What Katie Ate : I absolutely love the pictures this lady takes and not just because they are mouth watering-ly amazing .... which they are! Ok maybe this vegan thing has really gone to my head but I mean just look at that chocolate! yum yum!

I got this great idea a couple of days ago that I was going to paint my room! So I went online and found these paper lantern stencils that I really liked, but of course I didn't want to pay the 50 euros for the stencil, so naturally I took it upon my self to make my own! Here is how it turned out: 

The stencils!

Stencils ready for the paint!

   Not the final work, but getting there!

                                                           Yes I DID actually paint!                                      

Microwave Thai

We found these amazing little takeout boxes of Thai food at the german grocery store here! Pretty much all you have to do is open the pack of noodles then add the sauce from the package and put it in the microwave for 2-3 min.- easy as that! Now its not the best Thai food in the world but its pretty much the only Thai food we can get here so we're gonna stock up! And they come with fortune cookies now who doesn't like that!

A vegan Way of Life

Recently ( two weeks ago) I joined the ways of the vegan lifestyle! I have often been curious about being vegan and what that would entail. I must admit that from time to time I had thought it to be a totally wasted effort, I mean why would you knowingly (and with full control of your brain) not eat anything that comes from animals... just think of life without cheese. Yet here I am two weeks into it, no meat,cheese,milk,yogurt, eggs...etc! Its been quite a healthy trip so far! I've been eating lots of vegetables and fruit and finding out about the amazing powers of quinoa and other funky beans and roots! Not to mention eating a good dose of PB&J's. It's a little tricky doing the vegan thing here in Italy with the Italians not able to grasp their minds around the idea of vegetarian let alone vegan seeing as most of there diet in based on meat and dairy. Who knows how long I'll stick with it or if I'll become vegetarian or just go back to being a carnivore! But for now I'm still inspired to eat healthy plant-based meals!

Look out for the Lost Ducks in NY

I saw these signs while I was looking at the blog Global Graphica, I went to go look them up and found out that apparently these funny 'Lost Duck' posters have been put up all over new york  by a mystery person!

Than I found this hilarious site called Duck Show featuring the many rubber ducks of the world dressed up and showing off on the streets in New York.