I have a fig tree in my back yard. Actually I have a fig, a peach, a lemon, and two apricot, but for now we'll focus on the fig. It's a huge tree and if I don't pick the figs as soon as they ripen they split open and all kinds of creatures come to feast [...]
Month: July 2015
Everything’s More Fun with Funfetti {nonpareils}
Funfetti is one of my favorite things to do to a baked good. That's right, I'm using it as a verb. You can Funfetti cake, you can Funfetti pancakes, and today I've Funfetti'd for your nom-ing pleasure some delicious rice crispy treats. Not to be confused with Rice Krispies Treats, as Kellogg's official recipe calls [...]
Shoe re-do
So I have this old pair of strappy leather DV wedges that I wear all the time. I also have the Target knockoff version because I have this weird compulsion where I need two of everything in case something happens to one of them. You know how you fall in love with something and you know [...]
Vanilla French Toast
I love freshly baked bread. Like can't-even-wait-until-I-get-home-so-I-tear-off-a-hunk-as I'm-walking-to-the-car-and-stuff-it-in-my-face love it. Crackly French bread, tangy sourdough bread, airy ciabatta. I love it all. If I had to choose between giving up carbs, meat, or dairy, meat would be the first to go. And I am a diehard meat-o-saurus but there is no way I would give [...]
Bastille Day
Happy Bastille Day! Today marks the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille (a fortress-like prison in Paris) on July 14, 1789, and celebrates France's independence. I decided to wear a Parisian-inspired outfit in honor of the occasion (minus the beret, which is buried in my closet somewhere). Top, skirt, sunglasses - LOFT Necklace - [...]
curious as a cat 