Because I just used the last of my L’Occitane vanilla perfume. They discontinued it a while ago, and I haven’t found a suitable replacement. I got the green tea perfume last time I was there, but it’s not really me. I mean, it smells nice, but it’s a little too fresh and, well, green for [...]
Archive for October, 2008
I think…I might cry
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
dese squirls be touching my nuts
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And by that I mean, the squirrels are already pilfering pecans from the tree down the street. I’m supposed to be stealing those pecans, damn it! They’re still green though.
I’ve already had a rough week and it’s only Tuesday. Yesterday I worked from 7 am to 5 pm, and today I worked from 6.30 to [...]
This week was really busy!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll make a real post sometime soon, I promise. I’m doing a little sweet potato experiment, which I will post results of soon. Really! Right now I’m making apple cider cupcakes and pumpkin cupcakes for a party. And listening to John Legend and Buju Banton singing together!!! I think I need to pay more attention [...]
I love brunch.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since I work so much, I rarely have the energy for making my own brunch anymore. It’s kind of sad, actually. I really used to enjoy cooking and baking a whole lot more before I started this job. But I like trying new places, so it’s okay. Today we went to Piedmont, a restaurant which [...]
A work photo-essay
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is what it looks like outside my building when I get there in the morning.
I spent a lot of time today making muffins. About 160 muffins, tiny muffins, muffin muffin muffin. I hate the word muffin.
God damn tiny muffins.
So many tiny muffins.
Then I rolled out puff pastry.
A LOT OF PUFF PASTRY. For 150 people.
Must [...]
When delicious ingredients go horribly awry
Posted in food on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is what happens.
When we were at the Fearrington Inn this weekend (that’s a whole separate post) they gave me a $15 gift certificate to use at the shops, and we bought this chocolate. It’s “L’Artigiano di Gardini” milk chocolate with sweet salt and olive oil. (Well, to be precise: Finissimo al latte al sale [...]
Oh, that picture I forgot
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s not the best picture but this is what the Italian plum cake looks like:
I haven’t seen any more Italian plums since I made this though. Maybe they’re all gone already! Waah!
Now I’ve got to go bake a test cookie. I used brown butter in my chocolate chip dough this time and I want to [...]
Oh, and since I was trying to write about food
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here, a little photo-essay on my favorite brunch place, Vin Rouge.
Pretty much the entire time I lived in Philadelphia, I didn’t go out to brunch very often. And not because it’s a little silly to pay over five dollars for eggs and toast. There just wasn’t anywhere to go. Eventually we found one pretty good [...]
My day, Mon-Fri
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
1. Wake up at 6.15, stumble around in the dark getting dressed for work. Drop something. Or several things. Bump into something on the way out the door.
2. Work work work x100000000000
3. Go home, sit down with some tea, chex my mailz.
4. Cook dinner, maybe some bare-minimum house cleaning, play with the dogs.
5. Watch the [...]
This has nothing to do with food
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged politics, religion, the end of the world on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah Palin\’s church
