Painting the Pup

I took another painting class at Blush N Brush in Georgetown tonight.  While I had already taken this class before, it's not really a class but more of an independent study.  It's the very popular Paint Your Pet class that is offered every couple of months.  I was a guinea pig for the first offering of this kind of class, and was...

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February Cupcake of the Month - Champagne Cupcakes

For the past few months, I've been showcasing a cupcake design and not a cupcake flavor for the cupcake-of-the-month posts.  In selecting this month's cupcake, I was going to continue the trend and do something romantic and frilly, like making icing roses in soft pink to lay atop piped ruffles.  But then I saw a post by one of my favorite...

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Sunday Brunch Favorite - Dutch Babies!

This morning I was trying to figure out something to make for breakfast, and it dawned on me that even though I absolutely adore eating dutch babies (aka german pancakes) -- and always pressure my friends to meet at Original Pancake House for brunch over all other places -- I never make them at home.  And there's no real rationale why not because...

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Unicorn Poop Cookies

 Hey!  Who let a unicorn into my house?  More importantly, why did said unicorn insist on leaving me a present for when I got home?  Didn't his owner potty train him?  Just kidding! I first saw the concept of a unicorn poop cookie through the daily deal website, Fab.com, and laughed so hard.  Nothing is better than...

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5 Things I'm Loving Right Now (February Edition)

This month is a little bit of this and a little bit of that, as opposed to my recent themed favorite lists. I've been so busy with multiple projects - planning upcoming trips, home redesigning, various art projects, baking, building my house out of legos (you heard me!), etc. - that I've been struggling to fill out this list for the month because my...

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A Mumford & Sons Encore!

I learned that a friend knew someone who had an extra ticket to the second Mumford & Sons show in D.C. on Valentine's Day, last night.  While I hesitated to go back and fight the traffic and crowds two nights in a row, when I found out it was a general admission ticket, I knew I had to go and see the band up close.  My photos ended...

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Mumford & Sons LIVE!!

Honest people on Craigslist who don't scalp their tickets for the win!  I had been looking for tickets to the D.C. Mumford & Sons dates, on their East Coast February tour, from they day they went on presale.  No joke!  The online ticket resellers are out of control these days, monopolizing the systems on sale dates so that real...

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Valentine's Baking: Chocolate Heart Whoopie Pies

Think these desserts look yummy, then rest assured they are no big whoop(ie) to make!  To start out, I purchased a heart shaped baking pan from Wilton (found at Target) because no way was I going to cut out individual hearts!   To make life even more simple, I used a boxed cake mix for the cake, though I could have used the recipe...

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Valentine's Baking: Conversation Heart Cookies

Decorating cookies is an artform.  It really takes a steady hand and an eye to make things look good.  And I am still trying my best to practice so that one day I will be as good as my mom (see past cookie posts here and here) or others I admire - check out Bake at 350 and Sugar Belle for decorating masters. I decided that for Valentine's...

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Valentine's Baking: Heart Thumbprint Cookies

Now these are some hearts you're going to want to break...in half and shove in your mouth.  If you're a fan of thumbprint cookies, you will love these because each are made with not one, but two balls of buttery dough.  And for the baking challenged, they are super simple to make! Heart Thumbprint Cookies (based on a recipe from Better...

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A(nother) Weekend in NYC

It's been a few months, so I thought I would make the four hour (traffic permitting) trip up I-95 to NYC for the weekend to see some shows on Broadway and meander around the lower half of the island a little. I also got to try out a new hotel, and absolutely fell in love.  It is the perfect location for a theater-driven weekend schedule, and...

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