It started with painting my bathroom walls, then I decided how hard could it be to change the vanity? In an old house that does not have shutoff valves at the sink or in the basement? A bigger project than you think. Oh and then you find out the pipes are not good and need replacing. Add in a pedestal sink that was caulked to the wall, which needed new drywall patch so while those two areas needing fixing how about taking out the medicine cabinet and drywall and mud that? Okay!
Not to mention a Swedish sink in an American house. Now, you understand why I took a photo when I did not have the baseboard back in?! Click my flickr-hosted photo to see all the remodeling photos so you feel like you were really part of the journey to my new bathroom.
The finishing touch is that I took a photo of a beach house while on vacation that will be hung above the toilet, which is also going to be replaced. Hope it just takes a weekend.
Can’t wait to demo my kitchen…
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Saturday, July 31 Watch This presents the original King Kong on Fountain Square’s giant screen! Round up your friends and family, bring something to sit on, your snacks and get ready to have a great night! Best of all this is free as are all of the Watch This screenings (but they accept donations to help cover the public screening license).
Watch This is the year-long project of Alex and Allison who were inspired after watching Julie & Julia, in which Julie Powell prepared all of Julia Child’s recipes in one year. Instead of cooking, they are watching The American Film Institute’s 100 Top Movies in one year (about two a week) and sharing the screenings with anyone who wants to join!
As someone who is not a big movie viewer, this has been a great experience because who knew it could be so enjoyable to watch movies with a whole group of people (and I’m not talking about strangers in a theater who turn around and tell you your laugh is too loud)?! Every movie I have attended, I have met someone new or brought someone who is new to the project (ie not on twitter).
If you miss King Kong, make plans to check out one of the remaining forty films. I am a fan of the leather sofas (while others enjoy the free popcorn) at the Cincinnati Athletic Club and they host movies the first Wednesday of the month. Their next movie is West Side Story on August 4. Two big showings will be E.T. on either September 28 or 29 at the 20th Century Theatre and The Wizard of Oz on December 1 at the 20th Century Theatre. Find the schedule of films at the Watch This web site, make your picks and I’ll see you at the movies!
More Watch This info:
Watch This on Facebook
King Kong facebook event
Cincinnati Enquirer
City Beat
Lately libraries have been in the news and thankfully it is not just because funding has been cut, a naked guy stole a four pound block of cheese (it is unconfirmed if he was researching a follow-up to Who Moved My Cheese) or another guy peed on books.
Libraries do great things daily, so it is a shame when something outrageous ends in arrest and a news story. It might be why some get really excited to videos like Librarians Do Gaga, the Old Spice guy and the New Spice guy: Study Like a Scholar. NPR summarizes recent this library activity in an article entitled Why The Next Big Pop-Culture Wave After Cupcakes Might Be Libraries.
Mark her words, libraries are the next big thing. Then, mark my words, I’m on the cusp of something grand. Actually, my coworker and I are planning something big…Glee meets the library. Just a tiny reveal on this little blog before some non-library type creates a pile of drivel.
Four years ago August, CinWeekly ran an article on how I got a case of the Mondays, quit my job, pursued my Master’s in Library Science to follow my passion: promoting libraries. I just shared that article with my coworker.
Yesterday, I got Tim and My Mom Calls Me George from KISS 107fm Cincinnati to visit our library for their town of the week segment. Listen to George’s library voice!
Don’t forget, White Castle likes my photo enough to use it on their web site.
I can make things happen!
I’ve been aware that Starbucks has an insulated cup that looks like their throw-away plastic cups, but I knew they were pricey ($12.95), hard to find and that they were selling on eBay for a ridiculous price. I have two coworkers who love their 16oz and 20oz tumblers and another who admires them. I was determined to find one of these for her birthday, which meant I could possibly step foot in more Starbucks in one week than I had been in my whole life (the good news: I could get the barista badge on foursquare!)
Then while at McAlister’s picking up a gift card for a different friend, I noticed an advertisement for their Tea Tumblers for $5.99! I asked to purchase one and was told they sold out of about 168 in two days. I guess the offer of 99 cent iced tea refills will do that (what do I know, I don’t drink iced tea, either!). ugh. Upon telling this tale to birthday coworker, she called to ask when they would receive more stock (notice her determination?!) and learned they had more stock. There I was at McAlister’s for the second day in a row buying tea tumblers at 9:30pm so I could give my unsuspecting coworker an early birthday gift!
July 29 is free iced tea day. If you buy a 20oz tea tumblers for $5.99 you can get 99 cent refills for the rest of 2010.
My blog does not get much love from the corporate world and that’s okay with me. But my Flickr stream receives strange attention from web sites wanting to use my photos.
Last week, White Castle asked for permission to use my photo on its web site. I said yes, but I wasn’t sure which photo since I have a few labeled “White Castle.” I am not a big White Castle fan, we have one near work and in summer’s past we walk over because it gets us out of the building. I picked up a White Castle t-shirt as a joke for my coworker/friend and that is the photo that is running on the front of the White Castle web site. Also, in the photo is a container called the “Wc fund” that we toss spare change in and use as needed.
Fame and fortune are just around the corner, I can smell it, just like I smell those onions sizzling at the WC lounge 
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