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andreainspired: Tampopo (1985, Juzo Itami)

“First, caress the surface with the chopstick tips. To express affection. Then, poke the pork. Just touch it. Caress it with the chopstick tips. Gently pick it up, and dip it into the soup on the right of the bowl. What’s important here is to apologize to the pork by saying, ‘See you soon.’”

jamesnord:

A sail around Lulu Island to see Abu Dhabi from afar on Puma’s rig boat. 

rainbowhill:

gardenofyoga:

Lulu, a single mum, builds a home for her and her daughter in a shipping container, as an alternative to working full time to pay rent on a ‘conventional’ home.

This is a really inspiring video, her perspective about what is really important in life, but also very a design point of view- so many clever features, and a beautiful connection with nature.

miss-mary-quite-contrary:

also file under…truly inspiring parent

those little ones are so lucky to have such an awesome mom

withoutmelissa:

FILE UNDER: Awesome people.

Lulu is a single mom who’d gone back to school and didn’t have the time or interest in working full-time to pay for rent. So when she had to move out of her more conventional home, she decided to move herself and her daughter into a shipping container.
With no building experience, Lulu spent just one month cutting windows and a door and installing insulation and a basic kitchen (complete with propane-powered campstove and on-demand water heater). 
Then she and her daughter moved into the 8 by 20 foot square foot home, fitting a bed, couch, bookshelf and kitchen cabinets into the 160 square foot box.
When Lulu decided they needed a bit more space, she went from shipping to trucking waste and began to build their bedroom on a used flatbed trailer.
“It’s really mostly built like a shed. It’s a nice looking shed, but it’s really an 8 by 16 shed with windows in it.”
Using only recycled building materials- including used floorboards, windows, cabinets, doors, bathtub, toilet and sinks- she built the entire thing for about $4,000 (trailer included).

The comment from her brother at around 7:40 is a classic “You’ve always liked poverty with a lot of style. Always, like elegant poor.” Lulu has the right priorities, high end tea and hot baths!