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I've always thought it would be fun/easy to make a couple different bars (lemon bars, brownies, blondies etc). I know this might not seem very wedding-y... but it'd definitely be quick and easy. Pair that with some cookies and you'd have a nice little dessert bar without having to worry about cake.
Congrats and Happy Holidays!

I could spot that pasta-golden color from a mile away! (I now realize that might be a bad thing!)

Felix Gonzales did a piece much like this. He made a "carpet" of green cubed candies wrapped in plastic that had a sound (sorry, can't remember the onomatopoeia!) printed on them in white. You approach the carpet, look at it, pick up a piece, unwrap the candy and eat it! And all of those candies together was very visually pleasing. I've seen other artists doing "carpets" made of many things, one of my favorite was using spices!

It's funny how Marie Antoinette was so rich that she would "play poor" for fun. We remember her for the extravagance, but she really was a trendsetter as well, and (for the time period and her status) a bit of an intellectual liberal. Great post! Gotta love Versailles!

I live in Iowa and my coworkers JUST NOW noticed that owls are popular. I wonder how long it's going to take foxes to make it this far inland...

This reminds me of when I was in high school and my art classes would go on field trips to the Rachofsky House in Dallas TX. My descriptions of it could never do it justice, so here's the website:
http://www.rachofskyhouse.org/

I agree with the white towels comments. And I agree with anittah in that too many "non-boring" things can potentially make a space look too busy.
But I do appreciate the roundup of interesting ways to make your bathroom yours.

One of my previous roommates was devastated that we couldn't fit a chandelier in our attic apartment bathroom (a concept that never even occurred to me at the time) so next to the sink we had narrow table with a small lamp on it, and it really did make our awkwardly shaped small bathroom feel a lot nicer.

I absolutely love reading everyone's frozen fixes! Love this!

When I was a kid living in Texas my friends and I would eat frozen peas- our parents were confused and pleased at the same time!

Now I work at a small bakery with a big freezer- I now love cake right out of the freezer as well as spritz cookies sprinkled with sugar. I won't eat the spritz cookies any other way now.

and as a life-long scout I can attest that frozen Thin Mints are heavenly!

I'm from Texas so naturally the whole concept of autumn is still totally thrilling to me. I've been living in the Iowa now for some years and I absolutely love apple picking! My boyfriend and I go to this adorable place: http://www.honeycreekacres.com/
AND I went to a haunted corn maze!
http://www.bloomsburyfarm.com/
AND I won a pumpkin carving contest! (no link, just still in shock on that one...)
AND I drank hard apple cider at a Halloween drag show! (not totally autumn related unless you count the apple cider. and yes, we have drag shows in Iowa.)

It's been a great autumn for this gal.

I'm so glad you mentioned it here!! It's possibly one of the coolest places for retro furniture and oddities. When I was in high school we used to go there for the clothes. Now I ogle at the dishes and coffee tables! And I'm really glad to hear they're opening a second location!

i love kodafa! one of my first jobs was at a Hookah Bar/Cafe that served schewarma sandwiches, tons of tea and kodafa and that's basically all i ate while working there. it didn't look much like the picture above. they always had large sheets of it, and it was a brilliant nuclear orange with mounds of pistachios marking where to cut for individual slices. we'd pour some rose water syrup on it, then throw it in the microwave and poof! it'd disappear into a lucky belly! it was really wonderful on hot summer nights with hot tea (and a shisha filled with rose-flavored tobacco!).
i've never made it myself, but this post has definitely inspired me to do so. i have so many wonderful memories associated with that dish.
thanks for the post!