Love this new deck chair, finally!
Life is good!
Keep it simple!
Have a pillow to match.
Last chair in stock.
Grabbed the floor model.
Reminds me of the Patagonia brand. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Category Archives: Comfortable
Great Chair and Ottoman
Wow, love this RED chair and ottoman.
The chair practically reaches out to grab you.
And the ottoman is an almost perfect ball.
Like two pieces that were made to be together.
You can’t help but sit down, get comfortable, and have the best rest of your life! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Tie Dye Hammock
Loved this tie dye hammock by Enonation (Eno) from Australia that I saw at REI.
It’s called “DoubleNest,” so I guess that means it fits 2 people.
So open, colorful, and inviting to rest and relax in.
Sillily, the store only carries the hammock and not the stand…so good luck with that.
Also REI clumsily filled this gorgeous hammock with Nalgene bottles–on sale 30% off!
Uh, if you make even the nicest stuff look like junk for storage, you’re not gonna get the brand image you want.
Anyway, the hammock was awesome! 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
The Cave Tree
I just think this is such an amazing tree (at work).
It’s like a cave.
You go in through the overhanging branches.
And there is a whole seating area with tables, chairs, benches underneath the shade of this lovely tree.
It’s like the tree was created for giving shade to people.
What miraculous creations G-d has made for us.
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Best Baby Carrier Ever
This is just a great picture!
I have to call this out as the best baby carrier ever.
What a combination between a kangaroo pouch and a cozy snugli.
Anyway, it’s comfortable, fun, and good-looking.
Can’t you just see your baby in this?
(Thank you to my son-in-law for sharing this with me)
An Introverted Extrovert
I thought this was an interesting phrase someone used the other day to describe their personality.
They called themselves an “Introverted Extrovert.”
I asked what they meant, and they explained as follows:
“I’m Introverted until I get to know someone then I am extroverted with them.”
This actually made a lot of sense to me.
We may be reticent at the beginning when meeting new people, but once we feel comfortable with others and start to trust them, then we naturally open up to them.
The truth is most people aren’t extroverted (social) or introverted (shy).
Instead, people are on a continuum, which is generally a bell-shaped curve.
In other words, most people are somewhere in the middle—either introverted extroverts or extroverted introverts.
Well, what’s an extroverted introvert?
It’s someone who tends to be more comfortable and trusting and social with people, but they also need time alone to recharge, and perhaps they even get shy sometimes.
Most people don’t exist on the extremes–that’s why they are called extremes!
So don’t be so quick to judge yourself as an introspective introvert or an outgoing extrovert or anything else for that matter.
We are “this” AND “that”–sometimes maybe a little more this or that, but that’s all part of us and it’s okay to be us! 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Improv, Let’s Do it
What an incredible experience today.
We went to the Atlas Theater in Washington, D.C. and did Improv (no script).
For a Jewish kid from the Bronx, this was not something I was used to, but I loved it.
– Say your name and an animal with the same first letter and act it out.
– Say something you love or hate and everyone gravitates on the stage towards or from it based on whether they agree.
– Repeat a word and action from someone else and pass it on.
– Act out an action that someone else calls out after yelling “Let’s do it!”
– As a group, answer a question from the audience, by each person adding a word to the aggregated answer.
– Give your neighbor a pretend object and after they identify what they think it is and thank you for it, you explain why you gave it to them.
– Stand on an emotion (happy, sad, angry, scared) and act out a scene with someone else rotating through the feelings.
– Pretend you’re a hitchhiker and infest the emotion with everyone else in the car.
I was really amazed at how good so many people were with doing these exercises.
And I felt it was so freeing to be doing it too.
I feel like I really learned a lot about being comfortable with yourself and just letting your inhibitions go and even though it was scary and hard, I would like to do this again.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Happy Summer Shoes
Summer is generally a sunny and happy time of year.
People throw off the thick winter coats and heavy boots and wear some nice sandals.
I saw this one lady wearing these happy, colorful sandals on the Metro.
I’d expect to see these more in Florida or California than in stodgy Washington, D.C.
They were pretty awesome–trendy, stylish, even comfortable looking.
Fashion is self-expression and freedom.
It’s also artistic and a reflection of our culture and our desires.
We need more color, more chance, more futurism from our fashion.
The clothes can shape not only our bodies, but the times we live in. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Bell-Bottom Style
This is dedicated to my wife who loves bell-bottom pants.
And truly there is something about bell-bottoms that just yells cool and sexy.
The hour glass shape of the pants is timeless.
The flair gives you flair.
The white stringy bottom gives contrast with the blue jeans.
Whoever wears these, you’re the automatic hit of the party.
Basically, your the Sonny and Cher on the 21st century, and presumably you can dance like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Teen Lounge Chair
I took this photo of a cool teen lounge chair.
Stretch out and relax or study on this oversized lounger.
The fabric is emblazoned with:
– PEACE
– FREEDOM
– LOVE
– FLIRT
– BEAST
– ROCK
– POWER
– EGO
– SHINE
I think this would look pretty good in a kids room.
How about you?
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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