pumpkin bread pudding with caramel rum raisin sauce - divine!

WOW, this recipe looks amazing!! it is from one of my new favorite blogs, Chocolate and Tea.
I absolutely love anything pumpkin, and combining that with one of my all time favorite desserts - bread pudding - seems like my ideal recipe. I will definitely be trying this out over winter break!!

crazy rock violin!

rock violin !!!!

okay, so I kind of want to be a 'violin rock star' like Linzi Stoppard and Ben Lee in this video!

clock windows!

wow these are probably the most amazing windows ever! I absolutely love the graphic yet timeless (...have to stop with the puns) quality, also aren't the shadows the best ?!
from the Brooklyn Clock Tower building penthouse via Luster

comfort food chocolates? yum!

wow, I feel like the new market / start-up venture for food boutiques is delicious yet strange ingredients with chocolate! these look fabulous, who would ever think a college night staple like ramen noodles would ever translate into gourmet chocolate?
via Cup of Jo

Modern Art and the CIA?!

Modern Art used as a CIA 'weapon'

this is the perfect combination of art and the CIA / propaganda...two of my passions!

new foodie website!

I was just introduced to tastespotting.com the other day, and have fallen in love with the "community driven visual potluck" very similar to my all time favorite food site, foodgawker.com!

baked french toast with chocolate and banana - seems like the most perfect breakfast!

I absolutely LOVE chocolate-dipped bananas, so how could banana-chocolate baked french toast not be delicious? While this dessert is quite impractical to make in a college kitchen, I really want to give it a whirl over winter break - this seems like such a cozy, winter's day type of breakfast.

courtesy of foodgawker.com

leopard print + polka dots!

 

today I decided to step my outfit up and combine two unlikely patterns - partially inspired by this fall's runway looks involving unusually mixed patterns. For mixing patterns, its best to keep scale in mind (these two are almost a little  too close in scale...but because black is a prevalent common tone in each it somehow works!). also, I tend to ground my crazy pattern combinations with a unifying solid color (today, it was black...I hope you're reading this Teta!).

words of wisdom from Robert Henri

"Originality: Don't worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick to you and show you up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do."

pumpkin spiced hot chocolate - delicious!

wow, pumpkin and chocolate seem to be a pair I can't get out of my mind today. maybe because it's halloween? maybe because there was chocolate-pumpkin pie for dessert tonight at the dining hall?
I have never thought of combining hot cocoa and pumpkin spices/flavor in drink, but I can't see how it would be anything but comforting / delicious / seasonally perfect.

seriously stylish people part II

courtesy of lookbook.nu

lemon ricotta donuts - so fresh!

these donuts just look very refreshing and light - they are baked instead of fried. plus I always love the combo of lemon and ricotta!

courtesy of foodgawker.com

my favorite look has to be the red dress / fur vest / draped bag!
such unexpected silhouettes with the structured shoulders, and a great mix of vintage-inspired pieces and modern touches.
honorable mentions go to the amazing tulle skirt, the great draping effect of the nude-colored look, and the casual-ness of a pretty fancy cheetah vest.

courtesy of lookbook.nu

Walter Crane via John Sloan

so, for art history I am doing research on John Sloan and one of his continually mentioned influences is John Crane...naturally I looked up his work, and these three prints/paintings really caught my attention.

two seasonal desserts that literally made my mouth water

German apple and pumpkin spice cake!

courtesy of foodgawker.com

“Beauty, to me, is all about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.”

—	Gwyneth Paltrow

modcloth revival

I hadn’t looked at modcloth.com in a while, and happened upon several quirky / amazing finds! I really love the organic and whimsical quality of the purple flower string lights, the mod yet up to date scalloped black and white dress, the hilarious Russian doll earbuds (Margaret, are you reading this? order these now!), the almost tacky yet glitzy purple gem bag, and the over-the-top, gold-buttoned, military appeal of the jacket. Great finds!

 

passionfruit yogurt cheesecake?
these seem delicious and unusual all at once!
courtesy of foodgawker.com - check it out!

another fall-y dessert

for some reason this chocolate-pumpkin marble cake with cream cheese seems to wrap up festive fall desserts for me! I wonder how the chocolate and pumpkin would taste together…guess this means I ‘have’ to make this, yum!

nostalgic for summer shopping on southport ave.

oh how I miss browsing the anthropologie sale room on southport…
LOVING the rainbow palettes on these flow-y numbers…maybe all the cold, rainy weather is making me nostalgic for the colors and temperatures of summer!