Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday!

Apartment Therapy, the awesome community driven interior design blog, featured one of my photos today! The article is about Fiestaware collections, and they chose to run my photo as the main image for the entire post. Being an established reader and fan of Apartment Therapy, it’s a great feeling to see one of own photos displayed on their front page. Combined with the knowledge that many more people across the world will also see my photo makes for a very exciting day here at MissAnthropolgoy.com.

Thanks again to Apartment Therapy for choosing to run my photo!

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I just returned from sunny Pasadena, CA after watching USC beat up on Illinois. While the game itself was disappointing, we at least had the better marching band.

More pictures and (possibly) video to come…

Or should I say, Merry Christmahanakwanzadon?

I’ve been a fan of the Food Network for a while now. Over the past year or so, I’ve noticed a distinct change in the programming and the entire feel of the network…and it’s not a good change. Programs featuring talented, informed chefs like Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse are being cancelled in favor of big mouths like Rachael Ray. There is a great article over at the NY Times that discusses the change, which includes the demise of “Emeril Live” and the addition of a new show hosted by Rachael Ray. Because Ms. Ray will be so busy in ’08, the Food Network is having her make 20 less episodes of “30-Minute Meals”. At least something good is happening.

Chef Batali has summed the whole thing up better than I ever could in this brusque statement:

“They don’t need me. They have decided they are mass market and they are going after the Wal-Mart crowd, which he said was a smart business decision. So they don’t need someone who uses polysyllabic words from other languages.”

Too true. Give me more Ina and Emeril! I can’t survive on the bobbleheads you are promoting!

I went on a quick trip to Scottsdale, Az this weekend. I showed a couple of my horses and got to ride a lot which was really satisfying since I haven’t been on a horse in 2 months. The trip was bookended by miserable weather in Illinois, but for a few hours above the clouds I could pretend that all was well back on the ground.

P.S. I’m not trying to advertise for Southwest Airlines, but they are one of my favorites. Even though it was sleeting in Chicago and Midway was canceling flights like crazy, they somehow got us there 35 minutes early.

Check out the post over at Champaign Rock about local music acts JigGsaw, Shipwreck and others getting mentioned in the November 07 edition of Nylon magazine!