Couples Armchair

I must have spent at least 10 minutes scrolling through this lengthy post by If It's Hip, It's Here because Laura posted every single piece of furniture from the new Arik Ben Simhon sports-inspired furniture collection.

Maybe it's because I never had any interest in any sports that required padding but I didn't quite see all the appeal until it came to this piece:

the Shazlong Ex Mackey.

Doesn't it basically look like a two-person armchair-ottoman-lounger-thingy? (I'm sure it has an actual name but heck if I could find it.) I could see Clement and I curling up together in something like this all the time. But I don't know about the fabric. If anyone sees anything that looks similar to this, let me know!!

Moving "Truck" Fail

(via failblog)

Terrifying yet truly impressive... doesn't it kinda remind you of Jenga or Katamari Damacy? I'm amazed that they managed to tie what appears to be a fridge, washing machine, AND a mattress up on that little station wagon. And two bikes, or one M.C. Escher bike.

Weekend Finds

Adorable radish mushroom how-to (from Brenda)

(note: the hand in the photo is Brenda's, not mine. =P)

Star Wars Then and Now

Tauntaun sleeping bag (also Star Wars), via thinkgeek

Shiny, new stainless steel iPod shuffle

The correct way to dispose of your old credit cards to prevent identity theft. (via LifeHacker)

Loving this new blog - You'd Be Pretty If... (via Already Pretty)

Joanna has return from her honeymoon! Welcome back!

This giant rubber duckie is amazing.

How to make roses out of maple leaves

Top 25 "Most Badass Personal Finance Blogs"

Aloha!

This weekend, I went to Clement's company picnic, which had a Hawaiian theme! We got there early to help set up and stuck around all the way through the end. Some of the guys who left early even left us their raffle tickets so we wound up "winning" this coconut, which was a prop in one of the games!

They put together a great event with several games, a watermelon eating contest, and, of course, delicious BBQ. Let's not forget the bounce house!

It was sort of a nice way to say goodbye to summer, one last romp in the sun before fall comes rolling around with its cool weather and cute ankle boots. Hello, fall, it's good to see you again!

Shuriken Coasters

Want. These. So. Bad.

Why must they be so awesome but so pricey?

(via The Awesomer)

Lovely 4-Eyes

I just found the lovable our.city.lights by Diana, who shared this amazing gem on wearing makeup with glasses!

I usually just never bother with makeup because I always figured my glasses block it anyway but I'm going to be part of a wedding in a few months so I have to get dolled up. This video gave a very thorough guideline about how to bring out your eyes behind glasses... she's even Asian like me, which really helps with the eye shadow portion.

Definitely looking forward to trying out some of these tips and tricks!

LA County Fair

I got to cross something off my Summer Checklist and my 101 in 1001 by going to the fair yesterday and getting this "Totally Fried Chocolate Covered Twinkie".

I know, this is 5 kinds of unhealthy and probably enough calories for the entire day... but look at it!

Clement, thinking "why the heck did this cost $3.75?"

Actually, it was a decent snack but I would never rave about it. The "Totally Fried" booth also had s'mores, White Castle burgers, chicken kabobs, and a Krispy Kreme hamburger... yes, it's what you would think -- a burger, except replace the buns with a doughnut.

Sheri, the bride-to-be to whom I will be MOH later this year, raved about the chocolate-covered bacon that was nowhere to be found when I was wandering around later. Sure, there were lots of signs that promised it but, alas.... "chocolate-covered bacon" everywhere but not a heart attack snack to eat.

And, FYI, I am totally smitten with Royal Prestige cookware after sitting through an amazing demostration. Anyone by any chance have a testimony to give about it?

How was your Labor Day weekend?

Weekend Finds

I'm sharing my weekend finds early this week because it's Labor Day Weekend and the LA County Fair is in town! It's only $1 admission on Sat-Mon between 10am and 1pm!

Disney-Marvel mash-up pictures

Twisted Disney princesses (via the Awesomer)

30 hilarious license plates

23 Amazing works of Origami

Free iTunes summer music playlist (30 songs) from Stanford - good till Sept 30

This is Why You're Thin - finally a response to This is Why You're Fat!

I'm going to the LA County Fair on Monday! Hopefully will have great pictures to share with you next week... and hopefully not much of the scary looking-at-it-will-give-you-a-heart-attack food that they love to sell at these things. What do you have going on for Labor Day Weekend?