Maison Cailler Swiss Chocolates

Someone in the office left a bag of Cailler Swiss chocolates in the kitchen today. I took the liberty of sampling them. If Adam gets to go on assignment in Switzerland, I’ll be a very happy girl.

The lait (milk chocolate) was fantastic. Creamy and full of cocoa, this chocolate has a lighter taste than your typical Hershey’s bar. I wasn’t as big of a fan of the dessert or cremant chocolates. The dessert has traces of praline which i’m not a fan of, and the cremant was an ‘extrafine dark chocolate,’ and I’m not into that either. 

But unexpectedly, the blanc chocolate was my favorite. Super silky and supple, just like chocolate should be.  What’s your favorite international chocolatier?

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A Silver Screen Soire

Clearly, I am working on being a bit more proative about keep up with the trends. Today I became obsessed with Nonpareil Magazine’s June 2010 issue: A Silver Screen Soire.

 

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I am totally obsessed with so many of the ideas in here. There’s a DIY for lanterns shaped like Lord of the Rings’ fireworks, table settings based on The Great Gatsby and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and three pages of chocolate-based recipes. I can’t wait to try out the Breakfast at Tiffany’s hair style and maybe do some baking. Great edition for some classic inspiration!

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Weekly Newscap

In our office cluster, we send out articles of the day. I’ve decided to do a weekly post with the best articles of the week each Friday to share these story gems with you. Thank you Sydney for pioneering this practice each morning.

Friday: A British man has outdone himself in a display of masculinity. If it was Pierce Brosnan, I would be the first in line. The gentleman auctioned off the opportunity for intimate waxing to raise money for charity, nearly rendering himself unable to produce offspring. Might not be such a bad thing. Also, Southwest Airlines had some loose baggage on a recent flight in the form of human heads. Photo Source.

Monday: Video day from Sydney. The first video poses the question of what has humanity come to? The second two depict what a  true American looks like and reminds me of the MUFON article that Kara and Sydney uncovered a few weeks ago.  Video 1. Video 2. Video 3.

Tuesday: The German soccer team currently in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has admitted to being bored in their time off, but not so much that they will play with the native giant iguanas. We also became immediately distressed by the accidental kidnapping of Todd, Sean and Jonas. And then we were glad that we don’t in fact eat unicorn meat.

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Wednesday: World Cup fever has taken over the office. Drew has expressed that this would be his reaction if “office decorum allowed it.” We were also relieved to learn that Jonas, Todd and Sean were found and returned to camel kiss their owners. Photo Source.

Thursday: I have had discussions about proper ways to make macaroni and cheese, but luckily none have them have involved 4th degree assault from one of my family members.

Today: In case of emergency Friday, please follow this Florida woman’s example. And get excited for the Bionic Kitty.

Well there’s our newscap for the week. We had some drama, excitement, danger and suspense. But most importantly plain moronic behavior that entertains us in the office. Until next Friday.  

 

This photo is for Kara in honor of her undecorated cubicle. Now you have something to look at. Photo Source.

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Come Check Out the Oil on Our Beaches

CNN Money posted up a great gallery today with ill-conceived advertisements taking a hit on the oil spill disaster.  Apparently the travel industry isn’t the only one trying to take advantage of the situation, like this ad for Spirit Airlines.

New York Sports Club released an ad saying “Exercise sharpens the brain. Oil execs come in asap.”  You even get a week free membership to the gym if you are an executive or you are “tired of their excuses.”  Bravo NYSC for donating old towels to help the clean up effort and call out execs for poor management.

The other ads listed include an airplane flier for PETA blaming the meat industry for rises in oil prices and usage, as well as a couple of cute aliens laughing at the Gulf.  The tagline: “Let’s not be the joke of the universe. Make Earth proud.”

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Site Feature: Design*Sponge City Guides

Thank you Ross, Communications Career Counselor at Elon, for pointing out this awesome new site to me!

Design*Sponge is a great blog that happens to have a series of city guides. I took a peek at the DC guide and was thrilled to find it neatly broken up into various popular neighborhoods: Adam’s Morgan, Dupon Circle, Georgetown, and Old Town Alexandria were some of the bigger ones. Now at least I have an idea of where to start when I move to Alexandria next week.

They also have a section called “Product Guides” with great lists like picnic accessories for under $100, jewelry storage for under $100, and luggage ideas. There’s even a DIY section with great activities like this portable sunshade.  Definitely a cool site to check out for lots of ideas!

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