Tuesday, November 30, 2010

CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO HOLIDAY CHEER

I'm having the best time this holiday season.
maybe is the friends. maybe its the loved ones. maybe its the new job
whatever it is i'm INTO it.

Monday, November 29, 2010

THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER FAMILY THANKSGIVING












thanksgiving 2010
logansport, indiana

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

GOBBLE GOBBLE

i'm heading to indiana bright and early tomorrow morning for my annual thanksgiving visit with my mom and grandparents. food, family, friends and cats. many, many cats.

(above - townsend the turkey, a pinata i helped make for thanksgiving with friends in brooklyn forever ago). photo nina westervelt. november 2005.

travel safe friends.
and happy thanksgiving!!

Monday, November 22, 2010

CRAFT NIGHT #1 - SHIBORI!

i've been talking about making a monthly craft night for months now, and i finally decided i just needed to make it happen. Earlier this month i rounded up a handful of crafty ladies and we started the new tradition. novembers theme was shibori. everyone brought shirts, scarves, bags and socks and we went to town.


we're meeting every second tuesday of the month to drink wine, eat pizza and get crafty. if you're interested in joining let me know! December's craft is going to be making ornaments - i'm already keeping my eye out for good ideas

bring on the holiday cheer.

Friday, November 19, 2010

SWEET APPLE PIE



i make an apple pie at least once every fall
this year i used honeycrisp apples from Dressel Farms
november 2010

Thursday, November 18, 2010

HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, BLONDER

tommy guns version 2.0
you can take the summer out of the season, but not my hair.
summer vibes all year round.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

FLOWERS IN HER HAIR

this week was my niece becca sue's first birthday. my sister melissa loves to put flowers and bows on becca's head, so i knitted this lil white hat and a handful of crocheted flowers she can swap out. i wish the photo would have turned out better, but what you gonna do?

turns out she loved them - and now i've been commissioned to make a million more. christmas present crochet overdrive

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

BON APPETIT NIGHT - SEPT/OCT ISSUE

I mentioned in my first Bon Appétit post that chris and I were making a new monthly tradition of cobbling together an entire dinner from that month's issue of Bon Appétit. Well september and october were crazy for both of us, so we had to combine the two into one dinner.

Sure it was fun trying these new recipes, but honestly they didn't wow us like August's dinner did. it was a little weak. You can't win 'em all!



Rustic Spinach and Cornmeal Soup - October 2010, page 99
Jalapeno Goat Cheese Hush Puppies - Sept 2010, page 104
Seared Ribeye Steak - August 2010, page 76

Monday, November 15, 2010

GET YOUR NAILS DID

ladies night nail-athon
i'm getting good at ombre-ing my nails

Friday, November 12, 2010

HEY LAAAADIES





we try to have a ladies night once a week
molten cupcakes. food. wine. skype. love.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

WHEN I WAKE UP

this is my view when i wake up
sunny weekend mornings are the best.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

THE OUT OF TOWNERS















this past weekend me and some of my favorite weekend warriors hit the road and headed upstate for orchards, antiquing, and motel madness.

these little trips are my favorite.
good friends. good times. good memories.
check out my flickr for a few more pics

november 2010

Monday, November 8, 2010

CHRIS BOUGHT US A NEW COFFEE TABLE

soda helped unpack
october 2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

DON'T FORGET TO LOOK UP

new york, new york
october 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

THE MONSTER MASH













williamsburg, brooklyn
october 2010