I made another magical adventure into cupcake land today via the Philippines for a sweet dose ube yumminess. (I’m beginning to notice cupcakes are becoming a re-occuring theme here!) I know the tinge of purple in the cupcake is a sign of an nontraditional ingredient so I should preface this whole post by saying that [...]
Entries from August 2010
Ube Cupcakes
August 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · cooking
Tags:cupcakes
Crawfish Craze
August 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · cooking, orange county
An afternoon with the boyfriend started off no different than any other. We were sitting on the couch and as usual I asked if he was hungry. Of course, I already knew the answer. He’s always hungry! And so we set out to find some good food. Little did we both know we were about [...]
Tags:restaurants·the boiling crab
Home Grown
August 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · home
I was over at my aunt’s house tonight for a family feast to celebrate my cousin’s birthday. My aunt happens to be the one in the family with two green thumbs. Her garden is right out of a magazine. Just had to share with you all the cute arrangement she had in the powder room. [...]
Tags:flowers
Around the Web
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · reading list
Sometimes I find myself in an aimless search of things on the web. Things that are just so random, but I’m glad to have stumbled upon whatever it may be. Here are some of the interesting sites I’ve come across the last several days. {Images via I’m Just Walkin’} A blog about this guy, Matt, [...]
Tags:around the web
Love Letters
August 7th, 2010 · No Comments · quotes
Isn’t love grand? {Images via A Love Letter For You} Any time someone wants to write a love letter in a grandiose way, more power to the man! I came across these lovely murals while browsing through some of the awesome blogettes who have entered their sites into Coach’s Poppy Project. You may have noticed [...]
Tags:murals
A Noteworthy Engagement
August 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Nicholas Sparks’ “The Notebook” has got to be one of my favorite romance novels. It’s right up there among the ranks of “Wuthering Heights” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.” So when I saw these wedding photos by Blushing Bride Studio featured on Green Wedding Shoes – admittedly, it’s one of my daily guilty pleasures [...]
Tags:photography

