tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81664527393763524222023-11-16T03:19:05.693-08:00Julia Bender Photographyjuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.comBlogger515125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-37854901208327152542010-06-06T23:04:00.000-07:002010-06-06T23:36:37.414-07:00follow me - the blog is moving!<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-81706720163497469602010-06-02T08:00:00.000-07:002010-06-02T08:31:16.141-07:00fig & goat cheese pizza<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_uDvWFNqIo6T3MJpYeemF22C9k4C_mUDNLDFuXzPtbG_mEEH42_ucQZqqeXpI-jlYQ9Cine5ZBYFesUkO076CIg5_ddlboTToYQ971TL5vKIggktRHO9ZY9kg2SeGI1eIZ2q_qZj-H9K/s1600/pizza1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_uDvWFNqIo6T3MJpYeemF22C9k4C_mUDNLDFuXzPtbG_mEEH42_ucQZqqeXpI-jlYQ9Cine5ZBYFesUkO076CIg5_ddlboTToYQ971TL5vKIggktRHO9ZY9kg2SeGI1eIZ2q_qZj-H9K/s640/pizza1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDF84As9yjbHNfHkmu0HVgOs8g5fE_GZ6j5MmI9VU9mImcHwJ8425xoQF8i29f8JGdlitFwoSnFB-bWRj8X1bqWYQPUz9pjfUUgUiAEbZypZBbnv1YBNZO12e3dHaREUJw7s373KEcTbv/s1600/pizza2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDF84As9yjbHNfHkmu0HVgOs8g5fE_GZ6j5MmI9VU9mImcHwJ8425xoQF8i29f8JGdlitFwoSnFB-bWRj8X1bqWYQPUz9pjfUUgUiAEbZypZBbnv1YBNZO12e3dHaREUJw7s373KEcTbv/s640/pizza2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">we made this with friends a few weeks ago and have made it twice since. i think this was my first time making pizza with no sauce and it was still so good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">i have recently learned a few tricks with pizza dough:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. keep bubbles in the crust by just pulling it out under the dough w/your fingers and not pinching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. put your pizza stone in the oven while pre-heating and then slide your pizza on top on parchment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. when you bring it out, slide it directly on a cooling rack so the bottom stays crispy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">mine was tweaked because the store was out of what i needed, but here's the original recipe: </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">plain pizza dough (i used trader joe's)</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sautee: </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">red onions</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sliced figs</span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">sprinkle on:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">crumbled goat cheese </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">bake. eat. so good. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-29740635935731784852010-06-01T09:21:00.000-07:002010-06-01T09:21:07.920-07:00sneak peak : birthday party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIF9bDu2VlG5xmIqWHPwPD5QGDAytY49krXZOGlLQ176ZK3c6vAHldjVkxX6vD1u0xUdblSYDaNo-2ZhFc4UlZJxJ-TSVGxkwBpbScVZmeQTT_gJlv3ropz8rOSw_gbvyPTCnlAtWALue/s1600/afton0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIF9bDu2VlG5xmIqWHPwPD5QGDAytY49krXZOGlLQ176ZK3c6vAHldjVkxX6vD1u0xUdblSYDaNo-2ZhFc4UlZJxJ-TSVGxkwBpbScVZmeQTT_gJlv3ropz8rOSw_gbvyPTCnlAtWALue/s640/afton0.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">bubbles make parties kind of awesome. </span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-8178199356573104362010-05-24T08:00:00.000-07:002010-05-25T12:11:17.002-07:00torrance: military parade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxQlHg5tWn5k_8Yfg8u5i2uQycqWakht9lZKc8c4FZ2o8xqippWA-V4QrvGD320GPlAEfzqjMObW8RE5iOhDfX_q_uQXN9ac27Wr9kFCetISJUvW31KQSjnAE_Q5-b-YQP6-7HFtTT1jX/s1600/militaryparade8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxQlHg5tWn5k_8Yfg8u5i2uQycqWakht9lZKc8c4FZ2o8xqippWA-V4QrvGD320GPlAEfzqjMObW8RE5iOhDfX_q_uQXN9ac27Wr9kFCetISJUvW31KQSjnAE_Q5-b-YQP6-7HFtTT1jX/s640/militaryparade8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgQxHJUiOuxOo0FzDBqeqKFtm48lqGsNXMkHq7nC8jDZdtz-PBwCN_L8VEZplnVApxZxGv6MEegYfz85mZz6oUHIKFgODNBCP7PK5xWYgavU8ua0ccW2g3ITzzbvYQCruchGqkjF0W10J/s1600/militaryparade11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgQxHJUiOuxOo0FzDBqeqKFtm48lqGsNXMkHq7nC8jDZdtz-PBwCN_L8VEZplnVApxZxGv6MEegYfz85mZz6oUHIKFgODNBCP7PK5xWYgavU8ua0ccW2g3ITzzbvYQCruchGqkjF0W10J/s640/militaryparade11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLipS8cQm_6UcOCtEyAOfDRdAXqfLcgSibMAp2QA0Nlg2Ii1Xfe5hx1dnbJMk4Gs0goOjWgJdGEWcoGiVQrWbtXd0hEbo22w9lIdyfvKCK0ZDdThBJxqidp-P7XPE0jwAJckZROOSJpR_A/s1600/militaryparade2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLipS8cQm_6UcOCtEyAOfDRdAXqfLcgSibMAp2QA0Nlg2Ii1Xfe5hx1dnbJMk4Gs0goOjWgJdGEWcoGiVQrWbtXd0hEbo22w9lIdyfvKCK0ZDdThBJxqidp-P7XPE0jwAJckZROOSJpR_A/s640/militaryparade2.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4SHgisQRGYp_hMvylQAxZC5Xhs6KSc2YGy71kDScYr9rxKEIhmdYzkyYxQnAmdck-P2u0RZPvzcMZCqw4qIU-5ER43HvQUg1HyQ4KCYzIkbJY8KZEFa7crVEoh172vK-Sv-QtEf4d-Nf/s1600/militaryparade3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4SHgisQRGYp_hMvylQAxZC5Xhs6KSc2YGy71kDScYr9rxKEIhmdYzkyYxQnAmdck-P2u0RZPvzcMZCqw4qIU-5ER43HvQUg1HyQ4KCYzIkbJY8KZEFa7crVEoh172vK-Sv-QtEf4d-Nf/s640/militaryparade3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">we went to a military parade in torrance a few weeks ago. because of j's job we were allowed access into the vip section, away from all the crowds. when i first met j, he was finishing up active duty in the marines, now we are getting ready to send him to OCS (officer candidacy school) in june for 2 months for the national guard. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">i am officially a military wife and am still processing what this means. it's scary in a way, but mixed with pride. i watched these men & women in uniform and was proud of the people that have served and continue to serve our country without question. we saw older men who had been held captive at some point during their service, the wives who waited patiently, and scouts standing proud next to marching troops. we truly live in a blessed nation because of these people. (although jan & i did both notice that the marines were the only ones that walked with their bodies locked and in perfect formation) </span></div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-1517078248986908022010-05-17T08:45:00.000-07:002010-05-17T08:46:19.520-07:00petting zoo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOO8xDdo0nz-q5VHME6lxPcDNKWzTNy9gr3Drxa_Bnj7YJxPr0etmAImUEux1UVd7chBNnPb3TbcF8V-7I3OkL8VQUHWzdJRTSiCAxfdtwgv0ZLZkY5leaMGleI0Vh1jBArvs2O7UWWEPu/s1600/pettingzoo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOO8xDdo0nz-q5VHME6lxPcDNKWzTNy9gr3Drxa_Bnj7YJxPr0etmAImUEux1UVd7chBNnPb3TbcF8V-7I3OkL8VQUHWzdJRTSiCAxfdtwgv0ZLZkY5leaMGleI0Vh1jBArvs2O7UWWEPu/s640/pettingzoo1.jpg" width="424" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6p5jcA_2Ol0oFxednovknh1P5Ar-y4qyrqxJ7Dyuh06nV_FDVeNgVmupGluGm4rHrdmMT5w9z0R5Ua6OLP04-NeCjqPHcDrqxELzQSz951c2BDH_f_ppD0Xqzy3_cqco7byaOF3Zl3BF/s1600/pettingzoo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6p5jcA_2Ol0oFxednovknh1P5Ar-y4qyrqxJ7Dyuh06nV_FDVeNgVmupGluGm4rHrdmMT5w9z0R5Ua6OLP04-NeCjqPHcDrqxELzQSz951c2BDH_f_ppD0Xqzy3_cqco7byaOF3Zl3BF/s640/pettingzoo2.jpg" width="424" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmX-In8GLWZppwhYBvlVC6HNs8vpVCrmPPBbdVvMSdQAu-NQyHk8lr-AH5rltEg6j1OKWsTqnF0o-cSCZF44Ddm6QiYjFXEFfy80l0nJZia-4yBx8jy3giZ44vGIr_1uCUtEUA95fsvHR/s1600/pettingzoo3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmX-In8GLWZppwhYBvlVC6HNs8vpVCrmPPBbdVvMSdQAu-NQyHk8lr-AH5rltEg6j1OKWsTqnF0o-cSCZF44Ddm6QiYjFXEFfy80l0nJZia-4yBx8jy3giZ44vGIr_1uCUtEUA95fsvHR/s640/pettingzoo3.jpg" width="424" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Oqtw5sPn29bpVW6ZkwSVZ_Qc31t9j8a-e4hEGh8Zz4eEMuJtwppWKIET4lfxq42yQ2sU14Y_QmTdb1LKIM3xRmits7zfYwL1c01cFzsgOfxC7AsVlW8yC2qn1SDGqHLqNRPdduwaFzEK/s1600/pettingzoo4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Oqtw5sPn29bpVW6ZkwSVZ_Qc31t9j8a-e4hEGh8Zz4eEMuJtwppWKIET4lfxq42yQ2sU14Y_QmTdb1LKIM3xRmits7zfYwL1c01cFzsgOfxC7AsVlW8yC2qn1SDGqHLqNRPdduwaFzEK/s640/pettingzoo4.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">we went to the smallest zoo ever a few months ago south of anaheim. it part of a big awesome park, and was free, so at least we didn't feel jipped. the petting zoo was the best part but we were done w/that in 10 minutes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">{shot w/35mm fuji film} </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-5752697426951638752010-05-14T08:10:00.000-07:002010-05-14T08:10:27.850-07:00santa barbara<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">we took just a quick trip, to hit the farmers market and check out the missions. we also stumbled upon a park with a little creek, which made j feel right at home. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wouldn't this make an awesome print in the kitchen? beautiful scraps of tasted food. kinda weird. but kinda awesome. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">my handsome men...</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">it helps when there is a wood cutout of a pope helping direct the tour</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">through the gates of a tomb</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">probably the raddest photo of the trip and possibly a holiday card</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(yes, he's slightly sucking on the fingers)</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-62649531507905703672010-05-05T10:33:00.000-07:002010-05-05T10:39:10.073-07:00ice cream sandwiches : the new awesome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhl6oTDeHSQO9NtVyNybxLwGtawLWKInUmMbWymoBmTRyqz2hO5MyRpUpVuw6GPfSciVKnEYF_JE_mffhKXG56IYrA4WizjmPBd91KXy91Yfa2jkWOURhKwupi_-Rt9WH-88xW4WCnawD/s1600/ice+cream+sandos1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhl6oTDeHSQO9NtVyNybxLwGtawLWKInUmMbWymoBmTRyqz2hO5MyRpUpVuw6GPfSciVKnEYF_JE_mffhKXG56IYrA4WizjmPBd91KXy91Yfa2jkWOURhKwupi_-Rt9WH-88xW4WCnawD/s640/ice+cream+sandos1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKf2TGYP0QOtEzBmw7coqz96wpaZLnaLHAaCy9GAa4dNpnUZvlNPiWukKAVbWEoehZvm-way4WZqr89t3PP5Q1jVzQ-FJTvwAl3DvFE6NOncmM8Xv_iObRdCvOtDwrYLHO-GM5HAwECPI6/s1600/ice+cream+sandos2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKf2TGYP0QOtEzBmw7coqz96wpaZLnaLHAaCy9GAa4dNpnUZvlNPiWukKAVbWEoehZvm-way4WZqr89t3PP5Q1jVzQ-FJTvwAl3DvFE6NOncmM8Xv_iObRdCvOtDwrYLHO-GM5HAwECPI6/s640/ice+cream+sandos2.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZicCTIbRbc20EA-o84Qh2C14lpts2fIaufbDFHmMdkZQ5DhJOAFFzZwpgRNAaLnNTxyz6B0_gCSOko5ShaO4siDoAJS9HbVPs5ohMI9sv9Nz5d5UB35wJBMBNQewUa_7mWGlVcIw2zVF/s1600/ice+cream+sandos3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZicCTIbRbc20EA-o84Qh2C14lpts2fIaufbDFHmMdkZQ5DhJOAFFzZwpgRNAaLnNTxyz6B0_gCSOko5ShaO4siDoAJS9HbVPs5ohMI9sv9Nz5d5UB35wJBMBNQewUa_7mWGlVcIw2zVF/s640/ice+cream+sandos3.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO72zJ8XWyTA7Eihc6QG0T3Qt1Nmz9265LYhRewdGlUOJhaGltbyNUOailmVC4E5ve7E23nZ9FILffFu9Birjdj-REeaGw1CmysiCf4WobxOLiey4usDy7m1ZA3VrqPtqIbvHqoGbalh4X/s1600/ice+cream+sandos4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO72zJ8XWyTA7Eihc6QG0T3Qt1Nmz9265LYhRewdGlUOJhaGltbyNUOailmVC4E5ve7E23nZ9FILffFu9Birjdj-REeaGw1CmysiCf4WobxOLiey4usDy7m1ZA3VrqPtqIbvHqoGbalh4X/s640/ice+cream+sandos4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">lately i have been pushing to make things from scratch, but when we were low on time, we focused on tweaking store bought and presentation. if you want an awesome dessert, and you're short on time, do the following. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">buy</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 half gallon vanilla ice cream</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 half gallon mint chocolate chip ice cream</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">nutella (hazlenut chocolate)</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 roll slice & bake sugar cookies</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 roll slice & bake chocolate chip cookies</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">then</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">pick one meyer lemon off a tree (ok, you might not have a tree, so you can buy one)</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">direcs:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bake cookies (try not to burn like i did), adding cinnamon & sugar to the top of sugar cookies to make snickerdoodles</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">soften half container vanilla ice cream and add one lemon worth of rind and juice, refreeze</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cookie 1: snickerdoodle / meyer lemon vanilla ice cream</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cookie 2: chocolate chip / mint chip ice cream</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">cookie 3: chocolate chip / vanilla ice cream (plain) with a layer of nutella</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">then, prepare for people to be totally impressed. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">the next time i would make the chocolate chip cookies from scratch. toss that nestle and use my trusty ghirardelli. but the rest - totally not worth the time and energy since this was so incredibly good w/o all the fuss. if you don't have time for any of this, and it seems daunting, please just do this one thing. buy vanilla (the one w/bean flecks) ice cream. buy a meyer lemon. add them together and serve just that as dessert. just that discovery in itself made my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">enjoy. and try not to eat them all before they make it to the party. </span><br />
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<div style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">(apologies for the bad lighting in all my food pics - my kitchen lacks itself some good natural light) </span></i></div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-63639890948174590762010-04-30T09:54:00.000-07:002010-04-30T09:54:40.566-07:007.9 months old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-Z5M8lCVy4RQlhhrpmOApDvjVLLTRaCeffIYq9koiOA1qaemUc2BFoUqE-LGq1ubsVbAdRRJzpQw-LjQ8YRaHBd4HXUK2CW3mVoMeV2zUNJXQArKGIqyy-ZuFMIqSFA0G4UDg4S6PJo7/s1600/ro_7.9months.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-Z5M8lCVy4RQlhhrpmOApDvjVLLTRaCeffIYq9koiOA1qaemUc2BFoUqE-LGq1ubsVbAdRRJzpQw-LjQ8YRaHBd4HXUK2CW3mVoMeV2zUNJXQArKGIqyy-ZuFMIqSFA0G4UDg4S6PJo7/s640/ro_7.9months.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqU5IqbWFovPoaF5rsBcL1M6Yj7AXTxhbNtaBTBnVeiH2DVNwRP2ecZhK88cNal1TRPPDMUKqBof0nsGjrG9QhvccIshYbnAPYkwwTWe2BERc0PXFUrCIImZXjoyIFTgcyZpJsXW5vHe8L/s1600/ro_7.9months1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqU5IqbWFovPoaF5rsBcL1M6Yj7AXTxhbNtaBTBnVeiH2DVNwRP2ecZhK88cNal1TRPPDMUKqBof0nsGjrG9QhvccIshYbnAPYkwwTWe2BERc0PXFUrCIImZXjoyIFTgcyZpJsXW5vHe8L/s640/ro_7.9months1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU47nEZojZDxWKbv4aaryRVgghkQvRGOxk0xnL01NP0EHSBrvWoHql4iz0KmZsY6EMfpYzZiteqY6ZuLA7HOCZaSVPW6UsxlICDJzoqntilpr5KpClrTDJ-HnpDWOieoPmJejOOfnyLz5B/s1600/ro_7.9months2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU47nEZojZDxWKbv4aaryRVgghkQvRGOxk0xnL01NP0EHSBrvWoHql4iz0KmZsY6EMfpYzZiteqY6ZuLA7HOCZaSVPW6UsxlICDJzoqntilpr5KpClrTDJ-HnpDWOieoPmJejOOfnyLz5B/s640/ro_7.9months2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkJqHA357aifxW_iuOzt0Qus43r6MojqtxdfVVHye7MCk8wIOEwCHF8bKTgfGJQ3tr_acqDdsXT1onkkuZhvk2Q_h3cZ0VclWa_t-uPX5XsDO6lsxnrGbEKEtdcZdNsRxC-qO9KrNggqp/s1600/ro_7.9months3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkJqHA357aifxW_iuOzt0Qus43r6MojqtxdfVVHye7MCk8wIOEwCHF8bKTgfGJQ3tr_acqDdsXT1onkkuZhvk2Q_h3cZ0VclWa_t-uPX5XsDO6lsxnrGbEKEtdcZdNsRxC-qO9KrNggqp/s640/ro_7.9months3.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho53CRr95wNzPHj-DcDV9sFx7Rqp4RWqxCHMeDBIjbqS_HmqPcRFxHBq9tYZMEsJzjZxaph7SGpN70G7eO7jeh4QeH9if98znR3voyerY8IjeVOsx5iiBSl5YwMQg3m5f1V5ZvcZmQHuS9/s1600/ro_7.9months4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho53CRr95wNzPHj-DcDV9sFx7Rqp4RWqxCHMeDBIjbqS_HmqPcRFxHBq9tYZMEsJzjZxaph7SGpN70G7eO7jeh4QeH9if98znR3voyerY8IjeVOsx5iiBSl5YwMQg3m5f1V5ZvcZmQHuS9/s640/ro_7.9months4.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6op4BQ8eHL5FpJXIC3btCdGlY-S4-qEunvolqLRHXPz9GIjZPlZ5E2BEB9cuml04LYrOvutQrzNx-J42Q2XnH_esCxWlo7eWV3Wlcadvb0yvSzUVNUf4KX0a58FvpR4i9I6bsR1x9KjE9/s1600/ro_7.9months5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6op4BQ8eHL5FpJXIC3btCdGlY-S4-qEunvolqLRHXPz9GIjZPlZ5E2BEB9cuml04LYrOvutQrzNx-J42Q2XnH_esCxWlo7eWV3Wlcadvb0yvSzUVNUf4KX0a58FvpR4i9I6bsR1x9KjE9/s640/ro_7.9months5.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">my sweet little boy is almost 8 months. i took some photos this morning before tomorrow hits. he has learned so many new tricks this month, he can sit up, feed himself baby snacks, army crawl, and his first tooth is popping through. he continues to bless our lives each day and we couldn't be more in love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">it's also my little brother's birthday - happy birthday jonathan! </span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-85022833397400700052010-04-29T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-29T08:00:00.625-07:00my relations are pretty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ary1YtfR5X0/ST9cxWzXnvI/AAAAAAAACIQ/8FBmUawqouA/s1600/IMG_8850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ary1YtfR5X0/ST9cxWzXnvI/AAAAAAAACIQ/8FBmUawqouA/s640/IMG_8850.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">going through old files and found this image i shot for <a href="http://www.toplessundershirts.com/">blush undershirts</a>. i wore their shirts through most of my pregnancy, and they are quite wonderful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">{model is my sister-in-law, alicia}</span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-56040965613028919742010-04-28T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-28T08:17:35.986-07:00commercial shoot : cosmetics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtEAyQnuNU5wEsUdE1oEh-91xHHBFrOfXqDEUcqnnYtkI-nrFjJIALKxXf4SyjU-Usk_Q0yutZnbNA6F7YRid_bnZzeq0gTRKHb7IydNF5dfkpZPTH3CPwgW7Q31OFHj4Hsht1PTRo6tn/s1600/nu1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtEAyQnuNU5wEsUdE1oEh-91xHHBFrOfXqDEUcqnnYtkI-nrFjJIALKxXf4SyjU-Usk_Q0yutZnbNA6F7YRid_bnZzeq0gTRKHb7IydNF5dfkpZPTH3CPwgW7Q31OFHj4Hsht1PTRo6tn/s640/nu1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> we shot all of these outside in the building's own asian garden, and in the atrium which had beautiful lighting. i placed watermarks on the images because i want to add extra insurance that they don't start floating around the web. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">btw - we had the peach herbal tea with our lunch and it was as good as she makes it look. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(note: none of these are ready for press - they will be clipped and edited before use in their ads - i just did a basic color adjustment and posted them as is) </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-87054750412661452242010-04-26T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-28T08:16:01.381-07:00handmade jewelry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV9u2Ex12wVsnnOarlTZLfoz-08-PxAAZ49T5rECPl5jzWCFLeInXnwdGlAgOS5y-fqFHX_Hdhr0eI_nnp9xs5I01yq0RsGjPp-jkcX2Ph-2bn0Mr7KP_LLsYu6P2_l3MloanuSeU02Ci/s1600/necklaces1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV9u2Ex12wVsnnOarlTZLfoz-08-PxAAZ49T5rECPl5jzWCFLeInXnwdGlAgOS5y-fqFHX_Hdhr0eI_nnp9xs5I01yq0RsGjPp-jkcX2Ph-2bn0Mr7KP_LLsYu6P2_l3MloanuSeU02Ci/s640/necklaces1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_bo9vRhlMSOrCV4u1Emv0ZpBkru7cGaIib8V4jNSvhmcCgk_Qdc1MQ3f1ZW08WDcAm7kHokpv86cSgkDDOaalQ2gZTOq06TSiIEOimuMqKj7RIoCQDc-5p8xcv-MiC_h0hMi1s6YHmNo/s1600/necklaces2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_bo9vRhlMSOrCV4u1Emv0ZpBkru7cGaIib8V4jNSvhmcCgk_Qdc1MQ3f1ZW08WDcAm7kHokpv86cSgkDDOaalQ2gZTOq06TSiIEOimuMqKj7RIoCQDc-5p8xcv-MiC_h0hMi1s6YHmNo/s640/necklaces2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmezoWLFi3HAIgm6G2ft3hek87srKk_LJUOy-3wvv_J5EcVp_IcVSZR76RbNKERp7Iy6xtUQnzPzIEUEzQObFzE4aKVZn7vEoDrhPqIfdYM60v5iXGlGC-bPuChB8Bg5ZnMQE1DTiKmcvr/s1600/necklaces3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmezoWLFi3HAIgm6G2ft3hek87srKk_LJUOy-3wvv_J5EcVp_IcVSZR76RbNKERp7Iy6xtUQnzPzIEUEzQObFzE4aKVZn7vEoDrhPqIfdYM60v5iXGlGC-bPuChB8Bg5ZnMQE1DTiKmcvr/s640/necklaces3.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5bLMTSQutinLy7wm_hyphenhyphenjPxkmuHqfFym3g6FRnEVkg4I3AKUsTIWHe6UPHurdq7naE7IgTA9xUcQqf81P-oS0WYQFaGXLLcZlYtLLvei-EVp5FBu0Uh_o0ZIenXH-CP-3ceez3jQeiRPz/s1600/necklaces4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5bLMTSQutinLy7wm_hyphenhyphenjPxkmuHqfFym3g6FRnEVkg4I3AKUsTIWHe6UPHurdq7naE7IgTA9xUcQqf81P-oS0WYQFaGXLLcZlYtLLvei-EVp5FBu0Uh_o0ZIenXH-CP-3ceez3jQeiRPz/s640/necklaces4.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFCNzLKQIn4_zNmcmfgbz61QsyCw-aK1UqA2qy6qDcZadcYzM6rWRIUKvfNEVzf8I7Pk2YOS91gI3zwlmKSw8eakaf_FB-E4QF846JMmFDvKDqrTD_nozooDuAWRVJFkzQu6PvBWqb8ql/s1600/necklaces5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFCNzLKQIn4_zNmcmfgbz61QsyCw-aK1UqA2qy6qDcZadcYzM6rWRIUKvfNEVzf8I7Pk2YOS91gI3zwlmKSw8eakaf_FB-E4QF846JMmFDvKDqrTD_nozooDuAWRVJFkzQu6PvBWqb8ql/s640/necklaces5.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">my sister-in-law is one of those people that looks at something, makes it, and it's good. really good. i look at something and think, why buy that, i could make it, and then i stick it in a file. i have lots and lots of things filed... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">for christmas, she made me a necklace, and a few for herself. i had her send them to me to photograph. the last one is mine, and both ronin & i love it. (he's facinated with necklaces) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">i don't typically do product photography, but i wanted to challenge myself. i was running out of ideas when i decided to thread them through these metal balls i have over ronin's crib. i held my camera in the crib facing up as to not get the actual crib in the image, and just shot and previewed until i got what i wanted. a little tricky, but i like how they turned out. </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-84647720407030366032010-04-22T09:50:00.000-07:002010-04-22T09:50:03.467-07:00willie + liza ( + 2 mini baby boys)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKLRNfG5_cmGvw8LntnGHtKOiUkmrm0MvrC4txyFTOEp8Kyeeaf5nKBg9SwXSDIwhzxku8J1zPdBrciPcWUeP9cXz2Hj06FiRXe8xQ_N4QSNkBR5c4RtY3a97q1Vco8mcZoj9SnEkiXBE/s1600/liza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Twins! (I know, she's so tiny you can't even tell) Cu</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">te, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">chubby cheeked, round faced, little eyed asian babies are the cutest, and yes, I am slightly biased, especially after having a blond haired blue eyed 1/4 korean baby. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was so much fun shooting you guys, epecially laughing at all of Willie's expressions and while we laughed, he laughed and there were more! Jan had a great time too. I said, of course, you just talked to Liza's dad while Ro played w/her mom. Jan said, "Dave, his name is Dave, and we had to talk about important things over passionfruit juice." Yes, my assistant is so helpful. :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Can't wait to meet those little boys! </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-90124347217220953512010-04-20T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-20T08:00:07.288-07:00kimi + baby j : sausalito, ca<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYPJ_ln1qvvO3VwelTs5K9sNpa6X5E6ICMKa_K5PLrEtryKZLcdI8FxUyM7mNPQ8FukzbUFPOh-m5_ieGDssA16PI2FU5b988c9xAaila0LztMBKMZF5OOUUweZmFhVOw5Bpp7GHEtQNZ/s1600/kimi_april1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYPJ_ln1qvvO3VwelTs5K9sNpa6X5E6ICMKa_K5PLrEtryKZLcdI8FxUyM7mNPQ8FukzbUFPOh-m5_ieGDssA16PI2FU5b988c9xAaila0LztMBKMZF5OOUUweZmFhVOw5Bpp7GHEtQNZ/s640/kimi_april1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWvXJ8-aJDJUrQ7YOutysh4CRI-B8YC4ekdFD9fVMqkgTtm6WgdWzZWNpdfa0Y5UOghSFAtcf6lZ-MUEZ2AIHGxY5GbbwK54JhpghBcQUyq4y4LFxZw5B-PNwQi7PhdurFwzXgJWTXcTm/s1600/kimi_april2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRN4J-LB7uvhThrZmeTFt6yRXgpW1YrepMQ64VI2U9Q24Yg4hOvTw5HMOtWQxMVDvD5JZgRsYOKJ1xQN9RPEl_B98xQthljU-NxZB9eQs2PCoZShn4oZ5elk92aQzsKfz0DeIQvoanfqO/s640/kimi_april24.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0d8VZ4Hh1fK2WWZLzJDO2hmGE97mzb7_o61gkhQ8uA4YcjsOn42DmN9v_uD5V1gfXX7QZaePrWo0Dz-28AhtIzMKndTfS6cNUvHXBoI28pMwirD0kUHqc-LsHU1BedVW_chT8dcs7qop/s1600/kimi_april25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0d8VZ4Hh1fK2WWZLzJDO2hmGE97mzb7_o61gkhQ8uA4YcjsOn42DmN9v_uD5V1gfXX7QZaePrWo0Dz-28AhtIzMKndTfS6cNUvHXBoI28pMwirD0kUHqc-LsHU1BedVW_chT8dcs7qop/s640/kimi_april25.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">we went home last weekend to spend time with family & my camera. friday we hung out w/baby j & <a href="http://kimberlidesign.com/">kimi</a> who showed up armed with homemade cookies and all sorts of prop options. we've teamed up for projects since college, and i always look forward to photographing anything that involves her and her adorable baby boy. jan came along as my assistant, to hold ro and help with props/lighting, as well as to help us eat ice cream at one of my favorite sausalito hot spots - <a href="http://www.lapperts.com/">lapperts</a>. try their banana-chocolate-chip-carmel something or other. it's off the hook. plus if you end a shoot with ice cream we all end up forgetting that we came to get something done and just end up with ice cream all over our faces (some more than others). </span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-20640230083905521792010-04-12T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-12T08:00:01.114-07:00easter in mammoth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">we spent easter weekend with my brother & sister-in-law in mammoth. my brother's company owns the mountain & inn, so we had a great hook up for a place to stay. i love that in california you can go from 70 deg weather to 15 deg's in 6 hours. j had the opportunity to ski for free, so i stayed in the warm lodge with r. it was beautiful up there, and our first time checking out the area. the last night we got over 2 feet of snow. it's amazing how 95% of the drive, the roads are clear and it's just the last part that has crazy amounts of snow - it was up to the roofs out our window. i've been to tahoe & lived in utah, and this is more snow than either of us had ever seen at one time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">this was not a typical easter. ro was too little to participate in the egg hunts (although they were out on the snow - how fun!) and everytime i took him outside he made a face like, are you kidding me mom? the wind was up to 65 mph 2 of the evenings. it was crazy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yvwo5-StgfigXdryEVLK4xVYGS7_1-eT8pCuSdmev3kz6FEm5oK3TdQzcWupPMYWFdFLWGH4_v0u3CdA05SVdlyWSgSLX1w4h9SmTlp5FN39Y5zDlhTkeaZIsRd1iOfvT0cZFMLMBdf3/s640/ro_mammoth.jpg" width="428" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5447LhicWsZ_W-Pwu7O6URA-vaojbIsb5QO7RdC7PJq0zmtq_ytnVy9_5yPo6XxdjjD7jSf_ePzlPbTQECgyAPoaAkmv7fre2rcvS-oYojZkHuq-jTv5t9WJ0VI2lqpu3MORktOHoRXop/s640/mammoth1.jpg" width="428" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPShLkaDfiVUKX5Ak-FcqOM7dfHV5-St1hl0AM_mqLhEWnphwwobX6xLym0nuxrTSZjYv4H0SHdqLtN4efamUU9os2-W1Q7iD_ygzy69rOKJ-9GqYJG4tMQoNMYQzyO0ne4UWt7i1PftB9/s640/mammoth2.jpg" width="640" /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">j got to join my little brother's ski team by default. j isn't super good, mind you. he first learned in indiana (no mountains) and then my brother initiated him into the family by taking him straight to black diamonds in utah. he was pretty excited to join the team - they even had their own coach. they lost, but they looked good, which is really the only part that matters. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNdHUhIWiNRaUZOSSOM7793dRI8AzYl6Hu0iuqq9rDoHb2w_B3WlfpxgywXOsxzKy_RqTgfob7L9tvh1P-HCHOkmy4S8jQcsihlrHXrU7ASE0XN-tzyfaA6DJQzYYDu0mQCznfgLpr5T4/s1600/mammoth3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNdHUhIWiNRaUZOSSOM7793dRI8AzYl6Hu0iuqq9rDoHb2w_B3WlfpxgywXOsxzKy_RqTgfob7L9tvh1P-HCHOkmy4S8jQcsihlrHXrU7ASE0XN-tzyfaA6DJQzYYDu0mQCznfgLpr5T4/s640/mammoth3.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">i love ro's toes in the photo w/j below. </span><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUwTVxstLhFhX309GySO6tqgx1js4BFU7rYdnsAtL87tt8IUUEyPml2wBxw22ueviYOKolNJumobsOhzOMBJ-otywNm-kuX1OY5uw0ae_e21rAM1IaOtPCdRRKDqoXNXm3ewKHgwt_2pg/s640/mammoth4.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzmAQBxahzyA09j7u9_pFAlAfsW1GepVEMCT6E1GqXIlm_bgrK8Xjl1vM-DCe7I2Hg7FxgRIlV5THyCy9xPnAdIvn33ZB1U9UBG2nS_kJEY2KeTPHDuZeyNBvzJss43D7w58YXjWcZ5Po/s1600/mammoth6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzmAQBxahzyA09j7u9_pFAlAfsW1GepVEMCT6E1GqXIlm_bgrK8Xjl1vM-DCe7I2Hg7FxgRIlV5THyCy9xPnAdIvn33ZB1U9UBG2nS_kJEY2KeTPHDuZeyNBvzJss43D7w58YXjWcZ5Po/s640/mammoth6.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsm8wFA-kOkqNThfTmF99uVtOdW93JdLSlwTtoEeiFO7wk1LZTT29mlOck2dwS1uf9PavYk2js02Re03K606SVDEN4KxXTDk0SfwC7yIatjcgitrsKZYURy5wsi3Uy2R1lXb_ZTX5tmtk/s1600/mammoth7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsm8wFA-kOkqNThfTmF99uVtOdW93JdLSlwTtoEeiFO7wk1LZTT29mlOck2dwS1uf9PavYk2js02Re03K606SVDEN4KxXTDk0SfwC7yIatjcgitrsKZYURy5wsi3Uy2R1lXb_ZTX5tmtk/s640/mammoth7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">this image below is on the drive out. you'll see it goes from lots of snow in the mountains, to none on the ground at all within an hour or so. </span><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vprrRjPCjpaHDvPOlaaSZy3Lk9FmtjOCkyPg-s8dTIiOVi3qk4ewUcF7jLy1sGZmbtO8K7v5nz-AcgZoTbxF-joKRwlKpLDssE1sLLl6RXETkzHxoImomrbgoQ-jw0Rt_FA3ZeQ2ktWn/s640/mammoth8.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIZObfPjx16mysRp60np9DOowyfdDpzErJmR0Ae7WfUguBgDcOGIEKlkoXwg1J5tIEkQppPvgLEuupo-nzuOK2gbBNz8iHZ2x-27quBWU0AkQse2I7ffJZcZy-2OnvmS0CHBvuCMMtgDU/s1600/mammoth9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIZObfPjx16mysRp60np9DOowyfdDpzErJmR0Ae7WfUguBgDcOGIEKlkoXwg1J5tIEkQppPvgLEuupo-nzuOK2gbBNz8iHZ2x-27quBWU0AkQse2I7ffJZcZy-2OnvmS0CHBvuCMMtgDU/s640/mammoth9.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2WgdqjOppmAx7aOrUww7R_WaQIYchceoJy4t9hlJzCBQGV6l_XxYmcU8p3yJn9PCo9qYc4p-tfIMOW7C6t_V0OYEYe6GAlDIGpkQyq_3Nn5UuxAj5EPOWQxr2th6EpWoA5ZIH60ODHIP/s1600/mammoth10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2WgdqjOppmAx7aOrUww7R_WaQIYchceoJy4t9hlJzCBQGV6l_XxYmcU8p3yJn9PCo9qYc4p-tfIMOW7C6t_V0OYEYe6GAlDIGpkQyq_3Nn5UuxAj5EPOWQxr2th6EpWoA5ZIH60ODHIP/s640/mammoth10.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HBzF50At81SXHYOe387il3hmzifnL1cmsM5WiqpYWGPn_GF7DnKVhLVuRxzhqVeoTcR63dz0s5hqyiahHJqtVN5PCD7ERs96HkBBxWjAtfRmf5wtpF7ZjtUuLTAjGO7V3ZuUk9C8CZX7/s1600/mammoth11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7HBzF50At81SXHYOe387il3hmzifnL1cmsM5WiqpYWGPn_GF7DnKVhLVuRxzhqVeoTcR63dz0s5hqyiahHJqtVN5PCD7ERs96HkBBxWjAtfRmf5wtpF7ZjtUuLTAjGO7V3ZuUk9C8CZX7/s640/mammoth11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">these last 3 photos were taken by j while i fed ro in the car. the drive is really beautiful - it has a lot more of utah's landscape than i knew california had. (hint: if you haven't been on this drive, add this to your list)</span><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiw13AKlqoCJ6EpoLE8JxSM9NkdykLZyJ4Fw8ujb_jzc-onXuL4yzpNP97dpxFAu7LhZELxD1kPR8qoPjt0EHxU-dhJQEgR52seGjH8CJDxz-k5fr6ZU72s4Ntiw_xWArF5t_hYEzmhHi/s640/mammoth12.jpg" width="640" /></div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-76882483364113264792010-03-31T08:00:00.000-07:002010-03-31T08:29:32.554-07:00natural dyed eggs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-ahBPW4mAzvhtVKmVBKkuF94rFtZhyphenhyphenQoKiHvmLXlWz1mgRoDyusEdDp4WbfVFiOpAbN1HEz52zmVQA0RzJTuArQnrvOsf-Em6wIcJfWUcyD5BjyAI2RaTuAQYFEWtUrQv_3sEtH8oR88/s1600/eggs0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-ahBPW4mAzvhtVKmVBKkuF94rFtZhyphenhyphenQoKiHvmLXlWz1mgRoDyusEdDp4WbfVFiOpAbN1HEz52zmVQA0RzJTuArQnrvOsf-Em6wIcJfWUcyD5BjyAI2RaTuAQYFEWtUrQv_3sEtH8oR88/s640/eggs0.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkeIykIyLGpuX9GongqRgIVBinEaaqVZlb8ETUuAPb92Xfhs4UmadyOp-dqtyaVlbh3XUp3gonX0p_ZSe6lhqILvOxA-9-TrcPduOFOChYMEdmAjYWeBKBJpVibChnKBSUw1jkNuFgozD/s1600/eggs3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkeIykIyLGpuX9GongqRgIVBinEaaqVZlb8ETUuAPb92Xfhs4UmadyOp-dqtyaVlbh3XUp3gonX0p_ZSe6lhqILvOxA-9-TrcPduOFOChYMEdmAjYWeBKBJpVibChnKBSUw1jkNuFgozD/s640/eggs3.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqCBbGOsR7HzbLXEK1acjBMnWILrNZVxfYyT2LDM-s9-45LfiMPdu5qeP1zGmobeDmyiOZhb2JddlAlSJIoQmdrmIn0siUprpKyOai5u4VXSXffLOHEceivpwLXMZ4TuwWaCPlPpvPSY8/s1600/eggs4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqCBbGOsR7HzbLXEK1acjBMnWILrNZVxfYyT2LDM-s9-45LfiMPdu5qeP1zGmobeDmyiOZhb2JddlAlSJIoQmdrmIn0siUprpKyOai5u4VXSXffLOHEceivpwLXMZ4TuwWaCPlPpvPSY8/s640/eggs4.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUVOIfK6dBZp_hFfIA2Suh_B4LIKOmzF_V2Kqlt9CGCQ88ixksupQio2_2s5RKTwH5QztEMQRMPFiivy_wPNCIXm4xo003VYHoPAGq8Ss_pqg_DlZWCokvf-nWMF0AauLiVO0wCoz1A3H/s1600/eggs5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUVOIfK6dBZp_hFfIA2Suh_B4LIKOmzF_V2Kqlt9CGCQ88ixksupQio2_2s5RKTwH5QztEMQRMPFiivy_wPNCIXm4xo003VYHoPAGq8Ss_pqg_DlZWCokvf-nWMF0AauLiVO0wCoz1A3H/s640/eggs5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">last weekend we got together with my cousins for dinner and to dye eggs. i wanted to go natural this year and brought over a red cabbage (mixed with 1 T white vinegar) for some blue eggs. my aunt and the kids mashed up some petals to get the pink dye, and grass to get the green. the grass didn't work that great, and she ended up adding green dye to the water, hence the bright green that doesn't look so natural. the cabbage dye was beautiful though. it says for optimal results to let soak a long time, we only had time to soak for 10 min's or so. it was a lot of fun for the kids to learn what plants and vegetables can create color, rather than just squeezing some fake color from a tube. even the babies liked handling the eggs. (stay tuned for an egg print giveaway tomorrow!)</span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-39328541798903029122010-03-25T10:36:00.000-07:002010-03-25T10:41:09.265-07:00i bet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">once there was a time when you fit into one of these too.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNpQqCnzAFlxbiC2MGqGj-ElX6Ydunn4VZs6dMNUMiy5d8Ctlb_EMR-qdGJsmcz97TphbCuapjw6nKJab0f8YHlg_3AQlJl9rLuHdKZT1ut1Xi2PdCPMWXLmxowXmEO0rfYUjwULaVwAA/s640/swing.jpg" width="424" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1942736008" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Ej_J_E7f7CgFuHnK9tZRLGR8LA9iu3caItmvY4_ipw4LXWODo0xDxgYPbmq4YQTTxgC3QJU_sZW4OoUuDVKkst84f1e9gmYAzgehbmEo6UZRsJsmatlwPQXWcWvRlt2Eo9LML6TKZdU/s640/swing1.jpg" width="424" /></a><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDV9JvMqHddInhR1ZcdK54tZTqI_IL24mqcyO_bnDv3B5nlsWl4iDLXnT7jgH6P_35XwoA6B6EgOiZ4GG5_hHFJXpapHN-Xx2yJMF57cUEE-Z1FQXdECtFnufxkaVO5KovcPSiRrMssZjY/s640/swing2.jpg" width="424" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFElheVx1T6l0T2R2-P4ywt4AO-5LF9eahzCvbp8NFvuL2N6yeFopElOz5lXwUq20UJbpP8uTa7S7AxUxpR4leuYhYhwDW6r4BmvAJrQ8kg3texq4iS3YT0cUjgLiNhtSVL75VE1JMqbB/s1600/swing3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFElheVx1T6l0T2R2-P4ywt4AO-5LF9eahzCvbp8NFvuL2N6yeFopElOz5lXwUq20UJbpP8uTa7S7AxUxpR4leuYhYhwDW6r4BmvAJrQ8kg3texq4iS3YT0cUjgLiNhtSVL75VE1JMqbB/s640/swing3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the last one is from a different day. one thing about film, is even when the image is a little blurry, i still like it. it proves babies move, in the day of image stabilizers and auto flashes to get a still image.</span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-7994278883982068622010-03-24T08:55:00.000-07:002010-03-24T12:49:30.452-07:004113 Nu'uanu Pali Drive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFwgjiBrzwBwTX_fiOBMd-okALbF9ZN8NHDdJoPeby08hiBjAxC4ITiFwIwrFH1fAyPERN9FDndjR0G8wvGtk0LrhWsnEnQMx4Jg9h08gp_yLDNmYEuXWGB8q4D0wgdjpFjykoCw17Gtl/s1600/pali.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFwgjiBrzwBwTX_fiOBMd-okALbF9ZN8NHDdJoPeby08hiBjAxC4ITiFwIwrFH1fAyPERN9FDndjR0G8wvGtk0LrhWsnEnQMx4Jg9h08gp_yLDNmYEuXWGB8q4D0wgdjpFjykoCw17Gtl/s640/pali.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i wouldn't mind if this was my address</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">(shot with canon on film)</span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-32495032978356509152010-03-23T09:16:00.000-07:002010-03-24T11:51:17.726-07:00strata: the new breakfast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk1HBSyqCxf-LORIjke2NPHuDWk62YqYtpEODCBpD4wgHkF8e9UvBF3ICTAaS2jPMHlOBpVO8hkQSeHSLTwbmR2njidHE66FjU-dsIaimwQQKWLi-keoJ2gPhBKKbuZ8GuRGA3GIiO_xm/s1600-h/strata1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk1HBSyqCxf-LORIjke2NPHuDWk62YqYtpEODCBpD4wgHkF8e9UvBF3ICTAaS2jPMHlOBpVO8hkQSeHSLTwbmR2njidHE66FjU-dsIaimwQQKWLi-keoJ2gPhBKKbuZ8GuRGA3GIiO_xm/s640/strata1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnstNVevwcCtKNjz31SI_WNmJS6Ltu-4SPELew-JEi6uNn2kAAbBnYxV-mNGO8rbkulYhdhmbZoVAY2_Wxl6TDwZCJvZ0qcPSwWO0h3ctJaIpyijlI49CKqMVVgtAXpvOmZcnvspu69Pfs/s1600-h/strata2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnstNVevwcCtKNjz31SI_WNmJS6Ltu-4SPELew-JEi6uNn2kAAbBnYxV-mNGO8rbkulYhdhmbZoVAY2_Wxl6TDwZCJvZ0qcPSwWO0h3ctJaIpyijlI49CKqMVVgtAXpvOmZcnvspu69Pfs/s640/strata2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P1Smm3SOw8czf1M0giYXHCUyEFQFqKUCtwEEq2SBhs734ctOTcR9C9-ogE8lfFLFPL29oW-NZCVjlyUvtUZNYkZD-7ixU8omTNW4cwMMaJDECrlGUNRlpupK0XN4Ws3u7T7IyXyagkP5/s1600-h/strata3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P1Smm3SOw8czf1M0giYXHCUyEFQFqKUCtwEEq2SBhs734ctOTcR9C9-ogE8lfFLFPL29oW-NZCVjlyUvtUZNYkZD-7ixU8omTNW4cwMMaJDECrlGUNRlpupK0XN4Ws3u7T7IyXyagkP5/s640/strata3.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3KS5p1zeD7HFQbVHm1aZJpbVEnBNl0phR0bLhCuzuCmixXDy53nJA7CWjYcypeLNrHbSHJdQ9l7VGklXcIOmaoPvSKYjxrROZBkklZZF5f7KVDZeN854OI-R1njMPX9_RF3bo_05rdw0/s1600-h/strata4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3KS5p1zeD7HFQbVHm1aZJpbVEnBNl0phR0bLhCuzuCmixXDy53nJA7CWjYcypeLNrHbSHJdQ9l7VGklXcIOmaoPvSKYjxrROZBkklZZF5f7KVDZeN854OI-R1njMPX9_RF3bo_05rdw0/s640/strata4.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0PXF1IQqkmTn8rfyfgSX-lJ9dHtvdOwHXnXfmXNQYgmd9i7o7tz4q8ScMYStq0on9q7h-Gyiz8qPlSlbkGN8mVy_i-c00s1aCC2gmPXD4nXkxppova9vCV3KZAoDhjMJbFBxow-aWpdZ/s1600-h/strata5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0PXF1IQqkmTn8rfyfgSX-lJ9dHtvdOwHXnXfmXNQYgmd9i7o7tz4q8ScMYStq0on9q7h-Gyiz8qPlSlbkGN8mVy_i-c00s1aCC2gmPXD4nXkxppova9vCV3KZAoDhjMJbFBxow-aWpdZ/s640/strata5.jpg" width="426" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhqY_e42NZD1s6MooN1buZTJSvlQYMyItjEINgq20vvx8mx4mkOPGMgWL7TYs2MRmfct3QC-Z_IcdSGWvQvTC1bTokMN5GP4aOQO7o8lFjmPTpr5k2CfCRkU3oxiHJoWG6oOkDMzjhoO7/s1600-h/starata6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhqY_e42NZD1s6MooN1buZTJSvlQYMyItjEINgq20vvx8mx4mkOPGMgWL7TYs2MRmfct3QC-Z_IcdSGWvQvTC1bTokMN5GP4aOQO7o8lFjmPTpr5k2CfCRkU3oxiHJoWG6oOkDMzjhoO7/s640/starata6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">i've been finding these great recipes that are reshaping the way i prepare breakfast/brunch for guests. we had my cousin and his wife over last saturday for brunch and i made this <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/12/spinach-and-cheese-strata/">spinach and cheese strata</a>, another hit from <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/">smitten kitchen</a>. the key flavor that makes it is the dijon. my top started browning in about 10 minutes, so i laid aluminum foil on top for the remainder of the baking time. </span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it was wonderful and a total repeat. the best part is that you make it the night before, just like the </span><a href="http://juliabender.blogspot.com/2010/03/chinatown-baked-french-toast.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">overnight french toast</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. we ate it with some fresh squeezed orange juice and maple bacon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Spinach and Cheese Strata</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Adapted from Gourmet, February 2003</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serves 6 to 8</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 (10 oz) package frozen spinach, thawed, squeeze all excess liquid, & chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 1/2 cups finely chopped onion (1 large)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tablespoons unsalted butter</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon salt</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon black pepper</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8 cups cubed French or Italian bread in 1-inch cubes (1/2 lb)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 ounces coarsely grated Gruyère (2 cups)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 ounces finely grated parmesan (1 cup)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 3/4 cups milk</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9 large eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons Dijon mustard</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sauté onion in butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and nutmeg and continue cooking for one minute. Stir in spinach, remove from heat and set aside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spread one third of the bread cubes in a well-buttered 3-quart gratin dish or other ceramic baking dish. Top with one-third of bread cubes,one-third of spinach mixture and one-third of each cheese. Repeat layering twice with remaining bread, spinach and cheese.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whisk eggs, milk, mustard and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl and pour evenly over strata. Cover with plastic wrap and chill strata for eat least 8 hours or up to a day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day, let it stand at room temperature for 30 minutes while preheating the oven to 350°F. Bake strata, uncovered, in middle of oven until puffed, golden brown, and cooked through, 45 to 55 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.</span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-10169293207948398322010-03-22T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-09T13:50:30.385-07:00the cookie debate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f5vvg8eZtbmCS0yKqH1EerFOclpYPrhe81T9bU-7yGp-o96dj2QcxASzuZATph-Bnx6gvuh1xd3m1UT2Cyah0IWmuF-8e4ll98dEX5nI0r46GTLTKvlHfATxW2eLoKu4Gwh3553JP3tT/s1600-h/best_cookies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-f5vvg8eZtbmCS0yKqH1EerFOclpYPrhe81T9bU-7yGp-o96dj2QcxASzuZATph-Bnx6gvuh1xd3m1UT2Cyah0IWmuF-8e4ll98dEX5nI0r46GTLTKvlHfATxW2eLoKu4Gwh3553JP3tT/s640/best_cookies1.jpg" width="424" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0TqbSb7AhpDtHt1gE1rksMujOO_1Gn1RiAXqc32hk8ZWQ0yEjHL04TA7T551tJmc7aQsWlDn0MJ0BIN3gsiaQzochC-7BOq_-Wt_spCr2UB3zIe4OVBFXCb5yp4mdN6Ng3cQyPUzR5Le/s1600-h/best_cookies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0TqbSb7AhpDtHt1gE1rksMujOO_1Gn1RiAXqc32hk8ZWQ0yEjHL04TA7T551tJmc7aQsWlDn0MJ0BIN3gsiaQzochC-7BOq_-Wt_spCr2UB3zIe4OVBFXCb5yp4mdN6Ng3cQyPUzR5Le/s400/best_cookies2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">i know, it's monday morning and the first thing you see on this blog is a pile of cookies. i apologize. i did make a strata that i will post soon that is a little more savory than sweet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">chocolate chip cookies have always been a family favorite. i mean, there are so many cookie recipes out there, right? i don't know that i have mine yet, but i'm willing to figure it out. my little brother sent out a recipe that he said were the "</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":b3">best/amazi<wbr></wbr>ng chocolate chip <span class="il">cookies." nobody who bakes turns down trying a recipe with this in the subject line. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":b3"><span class="il"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the only thing in the recipe i noticed that was different was that it asked me to beat the 2 eggs before adding them to the batter. i have never done this before and need to look up why this is supposedly better. most recipes also ask you to combine all dry and add to wet, and this did not, saving me a bowl to wash. i do use ghiradelli chips whenever possible. no nestle for this girl, not just because i grew up outside of san francisco. i genuinely believe they taste better.<br />
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the cookies were devoured at 2 events, so i guess the consensus was that they were pretty good. i would love to find a recipe that had less butter, but the same crispy edges and chewy insides, and it just doesn't seem possible to have the good texture with less fat. i split the batter and made half with semi sweet chips & flaked coconut, and the other half with semi sweet & white chocolate chips. i liked them both, although next time i might use dark chocolate w/the white chips for more of a contrast. </span></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 cup butter</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 cup brown sugar</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 cup white granulated sugar</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2 eggs</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3 cups flour</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 teaspoon baking soda</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 teaspoon baking powder</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3/4 teaspoon salt</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">16 oz chocolate chips (add as desired -- the more the better)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 cup chopped nuts (optional and recommended)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 cup flake coconut (optional but i wouldn't do it if adding nuts)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 tsp vanilla extract</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cream butter and sugar together (in kitchen aid or hand mixer)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Beat eggs, then add to the sugar and butter mixture</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mix in vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, salt, flower, and mix well</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Add chocolate chips (and nuts or coconut flakes)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spoon golf ball-sized portions onto a parchment lined baking sheet (i made mine a T spoon size just for purposes of sharing with many people)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bake at 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Highly recommend munching on cookie dough in addition to baking <span class="il">cookies</span></i></div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-85913823163124605632010-03-15T10:00:00.000-07:002010-03-15T16:45:28.093-07:00collections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXX0NcEg0kS0UodbnCtG9NLeORzZ2fvmhrnFe2QAMsJI5ItjqRo2n97QBRyJyStwKy415LNNlWg7_fHoz68rnkv5gx5i3ocP-vE0o7v3kbpb9bwDIg5ZUU_RV0OewUrpyBV6G9i46Q2XtF/s1600-h/ring1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXX0NcEg0kS0UodbnCtG9NLeORzZ2fvmhrnFe2QAMsJI5ItjqRo2n97QBRyJyStwKy415LNNlWg7_fHoz68rnkv5gx5i3ocP-vE0o7v3kbpb9bwDIg5ZUU_RV0OewUrpyBV6G9i46Q2XtF/s400/ring1.jpg" width="267" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkBUpSKR2gMYIpFGWUVIctwop7eMtyTvymPx83ia0xACk0uW68EyOgqjvVXK-YhVtqyx594qkECIRXye6ovdUlTjv5ECNbOKtS-iW06yDL5L_qSY2bGF9K4spKlO5hYheGtiGl6Ma5HNI/s1600-h/ring2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkBUpSKR2gMYIpFGWUVIctwop7eMtyTvymPx83ia0xACk0uW68EyOgqjvVXK-YhVtqyx594qkECIRXye6ovdUlTjv5ECNbOKtS-iW06yDL5L_qSY2bGF9K4spKlO5hYheGtiGl6Ma5HNI/s400/ring2.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYAgGiMR1T7NA-DxU3KPwRbexJdjYQ2iTm_tIQjh3dzmpwJL30HL8thVDsGSDaop9Gl4aQpBeshvCvTMtFJFYl8_CxEom9OOo6dpGxbzotzBZz_TcXGmkN3bqLJ9pW4oYCArK0ujOM7mJ/s1600-h/ring3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYAgGiMR1T7NA-DxU3KPwRbexJdjYQ2iTm_tIQjh3dzmpwJL30HL8thVDsGSDaop9Gl4aQpBeshvCvTMtFJFYl8_CxEom9OOo6dpGxbzotzBZz_TcXGmkN3bqLJ9pW4oYCArK0ujOM7mJ/s400/ring3.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJCYXaaAd-pTfhWDvHr_5sCZ2hzn9zMzK-j5dw91VLxuuPcA6LTHbSvxHzih2ZYrq4rYDiqaG0YWJgAPU4xkLfQSZ3HJvRzYEJGuf2TBwUDhbD9QaWBxtKcFfmsBEm0LJHJplYglcqDa4/s1600-h/ring4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJCYXaaAd-pTfhWDvHr_5sCZ2hzn9zMzK-j5dw91VLxuuPcA6LTHbSvxHzih2ZYrq4rYDiqaG0YWJgAPU4xkLfQSZ3HJvRzYEJGuf2TBwUDhbD9QaWBxtKcFfmsBEm0LJHJplYglcqDa4/s400/ring4.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwuUHAWxMaMztzJoqCdPLlVjnUar7CMh9MwgmLyTJWcpYSWyt_Xkm-54REPpbvLba_UPH_twThOSFYo4M5AAYoKXY3czGFwT1-u6rlzkm0_NsWghCAsQcjpdxFss6hHZ3Z-JVdk9w6MRM/s1600-h/ring5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwuUHAWxMaMztzJoqCdPLlVjnUar7CMh9MwgmLyTJWcpYSWyt_Xkm-54REPpbvLba_UPH_twThOSFYo4M5AAYoKXY3czGFwT1-u6rlzkm0_NsWghCAsQcjpdxFss6hHZ3Z-JVdk9w6MRM/s400/ring5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">the one random thing about me that most people have no idea about, is that i have a collection of archie comic books. a small bookshelf full. new ones, old ones, the tall thin ones and the short double digests. my dad introduced them to me late in elementary school and i became hooked. it was a great escape to read something totally easy amidst the hours of honors english books, sat study guides and gate books all through the summers. they were so great, in fact, that it became a source of tension for me with my little brother. he would sneak into my room and take one and then read it by his bed, leaving it flipped and open upside down when he fell asleep. i would find my treasured books like this and ban him from reading them ever again. that would only last so long, before i would find another one, flipped again. i didn't want them ruined and took great care of them. they are all currently in utah, and i remember my first holiday w/my parents and jan, when i opened wrapping paper to reveal new issues that i hadn't read yet and j looked at me like...you're getting excited over a comic book at the age of 27? yes, i still get excited, and yes, my parents still surprise me with them, either new issues from the grocery store or some that my mom was lucky enough to find at a thrift store or garage sale. other than these books, i have never really collected much of anything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">when i went to hawaii last month, i met </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">my brother rick's co-worker who has been collecting plastic rings for some time. as you can see, she has hundreds! an unknown fact is that bigger design houses (eg. dior) came out with collections at one time and she has some of these along with rare ones from japan and other countries around the world. she also started making her own and sells these pretty rings in her ring museum in honolulu above their office. these are some of the ones she collects. they have the look of glass but are actually plastic, thus much more affordable - she sells hers for only $5/ea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">what do you collect? </span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-17760837842886268542010-03-12T09:27:00.000-08:002010-03-12T09:39:14.696-08:00a very merry unbirthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMBYNKhyphenhyphen_tm5hy76NMFC5ezvBfDyWHK26jR-KPxblJaXYeeZ9KXD1K-oM5ZTo7aZH-utkwvj_-dMz5sIvXIXppsaRx3JRZF8QSXLQiWDS3Qrk2a7wBJS6yBQ5xK7uC-0CXkQuXTwfuBJw/s1600-h/half+bday1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMBYNKhyphenhyphen_tm5hy76NMFC5ezvBfDyWHK26jR-KPxblJaXYeeZ9KXD1K-oM5ZTo7aZH-utkwvj_-dMz5sIvXIXppsaRx3JRZF8QSXLQiWDS3Qrk2a7wBJS6yBQ5xK7uC-0CXkQuXTwfuBJw/s640/half+bday1.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xtl-FbPuVhUoWCNK_SbckOLsGbkKi3zd8N99WJhq0zsv7f0vKkmXJTpJ7KCC0vVjmGeKdwxLixzhyZCI2RdKk3UHZTvjrpElIjZTgcM2zlyLzBg3xKR2Lgz0P1vQhtXy6BvJnAoS0rx4/s1600-h/half+bday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xtl-FbPuVhUoWCNK_SbckOLsGbkKi3zd8N99WJhq0zsv7f0vKkmXJTpJ7KCC0vVjmGeKdwxLixzhyZCI2RdKk3UHZTvjrpElIjZTgcM2zlyLzBg3xKR2Lgz0P1vQhtXy6BvJnAoS0rx4/s640/half+bday2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBCdHcZgL30fe-EcWE03zNOzS99Y7lBE78jsOI1AKUHeK1VIsO2FPOwCJUnsmLOuOPRxXYAdmAIdXUVeaoGU-Cc6nEKqJDTbrZ_FJcfIArYPh06PKwgc6HC-s-tBAz8SsxgqFLFDGeXiL/s1600-h/half+bday3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBCdHcZgL30fe-EcWE03zNOzS99Y7lBE78jsOI1AKUHeK1VIsO2FPOwCJUnsmLOuOPRxXYAdmAIdXUVeaoGU-Cc6nEKqJDTbrZ_FJcfIArYPh06PKwgc6HC-s-tBAz8SsxgqFLFDGeXiL/s640/half+bday3.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25z-hu6F8Q6X8OVaLfbPvscq9jast187cQZ_d5deBN15g0jDOgNE0ixDOPJYSfAiuvAqyorNJZ3AQH05M6VcI3Yd8_TQL4CqrVXLbliIyt__f1bPY8Mg2ZnlVqjqpH91v78TKYToyzDOb/s1600-h/half+bday4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25z-hu6F8Q6X8OVaLfbPvscq9jast187cQZ_d5deBN15g0jDOgNE0ixDOPJYSfAiuvAqyorNJZ3AQH05M6VcI3Yd8_TQL4CqrVXLbliIyt__f1bPY8Mg2ZnlVqjqpH91v78TKYToyzDOb/s640/half+bday4.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGNfnDxJOxOLLOQwFkkiUpR2KWnvfSD4tGqxeW6ICJQlKO5w90uJqGAx9jhfJ6gUk4andm6kOjDtMtrz0AHbao70gzQirAaKefPQqr5zQ6owYrBhMx2FepQqfSK3dEj-kfr0emOYxUh09/s1600-h/half+bday5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGNfnDxJOxOLLOQwFkkiUpR2KWnvfSD4tGqxeW6ICJQlKO5w90uJqGAx9jhfJ6gUk4andm6kOjDtMtrz0AHbao70gzQirAaKefPQqr5zQ6owYrBhMx2FepQqfSK3dEj-kfr0emOYxUh09/s640/half+bday5.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">j's parents were in town, so we decided to have an impromptu 6 month birthday celebration for R with a few friends. a quick trip to the market in koreatown and a recipe from my new rad cake book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Cakes-Considered-Melissa-Gray/dp/0811867811/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268413766&sr=8-1">All Cakes Considered</a> (from j's parents for christmas) yielded a wonderful apple coconut cake. i made it in two round cake pans, and half served 7 of us, so we get to eat it again at some point! (thank you freezer). a slight crunch on the outside and sweet in the middle, with chunks of fresh fuji apple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">i didn't have the right supplies to make r a proper bday hat, his head was too big to make a cone shape out of letter paper, so it looks more like...a pope's hat. fitting for j'a parents i suppose, and we thought it looked cute regardless. </span><br />
<h1 class="recipe-title" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grandgirl's Fresh Apple Cake from Georgia</span></h1><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recipe courtesy Paula Deen</div><div class="recipe-summary clrfix" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
<dl class="level"><li>Prep Time: 30 min</li>
<li>Inactive Prep Time: 1 hr 0 min</li>
<li>Cook Time: 1 hr 30 min</li>
<li>Level: Easy</li>
</dl><dl class="serves"><dt>Serves: 16</dt>
</dl></div><h2 style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ingredients</span></h2><h3 style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>cake:</i></h3><ul style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li class="ingredient">Butter, for greasing pan</li>
<li class="ingredient">2 cups sugar</li>
<li class="ingredient">3 eggs</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 1/2 cups vegetable oil</li>
<li class="ingredient">1/4 cup orange juice</li>
<li class="ingredient">3 cups all-purpose flour</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 teaspoon baking soda</li>
<li class="ingredient">1/4 teaspoon salt</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 tablespoon ground cinnamon</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 tablespoon vanilla extract</li>
<li class="ingredient">3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 cup shredded coconut</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 cup chopped pecans</li>
</ul><h3 style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>sauce:</i></h3><ul style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li class="ingredient">1/2 cup (1 stick) butter</li>
<li class="ingredient">1 cup sugar</li>
<li class="ingredient">1/2 cup buttermilk</li>
<li class="ingredient">1/2 teaspoon baking soda</li>
</ul><h2 style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">directions</span></h2><div class="instructions" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Generously grease a tube pan.</div><div class="instructions" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="instructions" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For the cake: in a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; and mix well. Fold apples, coconut, and pecans into batter.</div><div class="instructions" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.</div><div class="instructions" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="instructions" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce: Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.</div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-90274805462637606212010-03-10T15:13:00.000-08:002010-03-10T15:14:54.211-08:00you know it's a good recipe when<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it asks you to take the non-scoop end of a wooden spoon and push 15 holes into a cake so you can pour in deliciousness. more on this tomorrow...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(yes, that's apple & shredded coconut)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitysFD3z-ICoU8ChBPfeljNhpEmFMTDJtn41OCM46WRcJBNpxXa2H7rNeWJ678sk37EosiX0AKeaN0fNLsDnlAz_ylI5RSlO67-oj75yJxRzDemlDa4aXQoVoNv0VCw0U9u3AiQzhQVuY4/s640/apple_coconut.jpg" vt="true" width="640" />juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-65083697450849731312010-03-08T08:00:00.000-08:002010-03-10T15:52:24.312-08:00chinatown & baked french toast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">normally these two don't really go together. but if you start your day with smitten kitchen's <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/12/new-years-day-2001/">baked french toast</a> and then head to chinatown with a car full of korean food for lunch and end at a birthday party, it might be a really, really good day. after scarfing kim bap with bulgoki, we tried the most amazing mochi with red bean, rolled in baby coconut. i couldn't get enough.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">but enough about that. let's talk about the french toast. i've never made baked french toast. i know there are a lot of recipes, and i've eaten 3 or so. but recently i've been scoping out this <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/">new blog</a> and thought i would try out her recipe. because i totally agree with her. when you have people over for breakfast, why is it that the cook (me) gets to hang out in the kitchen alone, while everyone else sits around a table and enjoys the food. this recipe is easy. seriously. so easy. slice bread, mix, pour, refrigerate and bake in the am. i baked half the time w/a piece of tin foil on top, and then took it off for the last half to make sure it all got cooked through. all what you ask? </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">two layers of challah bread. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">my favorite <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/nielsen-massey-vanilla/?pkey=x%7C4%7C1%7C%7C4%7Cvanilla%7C%7C0&cm_src=SCH">vanilla</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">rind off a ripe meyer lemon picked minutes before off of my tree</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">milk (i used 2%), eggs and a pinch of cinnamon. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">soft on the inside, crispy on the top. a tinge of maple syrup, a glass of fresh oj and your day has just gotten better. trust me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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when you've pulled your food coma face away from the table, go to china town, and find this square, just because. i used to walk into these stores as a kid and wish i had money to buy all the rad and quirky things in there. now i have absolutely no use for them but still like checking them out watching tourists get excited. i really want to do a photoshoot here. anybody want to collaborate?</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxxvj4vXY7tqUcZea2BMUPKAHhVyaNrxPCDzoSqZp1f_PfV0tp11FvVrz3CB0622syTJO4KHQ3_31gRK1XI_g3AQDiM_cxJSvke9HdRRnWeNR1Usc4GFyW2cuysCFoQjdKWMcdu1bnMGI/s640/photo.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GYwllW-W8nny6KFDD0FhwBiqiJOqt4A93vkIAaUuXWg8ewxZMiOupBKEh-odnkMSbmFA76-fLOW6tK6dFHOpcrg_YqgKMMnV4TJdnvFCZSjxK8HT0PW7vXKA2KCVblMQoTszr8IOOdE8/s1600-h/photo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GYwllW-W8nny6KFDD0FhwBiqiJOqt4A93vkIAaUuXWg8ewxZMiOupBKEh-odnkMSbmFA76-fLOW6tK6dFHOpcrg_YqgKMMnV4TJdnvFCZSjxK8HT0PW7vXKA2KCVblMQoTszr8IOOdE8/s640/photo1.jpg" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgQtWuK9tw1PsirR56wmGPNk4TR7GBJo-KJqjhU6R7GuOmlkhYT-8JcbRKzUTH0DeppgonFntCBiSxHjzqFqiOmqw1zPvvmqjJJlZ_HAB03-IdW_rrFxG4mhe-wK0FzhkUW2TqrLCvBlc/s1600-h/photo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgQtWuK9tw1PsirR56wmGPNk4TR7GBJo-KJqjhU6R7GuOmlkhYT-8JcbRKzUTH0DeppgonFntCBiSxHjzqFqiOmqw1zPvvmqjJJlZ_HAB03-IdW_rrFxG4mhe-wK0FzhkUW2TqrLCvBlc/s640/photo2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all pics taken with iphone</span></div>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-52559883658238526112010-03-01T08:00:00.000-08:002010-03-01T08:00:03.021-08:00strawberry orange muffins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb41xy6En9zaOwjHERw09d3mWQLH_qRCxXazxydJGJINzYPKIdlvm8VZjYjEzE3LfemDPDZwTF9Q2RK8MiFLIEchnuXw48CFbseDAWRGYbjzEMU9w_B0TtGT7hCe7HbBlnAEURevTNgGE/s1600-h/muffins0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb41xy6En9zaOwjHERw09d3mWQLH_qRCxXazxydJGJINzYPKIdlvm8VZjYjEzE3LfemDPDZwTF9Q2RK8MiFLIEchnuXw48CFbseDAWRGYbjzEMU9w_B0TtGT7hCe7HbBlnAEURevTNgGE/s640/muffins0.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmiqftCjD_4R4ApiHCwaApM9QgtzNw9R-aleEuF5tkw-PUsrFcGu6kYBQ2v9Xnq4FWx-6LU53RNy3z88u9Nu0j6pLM9p9d8yGNjmF_DLjx7UyXLIgSDmgdZSryVGRdwUQFNZPaGdrneoc/s1600-h/muffins1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmiqftCjD_4R4ApiHCwaApM9QgtzNw9R-aleEuF5tkw-PUsrFcGu6kYBQ2v9Xnq4FWx-6LU53RNy3z88u9Nu0j6pLM9p9d8yGNjmF_DLjx7UyXLIgSDmgdZSryVGRdwUQFNZPaGdrneoc/s640/muffins1.jpg" width="428" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tzaxECl39jcb8-G7WOgdAR44Zn5rv0Lr0K31JxP1Dnw6c5_SD5PoIA9kvUmh261Yu91d_JbZkY8yODWi1I8aexNn0gTEd7sjZexzZK2tia52Ay2UTV9TC0n3-5P2AjojbLqvqSkR_Pp-/s1600-h/muffins2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tzaxECl39jcb8-G7WOgdAR44Zn5rv0Lr0K31JxP1Dnw6c5_SD5PoIA9kvUmh261Yu91d_JbZkY8yODWi1I8aexNn0gTEd7sjZexzZK2tia52Ay2UTV9TC0n3-5P2AjojbLqvqSkR_Pp-/s640/muffins2.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xHoZQdaCqqAo99OCkDj3z6PY7a5sFxPMh_zmzkdgmkJ7mvbj-eftUnZeWGGt9cy26_jx4kkZ5sYuezBkWU-eIljDeHWAcnHPv3hvfpPN0ZDKlUOBNp4TROhXw_RWB0Rcb7ngXqYz51wT/s1600-h/muffins4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xHoZQdaCqqAo99OCkDj3z6PY7a5sFxPMh_zmzkdgmkJ7mvbj-eftUnZeWGGt9cy26_jx4kkZ5sYuezBkWU-eIljDeHWAcnHPv3hvfpPN0ZDKlUOBNp4TROhXw_RWB0Rcb7ngXqYz51wT/s640/muffins4.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">we had a potluck brunch on saturday at a friends house i love to go to, because of the fantastic recipes i get to try from other friends who can bake up amazing things. <a href="http://brianmerrellfamily.blogspot.com/">caroline</a>'s homemade </span><a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/02/monkey-bread-with-cream-cheese-glaze/" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">monkey bread</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> from smitten kitchen was piled on my plate and so delicious. i brought these <a href="http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=225100">strawberry-orange muffins</a> from cooking light that are easy and healthy, piled with costco organic strawberry jam which is a new staple at our place. somehow with the baby i got sidetracked and missed taking a shot of the final product but they are great, especially with the sugar you sprinkle on before you bake them. </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166452739376352422.post-92094909317086252262010-02-26T09:01:00.000-08:002010-02-26T09:01:03.759-08:00Spitting Caves : hawaii<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gYQJYoF5NiJe96S2Nhtq90xbcxCyOEVW351uuFfDikwiAOdaTQLIjqSHRQm-KSIlQk58pqlrfGHTYgSoxRD_BnWpbpFn8XPeFQjyhTxnYpiur8eMehJWOVkZFNgfzzqWWkdP44Z7odG_/s1600-h/jumping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gYQJYoF5NiJe96S2Nhtq90xbcxCyOEVW351uuFfDikwiAOdaTQLIjqSHRQm-KSIlQk58pqlrfGHTYgSoxRD_BnWpbpFn8XPeFQjyhTxnYpiur8eMehJWOVkZFNgfzzqWWkdP44Z7odG_/s640/jumping.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you go to Hawaii Kai, there is a place called Spitting Caves down a path in between some houses. The rock formations are amazing. It reminded me of Southern Utah but right on the ocean. Layers of rock, curving around and up the hillside. We went there to take some family photos and caught a little show on our way out. The photographer said the drop is about 40 feet down. Pretty insane. </span></span>juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182151659099139186noreply@blogger.com1