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Tales of Thanksgiving

Tales of Thanksgiving

A late, but not suuuper late post: I cooked Thanksgiving by myself (mostly) this year! Granted, we did not do a turkey (one oven is not great for cooking a large bird and a bajillion side dishes). I made cranberry sauce, herb mashed potatoes, roasted…

Almost November?!

Almost November?!

How is it almost November? Yeah, I don’t know either. In California, even the weather’s confused about the seasons, and it’s only recently (like…yesterday) that it seemed to remember that it’s been autumn for a while. Some of you may have noticed that my presence…

Paris Picks: Breads, Pastries, Cookies and Cakes

Paris Picks: Breads, Pastries, Cookies and Cakes

If there’s just one thing that France does so much, much, much better than les Etats-Unis (the US), it’s bread. At this point, I don’t even think it’s a negotiable statement – it’s simply fact. If you live in the States and have access to wonderfully…

The Nightly Sketch: Fashion Editions

The Nightly Sketch: Fashion Editions

Some more old photos from my Nightly Sketch series. This edition based on vintage fashion photos I found on the Internets. 2016. Tombow Dual brush markers and Sakura Micron pens.

The Nightly Sketch: Philadelphia Editions

The Nightly Sketch: Philadelphia Editions

Another post of old drawings (from 2016, in Philly), based on photos I’d taken around the city.  

Paris Picks: Restaurants (Partie II)

Paris Picks: Restaurants (Partie II)

A continuation of the previous post on my favorite Parisian restaurants (the best pho, a michelin starred wonderland, a lovely north african deli/caterer, among others), today’s edition contains a monument historique, mouthwatering falafel, CRÊPES (because even this girl, obsessed with all types of Asian food, can’t…

Paris Picks: Restaurants (Partie I)

Paris Picks: Restaurants (Partie I)

“Paris restaurants, Our last summer… Morning croissaaaaaaaaaaaants~” ABBA/Mamma Mia pretty much encapsulates my nostalgia for Paris, and also coincidentally gives me a perfect intro to today’s post: Paris Restaurants! For those of you who’ve stuck around this blog for a little while, you know that…

Sundays are for Baking: Scones with Walnuts, Cranberries and Oranges!

Sundays are for Baking: Scones with Walnuts, Cranberries and Oranges!

Last week, my mom wanted to make a loaf of cranberry-walnut-candied orange bread with our bread machine. Unfortunately for her, I was practicing my violin at the time and apparently drowned out the little noise the device makes when it’s time to toss in the fillings… I…

Sundays are for Baking: Checkerboard Cookies!

Sundays are for Baking: Checkerboard Cookies!

Technically, we baked these Saturday, but I wanted to make “Sundays are for Baking” into a series, so…there’s that. The main point is that we most certainly did bake checkerboard cookies, and they turned out wonderfully! 🙂 I always had this idea that checkerboard cookies…

Paris Picks: Chocolate and Candy

Paris Picks: Chocolate and Candy

I may be in my mid 20s, but when it comes to chocolate and candy, I might as well be 5. I LOVE CHOCOLATE. I LOVE CANDY. And no one can take that away from me. Paris is a wonderful, dangerous place for a choco/candy-holic.…