In Vogue: Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! CEO, Works It In Fashion Magazine Profile

(Image Via Vogue and realitatea.net)

  Being a founder of a national company like Yahoo! is hard work, but CEO Marissa Mayer knows how to take time out of her busy schedule to work the cameras. Take for instance, this spread from this issue of "Vogue", where she stuns in a blue dress. In her interview with the fashion magazine, she says that she is extremely timid, but these pics speak to the contrary. Mayer surely proves that smart and shy girls can still be fashionable and fun, and she is an inspiration to women who want to have it all.

New Music Monday!!!: Lady Gaga Releases "Applause" Music Video

Lady Gaga had a busy weekend. First, she accused Perez Hilton of stalking her, which caused Hilton and his child to receive death threats. Then she followed that up with releasing her video for "Applause", the first single from her album "Art Pop". The video is done in they typical artsy Gaga style, and it has about twenty different fashion looks in it. Watch the video below and tell me what you think of it. Are you applauding "Applause"  or booing it?

Amp Up Your Spaghetti Supper By Adjusting One Ingredient

     If your sick of the same old boring spaghetti, have I got a tip for you. To tell you the truth, I usually am not a fan of traditional spaghetti, and it was even one of my least favorite foods as a kids. Well, this notion that spaghetti was anything but the cat's pajama got thrown out the window when I adjusted one ingredient to my spaghetti. Instead of the same old boring ground beef, I chopped up sirloin steak into bite size pieces and cooked it down until it was nice and tender. Then, I just incorporated the steak pieces into the dish as I would ground beef and presto!! It was an epiphany, and it has taken spaghetti to being one of my least favorite foods to one of my most favorite. So next time your looking for something new and exciting for dinner, remember you can take your spaghetti from drab to fab by simply replacing the ground beef or meet with cut up pieces of sirloin steak. Hope you enjoy!!!!!!

P.S. If you try this out, tell me how it turned out in the comments section below.

Kim Kardashian Commits Major Etiquette Faux Pas After Receiving Gift From Katie Couric

The gift Kim K. didn't want.
(Via celebuzz.com)

   What ever happened to the days of being gracious when one received a gift? You know, the time when letter or note saying "than you" was in order whenever someone did something nice to you. Well, in the modern era, those times are long gone, and that is especially the case when it comes to celebrities. They are no longer the proper Princess Graces or Scarlet O'Haras of the past. Instead, those who behave badly are rewarded with lots of money and  a ton of press.

   Case in point is Kim Kardashian. The reality TV star and new mom received some pajamas for her baby girl from Katie Couric, and her reply was atrocious. Instead of being courteous and kind, she decided to take the opportunity to take to her Instagram account and call out Couric for comments that she had made about the Kardashian clan. While I understand Kardashian's frustration with Couric, she should have just thanked Couric and left it at that. This caused a major media backlash against Kardashian, and it got lots of people talking about Kim's lack of manners. In my humble opinion, I would say Kim K. should just stay off the web and send a "Thank You" note the next time around. Manners girl, manners!!!!!

No Better Summer Trip Than Visiting The Rose Garden In "The City Of Roses"

    Hi to all the readers out there. It's been a while. This summer has been a busy one, and thus I have not been able to blog in a while. I'm going to try to make more of an effort in the upcoming months to blog more often, and I hope you enjoy what you read. While today is going to be focused on plants, I decided to make a blog that focuses more on lifestyle and living so be prepared to see some changes in the upcoming months.
      Now that that business is done, it's time for today's post. Recently, we went down to Portland and visited their world famous rose garden. It was truly a blast, and I thought that I could share some pics of our trip with you today. Hope you enjoy.

View of the City of Portland from Rose Garden. 

Loving The Landscaping!

       

This single red rose is so elegant. 

Another lone rose with a dash of pink. 

Roses, Roses, Everywhere!

All these roses draw a lot of tourists. 

I must say these guys look mighty pretty. 

Tower of Roses!

Full Bloom!

Whoever does the gardening here deserves an award. 

Another beautiful bunch. 

Roses, Rhodies, And Clematis: OH MY!

This blog post is just me taking some random pictures. The rain came back about a week ago, but I took plenty of pics when the sun was still around. Hope that you enjoy. 

      

             Single Red Rose For Someone's Love

These are the first roses of the season!

These purple clematis brighten up the side of any building!

They come in purple too!

What a clematis can do to brighten up an otherwise dull spot!

Quality isn't the best, but it's so hard to capture bees pollinating the rhodies!

This clematis is about to burst!

Another clematis coming into full bloom!

The new rhodie we got. What do you think?

LOVE THIS ONE!

So much I had to take two photos.


So I want to make the blog interactive so I'm going to ask readers out there different questions about your favorite plants. So today's question is what kind of Rhodie is your favorite? They come in all sort of color combinations, I can't pick just one, but if you can post it in the comments below!

Warm Spell Means More Beautiful Flowers

       The weather has been so warm here. It almost got up to ninety the other day which is HOT for the Pacific Northwest this time of year. I was able to snap some shots today, and I hope you enjoy.

Iris Time!

The tulips were late, but they came out beautiful when they finally showed.

Orange Flowers!

Garden Pathway

Forget me not? How could you with such beautiful blooms!

Iris in the sun!