Lunchtime Links for March 30th, 2012

• Kirbie's Cravings: Easy donuts.
• The Kitchn: No bake and easy desserts.
• Picky Palate: Giant peanut butter cup marshmallow cookies.
• Tracey's Culinary Adventures: S'mores cheesecake.
• Tabatha Takes Over: Recap from TVGasm.

Girls' Weekend

This weekend I am looking forward to lots of friends visiting!  Three friends from NYC and one from PA are coming down to visit another friend in DC and I, woohoo! 



We are planning on brunch at Co Co. Sala which is always so good and super girly in my opinion, walking around the city, and whatever else we can think of. It's always fun to have college friends visit, I anticipate lots of fun gossip and late nights, haha. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Lunchtime Links for March 29th, 2012

• Kirbie's Cravings: 2 ingredient flourless Nutella cake. 
• Serious Eats: Cheerios showdown, part 3.
• The Kitchn: Halfway cookies.

Happy (Belated) Birthday Lady Gaga!

So, I scheduled my posts wrong and yesterday was actually Lady Gaga's birthday, whoops.  I'm sure she will find some way to forgive me, us being such close friends and all...haha.

Anyway- the fab Lady Gaga is now 26, which makes me in awe of how much she's accomplished and all the work she's put in to her craft at such a young age, and also makes me feel REALLY old. 

If any of you have seen the full "Marry the Night" video, you'll know that it is pretty crazy, and in my opinion, pretty epic.  There's certainly a lot going on in the video, so to speak.  Here's my favorite quote from the video - I find it to be much more thoughtful than one might expect from a music video:

When I look back on my life, it's not that I don't want to see things exactly as they happened, it's just that I prefer to remember them in an artistic way.

And truthfully, the lie of it all is much more honest because I invented it.

Clinical psychology tells us, arguably, that trauma is the ultimate killer. Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. They can be lost forever. It’s sort of like my past is an unfinished painting, and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.

 It’s not that I’ve been dishonest, it’s just that I loathe reality. 

Lunchtime Links for March 28th, 2012

• Kirbie's Cravings: Cookies and cream mug cake.
• Serious Eats: Pike Brewing Company in Seattle. 
• The Budget Babe: Lauren Conrad's tan pullover and black ballet flats.
• The Kitchn: Boston cream cupcakes.
• Raspberri Cupcakes: Twix cake.

DSW - New Flats

 

I'm normally a heels kinda gal, but flats are a necessary item for certain outfits and walking situations, haha. A while back I got these two flats from DSW and I love them both! 

 The lighter ones on top are the Madden Girl Tazorr Flats in Blush, and the darker pair are the Jellypop Easy Flats.  The Jellypop ones are pretty casual so I won't be wearing them to work, but I like that both pairs have detailing on them that make them different from plain flats.  Both of these have been great for the nice spring weather we've had lately!   

Lunchtime Links for March 27th, 2012

• Serious Eats: Evolution juices from Starbucks.
• Kirbie's Cravings: Flourless Nutella brownies. 
• The Kitchn: New baby taco box.