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Brunch

This past Saturday, Drew made brunch for my cousin's family who just recently moved back to New York after a five year stint in Charlotte.  They have been here for over six months and we had yet to get together, so this brunch was LONG overdue.

 

 

 

Drew threw down quite a layout.

Unfortunately, I don't think this picture does each dish the justice it deserves, but I barely even got this picture taken before the food was whisked off the counter.

Drew made french toast, pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, english muffins topped with fresh salmon slices, crepes with melted Hershey chocolate bars alongside fresh strawberries and raspberries and topped it off with two packages of turkey bacon.

 

 

 

It was beyond delicious.

The food was consumed quickly and I was only able to grab one measly chocolate crepe with strawberries and raspberries.  The crepe was amazing, but I was robbed.

Lucky for me, Drew lives with me and kind of digs me so he has promised to make me crepes again next weekend.

I love him and the way he feeds me.
 

Some different views

I love my iPhone almost as much as if it were the fifth member of our family, which I already told you about.  What I love the most about it is its ability to take fairly decent photos for a phone. 

And what I love even more than that, is the way I can send the photos directly to Flickr right after I have taken them. 

So yes, I know my iPhone photos are not the best photos compared to other people's blogs {basically that means everyone else that puts photos up on their blog}, but I am trying.

I am so veryclose to making a final decision on what camera to purchase for my new endeavor as a wannabe photographer but my problem is that I HATE making decisions.  Little decisions I am fairly good at, the one when it's between this one and that one.  I got that one down, no problem. 

It's when the decision is between this one and those three-thousand-four-hundred and fifty, is when I come up a little short. 

I balk at the pressure.  Totally buckle. 

And Drew likes to remind me of this weakness each and every time it arises. 

I just get overwhelmed with too many choices and I hate the way that feels but have come to accept it since I AM living in the one city in the world that probably has the most choices available to it. 

So the camera that I want to buy so desperately, I really am working on mustering up the ability to make a decision.  Maybe soon my photos will have a chance at survival. 

I took the photos below with my iPhone last week, of some icicles hanging outside my front door and I used some different settings with the iPhone App Best Camera, and this is what I came up with....

 

 
  
This was the original picture.

 

 

This effect is called 'cool'.  I like this one the best, but you haven't even seen them all yet.  Sorta rude.

 

 

This effect was called 'jewel'. {Don't really like this one as much as 'cool'.}

 

 

This one is called 'vignette' and it softens the outside of the photo.  I sorta like this one as well.

Listen to me pretending to know SQUAT about photography!  What a total dork. 

 

What is your favorite iPhone photography App?

Something a little different

I get emails daily from people promoting companies, that ask me to mention their products in one of my posts and I usually just delete it while muttering under my breath annoyed, "why on earth would I use my blog to promote your product?" 

Why??

Having said that, I did receive an email today from a women in Audience Development at iVillage who happens to love my blog {flattery will get your everywhere}, that actually caught my eye probably because it contained the words Dove Chocolate.

I love Dove Chocolate but know absolutely NOTHING about this event other than the details that I am about to share with you.  I thought it may be a cool thing in the event that you live in and around New York City, to drop by at, in between some great shopping! 

I mean seriously, she told me to invite all of you.

So the dets are as follows, Tuesday, March 9th, 3p-7p @ Chelsea Market located at 75 9th Ave, and she says it will be  an afternoon of indulgence featuring chocolate and wine pairings, beauty and relaxation treatments, freebies and much more.  And if you are going to attend, please send an email to indulgentmoments@nbcuni.com  so she can put you on the guest list, I suppose.   

And that's ALL I know! so I don't want to be responsible if you show up to this thang, and they dunk you head first into chocolate and then attempt to lick it off. 

That's all you, baby!!

BUT, if you do happen to attend the event and love it, please think of me fondly.

Here is the official invite and unfortunately I will be off working so I will not be able to partake, but if you do attend, I wish you a fabulous time!!!

 

 

 

And for the rest of you that don't live in and around New York City or could give two shits about chocolate, I leave you with this...

 

And, does it even need words ??

 

 

This might be a problem

The weather in New York has been beyond crappy and it is seriously sucking the freaking life out of me.  I already told you about my love affair with Chipotle, but now I am even two-timing the ole Chip.

And I am going to play the blame game here people and blame my need for a daily fix of fast-food mexican on this god forsaken depressing, suck all the energy out of me and make me want to do nothing but lay curled up in the fetal position, weather.

 

 

 

Not even two days after I went to Chipotle and ate my head off, I wound up in Moe's ordering my veggie nacho's with the works.  How ridiculously amazing does this look?

 

These were mine {above} and these were Drew's {below}...

 

He gets his nachos doused with olives, yak!  I almost can't even look at them sometimes.  They are so beady eye looking.

 

 

Moe's might just edge out Chipotle.  

It's a tough call and it almost feels sacreligious to say out loud because of how much I love Chipotle and in case you are wondering, Chiptole is definitely the healthier choice. 

Moe's has this white mystery cheese sauce that gets poured all over the nachos, and as Drew and I shove them into our mouths we often wonder what exactly this cheesy sauce is and we question its healthy attributes. 

 

 

 

But white mystery cheese sauce is usually dripping out of the corner of our mouths when we pose this thoughtful question, so we feel sort of stupid and just keep eating.

Please be the last one

I did in fact promise here not more than a week ago, to not post anymore pictures of Belle and Lily playing in the snow, so I won't. 

You can trust me.

What I will post is a beautiful photo of snowfall in Central Park, a spot not too far from my office.

 

Yesterday, we had a constant dusting of snow blanket the entire City which promptly turned into slush.

The snow has continued through the night and is still going today.  I have never had this many snow days, EVER and if they don't stop soon I am indeed going to die.

 

Although I do have to work from home today, I am going to try to take in the stillness of a snow day, along with enjoying...

The comfort of my home.

The sweet smell of my girls.

Hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows. 

Going into my kitchen to get food instead of my work pantry.

Working quietly, without interruptions.

Working quietly, without interruptions {yes, I meant to repeat that.}

If you are lucky enough to have a snow day today, I hope you can also slow down if not just for a few minutes and enjoy it.