It’s the first day of BACON WEEK ladies and gents! Let’s start it off with a bang! Or, y’know. Ice cream. Why is it large mugs seem to be more perfect for ice cream than bowls? Maybe it’s the faux portion control, or maybe it’s because I rarely put crazy toppings on my ice cream, […]
It’s that time of the year again: it’s Mary the Food Librarian‘s annual celebration of National Bundt Day (or rather, yesterday was)! Luckily I remembered to participate this year (in the nick of time, as usual) so threw together a most excellent Poppy Seed Bundt Cake. But first, Sir Mix-A-Lot (I recommend listening to this […]
Remnants of the parade and some of the skyline. After seeing all the cool pictures last year of Flux, I made a note to myself that I would have to go in the future. It almost escaped me this year, but I found out about it in time and had a great group of friends […]
Vasiliooooooooos Here are some shots from the disposable cameras of the after-party, morning after and brunch. By this time, myself and others had changed and extraneous articles of clothing were removed. After the dancing finally ended, we went inside and watched the ending of Jurassic Park – just because. A lot of fun was had […]
Mary wrapped up her Weddsplosion series today with a great post about the final steps and her thoughts on the process. There are a lot of photos and the explanations are fascinating as always, so check it out!
Made with love. Our wedding cake was a real winner. There are several reasons why, and if I really wanted to elaborate, I could probably write a good ol’ fashioned IB essay with a three prong thesis. But I’ll try to resist the urge. I will still give you three reasons why our cake was […]
As I’ve been posting for the last 5 or so months, my Dad, cousin and I planned a trip to Yosemite in the beginning of September. We’ve since returned and it was incredibly awesome…and now it’s time to do some blogging about it starting, naturally, with our preparation. YNP is a pretty different place from […]
You read the title correctly. I may be horribly sunburned, but I am still pleased as punch right now. We’re done!* We’re telling people planning on coming out to help next weekend not to, because we’ll be deep-cleaning the house next weekend. No more patio! No more landscaping! No dirt, sand, gravel and/or stone! Life […]
Oooooooooooooooooh. Being six weeks behind schedule will really light a fire under your arse. This weekend, with the help of Mary, Kate and Ashley we got all the gravel we hauled last week tamped down, hauled all the sand and tamped all of it down. We put up brackets for the hanging baskets. My mom […]
It’s like a vision… This weekend we had help from not only dear Ashley, but also our good friends Mary (of n00bcakes) and her s.o. Scott. Between the five of us (and Ripley), we certainly got a lot of work done (hence patiowned). Having extra hands makes all the difference. I’ve found myself thinking often […]
This month has been a super month for warm and fuzzy feelings in regards to food. First, if you haven’t heard already, the Nudie Foodies cookbook is available for purchase! I did a small blog post about this a month or so back, but to refresh your memory and update the information I had there, […]
Things are coming along, little by little and generally all at the same time. The majority of the invitations are already sent or about to be sent, though we will be continuing to squeeze in more friends as the summer wears on and other people RSVP. Here’s a poorly-lighted sneak peak of the lovely hand-pulled […]
I’d make a fine wedding cake, don’t you think?! Photo Credit: Stylefrizz It turns out the cake is also a big part of the wedding experience. We are both thrilled and lucky to have Mary of n00bcakes making the cake for our big day. It’s really enriched the whole experience to work with our dear […]
So apparently, a big thing for planning a wedding is that you have to pick a place where it will be. Imagine that. However, in my extensive experience in looking for a place, wedding venues fall into one of two categories: they’re more than I can stand to pay for one reason or another, or […]
Teh BF and I had our second anniversary on May 5th (yes, Cinco de Mayo…it’s very convenient for remembering). Naturally, I want to bake a cake. I had actually planned on cooking up an entire spanish fiesta for the both of us and forgoing dessert (<3 Mod Mex Cookbook), but due to time constraints, instead […]
It’s been awhile since I made some good ‘ole cupcakes, and I’ve had ideas rolling around in my head for quite awhile now. Today I bring you some cupcakes including a few new techniques and tools I wanted to try. Remember those egg whites I used for the Shamrock Meringues? Obviously, I had the leftover […]
Sometime recently kale and kale recipes suddenly started popping up all over the place. I wasn’t sure what to make of it for awhile. I have nothing against kale per se; I’m not anti-leafy greens or anti vegetables at all. I think the fact that it resembles spinach is what put me off initially; like […]
Last week I had the opportunity to photograph another of Mary’s fine n00bcakes creations: marshmallow layer brownies. As far as the brownies themselves go, I had them later on and I can definite say they were oh-my-sweet-gawd delicious. Check out her post about them here. The triangles of gooey deliciousness. As far as the photos […]