Ofrenda | by gwen harlow

It’s my birthday!

Posted by gwen on Dec 2, 2011 in gwen, love, photo, wishlist | 0 comments

Day of the Dead Collage no. 3

Posted by gwen on Oct 23, 2011 in Día de los Muertos, love | 0 comments

Las Ofrendas 2011

Posted by gwen on Oct 5, 2011 in craft, Día de los Muertos, to-do list | 1 comment

resources for Día de los Muertos and a listing of related events in the san francisco bay area. check back as events will be updated through october. feel free to share additional events in the comments.

Oakland
Día de los Muertos
- Fruitvale 30 oct @ 10-5

Love & Loss: Días de los Muertos 2011
- oakland museum 12 oct-11 dec
- community celebrations 23 oct 12-4:30
- fotos!

Berkeley
celebration in the gourmet ghetto
- 2 nov 5-9p

San Francisco
Day of the Dead
procession, 2 nov @7pm

Mission Cultural Center
altars & exhibit 22 oct-19 nov
- workshops through 29 oct
Galería de la Raza
SOMArts Altars for the Spirits
- 8 oct-5 nov

Watsonville
Pajaro Valley Arts Council

- Mi Casa es Tu Casa 11, 28 oct-19 dec

San Jose
MACLA

Bananas Foster

Posted by gwen on Aug 11, 2011 in recipe | 0 comments

From Famous Foods from Famous Places (1964), which is filled with pretty much any kind of mid-century fanciness you can think of.

Commander’s Palace (New Orleans) Bananas Foster

This classic is super easy and a great use for that bunch of almost-rotten bananas that’s going to start attracting fruit flies any second.

Slice 6 ripe bananas lengthwise. Brush with lemon juice.

1 c sugar and 1/2 c butter — cook over low heat until dissolved, add bananas, cook awhile til soft.

Serve as is or with ice cream or whipped cream or whatever. You are going to lapse into a sugar coma either way.

Summer Colours Week 2011: Rainbow

Posted by gwen on Jun 30, 2011 in garden, meme, photo | 0 comments

It’s Rainbows Day

Summer Colours Week 2011: Blue

Posted by gwen on Jun 29, 2011 in meme, photo | 0 comments

Poppytalk Summer Colours Week: Blue

Summer Colours Week 2011: Pink

Posted by gwen on Jun 27, 2011 in garden, meme, photo | 0 comments

I had a lot of fun seeking out and setting up shots for Summer Colours Week‘s pink day…even managed to sneak one blue and one green in, too [I'll put those up later]. I tried to represent a mix of outdoors [flowers and travel] and things I love doing in summer [yard sales, crafting, collecting bits and bobs at the beach].

Summer Colours Week: Yellow favorites

Posted by gwen on Jun 27, 2011 in love, meme, photo | 0 comments

A couple sweet yellows I’ve been enjoying over on the poppytalk Summer 2011 Colours Week flickr group [click the photos to visit the photographer's flickr page]: