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Interview @ B R U N C H!
Happy Thursday, Friends!
Wanna know why I'm obsessed with food? What inspires me? My tips on food blogging? What I love for Brunch?
You can eavesdrop on the conversation I had with my dear friend Christine. She's got a new blog --- Brunch!
I'm pretty sure you're gonna love her new space. I must tell you it's soo dreamy for a graphic design admirer like myself!
Please check it out!
And a big thanks to Whitney for taking my action shots!
Here I am working our the Scrambled Egg Turnovers!!
The end of summer is near….
Over a week ago, we had a few days of extreme heat in the Bay Area. It was in the 90s in San Francisco!
It FINALLY felt like summer. It's been a weird year here.
To help beat the heat, Cooper, Casey & I shared the last of my Mango Carrot Pineapple Ginger Popsicles.
They held up really well in our freezer! Wow. They were in there for almost 4 months. Not too shabby!
Coop calls them "eye keem" ---as in ice cream.
Poke poke poke.
Tasting...
And...ENJOYING!! I like how he shows concern over the the popsicle drips.
Teetering around with his popsicle while Casey waters the plants.
I'm gonna throw this one in because it cracks me up. MIST!! What a ham.
The end of summer is near...but I am going to enjoy every last drop of it.
Let's get our fill of berry cobblers & blueberry pies before we enter Fall!
my love for mason jars
If you've been on Shutterbean before, you might notice that I like to drink out of mason jars.
My best friend got me hooked when I lived up in Oregon!! There's just something about the weight & thickness of a jar that makes me like it. I also know that out of a room full of cups, I can easily spot mine. A few of my jars have the ounces labeled on the side! It's pretty handy when I need to measure out a drink, or account for how many oz. of water I drank! A huge plus when I can put a lid on one and take it on the go!
I think its funny that people find it weird to drink out of jars. I often get "you're drinking out of a jar!" As if I didn't know....
This little delicate little jar/votive ceramic piece has found it's home in our living room.
It's a little birthday gift from a good friend. Isn't it pretty? I can't wait to see it lit up with a candle inside!
She knows how much I love mason jars! I wish I could have a dozen of these!
You see what it's sitting on? The first issue of 3191 quarterly. It arrived two days ago!
I absolutely adore the work of Stephanie & Mav!
Happy Birthday to me!
31 comes before 32
Hello! It's my 31st birthday today! A week ago, my horoscope said to treat this month like it was a new year and make some resolutions for myself. I've decided to make my own 31 before 32 list. 31 things I want to do before I turn 32- all related to food & my website. So here it goes!
31 comes before 32 (no, duh!)
- Share an an actual picture of myself on my website.
- Make donuts from scratch.
- Go to the French Laundry (again!)
- Take a class to improve my knife skills.
- Have a nacho party!
- Make my own pizza (and not fail!)
- Go to a farm.
- Make cream puffs for my mom. (She LOVES profiteroles!)
- Make cinnamon rolls from scratch.
- Cleanout/organize my kitchen (FOR REAL!)
- Go on a dishcrawl!
- Try a dish with capers and like it!
- Get my drink on with Joy.
- Do a cleanse.
- Make my own soft pretzels.
- Learn how to do canning!
- Make french fries from scratch.
- Hang some of my food photos in my kitchen.
- Cook something together with my husband.
- Host a fondue party!
- Have a cookbook party where we all cook from one cookbook!
- Make some killer hot wings for my husband.
- Make creme brulee!
- Go on a food adventure in Portland, Oregon.
- Make my own cheese from scratch.
- Learn a recipe from my grandma.
- Make pasta from scratch. (maybe with my grandma?)
- Learn how to do latte art!
- Grow some lettuce.
- Try to sell some photos online. (etsy maybe?)
- Meet as many of my online friends as possible!
So organized! Recipe Folder!
On the internet I have a few ways to save tantalizing recipes.
I have a tumblr page!
(It's dedicated to my design/architecture obsession. There's a lots of food photos too!)
I also have a pinterest board
(It's another place where I save some of my current food obsessions!)
In real life, I have piles of ripped out magazine pages all around our house. Sometimes it takes me forever to find the ONE recipe I've been wanting to make. Chances are it could be on my bedside table or on the coffee table shoved underneath a bill. Sometimes I find them crumpled up in the couch! Thanks Cooper!
Bottom line= I am a stack maker; there's many of them throughout my house.
Here's what a general pile of mine looks like:
I've tackled some of my piles & I'm excited to show you the little project I knocked out this week-
MY NEW RECIPE FOLDER!
*MY* new lunch sack
I've been on the lookout for a new lunch sack for COOPER because the one I've been using for his food broke. Stupid zippers. It was really cute too! It had navy & magenta apples. It was pretty girly, but I bought it because I liked it. He wasn't at the age where he had an an opinion(he has one now!), so I took the liberty. It's my money, isn't it?!
I took a journey to San Francisco with my bff this past weekend, and spied this lunch sack within the first 15 seconds of walking into a cute little boutiquey shop. MINE!! IT MUST BE MINE!! And that's when the love affair started.
Here's a side shot. Yes I have dual monitors at work with my kid's mug on them! <3
I like it because:
- It's bold.
- We can learn the alphabet!
- It's well insulated! Nothing is gonna spill into my big ass purse.
- It stands out in my office fridge (don't take my shit!)
- There's a convenient handle on top.
- The velcro is SUPER strong.
- I love the font & get nostalgic for that old timey *paper*
- It's got a place where I can put Cooper's My name.
I found it for you on Amazon! There's some other cute stuff in the alphabet design too! I've got my eye on that spoon & fork! Look at the Floor Splat Mat!! The company is named Sugar Booger! Isn't that silly?
And while we're at it...let's see what I'm having for lunch today:
Vegetable Minestrone & a sweet potato with some butter! YUM
Sorry, Coops!! Momma is holding your lunch sack hostage. I'll buy you a special one when you are actually in school! Promise!
My life. Summer 2010.
I check on my plants at least twice a day. I like watching their progress. I do a lot of watering.
Garden update, yada yada
I just realized that it's been awhile since I updated my backyard garden progress. So what's going on with that? Parts of my garden are thriving & other parts...not so much. It's definitely been a learning process and I'm so fascinated by it all. I planted some Echinacea in the backyard and it's finally blooming! It's soo pretty! I love it.
What have I learned so far?
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