Wow, its really wedding season...

Wow, its really wedding season...

Got a chance to spend another weekend celebrating love, life and marriage with more friends during Labor Day! Bryan and I both recollected on how lucky we are to have such a diverse group of amazing friends in our lives that we truly enjoy sharing these special moments with. (This would making wedding count for us up to 4 this year so far with two more to go!!)

The Chai's with the newlyweds!

Sneaking a piece of challah that is traditionally cut at Jewish ceremonies (couldn't help myself, it looked so good!)

Customary couple pic.

And the full length shot!

On a side note - that blue dress is super tight!! Six months pregnant and I didn't think I would fit into the dress I got, but luckily the belly was on my side that night and we were able to shimmy into the dress. (Also having a full zip on the back of the dress helped too!) I'm really enjoying showing the bump off in fitted dresses too!

Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend off, I know I definitely did not want to go back to work this week =(

I also made some super easy breakfast pastries - Peach Financiers - to perk up our Saturday morning this weekend. They were a perfect pairing with coffee/tea and the rainy weather! Check out the recipe!!

Til next time!
S

Lovely Sunday

Lovely Sunday

Spent this morning baking a blueberry buckle - which we devoured! - and perusing the JFX Farmers Market for some yummy finds. I just mostly sampled bread =)

19 Weeks, almost halfway there!

Also here's the link for the recipe for the Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake - I actually used some old frozen blueberries I had mixed with some fresh blackberries from the market. I'm sure you could use anything in this though, its an amazing recipe!

Fitness Nerves

Fitness Nerves

So I've got a 30 minute session with a personal trainer tomorrow night and for some reason all I can think about is all the negative that will come from it. First off, a little background, I purchased a Groupon for a month of Pilates classes - however due to a move the Pilates studio changed what it was able to offer and in lieu of pilates classes they are now offering individual training sessions with personal trainers. Now I'm a little disappointed but I figured this would be a great opportunity to get some feedback from a professional about my form, problem areas etc. But now this nagging feeling of "I'm not fit enough for a personal trainer" is starting to wiggle itself into my brain (I mean, in all honesty, I've consumed about 3 buttercream frosted cupcakes this weekend, see below, so this might be guilt talking....) We'll see how this goes!

In other news, trying to update with more things more often, so I'm not going to send out mass e-mails to the blog unless you are still interested in receiving them - don't want to spam everyone. (Drop us a comment or an
email and let us know if you want to keep receiving e-mails!)

We are still enjoying this unseasonably warm weather and hoping it doesn't parlay into an even hotter miserable summer. *Fingers crossed*.

I've posted my secret to the buttercream frosting I've been using - its .... magical. Magical enough to be eaten straight out of the container (which I am doing with too much pleasure). Give it a whirl on your next cake or batch of cupcakes and I promise its worth it! (Also below is a recipe for Hi-Hat cupcakes too!)

The only issue now is how to explain all these cupcakes to the personal trainer...

Take Care!
S

Chocolate buttercream on chocolate on the left, Hi-Hat on the right. Both decadent. 

Link for Chocolate Buttercream and Hi-Hat Cupcakes

Its been a while...

Its been a while...

Ever since coming back from Paris I haven't really been in the mood to update. Mostly because nothing is really ever changing for us! Well, the only thing I've really been working on is perfecting croissants and other baked goods. So maybe our waistlines are changing...but its worth it! Anyone willing to try here's the link for the croissants.

The weather here has been ... strange... we hadn't had a decent snow this whole winter and then on top of that everyday it seemingly got warmer and warmer! It actually topped out at 66F one day and this was two weeks after the first snowstorm of the winter (we got a few inches, but melted within a few days.)

I will try to post more often - especially with pics - so that we can be more up to date on things in our lives. (New Years Resolution #4 broken already!)

Hope everyone is doing well!!

S

Finally got my M.S. in the mail!!

Adding the 7in. block of butter to the dough for croissants. Day 2 of 3 in the process.

The Final Product, flaky, buttery goodness.

Napoleon enjoying the water! It's been a weird winter!