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d.i.y.: english muffins and butter

d.i.y.: english muffins and butter

August 1st, 2012

Today’s D.I.Y. has been staring me in the face for months. Literally. It’s my breakfast. I eat the same breakfast pretty much every day – a toasted English muffin (with a little butter and honey), a hard boiled egg (with salt and pepper) and a big iced coffee. I don’t know why it never occurred [...]

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a bakery, a bridge and a birthday

a bakery, a bridge and a birthday

June 17th, 2012

Sometime in March: Me: So Chels, your 21st birthday is coming up - how should we celebrate? Chelsea: You mean, other than THE CAKE? Me: Yes. Chels: I don’t know – how about drinks and desserts in the city? Okay – I could do this. I’d gather her good friends at a cute dessert place, followed by drinks [...]

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me. myself. and i.

me. myself. and i.

May 9th, 2012

A while back I read a post by one of my favorite bloggers, Sharon (who I got to meet at this dinner!). She wrote about her yearly weekend away. Alone. No kids. No husband. I finished reading and then just sort of stared off for a while, thinking. Thinking about what I would do with [...]

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d.i.y.: whoopie pies

d.i.y.: whoopie pies

March 2nd, 2012

As in, “do it yourself”. As in, why have I never attempted making the foods that I love to eat the most? I have had so much fun sharing my most beloved, tried-and-true recipes here with you. And it goes without saying that there’s a huge comfort zone in working with recipes that you’ve referred to time [...]

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brooklyn bound: one girl cookies

brooklyn bound: one girl cookies

February 22nd, 2012

One Girl Cookies. Where do I even begin, I love this place so, so much??? Okay, I’ll start at the beginning. Mike’s cousin lives around the corner and took us there a few years ago. It was literally love at first sight – and bite. The bakery itself is beyond charming – cute and cool, [...]

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