Just stumbled upon this email…
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This year we finally saw figs on the fig tree..

Since my dad passed away we haven’t seen a single fig, over 6 years now and not one until this year. Didn’t do anything different, still cover it up before the fall frost and reveal it once the cherry blossoms bloom in D.C. (my dad’s tip)

So now I’m just waiting for them to get mature enough to pick and try out..but it’s getting cooler so I am hoping it will happen before the fall takes bite. My father would be proud at least that we made it this far..

http://www.culinate.com/articles/first_person/the_fig_lover

A printer source I stumbled upon a few months back..you set up a trade account for your creative company, I started a LLC two years ago when I started freelancing with Golf Range and do side projects so I always needed pricing on print pieces but could never seem to make a profit, printing is expensive obviously BUT if you go through a source like 4Over.com you save at least 40-50% off the average price and mark up the printing and still save your client moola…

Every month they also offer a coupon - http://www.4over.com/septend/

If you know me well enough you know I love, no adore - flowers. All kinds, all shapes, colors..smells. Doesn’t matter I love them.

So I am an avid giver of flowers since I believe in some sort of karma, that what you give or do comes back to you SO I secretly hope all the flowers I give will somehow find their way back to me..

If you know someone who likes flowers and deserves them send them through Martha Stewart and 1800Flowers..they so far are the best I can find

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I’ve still never seen the Wizard of Oz, always meant to with the other 100 movies I still haven’t caught up with…

My “friends” at Netflix sent this:

Dear Paola,

We’re proud to present a 70th anniversary celebration of the classic movie The Wizard of Oz later this month in New York City.

We’re hosting a free outdoor screening of the movie in Central Park, preceded by a free, live concert featuring special performances of songs from the movie by: Jennifer Hudson, Julianne Hough and ?uestlove of the Roots.

Date:        Tuesday, September 29th
Concert:        7:30 pm
Screening:        8:30 pm
Address:        Rumsey Playfield
Central Park, New York

For more details please visit: www.netflix.com/wizardofoz

As part of the celebration, Netflix will also be inviting the general public to instantly watch The Wizard of Oz for free online on Saturday, October 3rd, at the website noted above. Be sure to tell your friends not to miss this classic movie and try out the Netflix service.

See you in New York.

–Your friends at Netflix

I have fallen in love with this bike. The Dahon folding bicycle. I’ve convinced myself that instead of trekking my long commute that I’ve been doing for over 10 years I would ride this bike to the train station, proceed to fold it up and then ride my merry way to work on the Post Road or as I call it Connecticut Ave.

“YEAH right” my brain recites over and over.

The color reminds me of my dad’s old Mercury car that he had that I used to call cafe con leche (coffee with milk - probably the only spanish I could recite at 4 yrs old)

My own cafe con leche bicicleta..

Doesn’t help that this bike is over $800 pretty pennies. More reason why this will be a dream.