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6.24.2012

magical coffee

I saw this recipe on Food52. Magical Coffee...how do you not want to try this? I've been making a lot of iced coffee lately. Mainly iced caramel macchiatos - but this seemed so simple and delicious that I quickly finished the ice tea (another staple) cleaned out the jar, and commenced making this magical coffee. I guess commenters on the page offered more flavor suggestions such as almond extract and/or fennel! The options are endless! Anyone have a favorite summertime coffee drink? After having a few sips of this, I can say that this is truly simple and delicious. Even Weasley seemed pretty excited about it.

MAGICAL COFFEE

[as seen on Food52]

Serves 2-4

Coffee Base:

The Finished Drink:

2/3 cups coarsely ground coffee

3 cups water

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 tablespoons dark brown sugar

Pour all ingredients into a quart jar and stir well.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Pour the coffee base through a sieve or strainer into a bowl, then strain back into the jar for easy storage.
For each drink: Fill a tall glass halfway with ice. Pour in coffee until glass is about 3/4 full and add milk/half and half to taste.
"Die of happiness"

3.02.2012

meet flannery, the new foster.

I am pretty sure I've complained about our lighting situation in our apartment in here Montreal. To sum up, we have no natural light. If you turned off all of our lights in our apartment, it would be pitch black, no joke. We have a "train car" style apartment, with only 3 tiny windows, each too far spread out, that the light from the windows has no effect. Plus, two of those windows show into our fenced patio, so.... not much light to be had. I hate using flash in my photography - I keep away from it at all costs. However, with having fun with the husband's new Canon 60d, we put on the flash and experimented with some indoor flash. I was quite surprised and delighted to see that our apartment no longer looked like a yellow dungeon, but rather, the flash seems to help quite a bit with our lighting situation. So... without further ado, a crapload of cat photos.

poor weasley being freaked out by eric's reflecting.

This is our new foster kitten, Flannery. She is a mini Weasley. This cat is hilariously cute and active, and I kind of wished I had named her Parkour because she loves jumping off of things. Here's her adoption profile if you're interested. There's a lot of photos on here, I know.... but hey - cats are fun to photography. If you want to see the whole set, click here. If you haven't fostered a kitten/cat before, I highly recommend it. Whether you have another animal or not, it's just fun to have a temporary pet every once in awhile. It's a great way to get free entertainment!

2.24.2012

birthday cake

Thursday was the husband's birthday and we celebrated fairly quietly this year but it was still a lot of fun. There were homemade birthday morning doughnuts (blueberry old fashioned), presents, indian food, and more. We decided to extend the birthday over a day because I had planned on making him a birthday cake as well - but with lots of doughnuts, it didn't make sense to eat all of that in one day. So I made his cake the day after. His favorite cake is "chocolate prune cake." Why? I'm not sure. You can buy it at a bakery in his hometown, but other than that they don't make it too many places. So, I scrounged and found a suitable recipe for the cake that actually turned out quite good. Why prunes? I guess it makes the cake really moist. Don't worry there are no prune chunks - you puree those things as long as humanly possible - at least that's what I did. The cake turned out a little girly because the decorative candles I thought I had I couldn't find in the apartment, so I had to improvise. However, I did get to use my edible glitter, by a UK company Gemz. I got mine in a super awesome gold glitter. It wasn't too expensive on Ebay UK.

And then something amazing happened. Big Weasley and little Flannery turned super adorable. They went from cuddling, to kissing, and then to fighting but I didn't take pictures of that.

5.24.2011

cat lady problems

I should be clear. I am not a cat lady. I was never one who loved cats at an early age. In fact, I have been a dog person my entire life, up until 2008 when I received Weasley. Still, I am not 100% fond of cats, or even find all cats all that adorable. Nevertheless, I have managed to foster 3 kittens, and am currently being handed cats who need care. So, when I stumbled upon a cute little cat figurine while perusing Olvera Street with my sister, the life-altering decision loomed over me. Do I buy a cat figurine, knowing that I'll want a vintage cat figurine collection similar to those people with all the deer? Do I fight the cat lady tendencies or do I embrace them by purchasing a cat that isn't so reminiscent to Weasley, but is reminiscent enough to defend the purchase to my husband, "doesn't it look like her?" Do I buy the cat figurine?

maybe I'll buy a little shelf to put it on.

So here it is, my introduction to catladydom. I'm kidding... I'm not a cat lady. I just like stuff. It's not like I'm going to go around searching high and low for these little vintage cat treasures. If I happen to be in a thrift store, I'll peruse. Or better yet, I'll buy a figurine reminiscent to every cat I've fostered/owned, etc. But I definitely WILL NOT search for cat figurines.

Results from my search:

Source: etsy.com via Hollin on Pinterest

So if by chance you see any of these cat figurines displayed on a small shelf in my house, that means that I said yes to catladydom, my husband has probably left me, and you should bring me lots of ice cream.

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