After hemming my dress with success, I thought I would take a swing at making a leather pouch with my rarely-used sewing machine. After all, I had bought a piece of leather scrap from Textile Outlet month before and this was be the perfect opportunity to make it while I was on a roll ( Read more... )

Today was a lazy Tuesday and the end to my weekend.
So we spent riding our bikes all over town and grabbed some brownies and iced tea at Bridgeport Coffee House,


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Plums have beautiful ombre inner skin.


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Buttercream cake with a layer of matcha cake, layers of lemon curd and coated with vanilla bean frosting.


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Early dinner at Hopleaf: Ribeye steak with frites, fingerling potatoes with bacon lardon, arugula and beet salad with apple and blue cheese, Stilton mac and cheese.


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It was Matt's gallery opening on Sunday so I baked mini Black and White cookies for guests. They look pretty big here but were no biger than 50 cent coins.


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At Nana September of last year:
Pulled pork sandwich with onion rings and chicken sandwich with guacamole.


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I picked up a Delicata squash from the store and figured it was time for some root vegetable roastin'. So roastin' I did.
It consisted of squash, sweet potatoes and carrots with little bit of rosemary and bay leaves for some fragrance.

And we also had some chicken with caramelized onions and wrapped that up in some delicious corn tortillas.


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Mornin' coffee.


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