Souffles are hard.

I was trying to make lemon pudding cakes, but I messed up.  I made lemon souffles instead.  They looked really awesome in the oven.  By the time I found the camera (or R's phone), they were a tad deflated.

Such Fatties We Are

I haven't really been up for blogging lately because the weather sucks, there's no world peace, etc. blah.  I'm just having a few rough months.

But hey, I've been eating well.  I didn't say healthy or cheap.  What can I say? I'm an emotional eater.  I haven't had the due diligence to document these, but my husband has.  I was mostly in the background with fork in hand barking out orders.

Enjoy.

From Okoze:

Fung Wong

 

Circa

5A5

Cupcakes and Macarons!

Crappy cell phone pic. My bad.

Mission Minis - It's too hard for me to pinpoint each flavor.  The website has better pics anyway.  I ordered Aztec chocolate, Swiss almond coconut, double stuff chocolate, and red velvet.  Aztec chocolate was awesome.  Even more awesome is that they have day-old cupcakes for $5/dozen.

Can you believe this pic came from my husband's phone? Jealous.

I had a really bad week.  I needed macarons.  These are from Cocola Bakery.  They're not very significant in taste and are small.  I'd probably only buy Cocola macarons if I were desperate.

So yeah...

I've been feeling too uninspired to blog lately.  Sorry.

Went to LA for 2 days because my mom was feeling down in the dumps.  I offered to drive her anywhere she wanted to go, but I think she really just wanted to spend time with us.

I never noticed in all my trips to LA that most food prices aren’t that bad.  I think it's because of LA's proximity to central California's farms and because the Port of LA makes things a little cheaper.  I didn’t take a camera with me, but I did take lots of cell phone pics.  I’m not sure whether I want to spend my monthly 200 text allowance on uploading them here.  But I ate well. Very well.

And I had a french macaroon ice cream sandwich.  For only $4.50, it's 5x the size of macroons that I buy here!

It's been a while.

I'm going to have to delve into to deep reaches of my memory card for this.  First up, treats!

Paulettes -  (l-r) Caribbean chocolate, sweet wedding almond, Colombian coffee, violet cassis, rose, Sicilian pistachio.

Cups & Cakes - (clockwise from top left) peanut butter, chocolate, green tea, strawberry shortcake, crap-forgot what this one is, red velvet, vanilla, coconut.

Susiecakes - (clockwise from top left) mocha, cherry, coconut, chocolate mint.

 My sister and I picked out 3 bottles of wines at CostPlus purely based off the labels and bottle. Guess which ones. We're suckers for good marketing. I mean, who wouldn't buy a bottle of wine shaped like a cat?

Weekday Grub: Rosemary Cornish Game Hens

Success! According to Wikipedia, a Cornish Game hen is really just a young chicken.  I had no recipe, I just "winged" it (haha, get it?). Excuse the cell phone pic, the skin was a nice, tan/brown not orange.  My chicken needs some sunscreen.

Covet: Pretty things

The office/closet space is still not done yet.  It was the first apartment project I thought about when we moved in, but it's kind of fallen to the wayside.  I tried to pick it up last night by making R hang stuff, but it just left a big mess in the middle of my living room.  So sad.  I wish I had pictures to show for it. In terms of knick-knacks and organizational options, this little space is where I've spent the most time and effort.  Gah!  Anyway, because the lack of pretty pictures is depressing me, so here's a bunch of things I want now.

I want this chair.  I have nowhere to put it and pretty sure R will kill me, but I want it.

 

Why didn't they have these shoes around for my wedding?

I want this romper.  Nevermind that the city is experiencing its coldest summer ever.  Plus, R thinks it'll be hard for me to use the restroom.

I want this closet.  Maybe the clothes too.

And finally, this rug.  R doesn't want any more "flowery things" in our living room. Psf!