Thanks to readers Jaclyn and Julie for letting me know about this awesome DIY furniture idea from Littlegreennotebook: Silver Leaf Dressers!
Go here for a really great play-by-play on how to transform your ordinary wooden furniture into glam, art deco pieces like the one above.
After dinner, we stopped into Ryan’s Daughter to extend the snuggling just a little longer. Love that bar.
Bud Lights in bellies, we headed home to try to download Jersey Shore, which neither of us have ever seen. Alas, our computers failed us (buffering…buffering…buffering), and we ended up falling asleep before truly experiencing the joy that is The Situation (or so I’ve heard).
On the agenda tonight: Jersey Shore, Take 2.
Avocado Salad
Sunny Roll (top) & Manhattan Roll
Freezing outside Poke on Friday night.
Your morning cooking tip:
When frying bacon, do not place the tines of the fork you just used to flip it against your tongue. The tines will be hot.
You know it’s time to give your apartment a once-over with some Fantastik when you start applying the Five Second Rule to food dropped on your coffee table.
Me
Shooting a Valentine’s Day reader giveaway for Perfume.com (contest begins Monday!) with a certain very handsome costar.
Product for giveaway generously donated by retailer.
Methinks it’s time for a night off.
Poke, on the UES, seems like it might be a good bet for dinner tonight (BYOSake + sushi = good).
The concept for today’s shoot was that one of Casellula’s employees would teach me how to make the perfect cheese plate (a la a “Domestic Bliss” episode). Unfortunately, there was a little snafu with the woman who was supposed to be my on-air “instructor,” so I ended up having to do the episode on my own. This entailed me learning all about the cheeses and how to create the condiments in approximately five minutes (that’s me studying my notes up there), and then sharing my newfound expertise on camera. Which, you know, made me a little nervous.
But?!
One take. That’s right…ONE. TAKE.
Yee!
Owner Brian explaining to me how to work with proportions for larger parties (the cheese plate pictured above serves 2).
