[Sweet potatoes sauteed in butter with ginger and salt]So, my housemate Julian who normally does the cooking, is gone for the summer! But Simon and I remain, as hes working a sales job and Im interni...
-Salad mix and sugar snap peas - 5$-Pepperoni and Cheese bread loaf - 5.50$-Peonies - 10$-Sweet potatoes (3) - 3$-Spearmint - 2$Total: 25.50 plus my 4$ breakfast (vegetable and egg brioche... so good...
Our 2nd placing entry in the student iron chef contest~! We were sooo close, but like last year, we lost to the group of asian girls. Curses. In addition to the spiral chicken we made cucumber salad ...
One of the dining halls at UVA hosts a student Iron Chef competition (well its really just a cooking competition, nothing like my favorite cooking show of all time) but its pretty fun and we get to u...
Melon pan shaped like turtles! This Japanese Baker sells shoku-pan and curry and melon-panSuper gorgeous flowers. I wish I had a garden so I could plant them. Or a nice place to display them, but Im ...
Ingredients:16 oz. sweet rice flour (glutinous rice flour works too, its what I used)1 can of Red Bean Paste1 1/2 tsp. baking soda1 1/2 tsp. baking powder1 cup of sugar (to taste though)2 cups of mil...
I got a "perfect score" again this week :D So I thought Id share them today (a little late)Monday: Duk Buk Gi (Korean spicy noodle dish Ive mentioned here)1 Boiled egg (it helps when my mouth...
Normally I pack lunch about 3 times a week, less if I dont have any time or more, if I do, like this week (and I dont go out to lunch).MondayLeftover SteakFried Rice (My housemate made a HUGE quantit...
Sorry for the extra derpy / awk post expression... Normally I take a nice (relatively) picture before I go out, but today I had to leave the batteries charging in the camera to do so. Anyway! Sunday ...
In honor of today hitting 80 degrees (well, 79 technically), I changed my blog a bit. Let me know if its easy enough on the eyes. Im excited for spring. I found a good allergy medication regimen that...
Minute by minute, many of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami the other day are still precarious. Thankfully, Japan is not a nation unprepared for those types of natural disasters, but its alwa...
The other day I turned this^^^ Into this:My phone strap charm collection is now less blobby and not actually connected to my cellphone (which doesnt have a hook for it anyway ;_;) and actually kind o...
**Turn down youtubes volume before listening!! Or else the audio quality will be worse than it already is!!Fractale is an anime airing this season and its probably my favorite so far. Its based on an...
Saturday was the first weekend I wasnt completely whacked out about an exam (Though I still have plenty to study for today...) So I went out on a date / shopping errand / get outside and enjoy the 60...
Scent of Rapunzel reserve went up recently, slated to start on 2/25/2011 Which would be... probably just enough time for me to decide whether I want to go for it or not. Because... AatP is quickly be...
Heres what the chocolates looked like as a mostly finished product. The toothpick was just so it was easy to coat them, I pulled them out when I packed them XDToday, Feb 14th is also my Moms birthday...
Doesnt that look awesome and unhealthy? I dont have real Valentines day plans, but ever since HS I tried making small gifts or chocolates for my close friends, single or not. Last year I crocheted pi...
I think the cake boxes from the korean bakery are HILARIOUS. Like, engrish is always good for a laugh, but theres something about the ultra cute and elegant designed cake boxes with random happy word...
The other day it was my turn to make dinner. I tried something new, making Duk buk gi but the spicy version which is actually the norm. If youve ever had a spicy Korean dish, you know the spice burns...
Ready for this? I know I am.R-Series is a taobao store that sells classic and gothic styles for the most part. I ordered 2 JSKs, as pictured above.Der Name Der RoseThis is an absolutely gorgeous JSK....
My first lolita arrival of 2011, Liefs Sacred Night in black, showed up today! (Meanwhile, my 2 other R series JSKs are on their way... but thats not what this is about)First off, I got the black JSK...
(look, my nails match!)I finished up the PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) study I participated in since last year. It was an extended study to test the effect of estrogen on women with PCOS and witho...
Sorry theres been a bit of a lull in posts. Between having guests, driving back and forth between my apartment and my parents place, and getting ready for the new semester, I havent had a lot of time...
I started devising an experiment last year, called "Could I make money off buying/selling lolita clothing". The premise was simple and fairly logical: buy low, sell high. On many auction site...
This post is being published from my new android phone. Hooray! Seriously Im way in love with it. (samsung captivate). Anyhow, snap of the day is from my favorie korean bakery called le matin de pari...
Cliche, I know, but I just wanted to make a list of resolutions for 2011, that I can hopefully start working on right away!o Start doing regular cardio and lifting again once I get back to schoolo Ma...
Just some quick snaps, since I was out of town for the holiday, we had our official Christmas Dinner last night. Doesnt that look good? Luckily I cant take credit for it (because I would wreck it... ...
Opening your day: teaser pic of Liefs new work "Sacred Night" aka "Shut up and take my money" Glad I passed on regimental stripes so I can get this when it comes out, yes yes.I hope e...
Weirdly I have less time to blog while Im on break than not. Weird, huh? And since my taobao order got delayed 2 weeks (one week ago) (wtf, R-series), I will technically be following my "no more ...
A couple odds and ends fashion (I use this term loosely) related items. Here is my converted bow that originally went at the neck of my St. Claire OP. Using the pin backing, I slipped it on a plain b...
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