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Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
July 17, 2011
July 4, 2011
July 4th, 2011
The lovely friends, new and old, that I hung out with this past Fourth of July. Instead of seeing fireworks in the damp, awful humidity that was our holiday evening, we stayed in side and watched the Ducktales movie. AMURICA.
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June 21, 2011
June 19, 2011
June 19th, 2011
My da! Looking unusually earnest. Also seen: the chocolate raspberry mousse cheesecake thingamadessert I made him for Father's Day. My father is the backbone of my life in a lot of ways - he at once encourages me to fend for myself and always has my back, and I know he'd do anything for me, because he pretty much already has done it all.
Love you, Da.
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May 30, 2011
May 30th, 2011
Icepops! The treat of grade school picnics everywhere. Perfect for a blistering day like this Memorial Day was.
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May 25, 2011
May 25th, 2011
Finally! The results of the tart crust seen last week. Strawberry lemon tart, made for my mum for a belated Mother's Day present.
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May 1, 2011
May 1st, 2011
Happy May Day!
To celebrate of the start of my springtime favorite month, I went out and bought a special fruit for myself. Behold, the mango. Just look at those colors. How can you not want to sink your teeth in?
Most decadent fruit ever. Just look at all that juice. Mmm.
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April 25, 2011
April 25th, 2011
The dessert I made for Easter dinner - it's a dark chocolate strawberry tart, with a chocolate glaze and sugar cookie crust. Decadent. This is one of the best things I've ever made.
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April 24, 2011
April 24th, 2011
Happy Easter! Or Eostre, if we're being properly pagan. This is my family's Easter set up - complete with baskets for the kids and the dyed eggs of years past as the centerpiece.
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March 17, 2011
March 17th, 2011
Happy Run-The-Poor-Pagans-Out-Of-Ireland Day! I celebrate with a distinct lack of green. Look! More flowers!
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March 3, 2011
March 3rd, 2011
I had wanted to make cookies for Valentine's Day, but this month got so crazy I didn't have time to breathe, let alone bake. I barely had time to make these - made the dough one night and put it in the fridge, then baked and decorated the following night.
These turned out so tasty, though - well worth the wait and not worrying about things like dates. They're sugar cookies dipped in white chocolate and with M&Ms placed on. I added a little red food coloring to the dough to give the cookie itself a tie-dyed red look. Yum!
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February 15, 2011
February 15th, 2011
The Valentine I got my boyfriend. I'm glad they've started to make valentines for sarcastic people...
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February 14, 2011
February 14th, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day! Chocolate covered strawberries and red velvet cake - yum.
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January 26, 2011
January 26th, 2011
It's my birthday today! And this is a picture of the absolutely decadent chocolate birthday cake Jules and his family surprised me with our last night in Puerto Rico. I love surprises and I'm enough of a nerd to still be excited about my day.
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January 1, 2011
January 1st, 2011
Happy New Year! I spent last night out on the streets with three of my dearest people, seen here. Two best friends and The Boyfriend (as he was aptly titled all night.) Can't think of three I'd like more to ring in the New Year with.
Welcome to 2011, everyone. Here's to keeping this madness going!
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December 27, 2010
December 27th, 2010
This is the dessert I made for my family's official Christmas dinner: candy cane chocolate chip cheesecake. Weather conditions being what they were this weekend, we were unable to make it to the family get-together; tragically, my immediate family and I had to eat the cake ourselves. It was a painful trial, I tell you. (My dad had seconds.)
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December 26, 2010
December 25, 2010
December 24, 2010
December 24th, 2010
O Tannenbaum. My family always gets a huge Christmas tree, a real proper-sized one really. This year's model is somewhat slim around the middle - I think it looks like it hit a growth spurt. I wasn't around to help decorate this year for the first time, but my special angel ornaments are still hung up all over the branches.
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December 23, 2010
December 23rd, 2010
Nutcrackers being sold outside of the ballet my family and I saw last night. (Guess what we saw. No, really.)
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