What a crazy week, good lord!
After work yesterday, instead of buying a suit I went to Whole Foods, my favorite place to shop. I love buying food so much! For my birthday on Monday I'm baking a cake composed of layers of creme de cacao drenched sponge cake filled with a rich amalgamation of ricotta, cream, shaved bittersweet chocolate and minced, candied orange peel, frosted with a coffee/bittersweet chocolate icing. To. Die. For. Anyway I decided to candy my own orange peels, not a difficult thing. The schlep to Whole Foods was well worth the effort, since they always have organic oranges. (Y'all know not to eat the skins of commercially grown fruit, right? Peel apples, oranges and lemons before eating unless they're organic yes? Eating pesticides is never a great idea.)
I'm pleased with the candied orange peel strips this morning. they are drying and crystalizing nicely. As for what I'll wear to the funeral, well, I think I'll take Ellen's advice and wear something colorful, if indeed I can find anything colorful in my closet. I do think I'm going to keep shopping for a suit, though. I felt so good in those suits. I felt important - ha!
Today it's pedal to the metal for me in terms of work. Onwards and upwards to the weekend. Cheers!
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Colorful is good! I did a post a while back about picking the dress for my mom's funeral - you should go look at the picture :)
http://danabugseyeview.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-last-easter-dress.html
P.S. I know I'll remember, but just in case I don't - Happy Happy Birthday!!
You are important, suit or not but I know that you already know that. I hardly ever wear color. It's quite possible I have none in my closet. I know my house is quite lacking in color as well. I do love me the neutrals.
Cake sounds delish (without the coffee flavor).
happy birthday on monday Reya!! that cake sounds sublime x
So, what time are you serving?
yum. i bet a little goes a long way
I'll bet people can only eat a tiny sliver of that rich cake.
Last night I over-dosed on a crazy piece of cheese cake. Ugh!
Tom - yep. A one inch slice is decadent.
Cheesecake tastes so good but it's a bomb once it goes down.
Can I get a piece of that? That is some seriously delicious sounding birthday cake!
You ought to get a Vespa to go with that pin striped suit!
You know that it doesn't matter what you wear on the outside, right.
It's the beautifully adorned heart that people remember.
That said, buy the navy or black suit. Where I come from in New England, a girl should always have a nice navy suit in her wardrobe, and a string of pearls:)
I will trade you an old suit of mine for an old piece of your birthday cake.
Candied orange peels sound delicious, as does that cake! Can you mail me a piece?
Colorful sounds like a good choice. :)
Will you really trade an old suit for a piece of cake? That would be some kind of deal! Yeah!
I need to know your size
Never thought of candying my own orange peel. Maybe I'll get some seville oranges, they're in the stores now. I can put a bit less peel in the marmalade. I don't know if they are organic but they are unsprayed and look lumpy and bumpy which is always a good sign when you want flavour.
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