I was going to do a whole year in review thing, but I think it lost it's momentum. This year started off HORRIBLY, got WORSE, and then on my birthday I woke up and made everything better. Now look where I am. I'm out of Westchester, in the city, and on the verge of getting an apartment. Bravo. See, I always knew 25 would be a good year ( Read more... )

So, I feel better. After leaving a message of "uh... I hope you're ok?" I got a call back and some hangout time. We went to Stop N Shop so he can get groceries for mama, then I watched him fold his laundry, then we just chilled out in the house. Yay. Got back at 1 from leaving around 745. Yeah, I know it's a "right now" sort of thing, but he's ( Read more... )

So everything has been fuckin lunacy lately. On Christmas I flew to Dallas. The next day Alexis, her Dad and I drove to Nashville. The day after was to Roanoke, Va, then yesterday we got home. I felt totally sick and passed out for 13 hours, and am now totally utterly fucking miserable. Yay ( Read more... )

I haven't been doing much of anything lately. Pat came over Thursday to move his car here and then realized he didn't need to. I took him to see the Christmas lights in Dyker Heights and then we went to Dunkin Donuts. As we were leaving Dunkin I found like 5 missed calls from Casey asking if I wanted to go eat with him. So I went home, and a half ( Read more... )

Thursday I met the Fluffster for screenprinting... which ended up being cheap Indian food and cupcakes. yay ( Read more... )

chocolate hazlenut cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup husked hazelnuts
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces good-quality semisweet chocolate (I used Lindtt 59%)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC)
Toast hazelnuts on cookie sheet about 10 ( Read more... )

york peppermint patty brownies ( Read more... )

So, I'm working on the christmas card at work, and it is having a sort of retro-flair to it. Yay! Bring on the fun ( Read more... )

All that stands between me and a little slice of heaven this weekend is a broken down bus ( Read more... )

Dark Chocolate, Cinnamon, and Espresso Truffles w/ Walnuts
adapted from The Sweet Life by Kate Zuckerman

Truffles:
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp heavy cream
1/2 tsp ground fresh cinnamon
8 oz bittersweet chocolate (61-66%)
2 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature, diced into 6 pieces
1 tbsp coarsely ground fresh dark coffee

Coating:
3oz bittersweet chocolate
1 1/4 ( Read more... )