Cafe Atlantico, Washington DC

If you've talked to me since I got back from Washington, you know I'm about to wax poetic about the Best Guacamole I've Ever Had. There's nothing like fresh avocados mixed right there at your table with cilantro, fresh tomatoes, red onions and more served with warm flour tortillas and a cold mojito...nothing better. If you're in DC, visit Cafe Atlantico
to partake in these and other gastronomical delights.

Cesaria Evora

One day I went to get my requisite caffeine boost at Starbucks and I actually went in the store instead of going through the drive-thru. I'm glad I did, because I heard Cesaria Evora for the first time and just fell in love with her music. Several of her albums are on iTunes, emusic has a couple compilations of world/folk music with a song or two of hers, and there are a couple of her performances on YouTube. Her website (http://www.cesaria-evora.com/) has a lot of information, including a newsletter and discography. I'm a little embarrassed to say I found out about her at Starbucks, but hey, their Hear Music stores are awesome, and if it's good, it's good, right?

art

I found this today completely by chance after first finding the awesome FancyPants site (I was looking for an image to go along with the word fancy) and randomly choosing other places to visit - I love looking at art gallery sites online and once, I even bought a really expensive painting from a great gallery in Portsmouth, NH (Nahcotta) completely on a whim (when I could do that sort of thing, pre-new-sewer-pipe-needs).

I think my favorite piece on the Blue Bottle site is "Thaw"...how the snowman is listing slightly to the side, how the tree is bare but with no snow on the branches...also "Moon" is pretty neat, it reminds me of Tim Burton.

Speaking of him, if you haven't seen his books, they're weird and wonderful and I can't wait to buy them for X.