Out of control.

Eventually I'll post something besides un-edited, shameless photos of the fall... Until then...





Really, you should enjoy it while you can... before you know it it's going to be a gloomy frozen tundra. Though it can be beautiful in it's own way (for about a week!) I rarely go take walks though the park to enjoy it!

Already missing October...

I hope everyone had a lovely Halloween, NYC Marathon, daylight savings time—weekend! whew!

Happy 23rd Birthday to my darling sister! (23!? I can't believe that's right!?) I hope it's a good one and we wish we were there! xo!

I am here.

Far from bored or idle— just not much to blog about this fall. I'm okay with that.

Friends are coming to Brooklyn today for the whole weekend. I made some Halloween masks for J and I.

Enjoy to fall before winter sets in!

Settling into Fall

I went to D.C. this weekend to spend some time with two dear friends, we had a fantastic time and I'm already missing them both terribly!

After over a month of denial that it's no longer summer I'm finally accepting and settling into fall. I really do love fall on it's own but it feels like a sentinel for winter which I'm never excited about.

I've been spending the cooler, darker evenings at home—cooking and working on a series of projects that the frivolous summer did not have time for.

*and yes, Lacey is touching Kennedy (what a nut)! Happy (early) Birthday Lace!!! xo

General Washington, Ben Franklin & the gang!

Our trip to Philly this weekend was wonderful. We saw lots of historic landmarks and the weather could not have been more perfect (on Saturday, at least). I think my favorite was Elfreth's Alley, the oldest, contunually residential street in America.


It all looked so colonial, I felt like I was Felicity. (Yes, the American Girl. Yes, I read all of those books as a child. All of them.)

After a day chockfull of history & walking when I spotted General Washington's Tavern Porter at the Foodery I was all over it. (Who knew I was so patriotic!) Turns out it's (supposidly) from General Washington's original recipe & awesome. It was brewed maybe 15 miles away from where I was at the time and my next trip to Philly will include a tour of Yards Brewery.

*A big thanks to Jeff & Leanne for showing us around Philly!

Chicago to Philly!

I just realized that I never shared any photos from our weekend in Chicago almost a month ago! (whoops!)

We're heading to Philadelphia this evening for the weekend with some friends.

Enjoy the warm weekends while they last!

Canning: part 3

I finally had some friends over for a little canning party on Saturday. It was a lot of fun and we ended up meeting at the Greenmarket in Grand Army Plaza to pick up some fresh goods before hand. We made these spicy okra, these spiced pickles and another batch of more traditional pickles via a mix that Caitlin brought. We also ended up with too many okra for what our original mix made so we decided to make some okra with the spicy pickle mix. I'll let you know how everything turns out!

The zucchini pickles from 2 weeks ago are really amazing, by the way. They are very mustardy, which I love. We still have a big jar left but I can't wait to make more.

We had every intention of making jalapeño jelly as well but found fruit pectin to be a little difficult to find that afternoon. I got some and we're all set to try our hand a the jelly later this week. (I'll share the recipe then!)

Back to School!

J gets kids at school today. No more long summer evenings just working on the apartment & hanging out with friends (or reading Moby Dick which still isn't quite finished!). Now the evenings will be spent calling parents & grading papers but that gives me time to work on some of my own side projects!

Good luck J, & to all of the teachers & students this year!

Halloween Times

J was a sailor & I was...I guess a man. But really it was all about the mustachio.

We went out to the Halloween parade in the Village & hung out with some of our friends...& their pets! I have to admit, the mustache is a lot of fun! I'm thinking we need to break it out more in the future when we go out or at parties.

Mustachio!

At the end of last week I started the mad search for the perfect quick & homemade Halloween costume & this caught my eye on sfgirlbybay.

and the costume was born! I made my "mustache on a stick" out of cardboard wrapped in some black cloth, hot glue & a dowel rod...photos coming soon!

mustache on a stick by something's hiding in here via sfgirlbybay.

F2-design // Happy Halloween

I've liked this poster by my former professor & friend, Dirk Fowler of F2-design, for awhile now & thought it would be perfect to share on this all hallows eve. That, and I've been in a particularly folk-y/haunting mood after listening the First Aid Kit on repeat for 24 hours now. Could their cover of the Fleet Foxes song "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" be any better? I think not.

o, Fall!

this is for some boys I know that have a crush on Thoreau...

Halloween is tomorrow, I have no idea what I'm going to do! This is somewhat unlike me, I normally jump at any reason to be festive for any event!