JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!!!!! - OIL AND VINEGAR BRUSCHETTA TOPPINGS!

OIL AND VINEGAR BRUSCHETTA TOPPINGS!!!!!! 

YUMMY!!!!!!

www.oilvinegar.com

I LOVE BRUSCHETTA!!! 

I went to a wine tasting in Virginia in the summer.  One of the booths had delicious bruschetta toppings.  The company was called Oil and Vinegar.  I took the card and knew that I would be ordering soon.

So, I wanted the original, the one with olives, and the one with cheese.  Here are the descriptions from the website:

Bruschetta is our most popular item in the store and with one taste you will know why! Basic ingredients like tomato and garlic never tasted so good and all you need is hot water and olive oil, mix and enjoy! Whether you are planning a meal or arranging a quick, impromptu gathering, you are sure to please everyone with Bruschetta.

They are delicious on eggs, bread, pasta, and whatever else you can think of.  All you have to do is mix 2 parts warm water to 1 part bruschetta mix. After a few minutes, add the 1 part oil to the same amount of bruschetta mix that you already mixed with water.  For example, 4 tablespoons water to 2 tablespoons of bruschetta and 2 tablespoons of oil (olive oil for me). I couldn't believe how fast and easy it was!  As soon as I added the water, it smelled like fresh marinara sauce with an enticing garlic finish.  I can't get enough!

IF THIS SOUNDS AS YUMMY TO YOU AS IT DOES WHEN I'M EATING IT, THEN ..... TRY IT!!!

WHAT I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ........ KEY NECKLACES!!!!!

I LOVE KEY NECKLACES!!!!  Whether they are gold, silver, with diamonds, precious stones, and everything in between, I love them.  They really put a lot of class into a basic outfit.  There's also something so mysterious about them. 

 So often I am asked, "What's that a key to?"  It's of course, a rhetorical question, but it shows the intrigue that the little key can bring.  People believe that it must represent something mystical or sacred to the person wearing it.  Sometimes it does.  Sometimes it doesn't.  You'll never tell!!!

If you want to join the intrigue, then....TRY IT!!!!

JIN RAMEN IS SO DELICIOUS!!!!

JIN RAMEN WILL FEED ALL YOUR SENSES!!!

3183 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

b/t Tiemann Pl & 125th St 

Harlem

OR 

82ND AND BROADWAY

UPPER WEST SIDE

QUICK SHOUT OUT!!!

YOU KNOW I LOVE RAMEN.  I HAVE TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO JIN RAMEN BECAUSE I CAN ALWAYS GO THERE AND HAVE FANTASTIC RAMEN.  NOW, I GO TO THE ONE ON 125TH STREET AND BROADWAY, BUT I HEARD THEY HAVE A NEW ONE ON AMSTERDAM IN THE 80'S.

THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT AT THE 125TH STREET RESTAURANT IS GETTING A TABLE AT NIGHT. THE PLACE ISN'T THAT BIG.  IT HAS A NICE AMOUNT OF TABLES, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO GET IN.  I TRY TO BE THERE AS SOON AS IT OPENS FOR ITS NIGHT SERVICE.  IT ALSO HAS DAYTIME HOURS, TOO.

THERE ARE SO MANY FANTASTIC CHOICES, BUT I USUALLY GET THE SPICY TONKOTSU WHICH IS A LITTLE HOT AND HAS DELICIOUSLY SEASONED PORK.  I ALSO ORDER A SPECIAL GARLIC PASTE THEY HAVE AND AN ORDER OF EXTRA NOODLES BECAUSE I LOVE RAMEN AND DON'T WANT THE FUN TO STOP.  AlSO, TRY THE DEMI-SODA WHICH IS AN ASIAN SODA THAT TASTES LIKE GREEN APPLE.  I ALWAYS DRINK IT WHEN I GO TO ASIA. SO REFRESHING!!!!

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU COULD HANDLE THEN....TRY IT!!!!

CAN'T WAIT! HIGH-RISE THE MOVIE!!! LUKE EVANS, TOM HIDDLESTON TOGETHER AT LAST!

The movie High Rise has been premiering all over the globe! Places like Zurich and as of two days ago, London! As you know, I am smitten with one of its stars, the delicious Luke Evans.  The movie also stars the gorgeous Tom Hiddleston, the beautiful Sienna Miller,the mysterious Elizabeth Moss, and it is directed by Ben Wheatley.

The story takes place in a huge high-rise apartment building during the seventies. As per the synopsis on IMDB: 

Life for the residents of a high-rise building begins to run out of control. The unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control. Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on 'enemy' floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for technological mayhem...In this classic visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as the inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, recreate a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

Luke plays a ne'er do well playboy, sleazy husband of a pregnant Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men). Tom Hiddleston plays one of the more affluent characters.

I can't wait for its full release in the United States which as of this time had not been slated. So, hurry up already!!!!

There are many other dates at film festivals and different countries:

Canada 13 September 2015  (Toronto International Film Festival)
Spain 21 September 2015         (San Sebastian Film Festival)
Switzerland 25 September 2015 (Zurich Film Festival)
USA 26 September 2015      (Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX)
UK         9 October 2015              (London Film Festival)
France 2016

Germany 1 September 2016

So, if this looks exciting to you (and it certainly does to me!) then .......TRY IT!!!!!!!

SOJU COCKTAILS!!!

When I was in South Korea, I loved to sip on soju cocktails.  Soju is a grain alcohol usually made from rice, wheat, or barley from Korea.  I didn't like drinking it by itself.  I would drink it when mixed with various fruit juices.  When we went to a bar called Izakaya, they would serve the drinks inside of beautiful, arty vase-like pitchers.  They were very deceitful drinks because they didn't taste very powerful.  So, pay attention, because before you know it, you may need a taxi home!

Here's a site that has a soju cocktail recipe:

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If this sounds like your type of cocktail then.........try it!

NEW TREND - SKIRTED LEGGINGS

YOU LOVE LEGGINGS, BUT YOU DON'T WANT CERTAIN BITS HANGING OUT, VULNERABLE.

SO TRY SKIRTED LEGGINGS.  THEY ARE A SKIRT AND LEGGING TOGETHER.  YOU PUT THEM ON ALL AT ONCE AND YOU CAN WEAR THAT FAVORITE SWEATER WITH THE EASE AND FEEL OF LEGGINGS, BUT WITHOUT WONDERING ABOUT YOUR BOTTOM BEING EXPOSED.  THEY COME IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND TEXTURES.  IT'S TWO FOR ONE.

SO IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, TRY IT!!!!!

I WAS RIGHT! JUST SAYING... LUKE EVANS!

LAST YEAR, BEFORE DRACULA UNTOLD WAS RELEASED, I GUSHED OVER ITS STAR....LUKE EVANS!  NO MATTER WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE MOVIE, YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THE MESMERIZING QUALITY OF ITS STAR. 

HE'S NOT THE TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD TYPE.  HE LOOKS LIKE A FULL ON BLOKE WHO COULD TAKE CARE OF MANLY BUSINESS, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS STAGE TRAINING, COULD ALSO BELT OUT QUITE A TUNE.

IT SEEMS THAT HOLLYWOOD DECIDED TO CAPITALIZE ON ALL OF MR. EVANS' TALENTS.  HE WAS THE DELICIOUS BADDIE IN FAST AND FURIOUS 6.  HE STOLE THE MOVIE FROM ALL OF ITS WELL-MUSCLED (AND OILED STARS).  VIN AND DWAYNE WHO?  THEY LIKED HIM SO MUCH THAT THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR A CAMEO IN FURIOUS 7 AND THEY MIGHT DO ANOTHER FURIOUS MOVIE IN WHICH THE BROTHERS, PLAYED BY LUKE AND JASON STATHAM, TEAM UP!

HE JUST RECENTLY WRAPPED A FILM IN WHICH HE PLAYED THE FAIRYTALE BADDIE, GASTON, IN THE LIVE ACTION VERSION OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

HE HAS MORE MOVIES THAT ARE IN POST PRODUCTION:  HIGH RISE, 3 SECONDS, AND RED NOTICE.

SO, YES READERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED A FILM OF THIS UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED HOTTIE THEN........TRY THEM!!!!!!!!