Deepika Padukone in Karthik Calling Karthik

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Deepika Padukone is performing in a lead role in Kathik calling Karthik as Shonali Mukherjee. Farhan Akhtar is lead actor while Shefali Shah is giving special appearance in this film.

Check out more detailed information and vivacious pictures of Deepika in our previous post here, here, here, here and here.

Lilly Pad Lake Snowshoe (via the Ryan Gulch Trailhead)

Distance: 3.4 miles round trip
Elevation: 9,619 ft - 9,915 ft (high pt is 10,003 ft)
Elevation gain: 314 ft (net), 900 ft (cumulative)
Dogs: Technically on leash (wilderness), but nobody does

Lilly Pad Lake

The winter trail to Lilly Pad Lake in Silverthorne is a short and serene winter outing. It is great for an afternoon dog walk or a post-death march must-I-really-get-off-couch excursion. The trail winds through an open Lodgepole forest, that is admittedly mostly beetle kill. Covered in snow, however, the stark brown trees lose their funereal aspect. There are at least two pleasant meadows en route and the lake, while surrounded by trees, is a pleasant if uninspiring destination.

The trailhead

The storage tank (covered in snow)

There are several routes to Lilly Pad Lake. This post profiles the route from the Ryan Gulch Road Trailhead, which also serves Buffalo Cabin. The Lilly Pad Lake trailhead is at the far end of the parking area and is marked by a large trail kiosk. The trail heads sharply upwards for a 300 ft elevation gain in only 0.17 miles. At the top of this lung buster is a small storage tank and metal tower. The best views on the trail occur in this short stint. Grays and Torreys, Lake Dillon, Square Top Mountain, and the booming Starbucks up highway 6 are all visible on a clear day.

Intersection with the Salt Lick Trail

One of the more scenic meadows

Other milestones along the trail include a nice meadow at 0.82 miles (9,846 ft), the junction with the Salt Lick Trail at 1.2 miles (10,003 ft), a very large meadow at 1.64 miles (9,927 ft), and finally the lake at 1.7 miles (9,915 ft). You may be able to tell by the list elevations, that this trail goes up and down quite a bit. If one is fresh, the hilly terrain features will provid a welcome cardio vascular boost. If one is recovering from a 14er, the small hills will cause unwelcome quad burn and impolite cursing in a foreign language.

Snow splattered Lodgepole Pines. This tree gets its name from Indians who used the narrow trunks as the center pole of their homes.

On this trip, Silverthorne had just woken up from a nice winter storm. Each narrow Lodgepole tree trunk was splattered with snow reminiscent of a girls-gone-wild whipped cream frat house initiation. Only the north sides of the trees were so decorated. Considering that I did this trail on Valentines Day, I was feeling very left out of Mother Nature's coed frivolity. The large heart that someone had stomped in an adjacent pond, made up for it however.

The lake was covered with 6 inches of snow. I was not brave enough to walk all the way out, but others had.

A Lilly Pad Lake snowshoe is not a stunner, but it is short, easy, and accessible. These are three things that should not be discounted. Sooner or later you'll be looking for a trail just like this.

Peak 1 (12,933 ft) of the Tenmile Range is just visible above the trees. On this snowy day we hardly saw it.

Shraddha Kapoor

 

  

  

  

  

Shraddha Kapoor born on 3rd March 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She is daughter of Shivangi and famous Bollywood villain Shakti Kapoor. Shivangi is elder sister of yesteryear Bollywood actress Padmini Kolhapure.

Shraddha is making her Hindi film debut in Teen Patti alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley, R Madhavan, Saira Mohan and Raima Sen.

Egg Yolk Lichen

Egg Yolk Lichen (Candelariella rosulans)

The only color you see this time of year are the bright colors of lichens clinging doggedly to the rocks. They stand out like face paint at the Superbowl.

You've heard the torrid story of lichens haven't you? It is the naughty tale of Freddy Fungus and Alice Algae and how they took a lichen to each other and now live in SIN-biosis. I giggled girlishly when my mother first told me that story on a summer camping trip. Ah, the things that entertained us before iPods. Alice is not quite the perfect kept woman. While Freddy provides the home she provides the food. Because of this, lichens only need air and water to grow.

Egg Yolk Lichens (Candelariella rosulans) are common throughout Colorado. They are crustose in form and can cover huge rock faces. I like lichens because they remind me that Nature can colonize any habitat no matter how harsh. A little chartreuse on a dreary winter day is not bad either.

Rachel Nichols

 

  

  

  

  

Rachel Emily Nichols born on January 8, 1980 in Augusta, Maine, USA. She is an American model cum actress, best known for her portrayal of CIA officer Rachel Gibson on the ABC television series Alias.

Her forthcoming films are For Sale by Owner, Meskada and G.I. Joe 2.

Tabu

 

  

  

  

Tabassum Hashmi (aka Tabu) is an Indian Bollywood actress who has won National Film Award twice. She has given her performance in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali language films, as well as one American film.

Her latest release is Kedar Shinde directed Toh Baat Pakki where she is performing as Rajeshwari. Other cast of this film includes Sharman Joshi, Yuvika Chaudhary, Vatsal Sheth, Ayub Khan, Sharat Saxena, Himani Shivpuri, Suhasini Mulay and Upasna Singh.

Check out more detailed information and awesome pictures of beautiful Tabu in our previous post here.

Checkin' in

I've had a few people asking me where I've been so I thought I'd check in-

I'm still alive :) I just haven't really felt up to posting/email/twitter lately.

Normal posting will resume when I'm feeling better

Sunset in Summit County

I moved into a small condo in Summit County over the weekend. This is the sunset from my balcony. I have already started finding new trails west of Vail that I would not normally be able to do on a day trip from Denver. Stayed tuned for new trail posts.

Padmapriya Janakiraman

 

  

  

  

Padmapriya Janakiraman born on February 28, 1980 in Delhi, India. She is an Indian film actress, model and a classical Tamil bharatanatyam dancer who made her acting debut in the Telugu-language film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi in 2003. She won the title of Miss Andhra Pradesh in 2001.

Padmapriya recently made her Hindi film debut in Striker where she is performing along with Siddharth, Vidya Malvade, Nicolette Bird, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas and Aditya Pancholi.

Saumya Tandon

 

  

  

  

  

Saumya Tandon born on 3rd November 1983 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. She is an Indian actress. She is known for her role in the Sony TV aired soap Aisa Des Hai Mera, where she plays the role of a half-Brit girl named Rusty. Recently she starred in the Imtiaz Ali directed movie Jab We Met, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, where she plays the role of Kareena's sister, Roop. She is also a host for Dance India Dance show aired on Zee TV.

She was the first runner-up at a Femina Cover Girl contest.

Check out her official website here.

Gina Carano

 

 

 

  

  

Gina Joy Carano born on April 16, 1982 in Dallas County, Texas, USA. She is 5 ft 8 in tall American mixed martial arts fighter. Her style is Boxing and Muay Thai. She majored in psychology while playing basketball, volleyball and softball in her school days.

She was voted as "Hottest Woman In America" by Big Biz Magazine in the Spring 2008 issue. She was ranked as #5 on the "Top Ten Influential Women of 2008" on Yahoo! and in May 2009 Carano was ranked #16 in Maxim's Hot 100 list.

Gina Carano's social web presence can be found on Twitter, Facebook or MySpace.

China Glaze Poolside Collection Summer 2010

Okay, wow! Brightness! China Glaze has a tradition of doing neons each summer and I'd actually be a little worried if I didn't see a neon collection from them this year.... But... they did and here it is!

A quick note before I post the pictures: These pictures are not 100% true to life. Neons must really be seen in person to experience the full effect of the brightness and fluorescence of the shades. They do freaky things to cameras and the best photos I've been able to get of them are mere approximations. They are super bright, vivid and glowing in real life.

Flip Flop Fantasy. This is a super bright and almost... milky looking?... in-between coral orange pink shade. Out of all the shades, I'd say this is the most unique for sure. I can't think of another color that really matches this one. The closest I can think of is Jessica My Cabana Boy, to give you an idea of the shade.

Kiwi-Cool-Ada. Your standard medium neon green creme. Very glowy. Not totally unique, but still hot. There are just not enough neon greens in this world. I wish this was closer to Limonyte, but it's really closer to Color Club Limelight.

Pool Party. Super super bright glowing neon reddish-pink creme. This is a rich-toned neon, very colorful, very bright, very saturated. Much better in real life than in my picture.


Sun Worshiper. Light glowing neon orange creme. This reminds me a lot of that ubiquitous blue box of noodles with the unnervingly neon orange powder that's supposed to represent cheese... Unnaturally bright! This is almost like Color Club Explosive in color, very glowy bright-light fake-cheese orange with yellow tones.


Towel Boy Toy. This one is more of a bright than a neon even though it dries matte like neons do. It's a bright pretty sky blue with a very subtle shimmer to soften the overall look. Pool water!


Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Woohoo, yellow! This is a lot like Celtic Sun but much more opaque and dense. Creamy base more than a jelly-like base. This was the sheerest of all the shades and I'm wearing four coats here, but the overall effect is definitely worth the trouble. It's not quite as bright as Essie Limelight but it is a lot brighter and yellow-er than Color Club Volt of Light.

The formula on these was okay. Not good or bad, kind of middle of the road. Not difficult to apply but not buttery-smooth-perfect, if that makes sense. Average. The only application issues I encountered were the watery consistency of Towel Boy Toy and the slight streakiness of Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. The colors are quite sheer on the first coat but are pretty much opaque in three. I'm wearing three coats of all but Yellow Polka Dot Bikini in these pictures and I'm satisfied with the coverage. A fourth coat would just be icing on the cake. And, like all neons, these dry to a matte finish. If you want them to be shiny, you will need to apply topcoat. If you like them matte, leave them as-is.

I love neons, so these were right up my alley. Even though the shades aren't totally unique, brand-new never-before-seen groundbreaking colors, they're still incredibly lovely. I think it's probably pretty hard to make an entirely unique neon so I don't fault them at all for that. I find that the formula, dry time and application of these is greatly improved from previous China Glaze neons and I'm rather fond of the intense glow these colors provide.

I don't have the exact date, but these are scheduled for a February release. Should be any day now!

(These were sent to me for review)