Archive for the ‘Olympics’ Category

Maria’s Thursday Three: Breakfast, the Olympics and Decals

August 21, 2008

1. Perfect Breakfast: Lately, we’ve been into this yogurt and granola mix for breakfast. It’s a Trader Joe’s combo: The market’s French Village Vanilla Nonfat Yogurt, with its “Granola & the 3 Berries” mix (honey sweetend whole grain oats and whole grain wheat, wih freeze-dried raspberries, blueberrys and strawberries). It’s so easy to prepare and best of all, Evan loves it.

2. Olympic Fever: Yes, we have it and as the Summer Games end, I’d like to direct you to Jenny’s site, ljcfyi.com. Jenny’s currently in Beijing and blogging all about it. I’ve read her blog for years and got excited when the company she works for sent her there to write all about it. (Pic by ljcfyi.)

3. Wall Decals: We’re thinking of re-doing Evan’s room and I ambitiously told Mike that I would paint some wall graphics on the wall. He correctly doubted me, ’cause I never have time for anything like that, but then I was trolling Design Sponge the other night (I make time for trolling) and saw these wall decals, my problems were solved. Trains or cars would be perfect for the room but since they have none, Evan may have to settle for the airplane.

So You Don’t Have To Watch All Five Hours Tonight…

August 8, 2008

Here’s the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, cut down to 30 seconds — via the BBC. (Well, until YouTube yanks this down, which could be… any… minute…)

Retro Friday: Los Angeles, Summer 1984

August 8, 2008

As the Beijing Summer Games officially kick off today, a look back — 24 years ago! — to the 1984 Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony in Los Angeles. Admit it — when you saw that guy take off in a jet pack at the Coliseum to kick off the opening ceremony 24 years ago, you thought for sure that jet packs would be a reality by the year 2000. Oh well.

Meanwhile, it’s great to hear the voices of two great, late broadcasting legends in this clip: Peter Jennings and Jim McKay.


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