Eames documentary

This looks good. And really, James Franco: Take a vacation.

30 before 30- Update

A little update on my 30 before 30 list. Truth be told I am not making the best progress. I have 21 days left and I can only really cross 5 off of my list. The starred ones are still kinda doable.

I'd be lying if I didnt tell you that it has been a pretty rough year, as could probably be deduced by all the missing posts on my blog. I even forgot to celebrate my New York anniversary this year. It was five years on October 5th and I didnt do anything new to celebrate this fair city. I had a pretty great summer though. I had some girly beach excursions, saw a handful of awesome open air concerts and tackled that tricky lobster cooking thing!

30 things to do before 30

1. make french macarons *
2. update my portfolio*
3. go to a black tie affair *
4. bowl  a turkey this is actually really hard
5. perfect crow pose in yoga
6. buy a couch i love
7. plant a tree
8. get rid of clothes I dont wear
9. find my perfect hairstylist soulmate Jaime & I are "hair dating" but I cant be sure yet if hes my soulmate.
10. put some money in my savings account and leave it there
11. go to the dentist
12. take a trapeze class going this Tuesday!
13. get new business cards
14. make 1000 paper cranes. (why not?) probably not gonna attempt this afterall
15. catch a fish season is over for this :(
16. ride the staten island ferry *
17. get up while water skiing same seasonal restraint, plus i dont have a friend with a boat
18. drive cross country
19. do a cartwheel
20. go for a hike I sorta did this. but didnt break a sweat. not sure if it counts
21. make a perfect souffle *
22. walk the length of manhattan *
23. see a drag show *
24. get photographed by a street style photographer
25. Eat at WD-50 *
26. invest in something
27. cook a lobster
28. Have high tea at the Carlyle I misunderstood this. Tea with Eloise is actually a kid thing
29. go to atlantic city *
30. have a picnic *

New business cards via Oh Happy Day

Attempts at a cartwheel

A month of presents

I may have mentioned this before but my mom is awesome.

So awesome, in fact, that she wrote me little poems in my lunch every day of school until I was in the 8th grade.

So awesome, that when my brother and I were going through our cranky, teenage "I'm bored. I'm hungry. I don't know what I want to eat" faze, she made us little menus as if we were in a restaurant, and we could check a box without having to articulate anything.

This year she has gone above and beyond with a month of presents for my 30th birthday. A few days ago I received this giant shipment with a flurry of little presents inside. Each was individually wrapped in its own hand painted paper and a little poem attached for the corresponding day. Kinda makes up for her losing all my baby albums. Love you mom!

 

Apple Honey Challah

On Sunday I made apple honey challah. I mixed, I waited, I punched down, I kneaded, I waited, I braided, I brushed, I baked, I waited, and in the end an amazing thing happened... I was not disappointed!

The loaf came out pretty darn similar to the picture and tasted amazing. The apartment smelled wonderful and the boyfriend came home and proclaimed it delicious. I am rarely happily surprised by bread baking attempts. But I must say this is a pretty accessible recipe that yields tasty results. On my bakers high, I made some chicken soup and we dunked big buttered slices into the broth. Then later we tore of chunks for a snack. The next day we had some challah toast. The round was quickly vanishing, but since challah is similar to brioche it gets stale rather quickly. So today I made french toast with last slices. Then we still had some nibbles left and a plate full of egg wash, so I made some chocolate raspberry bread pudding with whipped cream. Then i felt like I was going to explode. Then the apple honey challah was finally all gone. Every last crumb of it.

Then I made some banana bread. 

Arm Parties

Lately I have been doing some style stalking, trying to carve out my fall look and I cant help but notice that everyone is donning this wild bracelet orgy affectionately dubbed the "arm party." I am surely lacking the provisions to make such a party happen on my own limbs but I working on it. It takes some curating techniques to really nail it, a friendship bracelet here, a spikey clawlike  bangle there, sometimes a gold watch thrown in for good measure... I'm loving the eclectic look it gives to any outfit and the totally customized collections speak volumes about who put it together.

(Top 2 photos via the beauty file, bottom Atlantic-Pacific)

Dear photograph

 What a cool idea. Dear photograph is blog about taking old photos for a walk down memory lane and merging them with their orignal location in present day. I got a lil tongue tied explaining it, but you get the idea. via Honestly WTF

100 years of fashion

love this..

October

Hello there and Happy October! Well lets see what's new? My day job has turned to a night job, I have undergone an extremely difficult life change (losing my pup Maya to cancer last week) and Im feeling major transitions ahead. The onset of fall feels ripe with the first day October, and so what better time to get reacquainted with my blog? I am itching for a major redesign, to make posting and reading a lil more user friendly so stay tuned for that.

This morning I had a lovely brunch with my pal Leah followed by a quick dash through the local farmers market to get soup provisions. Then right when I get home I see that my mom has posted about this October Unporcessed food challenge. Given the handy dandy timing, I'd say Im poised and ready to participate. Anyone out there done it? It doesn't seem too off base with my daily diet but given my newfound candy addiction, I might have to make a few small sacrifices..