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Movie Mania

Mad!

 

Sorry, nothing to do with food or sartorialist exploits, of which there have been few of late, but I am very excited about the following:

Iron Man II & Alice in Wonderland

 

…I am toting a copy of AIW with me for Xmas; it’s been a very long time since I read it.

 

I ♥ these pants:

 

Thursday Funny

 

Hilarious internet spoof that has produced something clever: “The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational has invited readers to take any word from the dictionary and alter it by adding, subtracting or changing one letter to supply a new definition.” While it turns out that there’s no such thing as the Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational, the list [...]

Holiday Baking: Take One

Jam Goodness

This is the first of two holiday sugar cookie experiments to be conducted this week:

Step #1: Raspberry Thumbprints  Source recipe from (Real Simple)

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
In [...]

Santa Baby

#1 on Momo's List

This is now occupying the #1 spot on my list; released this week, I actually had to call Cupcake Royale to make certain it was in, and not only on their blog to mock me. I have very high hopes that Santa will see this, and make a stop off by [...]

Cupcake Monday #1

Cupcakes!!!

I totally crush on this charm by Tiffany…even though it is by definition “nothing I need”, it still has that magnetic pull that only Tiffany can pull off.

Other cupcake-addict suggestions for your Monday:

Cakespy, Trophy Cupcakes, Cupcakes Take the Cake, Cupcake Royale

I like Cakespy & Cupcakes Take the Cake because this is one [...]

Suiyoubi

Giving up T.V. is hard…

Early New Year’s resolution time! I’m giving up television. I’ve become more suspicious lately of the value of sitting in front of the giant screen that gives me headaches and watching the same plot lines repeated in CSI: Las Vegas & Miami, NCIS, Law & Order: Original, SVU & CI. [...]

Currant Scones & Tea!

Piping Hot!

Woke up to a gorgeous day; sun beaming through all the kitchen windows, and freezing cold! Perfect for keeping butter from dissolving into the flour mixture in scones. I had these with butter and strawberry jam, and a pot of hot Earl Grey tea, in a sunbeam that had migrated to the living [...]