Still on the road here, so my surfing history is next to nil. But the travel has been great! So Mother Henna's surf is the few sites visited and then other stuff is about the 'Burgh since that's where I am this week!
Shake your Shimmy!
First up is Shimmy which is this great show my mom found on FitTV where they feature a yoga warm up and then very basic (built up to small choreographed pieces) bellydancing!! The little I've seen already taught me things in a way I'd never felt made sense before. So did a search and found two full seasons of the show on dvd already. Click thru and check it out...there's a teaser vid on the home page!
Toolin' around the 'Burgh...
Well, sort of. I grew up in the Pittsburgh area, and we're back this week for a family wedding. Hawk is doing the photography, so I'll have photos to share at some point in the next few weeks. In the meantime, I'll share a little with you of the surf around the 'Burgh area.
Valley Guides You...
Hawk was asking my mom about history of the area. She turned us on to a Community Guide from Valley News Dispatch where you'll find snippets of history, current demo, info about city council, school districts, etc. I must admit it is very weird to read the city council names from our home town and realize I went to school with half those buggers! Egads, when did we all "grow up"?! Anyway, the guide has stuff about *all* the little towns in the area.
250 Birthdays
The 'Burgh proper turns 250 years old this week. So it turns out there are all kinds of celebrations and what not.
Pretty, pretty
We're not particularly religious, but the churches in this area are stunning. There are parts of our old neighborhood where there are literally churches on every corner, like the four at the corner of McCandless and Kenneth where you have St. Vlad's, St. Paul's, Rivers, and Canaan First! You just don't see this kind of architecture and community building out West. And speaking of architecture, there is an interestingly, funky, edgy, newly build mall in the area now, too. Mills Mall. Inside and out, they had a designer or team of designers with interesting eyes toward look and feel. As you walk the mile around, even the floor textures switch up and create a different experience depending on where you are. Very interesting!
And the fooood!
It would not be a trip to the 'Burgh without yummy tasties! The Renock Family makes a killer, fantabulous pierogie -- I'm talkin' the kind you used to get from the old ladies at the church kitchen on Lent Fridays! Get down to Sunseri Brothers in the Strip and try a fresh cannoli. If you think you don't like cannoli, maybe it's just coz you haven't had it fresh! There's good Italian food on every corner, not to mention great German menu, especially now for Octoberfest. If you've never had cookies at an Italian wedding, omg, you don't know what you are missing. You'd have to taste my Mimi's cookies to know what I really mean :) but the Cookie Queen is a neighbor who sells something very close to it online! And I can't talk about the 'Burgh food without a mention of the fabulous film, The Bread My Sweet (on dvd called "Wedding For Bella"). This film gives you such a sweet taste of the Strip District in particular, and those biscotti will make you drool! My lovely friend Adrienne and her partner Melissa really made this film happen one biscotti at a time, hard work, and beautiful vision. Check it out if you haven't seen it!
That's that for this week, folks...more next week from Chicago! See you then.
Miracles,
k-
This has been an entry of:
The Surfing Life of An Artist
Mother Henna seems to spend as much time surfing as she does making art. Each Thursday she will plunge into the history of her browser and share what she's swum through during the past week. Sometimes it's all a splash in the beauty of other artists' sites and blogs, sometimes it's a plunge into the submission guidelines of various publication, sometimes a kick board thru YouTube videos that show "how to" do this and that. You just never know what you'll find in Mother's history. Get your fins and flippers and come swim with Mother!
About Mother Henna
Mother Henna (aka Kara L.C. Jones) wears many hats: artist, writer, photo assistant, Reiki Master/Teacher, workshop facilitator, wife, bereaved mum, step mum, grandma, and more. You'll find more detail about Mother Henna than you could ever really want by clicking here. To follow the progression of the 1,000 Faces of Mother Henna project, check out the blog at MotherHenna.blogspot.com. Lots of items are out in the world with Mother's designs featured:
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Loooooooooooooooots of goooood Reiki vibes to you, Noel!
Yeah, that $50 per set stopped me in my tracks, too... I guess they are by "season", so maybe that is like 16 or 24 shows total? That would seem more in the ballpark -- like buying a whole season of West Wing :) But still...
Anyway...
Miracles to you and a big hug!
k-
Posted by: Mother Henna | October 15, 2008 at 04:49 AM
I love the Shimmy videos! I took a belly dance course several years ago and loved it. I'm interested in these, but gosh, $50 for one set? hmm... will have to think on it.
Send some good Reiki vibes my way? Having some major body issues.
*hugs*
Noel
Posted by: Noel | October 06, 2008 at 05:56 AM