, been cooped up in the house and had to GET. OUT!<br />
But as crazy as it sounds, the fog and rain called to me. The commonality of sunlight annoys me at times.<br />
David and I were cruising down I-85 when he said the loaded statement. "Im so hungry". Followed by the loaded question "What do you want to eat?" I could feel my eyes sparkle<br />
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No no no you don't get me . I love it! I don't have a favorite type per se because I love to try all types. There's so many different dishes so many different taste...its a mild obsession.<br />
Its a medium obsession...<br />
Okay, its a full blown obsession. And trust, I thank god everyday that I haven't woken up to being one of the family members from the Klumps.<br />
I take pride in my sickness of the norm and it goes hand in hand with my food endeavors and even though being a foodie seems like a full time job sometimes ,one of the qualifications is having an open palette. Trying something you've never heard of, in a place you would never go to, and meeting people who you would of never seen. Its not just the food for us self proclaimed foodies, its the experience.<br />
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Atlanta and I have a love/ hate relationship. To me, Atlanta is a bittersweet city. For all of Atlanta's great events, tasty restaurants, and beautiful walking trails, most are very hidden. Around 15% of events in Atlanta are broadcasted, the rest seems to be word of mouth. But who do you blame? Atlanta is so diverse that every part of atlanta is not only different, but every part has their own itinerary. People who are accustomed to their areas rarely leave. ESPICALLY if theyr'e ITP(in the perimeter) which means inside the city. Then theyr'e people who are OTP(outside the perimeter) like me....who are not in the city but want to be....but have no idea where to start. So you then you have to ask yourself, how do I find out about these events? Do I stand on a corner along with the crackheads gone wild asking people who walk by "wheres the party at?" That won't blow over well..it will actually get you in more of a hole then you were beforehand.<br />
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To get past this you have to submerge your way into the crowd. Go to festivals and events that you in fact do know about, meet people and make friends, and soon enough you will be getting emails and text messages for things you have never seen in magazines or online before. Submerging yourself in an area you have no idea about is indeed scary but finding something you enjoy doing in a different area is alot easier than doing something totally different with people you totally don't know. I started to submerge myself in Atlanta's art scene. "Atlanta art scene?...." Yes believe it or not there is one. And it not just the High art museum which is a good start, but submerge to me is getting my hands dirty, helping out with the artwork, meeting artists, and meeting like minded people. Not just going somewhere to look at art and nod my head only to leave with my head just as empty as it was when I walked in. Since art itself is something new to me, I wanted to see not only its ending but beginning and middle. What was the artists inspiration, what are the tools they used, how long did it take them, or what is the canvas. Questions that are vaguely answered but not really explored, and I am a explorer.<br />
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My curiosity brought me to Wonderoot, a non profit community art center on memorial drive that seems like one of the beacons of new and seasoned artists, filmmakers, photographers, and musicians to come to perform, rehearse, sell their artwork, have classes, or work in the community garden. Wonderoot has everything an artist of any kind would need and want to perfect their craft. </div>
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A digital media lab that is equipped with 5 iMacs, Final Cut pro, and Adobe Creative Suite</div>
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A ceramics studio with pottery wheels, clay(Free recycled but for new its only $15), and glazes</div>
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I love it at Wonderoot. There mission is working because there are all kinds of people from all over who come to either perform or work on their crafts. Since I meet most of them being at one of the front desk, I find out about different places and events(like I wanted)and that is how I found out about Octopus Bar. I was giving my first tour of Wonderoot to a guy who worked for Creative loafing when we started talking about restaurants. I told him I was looking for a different experience but not just that...hidden gems that only known by people around them. He told me a few places , one being Octopus bar which stuck out in me head. He said it was real low key, small, dim lit, and some of the most amazing food you will ever eat.</div>
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Octopus bar is attached to Soba, a Vietnamese restaurant.<br />
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At first glance, it looks like a house with a bar in it. Which made me venture into it. (David and I waited in the car and watched some people go in so we were sure it was an actual restaurant. Its right by a niehborhood so we didn't want to walk in someone's house). A blast of heat and a warm smile from the waitress greeted us as soon as we walked in. Confused where the heat was coming from I looked around the covered patio and noticed a small fireplace in the corner. As we sat down we were immediately greeted by the waitress who was in the front earlier. She described the sakes. We chose the "star filled sky". As we were waiting for our sake I took in the restaurant.<br />
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Graffiti covered the walls and candles lit the whole restaurant. The reggae they were playing puts you in a trance and after a few sips of sake I felt myself mouthing the songs and swaying in my seat....A few more sips after that I was actually singing. Most of the patrons walking in went straight to the bar which was on the other side. The bar itself had an fiery octopus picture wrapped around it!</div>
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The place, the meal, the ambiance was just...bad ass. Everything from the smiley waitress dancing with the bartender. It is definitely a cozy comfortable spot to either hang out with friends or have a nice quiet night out. Either way I will be returning and can hardly wait.<br />
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<br />Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-56445584449508500562013-01-21T05:47:00.001-08:002013-01-21T11:32:39.525-08:00Long overdo Hello Well i must say it has been AWHILE. Me of course being in my early 20's have now gone through the grand responsibilities of having my own place.<br />
That right!<br />
All me!<br />
Goin for the gold!<br />
Miss INDEPENDENT<br />
Chicka chicka yeah!<br />
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broke as a joke. I have never been this broke. I mean honestly having a paycheck leave your hand after a couple of hours of having it and only having its memories...it hurts my soul.<br />
But it certainly brightens up my day when I can come home and turn on the lights or make a cup of coffee in the morning. So i guess my money goes to soooommmmeeeee good. Also, I feel my daughter and I would have to exchange some words if she woke up in the morning and turned on the t.v for Dora and nothing happened. Dooms day.<br />
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But this last paycheck I was able to actually get Cable and Internet! Thats right movin on up!<br />
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It feels nice to finally have a place to put all my Pinterest ideas into affect. Craiglist ,Goodwill, thrift stores, and random donations were definitely used and also the reason why I dont look like im squatting. I got this couch:<br />
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From some friends (Shout out to Nicky and Matt!) and when i say it is crazy comfortable...have you ever sat in a piece of furniture and you just felt yourself sinking. It was eating you yet you didn't care. You were like those bugs that go into the light only to get zapped. You just saw the bug in front of your get killed why do you go?? Because it feels so good to stare... Well this couch sucks you into its crevases with a soothing lullaby that slowly drifts you off to sleep, and when you wake up you have lost.....ALL.OF.YOUR.DAY!<br />
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Its a conspiracy...or maybe a good piece of furniture I don't know but I will say...it was so comfortable that I slept on it and it was wet from the rain outside<br />
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As you can tell the couch is ugly. I think my friends got it off Craigslist for free and the woman had cats...or a cat but i REFUSE to believe one cat did this damage...and if it did that was one mad cat. Also the couch is green. I do not like green. Yellow green is exceptable on special occasions but the only forest green I ever liked was the crayon color in the crayola box and even then I just wanted to color, I didnt care which color I had. Nicky and I were thinking the same thing so for now im just going to get a cotton cover,but this is only beginning! I want to fully upholster it and then who knows...<br />
Maybe ill bedazzle it.<br />
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I also go this beautiful wooden coffee table from Goodwill for only 35 dollars!<br />
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Its nice, it was cheap, its a beautiful honey brown, it was cheap...The tv thats resting on it(and awkwardly in front of my fireplace...i dont care..I dont chop wood..) I got FOR FREE! Okay...we all know the trials and tribulations craigslist have given us in the past. The fake job posts, the fake house listings, the questionable areas they want you to meet them at, but its a free site,and free anything will eventually draw weirdos and perverts. They don't wanna pay for their smut. So with anything that open, I say proceed with caution. Which is what I did. I needed a tv for the living room so the Comcast guy could hook up the cable(which now doesn't work...COMCAST YOU ARE AWESOME!...no..no your not). With of course me being broke, I didn't have the option of going and getting one so I followed advice from fellow craigslist adventure seekers to look at the free section. Well low and behold there was a free 25 inch Sony t.v in Suwanee and it was free to whoever picked it up. Since I actually had the gas I called and told the guy I was on my way. I of course didn't go alone. Hell, I wouldn't have went to the nieghboring apartment complex alone so I brought my best friend David as my bodyguard. The t.v works great which I wasn't expecting so another great find! I finally have the beginning stages of a living room!<br />
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<br />Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-35697989608852591072012-11-02T16:13:00.001-07:002013-01-19T06:32:25.302-08:00Leon's Full ServiceIt was late last night when David and I decided to go drinking. Feeling "refined"(pinky up) we decided that our nieghborhood and long time best friend Taco Mac was not what our classy taste buds craved and walked down the street to Leon's Full Service.<br />
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It was like walking into a comptemporary time machine. From the old school red leather booths and chalkboards filled with American and foreign beers to the state of the art mixing stations and drink ware. Yet the place made you feel at home when you walked inside. I don't know, maybe its the opaque lighting and live jazz music that's wraps around you like a warm blanket. Or maybe the essence of the old fill up and go that it once was lingering in hopes of revisiting the smiles of the locals like once before. Only not to fill up your cars but to fill up your stomach.<br />
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I had been introduced to the place years ago when my friend said there was a place that you can get french fries with a bunch of "weird" sauces. And you know its LAW if someone says something is weird, you gotta try it out for yourself.(Victoria's reasoning at its best). So I decided to go there to see what all the talk was about.<br />
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The pub frites are served in an old fashioned pail and is paired with some of the most interesting sauces ive ever heard. Sauces like goat cheese fondue, mango-peppadew catsup, garlic aioli, and bacon herb mayonnaise (yum). Yes I had a great first time but the time I had last night has made me fall in love with the place. </div>
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David started with a classic. The dark and stormy which was made up of ginger house beer that they make fresh everyday and gosling black seal rum. </div>
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I decided I wanted a manly man's drink so I opted for the old fashioned whiskey cocktail with old overholt rye, bitters, sugar, and citrus peels. </div>
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The mixture of orange zest and whiskey were blended perfectly. Each edgy sip takes you back to a time where sitting under an orange tree in the south breathing in the orange smell that waivered throughout the air and tickled the inside of your nose was simplicity. </div>
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But the drink that stood out the most was The Tilt A whirl. It was so great I forgot to take a picture of it! Lets take a second to go back to our childhood. The never ending fun of camp outs, staying up late, chasing fireflies, eating candied...anything, and going to carnivals. In enters the tilt a whirl. It is a beautiful fall night at the carnival in a glass. The drink is made up of berkshire mountain ragged rum, salted caramel, salers aperitif, apple bitters, and toasted hay. The drink is truely an experience. The drink's salted caramel and apple bitters mask the harshness of the rum and right when you take a sip and it travels down your throat what is the aftertaste? Lime! Anyone who knows me knows I love sweet and sour drinks.(I love to confuse the hell outta my tongue yay) but THIS was a sweet and sour drink that took me by surprise. Everything was blended perfectly. It reminded me of old fall nights in Alabama when we would all take hay rides and enjoy the cool night air....as we waited for our inevitable doom because that's how horror movies start right? 4 kids...going on a hay ride....in the dark...having a good time....WHEN A NINJA.....</div>
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We had lovely pairings with our drinks that included David getting the chicken sausage and me getting the mussels which were to die for!</div>
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Leon's full service has certainly met if not exceeded my expectations.Great atmosphere, great food, great drinks, overall a great night. A great night that ended with a drunken stumble out the doors and a smile. Gotta love it.</div>
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I was pirusing the internet due to bronchitis ive had for 2 months when I found Sonya Yu. Self proclaimed professional food pornographer(saucy) Sonya Yu Photography ranges from </div>
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Yes, it is safe to say spending a day in the unforgettable world of great sunsets and sunrises, breakfast for champs, and sleeping beauties is much needed after this hectic life I endure. Sonya Yu will always be there to give me that San Fransisco smile that always makes me smile back </div>
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Victoria Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086052001559244886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834550129602710811.post-77098095996965653572012-10-05T04:00:00.000-07:002012-10-05T04:00:00.733-07:00Normality<br />
and if i had one day<br />
to live without my corroded heart<br />
to sing to the blue birds mocking how they sing to me<br />
to look up at the sky and feel the joy i know its supposed to make me feel<br />
if i had one day. one day, to be different, like everyone else<br />
to feel happy when its expected<br />
to cry when things are sad<br />
to love when it is called for<br />
but the darkness engulfs me<br />
and all that is left is the empty shell of me<br />
If i had one day<br />
to feel like a real person<br />
a whole<br />
the empty shell taken over by a real soul<br />
if i had one day<br />
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I would make it last<br />
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