Asparagus Children

A day off

2010-09-29T21:52:00.000-07:00

My days off will hopefully include taking out the trash, returning movies, tracking down and buying Tartine Bread, going for dinner with Marvin for his birthday (Happy Birthday Marv), making something, visiting work, welcoming home my man, seeing friends, and developing some film! Hopefully.

Coming up Daisies

2010-08-31T20:35:00.000-07:00

I am starting to have a clear idea of the direction I want my life to take. Finally.

Bad Girl

2010-04-08T14:06:00.001-07:00

my brunch, new york style cheesecake (fav!) by me

details to come.

covers

2010-04-07T20:10:00.001-07:00

hahaha

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via jonathan

love

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oldlove

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stylelove

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folklove

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summer boots

2010-03-21T18:54:00.000-07:00

Chicken Noodle Soup

2010-03-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

Okay so this is not quite cooking for one, but I had a bunch of random veggies that were threatening to rot if I didn't use em up. Seriously, they were on the edge. So, culinarily disinclined me, took it on myself to make a (mostly) home concocted chicken noodle soup. This ones all me, aside from the main stars. (Side note: I am trying to devour a second helping as I type this up) It's darn tasty and will last me the rest of the week with some to spare for a willing soul or two. I'm sure for those experienced and talented cooks out there it is no secret, but for the folks who are like me let it be known: cooking is an EXCELLENT way to build your confidence, not just in the kitchen but in life. I guess it's about being well rounded.

Chicken Noodley Soup

4 chicken thighs

1.5 boxes of Chicken broth (I'm really bad a converting, maybe 4 or 5 cups?)

1 tbs of jerk seasoning (thanks to the old man's sister for bringing that back from Jamaica)

1 sprig of fresh rosemary

a few leaves of fresh basil

1 bay leaf

Peppercorns (i used a mixed variety, about a tsp)

S&P to taste

2 and a bit cups of rotini pasta (that's what I used and it was a little too much, 1 cup would probably suffice)

Broccoli (heads and stems cut thin)

Red pepper

Scallions

1 white onion

Carrots (3 or 4)

Fennel

Mushrooms

1 can of corn

And this is how it came together. I boiled the chicken thighs in the chicken broth with the salt, pepper, rosemary, basil, bay leaf and JERK until they were pretty much cooked. Meanwhile I chopped up the veggies, using lots of onion, carrot and broccoli but skimping on the fennel, scallions and mushrooms. Skimping was called for on the the much less that vivacious looking veggies. Once the chicken was cooked I scooped it out, took off the skin and started to pull is away from the bone. I then dumped the veggie mix in with the chicken and peppercorns and let that go for a bit. This is one of those dishes you don't really have time allotments for (i didn't keep track is what's up) so just pay attention and check on it every so often. Once your veggies start to soften remove chicken and debone and then toss it back in along with the pasta and corn (it's cooked so you could even wait until the end). Let the noodles cook and voila, tasty comfort soup.

Tomato surprise

2010-03-15T18:25:00.001-07:00

With the old man at sea I've been left to fend for myself. This is especially intimidating when it comes to meal time! I'm not much of a cook, or a great baker; I think I've found the key though. Cooking for one! He always wants me to cook for him, but I get all nervous and shy and can never commit fully to an extravagant meal. I think the main deterrent is the idea that what I'm digging he might not be, in addition to never having prepared a really super yummy meal, ever.

I think it's all going to change for the better though. I picked up Judith Jones' The Pleasure of Cooking for One at Chapters and after reading it a lightbulb went of. Something just clicked. I'm not afraid to eat crappy food; over cooked pasta, tough chicken. I'm not afraid to choke down a meal gone wrong. And so I become fearless in the kitchen! My first attempt at following but not following a recipe was on a simple spaghetti with homemade tomato and garlic sauce.

I found the recipe at Use Real Butter, the Ship's Captain's Tomato Garlic Sauce is a really simple and kinda fun recipe. I've never blanched anything before, and found it really funny to be peeling tomatoes and scooping out the guts! Maybe because it was my first time, maybe I was just really enjoying the pleasures of cooking - for me! Anyhow, I had a really great time and that led to me making bread later on that night!!!!!! That's another story though.

Simple and (kind of) Quick Tomato and Garlic Sauce (what I used)

Ripe vine tomatoes (I used about 10)

Cloves of garlic (I used 6, but could have used one or two more)

One shallot

Olive oil (not too much, i did three tablespoons but probably should have only used 1.5 or 2, depends on how much your cooking)

Herbs (I used a tiny bit of dried oregano, fresh and dry rosemary sprigs, a bay leaf and fresh parsley as a garnish)

Tomato paste

S & P and sugar (to taste)

Basically you blanche the tomatoes in boiled water, peel em, halve em and gut em. Place the guts in a strainer (or sieve) over a bowl and put aside for later. Dice up what's left of the tomatoes, mince up the garlic cloves and chop up the shallot. Heat the olive oil in a pan (deep enough to hold your amount of sauce) and add garlic and sizzle until you can smell that garlic-y goodness, toss in the shallot and let cook together for a minute or two. Add the diced tomatoes and the bay leaf then let simmer for about 20 minutes or until the tomatoes start to breakdown. Half way through you can toss in them herbs. Once the tomatoes start to breakdown you can add the juices only, that you collected from the tomato guts along with a little bit of tomato paste. Simmer all this until it begins to look like delicious tomato sauce, add the salt and pepper and yes some sugar to your taste. Some people like their sauce a bit runny others nice and thick. I'm somewhere in between, I just kept testing the consistency until it was to my liking. This is key when cooking, test your shit! That's it, grab some noodles and some parmesan, sprinkle the parsley on top and you're good to go. (Next time I'm gonna leave the parsley out, personal preference).

Splish Splash

2010-03-07T18:48:00.000-08:00

Unicorns are real

2010-02-28T23:25:00.000-08:00

Anna-Wili Highfield

Paper hearts

2010-02-28T23:20:00.000-08:00

Fanciful and exquisite paper sculptures by Anna-Wili Highfield

Peru (me &) You

2010-02-28T22:58:00.000-08:00

unfortunately small photo

shake things up

2010-01-22T23:54:00.000-08:00

2009-10-20T23:31:00.000-07:00

make life simple and love with all your emotions.

2009-10-18T23:27:00.001-07:00

[source:] babydinosaureyes

whip

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covers

2009-10-13T22:24:00.000-07:00

I am thankful for

2009-10-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

source [tipnut]

A Fatal Attraction

2009-10-01T18:51:00.000-07:00

1 Teamo - Best Top I have ever seen
2 y3 Kimpu Canvas&Leather Sneaks - Perfect for fall sneaking
3+4 T by Alexander Wang One Shoulder Tank - Uh soul shockingly beautiful
5 Surface to Air
6 Slow and Steady Wins the Race Hinged Glasses - No a glasses girl, but these are awful cool
7 Rachel Comey Marcy Heel - Sweet and practical, add black tights.
8 Pamela Love Bear Rings - Who does not love bears?
9 Oak Black Label Combo Leggings - Walking sex, perfect for my space tramp outfit
10 Olivia Harris White Ball Hobo - Something to offset all this black
11+12 Luna Luz Drop Crotch - A pair of basic comfortable pants, must
13 Harmon Fisherman Pants - A more real world friendly take on the Luna Luz pants
14 Finsk Fur Pony Wedge - To die for, but not the ponies I hope :(
15 Acne Jeans (HOLY FUCKING SHIT) Atacoma Wedge - To kill for, watch out
16+17 Alexander Wang Textured Wool Coat - Wrapped in fashion for winter
18 80%20 The Zoey Geisha - Hot hot hot shoes, would really like to make these a staple

Pretty Pages

2009-09-29T22:59:00.001-07:00

14.99 at Chapters (with an extra 10% of with iRewards!) Also available, Indulgence Cookies, Slices and Petits Fours.

GO NUTS!

2009-09-27T23:11:00.001-07:00

Homemade Doughnuts. Such a simple treat to make, and surprisingly really yum. We dressed ours up in powdered sugar, cinnamon/sugar, homemade chocolate frosting leftover from the cake and dipped in a little concoction my mom made, and some store bought vanilla frosting. the doughnut holes were a must. can't wait to make more.

the whole making our own doughnuts was brought about by this neat little tool we picked up at the grocery store. a cookie cutter/doughnut cutter. you can see it in the first and second picture. the center comes out so you can use it for cookies or whatever. plus it had the simple old fashioned doughnut recipe right on the back of the package! wicked awesome.

yay cake results

2009-09-27T16:52:00.001-07:00

yum. tasty yellow layer cake with fool proof chocolate frosting all made from scratch. i won't lie, it wasn't perfect. the edges of the cake were a tad overcooked, but that didn't deter from the deliciousness! the frosting was rich and smoooooth and oh so chocolate-y.

Next recipe: DOUGHNUTS! GO NUTS!

j'adore des oeufs

2009-09-24T12:05:00.000-07:00

yay cake

2009-09-23T14:52:00.001-07:00

I'm going to make a fluffy yellow layer cake from scratch today! Got turned on to the idea after flipping through the Cooking for Two 2009 issue of America's Test Kitchen. If it turns out, I may have to do a repeat in a week or so for some birthday celebrations. Also, really want to bake a pie soon. But what kind!?

ago

2009-09-23T14:40:00.000-07:00

she swells, ascends and opens her mouth wide for the purpose of screaming. it is the end and there are those whom need to be warned. it is the time of day when the sky paints the earth with colour that wraps itself around everything. her shoes are tied uncomfortably tight causing her feet to hang as though detached from the legs. bits of spittle from her mouth land on her cheek, flushed. the air around feels cool on her skin; skin steadily gaining heat. hands start to rise, fingers to point, eyes to squint, widen and squint again. it is the end and there are those who need to be warned.

ideas of next summer converging

2009-09-22T22:26:00.000-07:00

emma shorts / eskell
introducing more patterns into the wardrobe: goal

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Moving

2009-08-31T03:28:00.000-07:00

saw district 9 tonight with friends and family. conversations in desolate parking lots. red wine in bed at 3:30am, alone.
food blogs, recipe videos and treats for the eyes.
thoughts of the day ahead floating above.

bonne nuit

2009-08-21T00:14:00.000-07:00

Licky Lick

2009-08-20T21:37:00.000-07:00

i wish i was a little bit taller...

covers

2009-08-08T02:43:00.002-07:00

covers

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covers

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covers

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covers

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covers

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2009-08-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

shark week

best foot forward

2009-08-02T11:51:00.000-07:00

picked up the current issue of corduroy and read about the fifth avenue shoe repair.
love the tailoring and fluid structure of the collection.
a few of my most liked pieces. awesome.

2009-07-26T01:33:00.000-07:00

williamsburg, brooklyn 1958 jerry dantzic

2009-07-24T01:24:00.000-07:00

i can not deal with how wonderful some things are. all the necklaces are available at catbirdnyc.com
my new choice site to look at pretty things. i wish i owned an adorable shop in brooklyn

2009-07-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

i am quite taken with a number of his images.
ryan hancock

Christmas

2009-07-24T00:59:00.001-07:00

oh goodness. i have never laid eyes on anything that has made me yearn more than these rings.
oh please please please let me get what i want
catbirdnyc.com

Approved

2009-07-24T00:56:00.001-07:00

I was looking at the catbird blog and she posted this video. I think the moves are great. Good fun wholesome dancing.

The other side

2009-07-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

B.I. #11 06-96
VIENNA VA

If I had to guess how you felt, or will feel. If I don't just breath.

Affairs of the heart

2009-07-18T16:20:00.000-07:00

i'm obsessed with cats more and more. but the more i love on these kitties, the more i want a dog.

Neck Sweat Chin Freckle

2009-07-14T23:38:00.000-07:00

Miraculous

2009-07-14T23:36:00.001-07:00

Shits Messed

2009-07-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

Stills.

Fantasy Fix

2009-04-15T12:08:00.001-07:00

Exactly

2009-04-15T11:36:00.000-07:00

I could die part two

2009-04-05T01:05:00.001-07:00

birthday
requests

First day of the rest of my life

2009-04-01T13:47:00.000-07:00

Evening Studies

2009-03-31T23:18:00.000-07:00

It was a shallow ocean, it was a very low sky
They're not too wide to get around given the old
school try
And you must have had nothing better to do

I've been kissing my cigarette, wishing it was you

True, you gave me the moon and the silver stars
They float outside my window of this tedious bar
But just like their master, they just drift in the
blue

I've been kissing the bottle, wishing it was you

So Gibraltar has tumbled
The world came to an end
And the joke was on me
You're not even my friend
But with all my new lovers
And there've been twenty-two

I've been kissing the mirror, wishing it was you

You scary fucking cat

2009-03-30T21:10:00.000-07:00

I could die

2009-03-30T18:46:00.001-07:00

birthday request.

photo: Lina Scheynius

Absolute

2009-03-30T18:29:00.000-07:00

Jonathan sent me in the direction of Lina Scheynius a while back. I really like her stuff.

...

2009-03-28T16:44:00.000-07:00

it has been a work in (a very long) progress, but it looks as though Spike Jonze's 'Where the Wild Things Are' has finally materialized into something wonderful. with a release date set for october 16, i am pretty anxious to go see it in theatres. there is no truth to the statement "this is my favourite childhood book" for me, however i have read it and do think it is magical and touching. and dare i say that it looks as though Spike has hit the mark with his movie.
can't wait.

In love

2009-03-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

Feeling good

2009-03-24T14:13:00.000-07:00

the people who live above me, as best i can tell, are on EI and meth. i only mention that to give you an idea of what i thought when they blasted some serious super mario bros. just now while i am laying on my bed listening to nick cave.

i wish i was upstairs.

Afternoon Studies

2009-03-24T13:37:00.000-07:00

it was a miracle i even got out of longwood alive,
this town full of men with big mouths and no guts
i mean if you can just picture it,
the whole third floor of the hotel gutted by the blast
and the street below showered in shards of broken glass,

and all the drunks pouring out of the dance halls
staring up at the smoke and the flames
and the blind pencil seller waving his stick
shouting for his dog that lay dead on the side of the road
and me, if you can believe this,
at the wheel of the car
closing my eyes and actually praying
not to God above but to you, saying:

help me girl. help me, girl
i'll love you till the end of the world
with your eyes black as coal
and your long dark curls

some things we plan,
we sit and we invent and we plot and cook up
others are works of inspiration, of poetry
and it was this genius hand that pushed me up the hotel stairs
to say my last goodbye
to a hair as white as snow and of pale blue eyes
saying i gotta go. i gotta go,
the bomb in the bread basket are ready to blow

in this town of men with big mouths and no guts,
the pencil seller's dog, spooked by the explosion,
leaping under my wheels as i careered out of longwood
on my way to you waiting in your dress,
in your dress of blue

i said thank you, girl. thank you, girl
i'll love you till the end of the world
with your eyes black as coal
and your long, dark curls

and with the horses prancing through the fields,
with my knife in my jeans and the rain on the shield
i sang a song for the glory of the beauty of you
waiting for me
in your dress of blue

thank you, girl. thank you, girl
i'll love you till the end of the world
with your eyes black as coal
and your long, dark curls

thank you, girl. thank you, girl
i'll love you till the end of the world
with your eyes black as coal
and your long, dark curls

i said thank you, girl. thank you, girl
i'll love you till the end of the world
with your eyes black as coal
and your long, dark curls

i said thank you, girl. thank you, girl
i'll love you till the end of the world

Bonne nuit

2009-03-24T02:08:00.000-07:00

Far be it from me to leave out a small amount of semi narcissistic prose. I've been more or less outwardly focused in the last little while, but does that say much if at all about the frame of mind I am posing in? Too much inward focus is concerning, I would think that most would agree. This is not a topic I really wish to delve too far into because, quite frankly, it's not worth it. But I will accept a need to oblige balance.

Grrrrrls rub on ya titties

2009-03-24T01:39:00.000-07:00

I have unequivocally been trolling the internet on far too many fashion and art and fanciful blogs/websites. sometimes i think its a bit much, even for me. so why? you ask.

why not.

Mark Fast / SS 09
No doubt this shit is sexy, its also all made by a Canadian who grew up 'in the countryside along a highway next to a forest'. He knits everything by hand on a...well just go to the website and read for yourself. I would be pretty fucking floored if I could strut around in one of the above.

Oh and

right?

Ring around my finger

2009-03-24T01:07:00.000-07:00

I want to slip these on.
Susanne Klemm / Fire and Annual

F/l/R/o/I/v/E/e/N/r/D/s/S

2009-03-23T21:49:00.000-07:00

Predictions

2009-03-23T03:01:00.001-07:00

i don't need a crystal ball to see Iceland in my future.
photo via: the internet

Rainy day Girl

2009-03-23T02:50:00.001-07:00

New Jersey/November 2008

Alphabet

2009-03-23T01:40:00.000-07:00

b is for...

boyfriend//alana k. davis

although i am attempting to put pen to paper more, i am still intrigued by and drawn to photographs. i got my rocks off a-b-c-ing through these beautiful images at the photographic dictionary.

[sic]

2009-03-23T00:21:00.000-07:00

what what what.
snatched up from squareamerica
via heavy puff!

CLOTHES

2009-03-18T22:03:00.000-07:00

Karen Walker
Shes Cracked A/W 09

(#3 my All American Mom look)

Hello. Goodnight.

2009-03-18T20:29:00.001-07:00

Radio City Music Hall/November 2008

Fast forward

2009-03-18T20:26:00.000-07:00

Blaine and back/December 2008

Cold War

2009-03-18T20:23:00.000-07:00

I see nothing

2009-02-14T01:19:00.000-08:00

(Bruit d'orgasme féminin)

2009-02-09T01:14:00.000-08:00

MUTE

2009-02-08T23:33:00.000-08:00

via Rob at INVISIBLEINVISIBLEINVISIBLE

Call Me

2009-02-08T20:47:00.000-08:00

Fell in love with a boy

2009-02-06T00:52:00.001-08:00

drawing inspiration from Derya

for the love of family (ink)

2009-01-29T01:36:00.001-08:00

Who loves the sun

2009-01-26T15:20:00.001-08:00

cat worship is equal parts ridiculous and underrated

The last thing i want to do

2009-01-26T02:57:00.000-08:00

i love you

i havent had too much to drink
i'm not high
i dont even care
that was a lie
i do aim to project a certain level of callousness (nonchalant) externally
i know it is a lame attempt and can be seen through
which brings me to wonder and conclude do you even care no
i'm getting it together
i'm trying to get it together
i'm thinking about trying to get it together
even as i write this i want to smash my hands into a messy pulp
drink less write more avoid sharp or pi-pi-piping hot objects
eat less drink more think about someone else
focus more on your swollen gums and less on where he cums
this scares the shit out of me

concerns for my future

2009-01-24T01:56:00.000-08:00

"Doctor, I don't think you're going to find this very healthy and clear, but I really would like to stop working forever--never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I'm doing now--and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends. And I'd like to keep living with someone -- maybe even a man -- and explore relationships that way. And cultivate my perceptions, cultivate the visionary thing in me. Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence."

drugs thats white

2009-01-23T23:42:00.000-08:00

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Ignition

2009-01-19T00:52:00.001-08:00

autodidact (learn something new)

(i am galvanized by) Alexander Binder
via MAFIA-HUNT

Baby Love

2009-01-19T00:43:00.000-08:00

alternate life wedding
mtwtfss 08

SYNC LYNC BLYNC

2009-01-18T22:54:00.000-08:00

BLACK days and white NIGHTS

stained

2009-01-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

white winter hymnal

2009-01-14T22:45:00.001-08:00

I was following the pack
all swallowed in their coats
with scarves of red tied ’round their throats
to keep their little heads
from fallin’ in the snow
And I turned ’round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
and turn the white snow red as strawberries
in the summertime.

words courtesy: fleet foxes

sit sit sit

2009-01-14T22:43:00.001-08:00