lorenius

This is primarily for my family. I will update as I think of things.
My Christmas List
Magazine Subscriptions

Blueprint
Craft
Interweave Knits

Strauch Ball Winder (and my Dad to Make a motor for it)
Upscaling DVD Player
Nike Sport Trainer – Black/Peapod – sz 9
Nixon Chalet – Dark Wood
Nixon Vega – Black or Dark Wood
Mustard Yellow Leather or Knit Gloves
Audi TT [...]

This isn’t exactly new news but I figured I should share anyway. Topshop has finally found a space for it’s first store in the US. Soho! The address is 478 Broadway. This is right near another import that I love, UNIQLO, which is at 546 Broadway. They’ve been talking about opening a NYC store for [...]

I spent most of wednesday night baking for Thanksgiving.
My contribution was a maple spice cake with maple cream cheese filling and chocolate ganache.

Then I made a couple Aunt Rose’s Pumpkin Pies.

And lastly the BEST COOKIES EVAH – Walnut Cookies. They may not look like much but fights break out over these when my aunt [...]

I went to visit my friend, Alexis, in Chicago last weekend. It was great although it started off not so great. My flight out of Newark was delayed (big surprise) by 2 hrs. I got notice of the delay before I left for the airport, but we were still required to be at the gate [...]

Baha’i Temple

Originally uploaded by chaiamrge.

This is the baha’i temple outside of Chicago. I’m not exactly sure what the religion is about but the temple is beautiful.

PR gets underway in less than a week! Do you think you know who’s gonna win? Well there’s a Fantasy PR Game running. It’s sort of like fantasy football – you pick the 3 designers you think will do best in the next episode. They don’t seem have their method for scoring figured out yet, [...]

Some researchers have found that people who are overweight, according to BMI, have a lower death rate than those classified as normal, underweight or obese.
NY Times: Causes of Death are Linked to a Person’s Weight

A year ago today I arrived in New Zealand.
Maybe one day I’ll actually finish up my travel journal. It’s mostly done.

I went to vote on my way home from work yesterday. When I went to sign the book, the lady said my signature wasn’t the same as what’s printed. Well duh. I registered to vote when I was 18 and my signature is much different these days. Back then I wrote out all 17 letters [...]

Recently I noticed some mousetraps in the kitchen. I asked my mom about it and she said my dad believes we have mice. I thought this was pretty crazy since we haven’t seen any mouse droppings, mouse eaten food containers, or even MICE! I also didn’t think this was possible considering how we have 3-5 [...]