sunnyside: little bucharest

had to run a romanian-food related errand for my mom today and rather than drag myself to sunnyside by myself, I dragged alex and his two brothers as well.

take 7 train to 40 Street, explore

romanian garden
(from left: russian beef salad, polenta with cheese and sour cream, eggplant salad with onions)
we also ordered skinless sausage (mici) and sarmale (stuffed cabbage)
the stuff that makes strong romanian women!
(and help ensare sexy american boys)
I honestly do think if you know how to cook you will obtain a (lazy?) boyfriend.
alex loves when i make romanian dishes.

whisky & tea trying to clear up my sore throat

savarine from nita's european bakery
recipe
i love this dessert
i fall for the oozy yummy rummy whipped cream puff every time

Dear Olds

my friday night

maryland pride
dear olds (mostly)

Out in the Cut

After going out to Columbia Heights last night, I needed to take some time...
spent the day walking around downtown
eating prosciutto & goat cheese crepes at NOLA
buying a gorgeous vintage bracelet from Venus on the Half Shell
taking a country drive up to the farmer's market for flowers & watermelon

running away in a greenhouse

gap tunic, dolce vita wedges, vintage sunglasses

Frederick Towne

Been home since Friday night...loads has been going on. So much, in fact, that it's been hard to keep up. Every time I come back, everything changes. Is that both comforting and threatening?

the new: frederick cellars

the old: a strawberry lemonade martini and a peartini at tasting room

The last 2 hours

The last two hours of my life have been spent looking up skirts...specifically ann demeulemeester and dries van noten skirts. After being a dress girl for the past two years (easy, effortless) i've been thinking i want to tack up my style quotient on this my 23rd year...

a typical ann demeulemeester skirt, beautiful and basic and lovely

I had a lovely day today though. I'm in Green Pond (Adirondacks, Upper New York State), enjoying my relaxing Memorial Day Weekend. It's consistently my favorite weekend of the year...

at Donnelly's Ice Cream in Donnelly's Corners (Route 86). Memorial Day 2007.

My man's family owns a cabin up here (on Green Pond, nearish to Saranac Lake and Lake Placid) and every Memorial Day (this is my third time, wow) we come up and indulge in a) Gap Outlet/Bass shopping (I know it's silly but we all love it and there's ALWAYS deals...) b) Taking in a movie in the super-old movie house in Lake Placid (no cash) c) "Opening Weekend" at Donnelly's Ice Cream (no cash) d) Smores on the fire(place) f) Hiking/Fishing/Canoeing/Sailing...tomorrow we're going fishing & picnicing for lunch!