* Day of the Dead * cookies

These Day of the Dead (November 2) cookies are almost too beautiful to eat. SweetTweets Online sells their frosted sugar skull cookies on Etsy and ships them from (clap! clap! clap! clap!) deep in the heart of Texas.

Why mess with awesomeness?

File this post under "Handsome Men Who Looked Awesome Before Their Plastic Surgery, and Probably Didn't Need to Go Under the Knife in the First Place."

1) Japanese SMAP member (and prolific drama star) Takuya Kimura (39) was the epitome of cute before his double eyelid procedure and nose job.  This old school photo of Kimura 君 warms my heart!

2)  Red Cliff, House of Flying Daggers, and 神様、もう少しだけ actor Takeshi Kaneshiro (39) has had surgery on his eyelids. Maybe if the Taiwanese-Japanese star were coming onto the scene today instead of the 1990s he'd keep his original eyelids like Korean thespian Yoo Ah In.

Photos via Freewebs and Hey-Ai

Patchwork pillows

I see Korean bojagi when looking at these colorful pillows in the Corcovado collection by Dransfield and Ross.

More bojagi at The Pad

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Photos via DSYR, Smosh, Dramabeans and me

A hint: It's not Patrick Swayze

Guess who this young man calls dad.

Koreans like it hot, hot, hot!

Ajumma's Car Wash Mix

Grab your denim cut-offs, soap and hose because it's car wash time! Here are my favorite jams for scrubbing my car:

Don’t Lose My Number by Phil Collins

Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard

Love Song by Tesla

More than a Feeling by Boston
Home Alone by R. Kelly
Jump by Van Halen

 Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield

Anyway You Want It by Journey

Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Pics via Giselle, Conan O'Brien, Jessica Alba Parvesh Cheena, Drew Barrymore

Forever in our hearts: Spencer (2005-2012)

Men on leather sofas

Sean Patrick Flanery (who starred as young Indiana Jones in the 1992-1993 television series) may not be the most famous actor from the 1990s, but he was one of the most handsome.

Evan Peters!  Evan took horror fans and Emo girls on one hell of a coaster ride as psychotic Tate on last season of FX's American Horror Story.

To me Clive Owen will always be the steady handed, speak little but drive a mean stick hired gun from the 2001-2002 BMW short film series.  And he can even rock pleated pants.

Photos via Towin and Topiat

Ajumma hearts Brooke Shields' home

Things that make me giddy about Brooke Shields' renovated Greenwich Village townhome:

• Its dark grey walls (who would have thought it?)  
• Its playful punches of colors
• Its classic furniture mixed with modern art pieces (like pop art by Keith Haring and a portrait by Malcolm Liepke)
• The light that pours into every room
• It's personalized but not to the point where you want to barf

You can see more photos of Brooke's renovated residence at Architectural Digest (March 2012).