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Showing posts with label Apple. Show all posts

iPad & Cat.. If you're a Cat Lover You will love the Cat and iPad




















Mao Mao




When I get my new iPad 3G 64g that I got for my birthday (thank you Gregg) Mao Mao our Abyssinian cat who is smart and active may have to get her own Apple toy! Here she is playing with a toy chimp given to her by Jane Goodall when she came to a benefit dinner at our home for the Jane Goodall Institute!

Organic Cooking: Gregg's Wild Caught Alaskan Halibut with Mango Salsa and Sweet Potato Fries: Thanks to Donna Hay!


A Great Recipe with the Seasons first succulent wild caught Alaskan Halibut and organic sides of Sweet Potato Fries and Haricot Verts.




These thick cut Baked Fries made from Organically Grown Sweet Potatoes are healthy alternative to traditional fries. Simply peel, cut into 1/4" thick lengthwise pieces. Lightly brush cut potatoes with a combination of  sesame oil and vegetable oil, Salt with Sea Salt and bake until golden at 425 degrees.























Prepare the Mango Salsa with One Mango, minced, 3/4 cup minced cucumber, 3 Tablespoons minced Cilantro and 1/2 cup minced red onion, with a dash of fresh lime juice added at the end.  You can make this preparation in advance and refrigerate.





Fresh Halibut often comes with a layer of skin on it, so trim it off so the fish is clean, and the filets look uniform.  Then wrap the filets in a pre-soaked Cedar paper, which you can often find by the fish section at the grocer or fish market.   Place on a hot grill for 3-4 minutes, flip and cook the other side for the same amount of time or until the fish is flaking.   You can also use foil, but the point is to basically poach the fish.












Here is the finished product.  You can find out many more delicious grilling recipes at Fire and Flavor.







Dessert can be a simple puff pastry tart, which is so easy and so tasty!  get frozen puff pastry sheets in the frozen section of the grocer, pink lady apples or pears from the produce section....cut the pastry sheets in half and line with thinly sliced cored apples or pears, like above.  Dust with a tablespoon of brown sugar...Use a non-stick spray on a cookie sheet, Pop in the oven at 425 for 9-12 minutes or till golden brown.  Pull out of the oven, remove immediately to a cooling rack or serving tray otherwise they will stick to the cookie sheet.  Serve each tart in thirds, with a Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream...this is so good!!!  You have got to love Donna Hay!




Use Apple iPhoto or Blurb.com to Make a Great Gift!


Making a photo journalistic book of an experience that you shared with your family and friends can make a wonderful surprise gift, especially, if you can create something beautiful that will become a "coffee table" book, at least for a while. A photographer friend of ours turned us on a the idea of personal publishing a couple of years ago. Mostly we have used Apple's iphoto, to create and order the books we make. Currently though, we are using a platform created by Blurb.com, BookSmart. I'm loving the flexibility of this platform  as it allows me to customize any template or create my own. The book we are creating now is unique in that we have taken the photographs taken by our two good friends, their teenage and adult children as well as another couple, nine in all, and are creating a photographic journal of an Alaskan Adventure we all went on together. We are using a selection of EVERYONE'S photographs that were uploaded to the same website. This way everyone on the trip will feel like they participated in the creation of the book. 





We're trying to decide between these to photos for the Cover of the Book. Both evoke the spirit  of the unique adventure we experienced with our good friends. A quiet awesomeness.





Gregg and I have published a number of books via "on demand publishing" (for the general public) platforms.  We have done this mostly for marketing purposes for our real estate projects. On demand publishing allows us to select photographs that best describe our projects and provides us with a well designed  format to describe the projects and present them in a compelling and beautiful manner. If you haven't tried this type of presentation for your creative endeavors, give it go. It's a terrific outlet especially if you have an aptitude for creating visually beautiful compositions. 






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Gucci iphone app - Fashion Luxury Brands & Social Media Networking











Gucci embraces social networking put out this this very hip, very cool and very au current application for the apple iphone. This app allows you to share and mix your own music.  Here's a link to a interesting New York Time's article about Luxury Brands adopting Social Media Networking and how this is broadening the definition of Luxury itself. 









Go to GUCCI to download App












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