April 24, 2015

I love lists, Friday!

How Tim Gunn spends his Sunday
Best Burgers in America!
Loved reading this list of Natural Beauty product recommendations.
How do you make $100 Mac & Cheese?
The food at Coachella actually looked pretty good.
Puns make me so dang happy.
Animal photobombs make me laugh.
Volcano erupts in Chile. Gorgeous/scary.
I just added this tunic to my wardrobe and LOVE IT.
Mmmmmmmmmwaffles.
Alton Brown always makes so much sense.
Knowledge is power….especially when you’re designing pasta sauce jars!
I am apart of the Oregon Trail Generation. What about you?
Whhhhhhyyyyy is everything on the cloud these days?!
How a flight attendant packs for a short trip.
Why you should keep expectations high of others and not get disappointed when they don’t meet them.
So funny because it’s true—- Last F*able day in Hollywood.
Olds fail at technology. *snort*
The perfect American Road Trip (total bucket list item here!)
Where I was last weekend!

favorites, Inspiration, out & about, sponsored

April 23, 2015

If You’re Going to San Francisco…..

There are sooooo many good places to eat in San Francisco. I feel so lucky to be so close to the action and to have grown up in such a great food mecca! Taste Buds, brought to you by Ford, is a cool new show (with two adorable hosts!) on You Tube, and to celebrate the launch, I am working with Ford and Taste Buds to share my favorite spots in San Francisco. Finally! A post I can direct everyone to when they email me for my San Francisco recommendations!

I loved watching the latest episode of Taste Buds with Erica from Honestly WTF. Casey and I have been looking for some cool pieces for our house and I think we’re going to check Stuff Vintage VERY soon! You can check it out here:

And onto….

(in alphabetical order because my brain works that way)

A16- We LOVE this place because their pizza never disappoints. We always go there for family dinners with my parents. We’re Italian so we usually crave Italian when we’re hanging out. The burrata is amazing– like butter! I wrote a post about A16 many many moons ago. Be sure to check out SPQR too as it’s a fabulous place to get brunch- and right near the Jonathan Adler store (my favorite!).

Bi-Rite Creamery– EXCEPTIONAL ice cream. The salted caramel & the honey lavender are my favorites. But! I don’t love waiting in long lines..so sometimes we just go to Mitchell’s instead. They still have a line but it’s not as bad. Their ice cream is bonkers too so it’s a win-win!

recipes

April 22, 2015

Orange Creamsicle Popcorn

The Easter bunny included a bag of lemon drop flavored popcorn in Cooper’s Easter basket this year thinking he would love it…because it tasted like lemon cake batter. The Easter Bunny clearly didn’t know that Cooper wouldn’t be a fan of lemon flavored popcorn. But… somehow the Easter Bunny knew that I (yes, ME!) would like this particular flavor of popcorn (how thoughtful!) and so I proceeded to eat a whole bag on our drive through Oregon. Thanks, Easter bunny!

You inspired me to make Orange Creamsicle Popcorn!

I’ve had visions of orange creamsicles floating in my recipe brain lately. I decided to combine two things I love- creamsicles and popcorn to make my own rendition of Cooper’s easter popcorn, and here we are. Orange infused white chocolate gets drizzled on half of the popcorn and the rest is salted so within a handful you’ll get a few saturated pieces….mixed with some salty goodness. The power of salty sweet is unreal!

I shouldn’t have been surprised that Cooper wasn’t down with this recipe. But you know, more for me 🙂

In fact, I ate all of it. No shame in my game.

recipes

April 20, 2015

Creamy Asparagus Bacon Soup

Creamy Asparagus and Bacon Soup is here to brighten your Monday. Oh Monday….ooof.

Whenever I see asparagus for a good price at the market, I stock up! Whenever I see asparagus I also think of the song from Alf. Here I found a clip for you.…it’s all jacked up but you can see why I have it stuck in my head. Asparagus Asparagus…it’s good for your table…Asparagus Asparagus whenever you are able…. Oh gosh what have I done?

If you hadn’t noticed, I bought too much asparagus this week. TWO POUNDS.

Smoky bacon is the real star in this soup. We crisp some up set it aside for your topping pleasure. Then we cook the onions, garlic and asparagus in the bacon fat and make a soup from it. Creme fraiche is added at the very end for the creamy component. Because creme fraiche is a little tart, it adds the perfect balance. Asparagus Asparagus (soup) whenever you are able. Oh man…I gotta show Cooper an episode of ALF now.