Hello Hiking - Let's Find a Beautiful Place to Get Lost

 not all those who wander are lost

 on top of the world

so here is the reason why i did not work for long time

just a mother - daughter bond

  I 

went to the woods

 because I wished to live deliberately,

 to front only the essential facts of life,

 and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,

 and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived - Henry David Thoreau

Hello October - Hello Fall

[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]

By E.E.Cummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

my heart)i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done

by only me is your doing,my darling)

i fear

no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want

no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows

higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

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Enjoy my new photos
beautiful sunrise in
Boulder,Colorado

Happy October Everyone, I just wanted to wish you all a peaceful , safe & happy week!

XO

Sima

Hello STARBUCKS Coffee

Hello Everyone,

Well, it’s February and what does that mean?

 That mean..it's almost... Valentine's day!

 LOVE is in the air

and.. 

I am loving the new Starbucks valentines coffee cups!!

  Spreading love one coffee cup at a time

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How to eat well in 2012 - LIFE ...Is Sababa

Jesus Olguin packages Sababa hummus at Falafel King's commercial kitchen in Boulder. ( CLIFF GRASSMICK )

How to eat well in 2012
By Cindy Sutter Camera Food Editor


Posted: 01/04/2012 03:12:07 PM MST

OK, three days into your New Year's resolution to lose weight and you're already wavering.

Could it be because you've embarked on a diet that is more about punishment than making your eating habits healthier. I speak of the quintessential diet lunch, a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with a teaspoon of low fat mayonnaise. Or a frozen diet meal which you need a graduate degree in chemistry to decipher. No wonder you feel virtuous for your willpower, likely short-lived, but depressed about what you're actually putting in your mouth.

Rule No. 1 for a new way to eat: Eat real food that tastes good. Consuming flavorless food and fake food is not good for you. It deprives you of the joy of eating. Food should be pleasurable. Let's take that turkey sandwich. For just a very few more calories, you could make it open-faced, use smoked turkey, add chopped red onion, arugula, two or three chopped Greek olives and an ounce of crumbled feta. Eat with a knife and fork -- you'll eat slower and feel more satiated -- and enjoy what a truly tasty lunch. Better, right?

Discovering the good taste of healthful foods isn't that difficult. The first thing to do is add in fresh fruits and vegetables.

"Get as much fresh, real live food as you can," says Lynn Smith, a registered dietitian and life coach. She says many people are stuck in a cycle of loading up on carbs, sugar and caffeine, crashing, and loading up again. She says those ingredients, along with salt, -- the ones that dominate processed foods -- make you want more. And, psst, that stuff is in many diet meals, too. By their very nature, they don't satisfy you.

Smith says the best foods for filling you up are those that are whole and nutritious naturally.

"Fiber, protein, fat and moisture all ... make you feel full longer in a positive way," she says, adding that after a few weeks of good eating, a person will notice less foggy-headedness requiring that afternoon dose of caffeine and fewer ups and downs in mood and energy during the day.
How do you get to that place of eating that's healthful and flavorful?

Amnon Gilady, founder of Falafel King, faced just that dilemma as he decided to come out with a new line of products called Sababa, which means "cool" in Hebrew. The products include an organic hummus, one with harissa, one with roasted red pepper and one with an eggplant salsa, called "Skinny," since it only has 35 calories per ounce.

While Falafel King's hummus was already a pretty healthful item given that its base is chick peas, Gilady became interested in Whole Foods' Health Starts Here principles, which shun the use of refined oils, even olive oil, calling instead for the use of the product that the oil was made from. The foods also were lower in sodium. As an Israel native, Gilady visits the country frequently, where he says there's a hummus bar on every corner. He compared various hummus plates to his own and realized that many were no longer adding olive oil, thus reducing calories. He came home and began experimenting, just as you should be doing in your own kitchen.
Here are some lessons drawn from his experience that you can translate into your own delicious meals in 2012.

Start with impeccable ingredients and keep it simple. Gilady uses organic, dried chickpeas and filtered water in his hummus, along with lemon juice, salt and garlic.

Give vegetables a fresh look. Sababa's Mediterranean Salsa, consists of eggplant, tomatoes, fresh garlic, and jalapenoes. Gilady laments that many people think they don't like eggplant. However, he's happy to report, when they try the salsa (only 10 calories an ounce) made from his mother's recipe, they suddenly get what aubergine attraction is all about.

Pay attention to technique. It's easy to get flavor by adding butter, salt and sugar. But coaxing out flavor from basic ingredients requires some attention to detail. Take chick peas. What makes hummus taste good is cooking the chickpeas a long time, Gilady says. He soaks the dried peas 24 hours before cooking them in a pressure cooker-braiser for two hours and letting them steam in the pot another hour.

Similarly, he flame-grills the eggplant and Roma tomatoes for his salsa. At home, learn how to roast, braise, grill and saute. All can add flavor to food with few added calories.

Try new condiments and flavors. Gilady was able to remove the olive oil from his hummus because he started using a different tahini made in Israel with sesame seeds from Ethiopia. The richly flavored tahini meant that olive oil was no longer needed as a vehicle to carry flavor.

Tap ethnic traditions. While Gilady had a family recipe to rely on, you may not. That doesn't mean you can't snap up some ethnic cookbooks. Most cuisines in their original form (e.g. peasant food) use lots of the very ingredients you should be eating: whole grains, beans and lots of vegetables. Meat and oils, which were once prohibitively expensive, served more as condiments.

If you keep only one food resolution for New Year's, make it this: Avoid Mount Everest "because it's there" noshing, and make every bite you put in your mouth worth eating.

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Firefly Handmade Winter 2011 @ The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Firefly Handmade Winter 2011


Holiday Market at BMoCA +


1750 13th Street, Boulder


Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art




December 9th, 6pm-10pm


December 10th, 11am-6pm


December 11th, 11am-6pm




+ think gifts + buy green + buy handmade + buy local +


Peruse our Gift Guide: small-batch goods, direct from the maker


from art to accessories and stitches to stationery plus everything in between


70+ indie crafters


firefly gift to the first 50 shoppers each day






green transportation


by bike Boulder Creek Path


via B-cycle nearest B-Stations : RTD Transit / Municipal Building / Library


by bus RTD Routes JUMP DASH & SKIP


parking


Metered parking on 13th and 14th Streets


Additional parking at One Boulder Plaza


(between Canyon and Walnut on 13th)


+ $2 Admission to benefit BMoCA +

The Boulder Holiday Gift Guide 2011

http://www.metroseen.com/metro/boulder/blog/boulder-holiday-gift-guide-2011

BIG

Thank You

For Metroseen for including me into this beautiful Boulder Gift Holidays Guide

It's not just the tearing open of the holiday wrapping paper. Searching for the perfect Christmas or Hanukkah holiday gift can also be a wonderful experience itself. The delicately decorated trees, the Christmas lights, the festive store displays, the hot cider (or in Boulder - hot chai!), as well as the buzz one feels from being in the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping - these are the things that help create that beautiful holiday season. For me, this is why I love living in Boulder - a quaint city that offers practically everything that I need within a short distance. Personally, I'm not a fan of big malls. Black Friday came and went while I stayed home playing with the kids. Cyber Monday too is in the past, but it had no appeal to me anyway. Instead, I plan to visit the many local shops in Boulder, to explore the individual characters of these places, and to unwrap the gift of living in a city that truly prides itself on being unique.

Once again, we've put together a list of suggested gift ideas for you. It's our way of celebrating our love for Boulder. While our list isn't as long as Santa's, we still hope that our offering of these suggestions might inspire you too to shop locally. In addition to the online page, please check out the video of ideas as well!

Happy Holidays!

Hello Sunday {Sharing The Most Beautiful Photos Of Our First Snow Storm} Enjoy...

our back yard
our first snow storm was
heavy and wet
taking down power lines and trees...

 



Yea ,I think they are just tree rats too but they are sooooo cute
squirrels in my back yard

  


wow.. it was a group of robins
about a dozen that spent the day eating our crab apples
i had to capture this beauty..



Enjoy and have a great weekend everyone !

<3
Sima



Cupcake On A Stick {DIY}

If you've got kids, you know what a hit anything bite-sized is :)
The kids and I had so much fun making the little cupcake
We covered each cupcake pops with delicous sprinkles & this bit size cupcake is ready to pop in your mouth {yummy}have fun!

~ ♥ ~

Gypsy Farm Market {Boulder Colorado}

be the change
necklace

little tiny wish

i carry your heart with me
 Inspired by the beautiful poem
 by E E Cummings-
Hand Stamped
one letter at a time

 

What:

Gypsy Farm Market

Where:

3390 Valmont Road .Boulder, Colorado

When:

Saturday, September 17th, 9am-9pm

Sunday, September 18th, 9am-3pm

hope to see you there!

 

{new} Life Is...SABABA (TM) - Personalized Brass Guitar Pick

Personalized Brass Guitar Pick
This is a great gift idea for a guitar player in your life!
The price is for ONE brass guitar pick
Choose one of the 3 samples
or:

You can personalize this guitar pick by writing your song or special message, names or words.

Life Is...  SABABA{TM}
NEW line of Hummus "life is sababa" is not just a word but a way of life. like no worries,cool you can find the hummus exclusive Whole Foods, Boulder

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{ Hello Saturday Friends } Fly Little Bird

Beautiful sunset in Tel-Aviv.
 The camera could not capture the singing birds & the vivid intensity & brighness of this great night.
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thank you Leah for this beautiful art

one of my all-time favorite song

FLY AWAY YOUNG CHICK
LYRICS Arik Einstein

MUSIC Miki Gavrielov

My chicks left the nest
spread their wings and flew away
I am an old bird left in the nest
I hope that all will be well
I always knew the day will come
to say good bye
But now when it is here
no wonder I am worried
Chorus:
Fly away chick cut the sky
Fly where ever you want to
Just don't forget there is an eagle in the sky
be aware
Now it is only us in the nest
but we are together
Hug me tight say yes
don't worry it is fun getting old together
I know it is the way of nature
I left a nest as well
But now when the time comes
I feel a lump in my throat

Happy Saturday Friends.

Be safe and have a great rest of the weekend.



Hello Blog Friends + Hello FB Friends - Giveaway

Happy Birthday To Me :)

I'ts my birthday today, but I'm giving you a gift instead.

"beloved - tiny heart as a reminder to enjoy the little things" - Beautiful (and) Simple Gift

 

Say hello on my FB or

my twitter @simagilady

or here on my blog today the 28th of July & 

i will choose one reader on the 29th of July

{using random.org}

xoxo,

Sima



How do you slice a watermelon :)

Just wanted to share

the most beautiful idea

for mother's day

my kid's gave me

THE best slice of watermelon

enjoy....

Happy Birthday My Little Boy { 5 }

Save the date for Firefly Handmade's market this weekend.

Save the date for Firefly Handmade's market this weekend.


SAT -April 9th, 7pm-10pm & SUN- April 10th, 10am-3pm
@ Our Beautiful Boulder Chautauqua market!

Hope you can make it.

This is the very definition of LOCAL at its best!

Hello April 1st {Happy Friday Everyone} great news 'Falafel King Mediterranean Food" is Kosher

 

 Falafel King was founded in 1980 in Boulder Colorado


Falafel King was a pioneer in the movement toward healthier, organic foods. Falafel Link use only the freshest ingredients—from vegetables to meats to seasonings. Falafel King pledge to every customer is the most delicious, healthy and satisfying dining experience possible.
Enjoy ♥

 





Falafel King products are available in your local health food stores.

and YES it is Kosher :)

http://www.falafelkingboulder.com/stores.php

Enjoy.... With Love