Things I love: Food and Wine Pairings for Dummies!

I love this little widget that I just found! Check it out below. This little widget will take all the guess work out of matching the perfect wine to any food. Natalie MacLean's Food and Wine Matcher. It will have a permanent home in the side bar of my food blog, All Up in My Kitchen.

Natalie MacLean's Drinks Matcher

A New Clutch Handbag! by Little Brown Bird

Black and Gold Striped Clutch Handbag
Originally uploaded by littlebrownbird

The newest addition to my handmade handbag collection is this black and gold striped clutch. It has a classic, yet contemporary look and a yummy soft top cuff with a convenient wrist loop. Inside is a large inner pocket sewn into the beautiful black satin jacquard lining. Snap closure. 15"w x 7"h (38.1cm x 17.78cm)

This bag will be listed soon on Etsy in my shop, http://littlebrownbird.etsy.com/

When Good Shrubs Go Bad!

This is my landscaper...







THIS IS MY LANDSCAPER ON CRACK!!!!!

I came home to find a man with a power hedge trimmer playing out horror movie's greatest hits on my landscaping.


What once was a happy lil' shrub, minding its own business,
soaking up the sun, looking all pretty along my front walk...

...is now the BLACK HOLE you see exposing the ugly gas meter on the side of the house!
The branches are just hanging off the one they left.
They went completely POSTAL on every other shrub all along the front of the house. I'm afraid to look out back.

And I can't even stop them before they do it because they are hired by our association's management company.
Oh, ya, my monthly dues are paying for this attack!

And this was their idea of CLEANING UP AFTER THE CARNAGE!!!

Be sure and hug your foliage tonight before you go to bed, for you never know if it's the last time you'll see it!
Don't they know they are contributing to global warming?


OH THE HUMANITY!