There’s a theme to many of my food posts. Have you noticed? Things I made that I miss from New York.
You were thinking: things that are bad for you? Fair enough. (Actually, before we left, I truly made a list of things from NY I’d like to learn to replicate. This pizza was step one.)
These were easier. Anyone can make Momofuku Milk Bar cookies now, because they sell a mix in a box!
Knowing we would at some point start waxing nostalgic about that crazy butterscotch-chocolate-coffee-powdered milk-pretzel-potato chip-combination of a cookie, we picked up a box of cookie mix before leaving town. I bought ours from the Milk Bar around the corner from our apartment (danger, danger) and they sold me small bags of Cape Cod Potato Chips and Snyder’s Pretzels alongside it; the box mix includes chocolate and butterscotch chips, oats, graham crackers and coffee, but you need to add your own favorite potato chips and pretzels.
Crispy on the edges, chewy in the center–and straight out of the East Village.
Newlywed Erin Boyle looked absolutely stunning at her wedding to her love, James. The day looked filled with personal, charming details–right down to her (and his) shoes.
Do you imagine yourself marrying in (or did you choose) a particular pair of wedding shoes? It seems nice that you could potentially wear them over and over, on special occasions.
Just a few more photos from our weekend in Southern California…
We stayed in Long Beach, where I grew up, so I took my fellas out for pancakes at a spot I used to go in high school when I was on the crew team.
On Saturday afternoon, we drove into Los Angeles and, after a detour at the Grove and the old Farmer’s market, met friends in Venice Beach. They took us to a cool restaurant called Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing on Abbot Kinney while our boys stayed with a babysitter.
On Monday, after our big trip to Disneyland, we took it easy: we went for breakfast in Seal Beach and watched the surfers from the pier. Hudson has rekindled his romance with the swings. Move over slide.
The flight from Sacramento to Long Beach couldn’t be much easier, especially now that LB has a nice, new terminal. We used to make the flight from JFK and I really recommend Long Beach as an alternative to LAX. It’s just one small terminal, so it’s not ideal for long layovers, but it’s perfect for a simple landing.
Thank you for all of your wonderful travel questions! I’m going to be doing some side-work travel blogging (I’ll share more about that soon), so I really appreciate your help with inspiration. And, again, please don’t hesitate to toss out ideas for features of any sort that you’d like to see more of around here! I’d love to hear them anytime!
Here are a few things that have caught my attention lately:
The perfect shade (and length) of red nails on French Voguettes. Remember my hunt?
