If you're curious about those tapioca balls in bubble tea, I have some photos up - warning, pop up window.

things that amuse me presently*

• banana republic rubber bags*
• red envelope birthday box*
• tipsy olives*
• martha stewart cake mold(but only if you make the cake inside bright red)*
• screwpull
• TOPS Malibu all of it but especially these and these
• plum party favors
• lush bath ballistics*
• mexican sugar skulls for day of the dead*
• kinder surprise!
• alice in wonderland cake (this is a poor picture, the colors are far more vivid)*
• container store paint cans translucent take-out boxes
• christmas peppermint pig
• sugar bubbles*
• bathology nail polish in soap*
• tibor kalman blue sky umbrella*

Sunburst Bottle Company carrys gallon-sized plastic jars, you could make your own gift jar. Nice.

Other stuff I have been thinking about: find a good recipe for gluten-free cheesecake, find a good vegetarian meatloaf recipe, get a good low protein cookbook with yummy foods.

What I've been thinking about. I want to make my own window shades that either lift up from the bottom or drop down from the top, or both, so I can shade the table while eating breakfast. I want sun on my toes but not my face. From my initial planning, it seems like a much bigger job than I originally imagined. I also want to sew a light-weight cotton shoulder bag for summer, I don't like thick nylon straps in the heat. I was thinking about making a special compartment to stitch one of those metal flip top glasses cases upright inside so I cannot smash my glasses under the weight of the contents of my bag.

Roadfood has up a review of The Big Egg in Cleveland! Although, if it doesn't stay open late, it's probably not the same Big Egg I knew and loved.

Today's Sherman's Lagoon makes a good point.

Mike's Amazing Cakes are, well, amazing. A bit over the top. Perhaps not enough like cakes?