I felt so elegant whipping up this Panna Cotta. That is until I screwed up one of the steps and then hastily tried to readjust the amount of gelatin that ended up in the pot, but whatevs. It sounds posh. I made Panna Cotta. AND it was an almond orange flavor. So there. This was quite the delicate little treat. You got the undercurrents of orange and almond, rather than having it be in your face. The texture was a wee bit thicker than pudding. I felt like someone with too much money and not enough good sense to get
Author: Kristen Grace
Beauty junkie, food obsessed, and constant wanderer.
Blogs & Vlogs: I Covet Thee and Hunida
I’m a blog reading junkie and YouTube is my version of TV. As a result, I’ve decided to share some of my favorite things to watch and read over the next few weeks/months/FOREVER. Hope you enjoy some of my own finds! I Covet Thee – Blog & YouTube Alix Coburn runs the blog and YouTube channel known as I Covet Thee. There, she talks home & lifestyle, fashion galore, a little bit of makeup, and vlogs like a champion. Since moving, I’ve been devouring her own moving series, and taking notes of the small changes she makes to her place
Week in Review #11
I. am. sick. I’m not a good person when I’m sick. I’m grouchy and tired and angry that food doesn’t sound appetizing. I love food. What is happening to meeeee? Regardless, I still managed to churn some sort of written whatever out this week. See that last sentence? It’s garbled because I’m SICK. (Overdramatic, yes. BUT I’M SICK.) I take a look at the Kryolan Icicle Gel and am left baffled and a wee bit grossed out by the snotty texture. Take a walk with me through Central Park in New York City, where I draw the line on how
Getting my Posts, Part 2
I bet you never imagined that there could be a part two for getting my posts. I definitely didn’t. BUT, thanks to the Eclectic Contrarian, we’ve got a solution. Unsubscribe and resubscribe to my blog to get my posts in your reader. It’s so simple, who would’ve thought? Photo by Avel Chuklanov on Unsplash
The National Museum of Natural History – Washington D.C.
When we arrived in Washington D.C., my boyfriend kindly asked me what I would like to see. Like a child hyped on pixie stix, I shouted “DINOSAURS!” because the six year old kid that is my soul still wondered in awe at the behemoths that used to roam the world. “Oh yeah! Or we could go to the museum of space and–“ “But there are DINOSAURS.” “There’s that too. We could also visit the Lincoln Memorial–“ “And we could DINOSAURS.” “…That’s not even a sentence.” “DINOSAURS.” Since I had been reduced to incoherence, we decided that we should go to
Roast Beef with Shallots
I am not allowed to forget this recipe. Ever. The boyfriend LOVES it. If I ask if he wants me to make a special meal for him, it often includes this. But the first time I made it? He was full of suspicion saying things like, “Are you rubbing mustard on that roast beef? I mean, I don’t know about that…” He also warned me that he didn’t like horseradish cream and would have a taste of the shallots as a courtesy. I told him it was okay. We were trying something new and I’d probably throw it out after
Getting My Posts Through E-Mail
I feel like a total jackass posting this, like people are soooo eager to not miss a single thing I write, but I have been getting complaints that people are missing my posts. Apparently, since switching to a self hosted domain, I disappeared from the WordPress reader. I don’t know how to get back on your feed, but I know some people must see me. Some people can “like” my posts and some people say that they can’t. I’m a domain noob. I don’t have the answers and that feels crummy and makes me feel stooopid since I can’t figure
Central Park, New York City, New York
When you visit a place like Central Park, you have expectations. And mine included a vast area of nature in the middle of a sprawling urban jungle. It sort of was that and it sort of wasn’t. I think I forgot that it was a park like any other one I could find in my own city and not an actual wilderness full of untouched human land. I don’t even know why I had this concept of Central Park to begin with. I’d seen enough photos of Mariah Carey walking her dog on the concrete pavements to know better. There
Kryolan Icicle Gel
I had big plans. I was going to get this icicle gel and show it off as special effects makeup. I was going to give you a heads up in case you wanted to be a frozen character or just another rendition of a cold hearted witch. Buuuut, I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS. I see the promo pictures showing frosty flakes growing in men’s mustaches, or hardened icicles being drawn onto faces, and it looks legit. I use it and it looks like I have snot all over my face. And please, do not use it on facial hair, eyebrows included,
Week in Review #10
Operation: Move In With Boyfriend is going smoothly and slowly. By that, I mean, the place looks wrecked and if I could move in any more of a chaotic fashion, the house and maybe the world would fall apart. I swear I make these things way harder on myself! Enough about me, let’s talk about me more by discussing crap I wrote. I edit my face big time and then try to cobble together a reason that’s pretty much not a reason, but whatevs. I enjoyed it. Little Black Dress? Yes, and lots of them! This trip to the museum