Healthy Recipes-Kiwi Ginger smoothies

I am A walker and normally check weather channel before walk. Well the weather in this winter has been user friendly (global warming sign??), at least in the East coast, except the Feb 25th! OMG! It was freezing. Well, if you did not get a chance to go out, you would not understand what I am talking about. I mean "freaking cold". I decided to take a regular walk, about 5 miles or 1 and half hours, around my neighborhoood. I had sweat shirt on and thought it was more than enough. You know, when you exercise, you sweat and do not need to wear a heavy jacket. That's what I did.

Tea 101 The Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect Tea Table by JeongHwa Seo & Hanna Chung

The tea table attempts to deliver an interface for analyzing the way of considering cultural differences in psychological level through the process of design and form. Business organizations need to be culturally sensitive when entering new markets or tossing out new products. On a similar note, we here want the design fraternity to consider cultural nuances and mentalities when designing in order to make design more poignant and meaningful.
There is a belief by Asian people that small changes in an individual's life can have an impact and have a certain effect to the whole community, which in a psychological term is called a "ripple effect".

Happy Tuesday-What month is February

Supreme Court of the United States met for the first time, February 1, 1790.Louis S. St. Laurent, second French-Canadian prime minister of Canada, born 1882.
American writer Langston Hughes born 1902.

Ground-Hog Day. February 2
By the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico gave New Mexico and California to the United States, February 2, 1848.

so California is actually a Mexican word??? No wonder there are a lot of Mexican restaurants in CA;))

Healthy Recipes Whole Wheat Cookies (Mint & Stevia)

Did you watch the Oscar last night? I fully enjoyed Billy Crystal's opening speech and singing, even though I have never heard of him (Am I too young or too old? Well, I only can remember a few: George Clooney, Brad Pitt...they are the few who are often on screen...). And the Best Actor Jean Dujardin's speech was marvelous! I thought French are reserved...he was screaming and said the "F" word (Jimmy Kimmel said!!) Another aspect of French, besides the world famous French kiss...agree?

TGIF-Back off

Healthy Recipes-Matcha Yogurt Raspberries

I was talking to a friend who grew up in a farm in Michigan. His boss-his father, asked his brother and him to pick up raspberries in summer time when he was young. It sounds fun, right? Not too much fun if you get scratches from the bushes, especially in summer time. Raspberries are specially delicate which makes it very difficult to pick. I bought some organic Raspberries at Whole Foods.

Happy Tuesday-Bruce Lee vs lemurs

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply; Willing is not enough, we must do"-Bruce Lee

That's right!! Lemurs do know how to apply martial art!! For real!! Actually many martial art movements are inspired by animal, such as tiger, snake, monkey, swan, etc. Well, thess pictures posted here can prove Bruce Lee might learn his Kung Fu from his pets! Ha!

Healthy Recipes-Whole Wheat Tortilla (Banana)

Foodies nowadays are much savier than before because we have the information about almost everything available online, don't you agree? The only thing we need is time. The other day I found an article saying all fried foods have some level of trans fat. Even the label says zero trans fat, it only means it's less than 1%. If you eat this type of food more often, it will accumulate over time...Isn't that scary? I found some info about trans fats below:

TGIF-Shopping dress code

Is this your dress code for shopping in weekends? ha! I love it!!!

Healthy Recipes-Whole Wheat Lemon Banana cake (Stevia recipe)

I always enjoy walking around in NYC and take pictures. I saw a street vendor preparing BBQ, generated smokes around his truck that he could barely open his eyes; a business owner picking up the Heart shaped balloons for his customer; Greenpeace volunteer talking to people walking by; Police car flying on 5th ave... It reminds me this is New York!