a little pick-me-up

mmm...

happy valentine's day :)

this is a really good cookie.

take my unending quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie (who isn't?) + a little time to do whatever i wanted to do one afternoon + $16 (!) of really, really, really good chocolate + a splinking of sea salt before going into the oven  = a damn good cookie.  i think i could safely say it's my favorite chocolate chip cookie thus far in my life, but i will also say that i think i could possibly find a better one.  maybe it's because it was a kind of involved recipe- by involved, i mean you're supposed to chill the dough for 24 hours before you bake the cookies! pssshtt, ok.  it's jacques torres recipe featured in the new york times and you can find it here.  yes, i realize the recipe is from 2008! i'm a little behind...

mr. rip van-winkie

so we got a new point-and-shoot, because we'd been using one that had been stepped on in the grand canyon... which was in 2007... and it was duct-taped together.  i hated to let the old one go, because it still took really good pictures!, so we just got the new version.  but i do think the light that comes on before the flash is just a tad bright, though...  we've happened upon a new face from finney... :)

my little noah-bear

happy birthday to one of my best friends today...  we got a visit from them last week, and noah really loved our bouncer.  he might have just needed a little warning to get ready for his close-up...

first day of bakery class

if only i was talking about improving my skills in the kitchen...  tomorrow, i start an online business class.  eek.  i'm excited/nervous/scared-as-hell... this means that i actually have to get good at the business side of things.. i've been waiting and waiting for someone to magically drop into my life who is a PR person and really wants to break into the wedding biz.  well, i guess i have to be that someone...  obviously, i'm meant to do this myself.  my neighbor/good friend, who is an artist herself, told me yesterday that the artists who are pretty successful aren't usually the ones who are talented, they just know how to market themselves.  well, i plan on being both.  and it's about time, i'd say... watch out world, here i come! wish me luck... :)

little benbo

seriously. can't get enough of this little guy.