Made in the two-one-six

Made in the 216, a Cleveland art/designer show is happening now! According to the website, it was “was created by Danielle DeBoe to prove the viability of Cleveland as a place in which to base your creative endeavor through events that highlight a curated assortment of goods designed right here in Cleveland.” What a cool concept!

Here is the local news surveying the “breaking news” scene (Their van said breaking news, but it’s not really that breaking since I think it has been public knowledge for quite a time).

They also had a local photobooth to take pictures wearing some silly costumes. Janet’s reaction to me saying that I would put this picture on my blog: “Your readers are going to say, ‘Find someone new to take pictures of!’”

It's happening right now at the Near West Lofts at W. 65th and Detroit. It's also happening tomorrow 11am-10pm.

Tyra taught me everything I know

As you know, faithful readers of my blog, number 13 on my “24 before 24” list is to audition. Straight up audition. And that’s exactly what I did yesterday.

I was browsing my local metromix site and saw that there is a local fashion show that was holding auditions at Pickwick and Frolic on E. 4th downtown. So I decided to audition!

Here’s the stage I walked on.

I was wearing the silver heels that you saw in my last post and the outfit I wore to work.  I walked really fast, and I smiled. I don’t think they’ll pick me. All the girls that I met there weren’t there on a silly blogging whim but were actually part of the Cleveland modeling circuit and knew each other.

I learned that the metromix cleveland site is run by three people, and two of them were at the event!

Here is 2/3 of the metromix team and a model being photographed.

Erica, one of the metromix girls, got bored and so I told her to drop and give me twenty. I swear, this is the first time that anyone has actually dropped and given me twenty when I asked. :) She claims that she is going to help me reach my goal of a 5k in 30 minutes, though I’m sure that no one can make that happen…

The other metromix girl, Janet, is a budding dry-erase artist.

 

And me? Maybe one day I’ll be ready for my close-up. Though I hear twenty-three is the tail end of a modeling career :) Isn’t it funny how I just wrote a post about me auditioning to be a model, yet there are no pictures of me?!

PROMapalooza

This past Saturday, there was a United Way fundraising event in downtown Cleveland called PROMapalooza. Since I didn’t have much fun at my high school prom (they didn’t have a vegetarian entrée, I was starving, yo), I decided to give it a second go.

Here are our beautiful tickets against the window. I took not-so-many pictures at the actual event, so this picture makes it onto the blog.

My date and I danced the night away with some silhouettes!

My beautiful silver shoes gave me some nice blisters that night (walking a mile in these shoes is not pleasant. However, I didn’t get hit by any cars due to the reflectivity of the sequins!).

And I think Eric wanted this picture posted real bad. I have no idea why. Definitely not for usage as his new facebook picture. Too bad it’s blurry!! :(

Being sassy with the sassy silhouette. I guess Eric doesn’t know how to stick out his hip that well…

I’m not sure what was more fun…this prom or my high school prom. Interestingly enough, though this was called “Southern Swing,” there were few dancers on the dancefloor. The music was mostly danceable, though it wasn’t really what I’d consider “swing”. I will dance at basically anything once I have a drink or two in me! And if they play the Lady, then I'm set.

The Morning After the Rain

Apparently there were heavy thunderstorms last night. I woke up several times due to large amounts of rolling thunder. I love rain. Today morning’s lack of sunshine and not-so-hot weather made me want something hearty for today’s fooding. I decided on vegetarian shepherd’s pie. 

I started out by sautéing celery, onions, carrots (the mirepoix) as well as red and green bell peppers. 

 
While these were simmering, I thawed three Boca patties for the “meat”. I ran them through my itty bitty food processor to give them a crumbly consistency.

I also chopped up a couple of Roma tomatoes and then mixed the veggies, patties, and tomatoes together – I spread this mixture at the bottom of a Pyrex dish.

On top of this, I spread the lazy girl’s mashed potatoes…INSTANT! I made the instant mashed potatoes with a little bit of Italian seasoning and garlic powder. I baked the pie for approximately 30 minutes at 400 degrees.

I may or may not have had two servings! :) Shepherd’s pie is just so filling and hearty.

A mini-project I did today was a thank you card. It was my first attempt at quilling, and I have to say that it went splendidly! It was way easier than I thought.