Lots and lots of work and little else. That’s my excuse for not posting here in a dogs age. But more on that later.
I can see the gears of summer are in full motion (people in very little clothing with excessive sunburn) but it’s looking like the summer of 2011 is mostly about putting away fun and taking care of business for me. So in an effort to grab a little bit of summer for myself I’d like to submit to you, dear reader, Summer Scraps: a collection of summery flickr photos to ease my indoor kid blues.
victoriabernal – Baloons
~Life by the Drop~ – Liberty Belle
zaydamor – Untitled
o__ – summer
Terrence Hamilton – Zac Dugo
mattbellphoto – Rainier and Heather
Hot nights, sunny afternoons, thunderstorms, mischief and bare flesh. The best parts of summer.
Eat your hearts out,
How about a wild stab at a style entry? If I fall terribly short of your expectations, sorry. Conversely, if you find this type of entry appealing, let a girl know. Whatever the case, I care about style, and I’ve been cultivating my own for many moons. Hows about I share a fraction of my style manifesto? I like color and I like not being concerned with matching all the time. I like being comfortable, but I will occasionally make sacrifices in my footwear. I often think while getting dressed “what would Nancy Botwin wear” although I rarely end up looking like her. Sads.
All parts of this costume have been in my possession for a year or more, but for the sake of curiosity:
Jacket – Urban Outfitters
Teal Blouse – Target
Linen Pants – Thrifted
Woven Flats – Target
Bracelets – Gifted/Thrifted
March’s produce of the month is coming soon, I PROMISE. Eat your hearts out,
Hello, darlings! It’s time once again for a wild adventure into unknown produce. February’s produce = ugli fruit. Called “ugli” because of its deeply pocked, irregular rind. Thankfully, it’s whats on the INSIDE that counts (at least with fruit) and that part was rather tasty.
You can see the fear. How best to eat a fruit like this? I opted to peel and eat like an orange which worked well – I was able to remove the entire rind in one piece (SERIOUS citrus skills). The skin surrounding each wedge is rather tough and unpleasant, but easy to peel off. It would also be easy to cut in half and eat like a grapefruit if one were so inclined.
Ugli friut taste quite tart with a little sweetness and are really quite enjoyable. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
Eat your hearts out,
I said I would post photos of food items cooked over the course of “Eat-in January” and since I’m a woman of my word, I give you highlights to feed your food porn addiction, you dirty bird:
Kale Hash: packed full of all the tasty bits your body needs + your taste buds will sing in delight
Pizza from scratch: this is a very rewarding dish, you’ll feel like a million bucks when it tastes like a million bucks. I followed this recipe for the crust. BTW, less is more when it comes to sauce.
Huevos Rancheros: Easy breakfast you can throw together in minutes. We always have black beans on hand for huevos emergencies.
Steak and Vegetable Pie: Holy fuck, this was AMAZING. I very loosely followed this recipe. Threw in dried herbs as I pleased and the result was such a delight.
Taco customizables for our “walking tacos” party. If you are unfamiliar with the ambulatory taco, it might be for the best, but if you’d like to learn more click here.
Fun Fact: Arthur Bryant’s delicious meat candy was our first venture back out into the wild and untamed restaurant world. Noms.
Eat your hearts out babies,
It’s been a minute, eh? New year, new excuses not to blog, I’m sure you all understand…
As you may recall, the man friend and I have fearlessly resolved to not eat out for the entire month of January and it’s been going mostly swimmingly. We did include one caveat for special events and we have had to break TWICE! Japanese food with a friend from outta town and steak with my delightfully pregnant friend (when a pregnant lady wants to go out for meat candy YOU DO NOT SAY NO). In atonement we decided to tack an extra week on, extending the joys of “Eat-In January” to February thus making up for our delicious sins.
I really should have been documenting our culinary adventures of the month, but I get so wrapped up in cooking that I forget how much I love to shoot food porn. Sads.
“Eat-In January” has led to an enormous amount of homebody-ism SOOOO… since I can’t really show you what I’ve been eating I can at least show you where I’ve been eating it. Almost evens out rrriiiiggghhhttttt??? It’s a conciliatory offering mm-kay:
Placated, aren’t you. I hope to Jeebus you ate your lilly hearts out,
Sometimes serious, mostly sassy, frequently loud, seldom perky and always fancy.
