Weezie through a donut hole
New York bound today. I'll miss you, little Weezie!
A work in progress... The cutest owl tablecloth
Some pregnant ladies arrive at their baby showers refreshed, glowing, and treated like the guest of honor that they are. Not me. I love to plan a party. I just can't help it! Inspired by the baby shower invitations my mother sent out I offered to make a tablecloth. Ok, insisted. She knows me too well to argue with me about it so I am currently working on what I hope to be the cutest owl table cloth ever. Of course I have great ideas for the coordinating decorations. Is it strange to decorate your own baby shower?!
I still have some baby owls to cut out and then I have to figure out the placement and sew them down. A work in progress with a week to finish. Check back to see the final 'masterpiece'!
Rainbow Roots
Rainbow swiss chard. The green leafy vegetable that's not only good for you but the beautiful colors that shoot from its thick stem into the veins of the leaf make it all the more appealing. Deep red, magenta, green, orange and bright yellow make up the rainbow. This seedling had me mesmerized as I planted it in our garden.
Colorful all the way to the roots. Isn't nature amazing?
Happy Earth Day!
Dinner to go
No, it's not a take-out box. It's a vintage picnic 'box' with a feature that really sets it apart from your standard picnic basket...
Open it up, unpack your stuff, unfold the legs and now you've got yourself a table!
We found this gem at a yard sale in upstate New York. I love the red faux crocodile. The legs and sides are aluminum with a bakelite handle. On the inside there are thick elastics to keep your picnic gear in place. It actually came with red plates and old red handled silverware. What a score! They just don't make stuff like this anymore.
We just packed up a simple dinner of pan fried chicken (which tastes good at room temperature), a nice mixed salad with olives, sweet peppers, avocado, carrots, celery, baby heirloom lettuces, and onion, and a side of marinated mini mozzarella balls with roasted tomatoes.
Have a picnic. Enjoy the sunshine and spring air.
Pack up your basket, your bag, whatever...just take it outside!
The magic is in the hole at VooDoo Doughnut
I've lived in Portland for 16 months and today was my first VooDoo Doughnut experience.
We decided to do a little sampling...
Giant glazed doughnut.
It was about the size of the box. (Say about 10". Heard it's called the TexAss)
Maple glazed with bacon.
(Because the fried dough and maple sugar glaze wasn't enough, let's top it with bacon.)
Triple chocolate penetration.
Count chocula would be proud.
Dirty Snowball.
Chocolate doughnut, marshmallow glaze, coconut and a surprise filling of peanut butter.
Fruit loops.
Full bellies, achy teeth and a sugar high, we're ready to start our Saturday. It was all worth it.
Good things do come in pink boxes afterall.
VooDoo Doughnut is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Located at 22 SW 3rd Ave., Portland
It's friday...put on your feather eyelashes
Adorning the eyelashes of
tall models on glossy pages striking limber poses,
silly teens on halloween and
fabulous drag queens,
all adding a peacock's grace
to an overly made up face.
Feathery drama, wispy and light
surrounds weezie's eyes
every day
every night.
Chick Cupcakes
chick-cupcake
Chick cupcakes. Another genius Martha Stewart idea. So funny on a plate and pretty easy to make!
Click on the pictures below to see the steps...
