Pikilia was born in the beautiful land of Venezuela, behind the initiative and imagination of Alejandra (Aka: My sister)...who even though went to school for something completly non related, decided to simply follow her culinary passion.

This is her Blog: http://pikiliacatering.blogspot.com/

And here some examples of her delicious food:

It is my daily goal....
it should be yours too.....
<3

I absolutely love this song and the video is so funny and cute.
It has become my house anthem at the moment and Gianna (my daughter) sings it every time she has a chance...
so cute!! =)

I want all of you to know about Aaron Nace, he is a talented photographer from North Carolina.
And as you all may know Photography and Photoshop are two of my favorite things in the world, that it's why when i first saw the work of this amazingly talented Photographer i fell in love right away with what he does.
His imagination is just plain genius, and his photo manipulation abilities are out of this world.

Here is a little sample of his great work:
(Click on the picture to expand)








This is only a little teaser, if you want to check out the outstanding portfolio of Aaron Nace then click "Here"

If you are a Lego fan, then you are going to love the new invention from ModRobotics.

With this little cubes you can build robots that drive around on a tabletop, respond to light, sound, and temperature, and have surprisingly lifelike behavior. But instead of programming that behavior, you snap the cubelets together and watch the behavior come to life.

This sure looks like a fun toy that it would keep the kids occupied for a while ;)
the only problem would be the price. A kit of 20 blocks sells for $300.00

Now, if money is not an issue and you are actually interested in buying this cool little toy then click "Here" to order it.

My daughter Gianna is a very active child, she loves to dress up and play pretend pretty much all day, that includes even when she eats and as much as i love the fact that she has a great imagination, it really annoys me to see her play with her food. I'm sure am not the only one with that problem here....Right?

I guess i can't complain, as long as it's not mushroom or spinach she could eat pretty much everything, she likes vegetables, salads, she even eats onions.
The point is that, the more boring the food is the most she is going to play with it and avoid eating it, meaning that i have to constantly come out with ideas and disguises for those type of ingredients that i know she wouldn't eat if i were to leave them on her sight. Did i mention before how i really dislike to cook?

So that's why when i first heard about this recipe i loved it, cause it was so easy to make and when i tasted it i loved it even more.

I call it "Alien Rice" because of the distinctive green color that it has.
If your child is a picky eater or if you simply want to try something yummy and fun with your little one and at the same time spark their imagination then this recipe is for you.

I told my little one that a momma Alien sent it to me, that it was her baby alien's favorite food and since she loves space stories and all related to that subject she was in awe and excited about giving it a try, even until today she still asks me questions about how the whole conversation with momma alien went and i continue to not let her know she has been eating spinach all this time.

Everybody wins ;)

Alien Rice

Ingredients:

1 cup of Basmati Rice (you could probably do it with any other rice but i prefer this one cause it doesn't get sticky and it's really good)

1/2 bag of spinach

2 cups of water

Salt

Diced Onion

Garlic

Olive Oil

Preparation:

Mix the spinach and 2 cups of water on a blender and set it aside.

Cook the diced onions with the olive oil on a medium frying pan until they become clear.
Add the cup of basmati rice and mix.
Sprinkle the desire amount of garlic powder and mix again.
Once the rice starts to look a little golden, pour the spinach water and mix one more time.
Lower the heat and let it cook until it the water dries.
Remove from heat and place the whole rice on a Pyrex or baking pan.
Sprinkle some Mozzarella cheese and place it in the oven or at least 15 minutes on 375°F.

Enjoy :)

I loved the comment: "Wait until he meets Bubble Wrap"

I think we all can agree that when it comes to falling in love, we have no control over who we choose to fill that spot in our hearts. It kind of happens unexpectedly and without previous announcement, but i know that when it comes to finding ourselves attracted to a person, there are always those certain characteristics that makes the other sex automatically interesting for us.

Some women like their men blond, others like them tall or with perfect teeth. But in my case i seem to have an eye for the silky dark haired, dark eyed (preferably), cute smile type of guy. Funny enough i happened to be married to a man who not only is bald but has not so quite the dark eyes so...go figure!

Here's an example of what i'm talking about ;)

Penn Badgley

James Franco


Johnny Depp(of course)




Robert Downey Jr.



Gael Garcia Bernal



Timothy Olyphant


Hugh Jackman


Joseph Gordon-Levit (Cause he reminds me so much to my love Heath Ledger)


You see...I do have a "type" but i guess in my husband's case it was just a typo lol

I have a twitter account, but i must admit that i kind of dislike the whole thing.
Sorry if i offend anybody but i can't seem to get interested in following people and read their unnecessary postings every five seconds. I understand how the concept can be very effective for companies, artist, bloggers, etc, but for regular people i find it to be nothing but useless. Maybe i'm just ranting, since i can't quite understand it 100%.
Who knows, maybe after i give a few more tries (again) i will come here and beg for people to follow me...but for now i don't need anybody knowing about my entire existence and what i do day to day, i already got a facebook account and i really don't need any stalker lol.

What about you? do you have a twitter account? do you like it or hate it?

A desperate couple from Boston have use the ad posting website "Craigslist" to sell their own body parts to pay off their children's $200,000 student loan.
What it looked like a sick joke it suddenly became more disturbing as the parent proceed to explain the advertisement asking, "Do you need a live cadaver"?:

"Use my body for anything legal, or medically experimental, simply pay off all of my children's student loans ($200,000) and you can use me anyway you need."
It added, "I am 5'10" 200lbs and have all my organs in working order. Take my blood, take my plasma. Drill into my brain, my leg, my arm. Tap my heart, my liver, my kidney. If you eliminate my children's student loans, I will give you my life!

We know it could cost an arm an a leg to pay for college but this couple is kind of taking it too far. for now, the ad has been flag for removal and there's no notice yet as there if it is going to be investigated any further but let's just hope no one took that offer too seriously, as wonderful how it may be to have a profession, we just don't see the point to have one knowing that our beloved parents gave literally "their lives" to get me there.

What do you think?

Zachary Francis Condon was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 13, 1986.
He was influenced by his famous jazz playing father, and his travels to Europe.
He played trumpet in a jazz band as a teenager and started producing his own music at age 15, at 16 dropped out of school and moved to Eastern Europe, where started as a solo artist with his first (unofficial) album "The Joys of Losing Weight", which he produced under the name "Realpeople", this album has more of a techno feel and was never released but it can be available through downloads online.

Zach recorded the bulk of the material used for Gulag Orkestar (1st official Beirut album, released on May 9, 2006) by himself in his bedroom, going into the studio to finish the album with the assistance of Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk and a Hacksaw) and Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw), who became early members of the indie folkband band along with some friends that Zachary recruited to play the music live for their first shows in New York...this is how Beirut was born.

Their first official music video was for the song "Elephant Gun". The second video was for the song "Postcards from Italy" both of them are my favorite tunes of this great band album.






Beirut's second album, The Flying Club Cup, was recorded largely at a makeshift studio in Albuquerque and completed at Arcade Fire's studio in Quebec and released on October 2007. The music on the album has a big French influence and the reviews are quite good.





Zachary plays a rotary valve flugelhorn and the ukulele as his main instruments. He bought the ukulele as a joke stage prop, but found he liked the sound and was able to play it despite a wrist injury that inhibited him from playing guitar.He also plays the trumpet, euphonium, mandolin, accordion, various keyboard instruments, and a modified conch shell that appears on The Flying Club Cup.
In late July of 2010, Zach married Kristianna Smith, a photographer from New Mexico. If you want to check some of her work click "Here"

When i was like 10 years old I fell in love with Italy.
It all started when me and my sister attended this Italian School "Nostra Signora Di Pompei" (Our Lady of Pompei) managed mostly by Italian catholic priests....or at least that's how i remember it. They would teach Italian as part of their school regular classes and i was really excited about it, i had made the decision that i was going to take advantage of it and learn it really good, only to discover that it was a subject to be teach until the 5th Grade and i was about to start the 6th grade. I was so sad and disappointed :(
My neighbor and best friend at the time, however, was a student at the same school since she was little and that's where she ultimately graduated from. She would have me practice her Italian homework with her and i would happily do it...What a little Nerd!
I learn quite a few things and the language was so captivating, that even now as a grownup i still find myself many times saying "I wish i could speak Italian"
I hope i can actually learn it one day.
I also hope i can go there on a trip and visit as many places as i can, take lots of pictures, eat until my belly hurts & drink wine and watch the sunset, hopefully with my significant other. :)
...:::Sigh:::...One can only dream
One day I'll be able to do it, for now i gotta travel the cheapest way i know....Google images Ha!!
Here are a few of my favorite pics so far....i hope you enjoy them ;)

Portofino


Venice


Torino


Florence


Tuscany


Rome