weekend brunch

November 6, 2013

brunch

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so, i spent the entire day saturday watching the food network … and yes, it was one of those days. but i’m so glad i did because i learned how to make the very, very, very best french toast both camden and i have ever eaten. i mean the very very best. it is a recipe courtesy of bobby flay … i’ve never made one of his recipes but after trying this i’m absolutely sold. i did have to make a few changes i’m not sure bobby would have approved of if he knew, but ultimately, in the end, i would make it exactly the same again … and will … probably tomorrow …

you can see the recipe here … pretty much all you need to know is that if you can’t find fresh peaches this time of year, frozen peaches work just marvelously and if, like me, you can’t find brioche at your local super market, regular french bread sliced thin then dipped into the batter (not soaked) is a delicious substitute. sorry bobby, but we can’t all have the very best ingredients always at our fingertips …

kramer v.s. the spot

November 3, 2013

Miscellaneous

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this is kramer in what he likes to think is “his spot” on the bed. this spot also happens to be the spot and place where camden sleeps at night. for some reason unknown to us, kramer has decided this spot belongs to camden no more and is forever deemed his and only his. whenever we come home, we find kramer in …. “hey, you’re in my spot!” says camden. kramer just looks at him like ‘ok … this is awkward’. really and seriously though, if camden gets out of bed for just a second, up comes a running kramer, quickly plopping his fluffy warm body down right between where the covers and pillow meet in camden’s spot, just before camden will come back to inevitably kick him out. this back and forth between the two really makes me giggle … and really, this back and forth between the two makes camden think kramer secretly wants camden out … dead … gone … finito. i like to tell camden it’s just because kramer loves him so much and wants to be wherever he has been … then camden mumbles … “fat chance”.   

a favorite thing times two … one old, one new

November 2, 2013

Miscellaneous

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one new: soft boiled eggs. i love soft boiled eggs. breakfast, dinner, snack …. it doesn’t matter. i have fallen head over heals in love with soft boiled eggs. incase you are wondering (because i know you all are) i have come to find that the perfect soft boiled egg is boiled for six minutes then transferred quickly to ice water. perfecto. muah. DSC_0144-4

one old: my late great-grandmother’s typewriter. it’s not especially unique or beautiful, but i love it all the same. our birthday cards growing up were always typed by just this typewriter and i’m grateful to be lucky enough to now have in our home.  

how to celebrate that perfect halloween storm

October 29, 2013

Miscellaneous

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there is always this day in october where the wind picks up and starts ripping leaves off the trees and spiraling them into mini tornados. the dark clouds will eventually start to roll in while the air quickly becomes cooler, crisper, eerier … and from inside the house, a soft howling begins from the wind slipping in between the cracks of the old doors and windows. i like to call this day the perfect halloween storm. today was just this kind of day.
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the official ingredients to celebrate the perfect halloween storm include: 
+ fresh delicious donuts
+ apple cider poured piping hot from a tea kettle served with a cinnamon stick
+ someone to snuggle
+ a really good pumpkin candle
+ an old, fun but scary movie.