Three octopuses and an otter!

Matt Smith. Craig Ferguson. Chris Hardwick.
So much amusement.

Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss

swoon

Can't I do both?

Russian Rachel: I have already decided that you are NOT allowed to be the photographer at my wedding because I'll be damned if you're not allowed to sit down and enjoy yourself and eat the food I painstakingly chose to meet your approval!

Monday afternoon

sounds like: Bon Iver. I've been playing the Bon Iver album since July. It's just so good. I can't even describe to you how amazing/relaxed I feel and how productive I am when I listen to this album. Any music that can make me, the one with all the blogs and the procrastination skillz, productive is good music. It's snowing heavily, I've got coq au vin simmering on the stove, and I'm playing Bon Iver? If that doesn't say winter then I don't know what does. 

tastes like: peach black tea that I bought in Savannah, iced coffee, hot oatmeal, and (though I haven't had it yet) coq au vin. It's also a good day to bake something. Maybe a tart tatin or some kind of cinnamon coffee cake.

feels like: winter contentment and thick socks. 

smells like: chicken/rosemary/wine simmering on the stove, that crisp in the snowy air, and soon-to-be cinnamon in the oven. 

photo by The Blue Hour

Am about to unleash my inner Diane Keaton

for this farfalle bowtie, essentially a bowtie pasta bowtie. Oh my goodness.

via Pure Awesomeness

Not my buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons!

It was a smash and broiled potato job.

potatoes
Greek yogurt
red pepper flakes
fresh thyme
sea salt & cracked black pepper
olive oil
scallions, chopped

- Boil potatoes until fork tender.
- Smash with back of knife.
- Drizzle potatoes with olive oil, sprinkle with salt & pepper, and broil until brown and crispy.
- Top with Greek yogurt, thyme, pepper, and whatever else tickles your fancy. Crispy bacon would be good. Cheese too. You know, all those unhealthy yet oh-so delicious things.

lay your cards out

Lay Your Cards Out (feat. Mike Noyce) by POLIÇA

me: I've listened to the lay your cards out song like six times in a row. My neighbors must hate me; all my windows are open.
Meekus: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH or they are like... .YESSSSSS it's on again!

lady bones

The wonderful thing about having creative friends and being handy with a camera is that they occasionally ask you to photograph their handiwork. Libby, of Hello It's Libby, recently produced an adorable zine (lady bones, soon to be available here) and asked me to snap a few product shots. Uh, of course! We photographed them in Cherry Hill Park (thanks to Russian Rachel for the location suggestion) on a very cold winter afternoon and two of us were wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. The brown/cream paper and handstitched binding looked so good against tree stumps and sand patterns. Keep an eye out for it, folks.