Just Dessert, Please

My friend and I love trying desserts from different restaurants. Sometimes we go just for the dessert, and other times, we make ourselves feel less guilty by ordering an entree. And splitting it. And then getting two desserts.

But it's not always easy to figure out from the menu description of the dessert whether it's going to be as we expect it. Especially for dessert: the descriptions usually sound really appetizing, using words like "warm" "drizzly" "topped with..." and all that. If there isn't a picture of the dessert on the menu, that just makes things more interesting.

We had the Forbidden Broadway Sundae at Serendipity, and that was amazing. The only problem was that we couldn't finish it because there was so much.

And the last dessert we tried was at Max Brenner. It was supposed to be an ice cream sundae/ sandwich, but ended up looking like a math project we butchered (it was served on a graph paper cutting board along with a fork and knife). It was just ice cream between two hard chocolate cookies. Not an easy thing to eat. But there were other things on the menu that look really good, so we're still going to come back :)

When Things Fly off Shelves

When things fly off shelves, I tend to remember them more. Less opportunity to take them for granted when they're not around anymore. 

One example: this perfume and lotion from Bath & Body Works, called Breathe Romance.

I think it smells unforgettable. That's why it's been five years since I first got it, and ever since I found out it was taken off shelves, I've been trying to conserve it.
The scent: "Sweet Papaya Wood, Seductive Myrrh, and Honeyed Orange."
It's still available on Amazon, but not at Bath & Body. I like this yummy, rare item, just not that it's almost over.

I'm still wondering why amazing products get discontinued.

~This is what's left~

Working Backwards

I was looking through pictures that I had taken a while ago and figured, I can do something with them.

Usually, you would start off with a creative brief and come up with a "big idea" and then go search for images. But because I don't need to follow guidelines right now, I'm going to start with the image and then come up with the idea. In fact, I've just finished my first one.

Here's the original picture I took of some hilly streets in San Fransisco.

 

I thought it might make for an interesting print ad for a bike shop. So I made up a company called San Fran Bike Shop. Here's the result:

I built this ad around the idea of "swerving" around the streets of San Fransisco on a bike. It has to be a pretty decent bike to be able to go up and down all of those hills, so I thought it was an appropriate image to get the message across.
It was a lot of fun coming up with an idea behind a picture, so I plan on doing this with some more pictures that I have!

April Fools

Lots of practical jokes on the web today :)

Google
On how to send an email the Gmail Motion way: "...To send a mail, lick a stamp and place it down."

 

On hiring at Google: "...Sometimes we just need people who can type really fast."

Hulu
Blast to the past: 1996
"No, it's not just a bad dream. Banks could start charging fees on ATM withdrawals any day now."

Youtube
Another throwback: there's a little button next to most videos letting you view them like they were silent videos from 1911.

Fake Harry Potter TV Series
It's fake :(

Lots more out there. Don't let them fool you :)