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5 Secret Restaurants in Paris. Promise you won’t tell anyone…! 1. L’Etage de Pastavino – Saint Germain’s best-kept secret It just looks like an ordinary Italian deli (épicerie in French) on a bustling market street in Saint Germain … but it’s hiding a secret in a dark corner at the back. Indicated only by two blackboards nearly tucked out of sight, something well-worth discovering is at the top of this winding staircase … Disappear past the shelves of Italian produce and find yourself in a charming, chic and cosy dining room upstairs… Jazz music plays softly in the background. We didn’t order this little plate, but it came anyway. We tried the four house cheeses of the day. Look at that creamy heart of burrata… The menu is varied and written entirely in Italian (which the rather handsome waiters kindly translate and explain to you item by item).

So next time you pass a deli-cum-sandwich shop, take a second look, it might not be all that it seems! La Bottega Pastavino//L’Etage de Pastavino, 18 Rue de Buci, 6eme. 2. 3. 4. 5. Yumi sakugawa :: illustrations + comics - "I Think I Am in Friend-Love with You"  ... "I Think I Am in Friend-Love with You" (Excerpt) Originally published online in 2012 Available in hardcover book form released by Adams Media December 2013.

Posted 1 year ago & Filed under comic, comics, short story, 7,278 notes Notes: yumi sakugawa :: illustrations + comics ← Home Posted on Wednesday the 28th of November 2012 at 10:53 AM About: Search: Cargo Theme by Jarred Bishop. 100 Awesome Art Lessons on YouTube. Whether you’re getting your bachelor’s degree in painting, graphic design or sculpture, there’s so much to learn about art — from its lush history to materials — that it can sometimes feel overwhelming. Yet art students shouldn’t fret. There’s a whole lifetime ahead to learn and numerous resources both in the classroom and outside of it for expanding your knowledge. One great place to seek out help with becoming a better artist is on YouTube.

There, other artists, teachers and experts share their lessons on just about everything you could want to know. Drawing From how to sketch parts of the body to the best materials to use, these videos will help educate you on all things drawing-related. How to Draw a Realistic Eye: Eyes have been called the window to the soul, and if you want to create a realistic portrait you have to get them just right to give your drawing the emotion it needs. Painting Illustration Photography Graphic Design Sculpture Printmaking Comics. 20 free PC apps to ease daily tasks. Build the Ultimate USB Thumb Drive Toolbox - Page 1.

If you like this story, help other people find it by giving it a digg. Thanks! What’s a USB key good for? Carrying files from one computer to another? If you think that’s all, then you’re missing out. In this article we’re going to show you a number of different loadouts for USB “tools.” Tool #1: The Portable Office There’s a big push for portability these days—witness the meteoric rise in netbook sales, for one, as well as the enormous popularity of smartphones like the iPhone—and there’s nothing as portable as a USB key. However, before we start setting up our portable office, there’s something that must be discussed… Security Here's the problem: Using an unsecured USB key as a portable office represents a major security risk. We’ll use TrueCrypt, an extremely powerful piece of free encryption software, to encrypt the data on our USB drive. 1.

It can be found here. 2. Run the executable to begin installation. 3. At the next screen, choose Standard TrueCrypt volume. Bill Hicks On American Drugs. Top 10 Underhyped Windows Apps. Bioshock_anime_hires.jpg (1200×800) Home Network Security. This section provides a basic introduction to the technologies that underlie the Internet. It was written with the novice end-user in mind and is not intended to be a comprehensive survey of all Internet-based technologies. Subsections provide a short overview of each topic. This section is a basic primer on the relevant technologies. For those who desire a deeper understanding of the concepts covered here, we include links to additional information.

What does broadband mean? "Broadband" is the general term used to refer to high-speed network connections. In this context, Internet connections via cable modem and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) are frequently referred to as broadband Internet connections. NobodyHere. Poor Girl Eats Well — How to eat ridiculously well on a minuscule budget. Manga Tutorials » Introduction: So You Want to Draw Manga Style? If you’re here to learn how to draw or improve your drawing skills – you’ve come to the right place! Almost everything you need to know will be posted here from basic shading to publishing your work. Of course, how far you get will all depend on you!

A few things you should know about this place first… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. All that done and over with – here is a brief guide to some of the more popular terms and styles of Manga: SHOUNEN — Boy’s manga, usually action/adventure, are aimed at boys 8-18 years old. SHOUJO — Girls’ manga are usually story-driven, less action-oriented, and romantic. SEINEN — Seinen manga are series aimed at male readers ages 18-30. JOSEI — Womens comics aimed at young working women and housewives from ages 21-30. HENTAI — Literally “pervert” manga. JIDAIGEKI — Historical manga, usually action-packed, and battle-oriented. MECHA — Mecha manga refers to the “Giant Robot” stories such as Gundam, Voltron, and Big O. A few subcategories of the above types are: LOTR & The Hobbit in Watercolors & Tea Stains. Second only to A Tale of Two Cities, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is the second best selling novel ever written.

The popularity of this amazing fairy tale and its predecessor The Hobbit, along with the screen adaptations and action figures has brought about some amazing fan art, like the paintings featured here by deviantARTist Kinko-White. Her watercolor and tea stain paintings capture some of the best characters, bringing the fantasy to life on the paper along side some memorable quotes. See more work by this Estonian self-taught artist on deviantART and Tumblr. See Also Lord of the Rings Visualized: A Timeline of the One Ring Via: geekartgallery.blogspot.com.

Top 25 Delicious Breakfast Hacks | Life Hacks. Some Of The Best Anime Of 2012 | Geeky Bytes | I love to watch Anime, sure of lot of you do. They try to bring out the most which regularly cartoons and live drama fail to do. Coming back to the topic this year we had some great Anime shows. This year most of the Anime were based in the future. Here are some of my Favorite Anime shows in 2012 Sword Art Online Genre: Science Fantasy, Romance, Adventure Plot Summary: The players of a virtual reality Sword Art Online (SAO), Aincrad Online, are trapped and fighting for their very lives. Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Genre: Romantic Comedy, Slice Of Life Plot Summary: High school freshman Yūta Togashi was once a “chūnibyō patient” i.e. an overly self-conscious middle schooler. Hyōka Genre: Mystery Plot Summary: Hōtarō Oreki doesn’t like to do things that he considers a waste of energy.

Btooom! Genre: Action, Psychological, Romance, Science fiction Plot Summary: Ryōta Sakamoto is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. Genre: Action, Magic, Mystery, Science Fiction Kokoro Connect. Top 95 Documentaries - a list by transitasis. Turn your $60 router into a $600 router. BBC Two - Wikileaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower. Introduction To Making Games Part 1: Picking A Game Framework | Jesse Freeman. Whether you are a seasoned game developer or just getting started making your own game, chances are you are going to need a good game framework to build upon. A game framework could be as simple as a collection of code packed up into a library in a specific language, like JavaScript, or a more complex system of scripts, tools, and workflow built on a specific platform.

Both types are designed to help speed up your game’s development. The last thing you want to be doing, especially when getting started, is reinventing the wheel. Here is a quick rundown of things to look for in a good game framework: Speeds up development by including collision and physics, and handles input Has good documentation and an active community to help answer questions Is easy to pick up and matches your skill level (drag and drop for non-coders and low-level access for seasoned developers) Easy multi-platform distribution, allowing you to get your new game on as many platforms as possible.

Carrot Is A Productivity And Social Motivation App With A Sense Of Humor. There are plenty of productivity and self-motivation apps on the market, but Hong Kong-based company Innopage wanted to create one that lets users indulge their whimsical side. iOS app Carrot‘s interface only allows you to fill-in a simple template and people have used the Mad Libs-like format to set goal and reward sets (called “carrots”) that are silly (“I am going to wake up at 6:30AM and reward myself with going back to sleep at 6:45AM”) and serious (“If I run 4.5km tonight then I will treat myself to a big breakfast tomorrow”).

Encouragement is crowdsourced from Carrot’s other users and your Facebook friends. “Carrot” is a reference to “stick and carrot”–the phrase that distills the two ways that people can be motivated, either by force or by will–and Innopage is not the only one to have jumped on the idea that it might make for a catchy name for a motivational to-do app. There is another Carrot already in existence in the U.S. that barks reminders at users. Hola – Unblock censored sites with free VPN proxy & accelerate your Internet. RetailMeNot: Coupon Codes, Coupons, Promo Codes, Discounts.

How to tell a story | TED Playlists. ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease! Notes from Underground. Plot summary[edit] The novel is divided into two parts. Part 1: "Underground"[edit] It consists of an introduction, three main sections and a conclusion. (i) The short introduction propounds a number of riddles whose meanings will be further developed. (1) Chapters two, three and four deal with suffering and the enjoyment of suffering; (2) chapters five and six with intellectual and moral vacillation and with conscious "inertia"-inaction; (3) chapters seven through nine with theories of reason and logic; (c) the last two chapters are a summary and a transition into Part 2.

War is described as people's rebellion against the assumption that everything needs to happen for a purpose, because humans do things without purpose, and this is what determines human history. Secondly, the narrator's desire for happiness is exemplified by his liver pain and toothache. This parallels Raskolnikov's behavior in Dostoyevsky's later novel, Crime and Punishment. Part 2: "Apropos of the Wet Snow"[edit]

Swinging dubstep its all gone jazzy (10 songs) | free dubstep and drumstep music playlist. 30 Fun Indie-Artist Covers of Pop Tunes. Covering a song can be tricky, but covering an extremely well-known song is downright dangerous. Most pop songs are either deeply loved or grossly hated and attempts to cover either can fall flat. We’ve compiled a list of the greatest pop covers by some of our favorite indie artists (taking liberties with the words “pop” and “indie”). 30. Ingrid Michaelson- “Toxic” (Britney Spears) Michaelson’s ukulele is a pleasant surprise in this rendition of Spears’ “Toxic,” coupled with her powerful vocals this song becomes surprisingly enjoyable. 29. The Beggar Folk- “Buy You a Drink” (T-Pain) Once you get past the laughter of the audience, you’ll discover that this cover is not only entertaining, it’s actually pretty good. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 23. 22. 21.

Hamachi-Jalapeño Pizza. This is a variation on the Tuna Pizza I made a while ago and it was inspired by my old favorite dish at Nobu, the Hamachi-Jalapeño sashimi. Your Italian grandma’ will strongly disagree with the “pizza” part and you might even get slapped for it but it’s worth the risk. It’s a disk of flour tortilla that’s toasted, brushed with eel sauce and caramelized in the oven or under a broiler. Thin slices of fatty yellowtail tuna are arranged on top and brushed with a mixture of yuzu and soy sauce which has the wonderful effect of slightly curing the fish. It’s then drizzled with a yuzu-kosho mayonnaise and topped with slivers of Jalapeno and tomatoes, red onion, cilantro leaves and micro greens. If you like sushi and pizza you will beg for more of this. It’s really the best of both worlds. If you plan on serving this at a dinner party you can toast and caramelize the tortilla disks ahead of time.

Saturday, December 22nd, 2012Appetizer, Fish, Fusion, Japanese, Pizza, Sushi. Order of the Occult Hand. The Order of the Occult Hand is a whimsical secret society of American journalists who have been able to slip the meaningless and telltale phrase "It was as if an occult hand had…" in print as a sort of a game and inside joke. History[edit] The phrase was introduced by Joseph Flanders, then a police reporter of The Charlotte News, in the fall of 1965, when he reported on a millworker who was shot by his own family when he came back home late at night.

He wrote: It was as if an occult hand had reached down from above and moved the players like pawns upon some giant chessboard.[1][2]— Joseph Flanders, The Charlotte News Amused by this purple passage, in a local bar, his colleagues decided to commemorate Flanders' achievement by forming the Order of the Occult Hand. In 2006, Greenberg announced that the Order had chosen a new secret phrase at an annual editorial writers' convention and resumed a stealth operation.[7] Members[edit] Paul Hofmann (18 September 1974). Larry Maddry (19 March 1997). The Tomorrow Girl: Dresden Codak Volume 1 by Aaron Diaz. Aaron Diaz is an independent cartoonist, creator of Dresden Codak and purveyor of fine graphic novelties. Dresden Codak is a lavishly illustrated creator-owned online comic series about science, mystery and ghosts that began in 2005. The Tomorrow Girl: Dresden Codak Volume 1 is the long-awaited print collection of the first five years of Dresden Codak and includes brand-new art and content.

It contains over 80 gigantic pages of comic goodness! HOB - Teenage girl versus the Future Advanced Dungeons & Discourse - The premiere philosophy roleplaying game Lantern Season - Living shadow theater 42 Essential 3rd Act Twists - As performed by the Ellis Island Community Players Caveman Science Fiction - Self-explanatory The Tomorrow Girl, Silver Hardcover Edition 10x13.3"Metallic ink on coverFabric spineIllustrated color endpapersWoven from a dragon's hide The Tomorrow Girl, Gold Edition Hardcover Other Goodies Kickstarter video work and effects by Harris Porter.

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