Posted: February 7th, 2010 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: food | Tags: food | Comments
I don’t have cable anymore, so I couldn’t watch the Super Bowl even if I wanted to. I am, however, loving Hulu’s voting system for the commercials, which everyone knows is the best part of the event. Besides the food. And just because we aren’t watching the Saints vs the Colts, doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy NACHOS.
These photos were pre-bake, so now they’re even more gooey and crunchy. Mmm! Adapted recipe from this (no onions, add olives, add black beans, add jalapeno).
Alright, back to Glee. We’re on a weekend-long marathon of the first season. Happy Super Bowl, everyone! I hope your team wins. I’m not sure why, but I’m rooting for the Saints, maybe because New Orleans could use some good luck and everyone knows the Colts are good. And maybe I just want Kim Kardashian to get her engagement ring.
Posted: January 16th, 2010 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: LA, food, friends, life | Tags: food, photos, saturday | Comments
Saturdays might be my favorite day of the week. Fridays are nice, too, with the impeding weekend ahead of you and all, but there is nothing better than a Saturday morning with no plans. No plans that is, except but to get a dozen donuts from SK’s, brew a huge pot of coffee, and watch movies on the couch.
I had my in-house photographer take these photos today so I could share the beauty of this day with you all:
These teacups are special to me. I found them in a thrift store in Middleburg, VA two Christmases ago. The pattern really called out to me and I couldn’t figure out why – my Mom later told me that is the same pattern she had when I was a youngster. Makes sense now. I’d love to know the name of it so I can get more of it! I made Julian drink at least one cup of coffee out of it before he could graduate to his big boy mug that holds more caffeine.
If there is one thing we have plenty of in LA, it is donut shops. But perhaps none are as delicious as SK’s on 3rd and Formosa. Except maybe Randy’s, but that’s a given… SK’s on Saturdays has become somewhat of a ritual for Julian and I. My favorite are the chocolate glazed, he prefers regular glazed. Please note the ratio of chocolate glazed:regular glazed in the box. Mhmm.
While grocery shopping last night, I got distracted by the Valentine’s Day candy. I’m talking like, 15 minutes of mulling around the holiday aisle distracted. I was disappointed to only find the crap brand of candy hearts (no white hearts? Seriously?), but we still bought bags of Sweet-Tart hearts and cinnamon imperials… the best thing about this holiday is the CANDY! For sure. Saint Valentine wasn’t so bad either, I guess!
“The first representation of Saint Valentine appeared in the Nuremberg Chronicle, (1493); alongside the woodcut portrait of Valentine the text states that he was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius II, known as Claudius Gothicus. He was arrested and imprisoned upon being caught marrying Christian couples and otherwise aiding Christians who were at the time being persecuted by Claudius in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was considered a crime. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner — until Valentinus tried to convert the Emperor — whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn’t finish him, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate. Various dates are given for the martyrdom or martyrdoms: 269, 270, or 273.[8]“
Do you see the face?
And for no other reason than because I love my neighbor’s windows across the alley (she painted her windowpanes turquoise ♥), a picture of one of the windows. I’m almost certain I can get a better shot of this, but for now it’ll do. I want to do this, very badly!
I know I’m a total flake and forgot to do Things I Love Thursday this week, but I’ve been too busy with social gatherings. I’m so popular, I know! Thursday night I had a celebratory dinner with my closest GFs in LA at Le Petit Four in honor of my engagement. It was wonderful, we ate like Queens and I sat around and basked in their loveliness. I am so lucky to have such smart, sweet, caring, talented and beautiful friends.
Last night I played hostess to two of Julian’s new friends, Rhett and Link, who you may recognize from their YouTube channel. I made white chicken chili and we sat around and listened to advice from two married men on wedding to-dos and not-to-dos. I got a sneak peek at a music video the guys filmed in a bathroom this week with Julian (yeah) and will be releasing soon. It is truly hilarious, can’t wait to share. It also has a cameo from one very popular female tech vlogger.
So I guess you can just count this as a TiLT, because, well, I love all these things!
Alright, there is laundry to be done and donuts to polish off. Don’t be jealous. xoxo
Posted: October 28th, 2009 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: food | Tags: chocolate, food | Comments
Chocolate. The very sight or mention of the word causes your knees to go weak and your mouth to water. Fortunately for you, today is National Chocolate Day, a day to celebrate and enjoy (guilt-free) all things cocoa related. I’ve always been more of a gummy-candy aficionado myself, but sometime in the last few years, I’ve become increasingly dependent on chocolate. Which makes me eager to celebrate.
How shall we do it – Swapping our coffee for hot chocolate? Lindt Truffles for dinner? A solitary Hershey kiss every hour on the hour? Take a bath in chocolate syrup?
Screw your diet, take a minute today to enjoy what the ancient Mayans called “the food of the gods.”
Happy National Chocolate Day!
Posted: October 1st, 2009 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: food, health, love | Tags: food, health, juicing | Comments
Believe it or not, I’m still sick. My stubborn attitude towards doctors, Western medicine and antibiotics isn’t helping. Julian’s new juicer, IS. He found a Breville Juice Fountain on Craigslist for only $65 (it retails for $200), so after cruising the produce section at Whole Foods, we had our first adventures in juicing last night.
photo: Loua
Despite looking up recipes beforehand, we basically just threw in whatever we thought might taste good and/or be beneficial to us health-wise. I wish I had taken a video of the juicer’s maiden voyage, mostly because of my hilarious evil laugh every time something was pureed into liquid. It was really quite scary.
What wasn’t scary was the taste. We enjoyed a nice carrot-beet-apple-green-pepper-celery-pineapple-strawberry-orange-parsley-kiwi juice last night, and then … ruined it by going to In-N-Out (I got it without the meat, thankyouverymuch.) What? This morning, I went over to his sparkly new apt and he made me even MORE of the juice. It tastes like you would expect, but the thing I’m really looking forward to are the health benefits! My immune system is currently getting a nice boost and this cold is currently getting the crap kicked out of it.
Does anyone reading this have any fabulous juice recipes that they just HAVE to share with me? Preferably super-healthy-great-tasting-makes-me-feel-like-Super-Woman-juice? Please, leave them in the comments!
P.S. Happy World Vegetarian Day!
Posted: August 25th, 2009 | Author: theoneinpink | Filed under: food, techdarling | Tags: food, iphone, technology | Comments
Getting fat just got a little bit easier. Chipotle has officially re-launched their iPhone app, that allows customers to place remote orders their burritos or salads prior to arriving at the location. This is the same iPhone app that had many a fan of the Mexican burrito joint in a panic after it disappeared last January. The reasoning behind its vanishing act, according to a spokesperson, was the company’s need for utter perfection. Quite simply, it had too many flaws.
Apparently all flaws have now been worked out and you can now pre-order your high-calorie burritos with the few clicks on your iPhone. Download the app here.
While you’re add it, go ahead and add up the calorie count of your favorite Chipotle meal. You may be surprised at just how fatty much of it is, even if they do use free-range pork and chicken (50% free-range beef) and locally-grown produce when available. I do love the fact that they sponsored free screenings of the documentary Food, Inc. last month (which by the way, if you haven’t seen it, you must). Hey, you have to start somewhere.
via TechCrunch
Posted: July 12th, 2009 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: social media | Tags: advertising, commercials, food | Comments
Once again, this has nothing to do with technology but this is my blog and I’ll rant if I want to, so suck it up and read on. What the heck kind of commercial is this? Hardee’s (better known as Carl’s Jr. to us West Coasters*) is pimping out their new Biscuit Holes – which I guess are like donut holes, but with icing. Scrumptious and healthy, I’m sure.
They took to the streets to ask people what they like better: A-holes, or B-holes? Sick!
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Since when did advertising become all about sex? Ok, stupid question, but really – as if it weren’t bad enough seeing a razor company coyly hinting at the shape of your hair “down there,” or an internet company suggesting that your husband’s addiction to internet porn makes you wanna barf, now we’re comparing breakfast pastries to… well, you can use your imagination.
Edited to add: Not sure how I forgot this gem of a Burger King ad. What are we selling here? Is this a sandwich ad, or pornography?
Smile!
I suppose it works, though – I am blogging about it, after all. Woo Hardee’s!
*Ahh! Did I just call myself a “West Coaster?!?” Somebody. Get. Me. Out. Of. Here.
Posted: March 19th, 2007 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: consumerism, food, techdarling | Tags: beverage, coffee, food, home, lazy | Comments
Just what we need, another product to promote laziness. No wonder America is suffering from an obesity epidemic. No one has to get up off their butts to do anything anymore. Turn on the TV, go shopping, whatever it is you need to do – chances are there is a gadget out there to do it for you, all from the comfort of your own chair (which, you may have actually fused with by now, lazy). I really shouldn’t complain, because lets face it, this stuff is cool, and anything that saves us time is great. But this, is ridiculous.
The epitome of laziness: the Self-Stirring Coffee Mug. That’s right, ladies & gentlemen, no longer do you have to torture yourself, rotating your wrist in a dreadful circular motion to get all the cream and sugar dissolved in your coffee (you poor thing!) This battery-operated stainless steel coffee mug looks like any other boring mug, but with the push of a button it begins whirring its contents around.
Now all we need is a robotic arm to actually lift the mug to our mouths so we don’t have to keep using our arms. What a pain in the ass.
