Red!

From the rules of ”Silent Football.”

I am currently reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and am feeling quite Victorian, so I’ve been researching old parlour games to introduce into my social circle. So far they are all terrible (and therefore fantastic?) including Are You There, Moriarty? and SnapDragon, which would surely result in burning down my home.

mom’s review: “you sure do wear that dress a lot.”

ed. note: i would not have pizza at my engagement party. ok, maybe i would.

bravo, art!

guess what day it is?!

really?

My Halloween-time favorite (I also made them election day last year, and they were very lucky.)

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES w/ CREAM CHEESE ICING

CUPCAKES:

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp salt
½ cup vegetable oil
1¼ cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup canned pure pumpkin

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:

3 cups powdered sugar
8 oz package cream cheese, softened
4 Tbs butter, softened
1 tsp fresh lemon juice

1 Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a 12 cup muffin pan (or a 24 cup mini muffin pan) with baking cups.

2 In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt. Set aside.

3 In a separate bowl, stir oil and sugar together. Whisk in eggs, and stir in vanilla extract.

4 Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Stir pumpkin into the batter until it is thoroughly combined.

5 Spoon batter into lined muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Less time will be needed if you are making mini-cupcakes. When cupcakes are removed from oven, let them sit for about 10 minutes, then remove them to cool completely on a wire rack.

6 Meanwhile, prepare the cream cheese frosting: In a medium bowl, beat together frosting ingredients until smooth.

Photo from: http://mise-n-place.blogspot.com/ (slightly different recipe there, but lovely nonetheless!)

public ad wars in nyc.

meredithsmith:

Happy Halloween!

My sister has obviously been hard at work getting her college education. Co-starring my parents, Meredith’s boyfriend Marc, and Mer.

Today I visited the local CVS pharmacy for some things I want (a prescription) and some things I need (more candy corn.) I parked my car in the lot and was inside no longer than 15 minutes. When I returned, I found a sealed manila envelope under my windshield wiper. A SEALED MANILA ENVELOPE. Naturally, I figured my time had come and the government had assigned me my first case as a assassin with a soft side with nothing to lose and a dark secret to protect. And when I looked inside to the potentially life-changing contents, I found: coupons for State Farm Insurance and Rozina’s Just Beauty; a flyer for Chuy’s Tire Service; menus from Pinocchio’s Pizza and La Luna Mexican Food; and a friendly note from Vida Printing notifying me that they can handle all of my flyer distribution needs. Bahwhat? Really? Really. There were no other cars around with envelopes. What made Mr. Vida see me and think “now there’s a girl who needs some flyers” and rush over to my sweet Mitsu? On top of this nonsense, I come home to find my mummy pumpkin rotting in the heat after four days. I hate this city. But I did get to stare at Rachel Bilson for 45 minutes, so I guess today is a draw, Los Angeles. 

This guy’s life has certainly changed.