Happy New Year's Eve!!! Be safe all!

Oh 2012.....

How I am sure I will love you.... but! if you would just wait a bit longer and give us all a little more time to get ready for you it would be much appreciated.
I need to finish budgets for inns and resorts, marketing plans and policy changes for a real estate company, music launch schedule for a music publishing group and that is just today.
So, please, understand and SLOW down your approach. I would rather welcome you with open arms than a mere glance up from a melting keyboard....

Reading...

Currently reading Rogue's Gallery by Michael Gross about the Metropolitan Museum of Art - it really is riveting.... just getting to turn of the century, lots of those with connections to Bar Harbor historically involved - great read for history and art and New York City lovers.

Food Photography

Doing a lot of reading today on food photography. I am well aware it is not just about the most expensive camera you can afford, it is truly art.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/expert-interview/best-food-photography-tips-from-three-pro-photographers-expert-interview-140610

Heavenly Peace

Christmas Ad

My True Belief

Advice on the Hannaford recall on hamburger...

How about, "don't eat it in the first place!"? Just trying to help :)

Nativity Scene :)

Wear it Well | isantemagazine

Wear it Well isantemagazine

Mercury Alert

Mercury goes out of retrograde tomorrow at 8:43PM in NYC (EST) 5:43 PST. Sorry, no buying electronics, diamonds, expensive gifts til Dec 14!

Christmas

OK - done. Ava and I have decorated. We don't do a tree... this is it :-)

Billiard Room

We could play a live game of CLUE at The Danforth.

Staff Party

Planning our staff party lunch at Side Street Cafe in Bar Harbor - will be a blast. I think this little guy looks like Ava so he is in my invite. Happy Reindeer!

Think about it...

Hunger
Number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year: 20 million.
Number of people who could be adequately fed using land freed if Americans reducedtheir intake of meat by 10%: 100 million.
Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80....
Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95.
How frequently a child dies as a result of malnutrition: every 2.3 seconds.
Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an acre: 40,000.
Pounds of beef produced on an acre: 250.
Percentage of U.S. farmland devoted to beef production: 56.
Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce a pound of beef: 16.

My new favorite thing...

Thankful that today is last day of hunting season...

Interested in seeing photos of beautiful deer, but running through the woods, not dead with someone standing over them all proud as if killing a defenseless animal is some accomplishment.

Just because she is adorable...

makes you think....

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We all have so much to be thankful for.......... well.......... except for the turkeys I guess. :(