super super super quick post.
because i’m on vacation.
and i’m shoving a bunch of halloween candy in my face.
one of my favoritest canucks
brought back one of her contests,
that i like to lose at,
and you better believe
i made dw do all the work
and i’m gonna claim all the glory.
like i said,
this is a contest,
head over to movita beaucoup
and vote for the best pumpkin carving.
happy halloween friends!
BAM!
hihi!
i wanted to sneak a
very quick post
about our jaunt to
boston last month.
it was our first time
travelling to this area of
the country together.
southwest had a sale
early in the year
so we booked
our anniversary trip
while planning our honeymoon.
tips:
public transportation – boston is a great city for walking and hopping on the bus or metro. i only threw up ONCE due to my motion sickness; as a result, we walked 2.5 miles home after our anniversary dinner. no worries, it was a lovely time spent in the city with dw.
if you’d like, more pix below, as well as some links to the places we visited. stars are the ones that i highly recommend.
the elephant walk
eastern standard*
cafe beirut
the salty pig*
FoMu*****
harvard museum of Natural History*
Neptune Oyster
The Blue Nile*
Fiore Italian Bakery
dumpling cafe
b&g oysters*
airbnb apartment (the neighborhood, Jamaica Plains, is wonderful. not exactly central, but super easy to get around on the bus and metro lines)
photo courtesy of luke eshleman & used with permission
365 days ago
you hit it
and thank gawd,
you didn’t quit it.
i was a notoriously shitty student
who never reached full academic potential,
especially in the subject of math.
you join the legions of teachers
and tutors
and professors
who make me realize
what a mockery i am with numbers,
because i cannot begin to count
the infinite sum of reasons
as to why i love you so.
to further my grievance,
i cannot even fall back on
the one thing i usually can rely on:
Words.
because you always get me tongued tied,
and because you started reading way before i did,
and your vocabulary is worth more than $5.
instead,
i will feed you cake.
because you are my heart,
you who by some grace
not only loves me,
but acts loving towards me,
you who i dreamed of for so long,
but my limited imagination
never could fathom
just how fucking awesome you are.
i love you dw,
i will always be your
Ride Or Die Bitch.
chocolate tahini cake + rosemary frosting
makes one 2 layered 8″ cake, entirely too big for two people, and yet, dw & i totally ate the entire thing. together.
*note: this is a riff on my sure-thing chocolate cake that i always fall back on because it’s amazing. the frosting has the heady essence of rosemary, dw calls it a mature flavor. if i make this again, i’d infuse it for a shorter period and make a bigger batch of frosting.
2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
1 3/4 cup AP flour
1 cup 2% lactose free milk, i used organic valley
3/4 + 1 TBL cup Cocoa
2 TBL canola + coconut oil, i used Spectrum blended oil
6 TBL tahini
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup boiling water
pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
grease 2 round 8″ cake pans
in a large mixer bowl combine dry ingredients.
gradually add eggs, milk, oil + tahini. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes.
remove from mixer; stir in boiling water. (batter will be thin).
pour into prepared pans.
bake 30 to 35 minutes for round pans,or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
cool cake in rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans.
cool completely.
rosemary infused buttercream
makes enough to just crumb coat the two layers. i had high plans to decorate the cake, as i like to collect pretty attired cakes, but when i finished crumb coating i realized that i didn’t have enough frosting, and i was over it. as dw said: “it’s like you finished crumb coating the cake and you went FUCK IT & started putting dishes away.” he knows me so well and yet he stays.
2 sticks of vegan butter, divided, i used earth balance
1 sprig of fresh rosemary
1 lb powdered sugar
splash of liquid, water or lactose free milk
the night before, melt down 1 stick of vegan butter and add in the sprig of rosemary. don’t let it go too long, just enough to warm through. allow to steep overnight.
next morning, warm up just enough to fish the sprig out. allow to cool to room temp.
add to mixing bowl along with other stick of vegan butter.
whip up with powdered sugar, until reach desired consistency. add more or less liquid to loosen up.
BAM!
it’s september.
which means my first love turns
half a century old.
it also means there’s
an extra 25 minutes to my commute
cus schools have started.
mostly it means
that the weather is cooler
i’m thinking about knee high socks
plans are being made for apple picking.
i might put away summer clothes
and bring out the sweaters
i’m also thinking about making soup
but mostly,
i’m snuggling with dw,
possibly with a book in hand.
last month i finished
TWO POINT FIVE BOOKS:
is everyone hanging out without me by mindy kaling
this song will save your life by leila sales
disconnected: an e-short story by jennifer weiner
there were times when i
thought mindy & i should be bffs,
i even tweeted her.
she ignored me.
that’s the other times i thought
we shouldn’t be bffs.
i listened to the other book,
which made me sad,
because it reminded me of high school.
and then i read the short
one while on jury duty.
that’s it.
currently on my kindle slash cloud reader slash audio thing:
allegiant by veronica roth
one more thing by bj novak
currently wait-listed:
interworld by neil gaiman
bossypants by tina fey
currently reading in the car during road trips:
the smokejumper by nicholas evans, which happens to be a repeat,
and one of my favoritest books.
and you lovies,
what are you reading?
august is here
summer is almost over
i could cry
instead,
let’s talk books
i don’t read as often
as i’d like
and i made the decision
this year that
there are so many, many, many
books & reading materials
out there
that should it not hold my attention
i will dump it.
life is too short
time is too scarce
to muddle through shitty words
currently on my kindle:
Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
currently on my bookshelf:
On Such a Full Sea by Chang Rae-Lee
Califia’s Daughter by Leigh Richards (reread. because good books deserve to be read over & over & over again)
online:
1K project
networking for introverts
woman in the rainy season
and you.
what are you reading?
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