Circle Acupuncture

I really love the art work on this Community Acupuncture site - I've been researching `CA` with a view to setting up my own clinic and this one is the best I've come across so far. The clinic is very lucky as the artist Alexis Amann has created some acupuncture themed pictures exclusively for them. http://www.circleca.com/index.html

The web site also features a really cool navigation bar which links you to all the information portals via the artwork...just brilliant...I love it and feel inspired to create something along similar lines.

Alexis Amann's own website is well worth a look http://www.alexisamann.com/Home.html

Ciao Bella!

Sat 9th Jan 2010

Celebrated my birthday with a movie and a meal at a local Italian Restaurant `The Casa Italia`. In the 20 or so years that I have been frequenting the ` Casa`, not much has changed - apart from the prices that is. Same decor, same menu...and with the addition of a few new faces, virtually the same staff...quite an accomplishment when you think about it. The staff obviously enjoy their work, although this doesn't always translate to the customer - in all fairness this could be due to the high turnover and being rushed off their feet most nights. Absent a smile maybe, but courteous and efficient to a fault after many years of symbiosis. The allure of the `Casa` is in it's predictability really, and the fact that it's good value for money (VFM) when your on a budget - which we were. The food may be pre-prepared but it's palatable, you know what your getting and your not going to be dissapointed - which is quite often the case with most new places we have tried. After the Casa we quite literally & figuratively speaking hit `The Road`...we had waited all year to see this movie and it didn't dissapoint - a good adaptation of the book which is quite rare.

Randoms - Artwork by Oscar "Oscar the road rumer and coyote were bored in a storm".

Haven't had an opportunity to take a photo today so decided I would upload a random favorite photo (this is probably going to happen quite a bit- maybe I was being a bit to ambitious with a photo everyday...however, I will do my best!).

Human Revolution

Not much happening today...awoke to find a txt from a freind who was informing me she was at the airport waiting to catch a flight to NYC - good news despite the two day delay due to this somewhat boring weather...had three cancellations because the roads are too bad to drive, expecting more of the same tomorrow but will go to work regardless- snow is bad for business...not good when your self employed. Spent most of the afternoon reading `The Human Revolution` Vol 3, by Daisaku Ikeda, then watched `Mona Lisa Smile` starring Julia Roberts...was Ok, better than expected and well worth £2 (which I debated spending on it). Lazy day really, looking forward to work & coffee tomorrow to get out of this holiday rut...

Cup Cakes Corrupt & Hot Chocolate Swirl sends me over the edge!

Today has been fun...spent the day with my nieces and nephews as everyone was having a bonus day off due to the bad weather. I sort of felt like I had gotten out of something too - although I wasn't scheduled to be at work. Anyhow, something was different about the whole day, maybe it was the fact there was not much traffic on the roads and there was very few people to be seen. Everything was calm and white and the sky was a magnificent blue - I think this type of day is commonly referred to as a high pressure day (Ok, maybe that's not such a common thing to say but a good friends father in-law always refers to these days that way and I like it!) Everyone chipped in with the domestic chores in a co-operative fashion, then it was `Velvet Cup Cakes & Hot Chocolate Swirls` all round...pay off earned in my book!

Snow Chaos & Root Canal!

Snowy chaos...been a funny day, virtually everything (and I mean everything) has come to a stop in the UK. No schools, no bus service, no coffee! Yes, no coffee...decided I would pay a visit to the new Bistro at Stanley Park this morning (yes-you heard right, a Bistro in Anfield) but that was a no go due to the pipes freezing and cutting off the water supply. However, all was not lost as I did get a free tour of the new `Isla Gladstone Conservatory` by Neil, head chef & former work collegue from the Raquet Club. Settled for a Starbucks in the end and then spent the whole day smelling like Liver-which is the norm for some weird reason? More drama as the day went on and we had to abandon our car due to snow drifts and snowled logjams...Gaz had to have an emergency root canal treatment and we were against the clock as his appointment had been brought forward due to bad weather! A small trek on foot and three uprooted nerves later, and we were safely back in our car with some very unstable old dear who we rescued from the snowy madness.