⭐ QUEEN OF THS COSMOS : NIGHT VERSION (FULL)

  INTRODUCING:

⭐ QUEEN OF THS COSMOS : NIGHT VERSION 

⭐ Original Character: Queen of the Cosmos

⭐ First Introduced: Halloween 2020

⭐ Latest Version: October 2022

⭐ Image: Ren Faire Halloweekend 2022 - Photo by Felix Wong

⭐ Evolution: 2nd Edition

⭐ Variation on Original: 3rd Variation

 

GARB COMPONENTS:

⭐ Cloak: Custom Cosmic Fleece 

⭐ Corset: Costanza in Black

⭐ Chemise: Purple Tiedye (Hand-dyed)

⭐ Under-Vest: Black

⭐ Skirts: 4 full, 1 petal

⭐ Skirt Colors: Teal, Cyan, Navy, Blurple, Plum

⭐ Hoop: Yes

⭐ Shoes: Dr. Martens 1460 Pascal: Pale Teal Virginia

 

ACCESSORIES:

⭐ Belt: Utility+ Leaves in Black

⭐ Yum-Brella by Nola Fabiola

⭐ Mask: Moon by Barbaric Yawp Workshop

⭐ Earrings: Sparkle Moon (Custom) by Tinkering T's

⭐ Necklace: Cosmic Mirror

⭐ Headwear: Queen of the Cosmos Crown (Handmade)

Welcome

Peace, Love, Guacamole : Food For Thought

FOOD FOR THOUGHT | ART

FOOD FOR THOUGHT | We all art in our own ways.  Some create works that are nearly indestructible, that will well outlive the artist's lifetime.  And then there are those of us who find beauty in the awareness of the ephemeral.  Those who recognize the deconstruction of a creation is part of the art itself- that nothing lasts forever and the only promise in life is impermanence.

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

There will be more to say later (but I'm excited to announce) that after 15 years of practice and 8 years of packing suit cases and attending teacher trainings to follow my bliss, I am finally a 1000 hour Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher.  When I say it in numbers it sounds like such a long time, but it's gone by in a blink!  I've taught in four states to friends, family, and strangers many of whom became friends along the way and I look forward to the next 15 years of my yoga journey as my path weaves with Ayurveda.  Stay tuned, and Jai Bhagwan!

UPCYCLE YOUR LEFTOVERS | DIRTY CHAI FRAPP

UPCYCLE YOUR FRAPP

(a poem)

A Dirty Chai Frapp

Left alone

Half consumed

And otherwise forgotten

Sat on a shelf

In the icebox

Wishing for more

I'm sure this has happened to all of us.  We get excited to order a fancy drink, choose the largest size possible to get your money's worth and just can't finish it.  It sits in the fridge overnight and maybe you take a sip out of it the next morning and think "Ugh, this is wayyyyy too watered down to drink."  Maybe your first impulse is to throw it away- dump it down the drain and toss the cup?  Maybe you try to force it because you spent the money and hate when things go to waste?

Why?  Why waste it or force it or feel badly about letting it sit?  So what!? You enjoyed something fresh from the blender, drank until you no longer desired to consume any more (which isn't actually a bad thing) and let it sit overnight.  The Frapp got weird.  Okay, SO!?  JUST UPCYCLE IT!

Here's an example:

Original drink: Venti Dirty Chai Frapp with Soy Milk (that's chai tea, soy milk, and a shot of espresso blended with ice)

Upcycled Drink: melted Dirty Chai Frapp mixed with Good Karma Foods​ Flax Milk, chocolate protein powder, a banana, and Running Pump Roasting​ Birthday Cake coffee and blended in a vitamix with coffee cubes made from Running Pump Roasting's French Vanilla coffee.

Experiment: SUCCESS!

How easy!  I utilized a few ingredients I had stocked up around the kitchen and created something entirely new and interesting from what some might see as trash.  And yes, of course I recycled the cup to be used again for this drink.  Why waste it?

THE RESET BUTTON

RESET BUTTON | Welcome to the new Peace, Love, Guacamole.  Sit back, relax, and watch it evolve as everything should and everything does... eventually.

Tell us what you'd like to see!

More dog?  More food?  More art?  More adventures?

Tell us in the comments!  That's why they're enabled!

TEA JOURNAL | RASPBERRY HERBAL ICED TEA

TEA JOURNAL | Raspberry Herbal Iced Tea from Harney & Sons.  This blend of Raspberry Leaves, Hibiscus, Rosehips, Apple, Orange & Lemon Peel, Red Poppies, Spearmint and Peppermint with some added raspberry flavoring offers the taste buds a similar experience of tangy tartness to drinking cranberry juice cocktail but without the harshness of cranberry compliments of the sweetening elements which round out the flavor.

FOOD BLOG | UPCYCLE YOUR LEFTOVERS | BURRITO TO LASAGNA

UPCYCLE YOUR LEFTOVERS | Meeting up with friends in Park Slope, Brooklyn means grabbing Pink Lemonade Frozen Margaritas and enormous burritos from Rachel's Taqueria.  A favorite of ours is the Red Hook Special Burrito which is a meal enough for two filled with mesquite grilled skirt steak, black beans, and homestyle pico and then topped with chile verde pork and tons of melted cheese.  I have taken to ordering my own, eating roughly half and taking home my trophy of leftovers.  Leftovers mean an easy lunch OR an upcycled dinner.  I present to you: Mexitalian Lasagna.

Half a burrito turned into taco filling within seconds of turning on my kitchen ninja food processor and with the addition of sharp cheddar cheese and a bit of plain tomato sauce I had my lasagna stuffing. 4 lasagna noodles broken in half and cooked served as the perfect framework for a tri-layered half lasagna and we topped it all off with sharp cheddar to bake for 18 minutes on 425F. We then stacked each of our plates three pieces high and had an incredible upcycled dinner for two!

How do you upcycle your leftovers?

TEA JOURNAL | MATCHA MAKER

TEA JOURNAL | MATCHA MAKER WORTH THE MONEY?

NO-BAKE GARLIC BREAD

Too hot to turn the oven on but craving garlic bread?  Don't have an oven?  Try this super quick and easy recipe for NO-BAKE GARLIC BREAD!  

TEA JOURNAL | RUM & CHAIDER

TEA JOURNAL | RUM & CHAIDER:  Once upon a time a few year's back, I was visiting friends at a cute little pub in a cute little New York town.  On the bar of that cute little pub in the cute little town was a great big slow cooker filled with spiced apple cider... which they served to us warm and wonderful with a special twist... RUM.  (My favorite!)  Now that is fine and wonderful and delicious and perfectly excellent on a cold night all on its own, but let's take it up a notch, shall we?  For this we need another short tale... Once upon a Fall afternoon, I stumbled upon sweet and fancy little tea shop in Boston and was offered my first taste of Chai tea (something I had otherwise been avoiding due to the intensity of the flavor and my inclination toward green tea) steeped in... you guessed it... hot apple cider.  So let's take these two brilliant ideas and throw them together in a cute little pink teapot and enjoy kicking back in our cozies on a cold and snowy day, now shall we?

TEA JOURNAL | DAVIDsTEA | MINT CHOCOLATE ROOIBOS

DAVIDsTEA | MINT CHOCOLATE ROOIBOS

South African rooibos, peppermint, chocolate, cocoa, natural and artificial chocolate mint flavouring.

TEA JOURNAL | DAVIDsTEA | YELLOW DRAGON

DAVIDsTEA | YELLOW DRAGON

Oolong tea, lemongrass, peppermint