“Heureux pour Toujours”

Made kale chips today and they were a success! Despite some mixed opinions on the after taste Bo and I love them. I love raw kale in a salad so I was excited to try it with a new spin. In a salad I love tossing kale with fresh lemon juice and cranberries so I kept the lemon in on the chip making as well. I tossed the washed and prepped kale pieces with grapeseed oil (I've also been switching up my cooking oils to get a little bit of everything in the diet), fresh ground pepper, garlic salt (I think it's a crime to cook anything without garlic), and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Here they are:

so pretty in the oven

crispy deliciousness

this one is hubby approved :)

In other exciting news...France is in the future!!!

x' & o's

forever and a day

I got to treat the hubby to his first massage. It was truly amazing...70 minutes of pure bliss. He works so hard and his work is so physically and mentally demanding that I want to do this for him more often. I highly recommend doing a couples massage if you can!

We were already in Old Town Pasadena so we grabbed a bite to eat at Ichi Sushi and passed by an adorable little bakery called, "Dot's Cupcakes." Here's what we got:

Bo grabbed the cutest little milk to go with our cupcakes :)

As you can see we obviously couldn't decide on one cupcake each so we got a bunch of flavors and had a cupcake feast.

-A mini red velvet

-A mini pumpkin (my favorite thing about fall)

-A mini carrot

-A mini tiramisu (to die for)

-A marble

-Mint chocolate chip

My personal review: Loved it! loved it! loved it! The cake was really moist and the amount of icing was perfect. I'm not big into cupcakes with huge heaping piles of frosting and the flavors were amazing. Bo's favorite was the marble, the icing and the cake had an extremely balanced swirl of vanilla and chocolate. My personal favorite would have to be the mint chip. I think they got me because the color of the icing was the perfect mint-y green, the same shade as my favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream.

Speaking of ice cream Bo and I recently tried the famous Mashti Malone's Ice Cream. I had to try it after all the buzz I'd been reading in food magazines and foodie blogs and I can tell you I was not disappointed. I got the lavender ice cream and I'll be going back for more again and again!

Tomorrow I'll be making my first batch of kale chips...so excited!

Goodnight world x's o's

I T H A D T O B E Y O U

I love croissants. I love everything about them. They're aesthetically perfect, buttery, layered,

melt in your mouth good, so I decided to bake them for dinner with the hubby.

They're rising :)

Growing up my mom cooked everything with chopsticks. When I'm in the kitchen you'll always find my handy chopsticks lying around. I actually prefer beating eggs with them.

I like croissants that are super golden and brown so I kind of drenched them in egg wash.

Some of the croissants. YUM.

Dinner on a Tuesday night.

Haricot verts tossed in olive oil, lemon, salt, and pepper

Truffled garlic orzo with toasted almonds

Pepper crusted port loin with ligonberry reduction

Sauteed balsamic portabello mushrooms

Our tummies were beyond full after this feast...onto tomorrow's kitchen adventure :)

Goodnight world xxoo <333

" If you live to be a hundred. I want to live to be a hundred

minus one day so I would never have to live without you. " --Winnie the Pooh

It's Tuesday and I'm in love

It's time to start posting more. I've just stumbled upon a ton of amazing food blogs and I'm completely inspired. Anyone that really truly knows me knows that I'm a huge foodie, I <3 cooking/baking, and I love interior design. I'm going to start a few projects soon so I'll do my best to keep this updated more frequently.

In other news I've been with my boyfriend for 7 years now and somehow he still makes my heart flutter and I wake up next to him thinking: "I'm the luckiest girl in the world."

x's & o's

Oh Jeeeebus.

Today was wack. People are wack. I love my friends. Thank god for good friends...!

p.s. I laughed so hard today that I think I've lost my voice.

That is all for tonight.

XX Short hugs

Blushing, raspberries, and two bite cupcakes

Today we shot at the Women's club in Hollywood. The shoot went really well and definitely surpassed my expectations in alot of ways. It's so hard to meet someone for the first time and work in a close creative relationship. Everyone (for the most part) was really positive and generally all around sweet people. There also was a ton of amazing fruit which is always a plus in my book and it seemed like production was trying to get everyone fat. There were cupcakes and deserts everywhere! Everywhere you looked there were amazing pastries, cakes, and pies...it was a slight issue, but I was on good behavior :).

I was also one of three females on set at all times out of 30 something guys, most of them gay. My girlfriend who was on set with me today had a great conversation with me about how awesome it was to not get hit on all day. This industry is filled with testosterone and it was really great to feel a sort of freedom from the usual.

I'm pretty sure I had the swankiest makeup room I've ever had. From apple boxes in the forest to pretty drapery, lights with dimmers, large mirrors, cushy antique arm chairs...I could get used to it :). I was running around today and I totally forgot to take an entire picture of the whole room. I left my Sephora makeup trunk down in Orange (fingers crossed it's not anywhere else), but luckily I packed my other makeup suitcase full of more makeup so disaster was averted quite smoothly.

Most common thing said to me today: "OMG...airbrush is amazing...can I clone you so you can live with me and do my makeup everyday?"

I need to go on a makeup spree soon. I really want to try the new urban decay eyelid primer. I want to stock up on a few things I'm running low on too...

My CARGO palette--one of my favorites from this past January, gorgeous shimmery blushes and eyeshadows

Shanghai in less than 6 days... I promise to come back with a suitcase filled with new clothes, shoes, makeup, accesories, etc...

Short hugs xx

My first blog

F21 fedora, F21 knit tunic, Madewell jeans (my fav), Cork Wedges from Wasteland clothing
love my hot pink Shiseido lipstick <3

My first blog and the first entry. I'm really excited to start sharing the little things in life that I adore. I wear black a lot and today was definitely one of those days. I'm really excited to be on set this weekend doing makeup for a short film that is a part of a feature length documentary. My boyfriend, Boa Simon is the cinematographer and there is absolutely nothing better than being on set together. Ready for a long day in Hollywood tomorrow.

Short hugs xx