Baking FAIL

This (see above) is a macaroon. This (see above) is NOT a macaroon.Any questions? In my defense, I do think that my recipe for macaroons was for the kind that you make little cookie sandwiches out of, and not the chewy kind that I’m used to as a Jew. Oh well. In lieu of this [...]

Whoever created tissues with lotion is my new best friend.

4 events in 4 weeks + a head cold = NOT A GREAT THING FOR LACEY RIGHT NOW. I’m pretty sure that I made myself sick with all the stress that I’ve been going through in the past few weeks. Good times, good times. I’m still going to try and run tomorrow/Friday night, because I [...]

[Insert stressed out sounds here]

Today was one of those awful days. Work has been insane lately, and this past week (and it’s only Tuesday, mind you), has left me feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and plain frustrated. You know it’s bad when the minute I got home, I wrapped myself in Dave’s arms and cried. I’m feeling slightly better now because [...]

Heat in the kitchen (but no fires today!)

Dave was away all day watching the Nascar races in Dover with his old roommate, leaving me to my own devices in the apartment. Besides catching up on some work, and watching an ANTM marathon on MTV (the Joanie/Danielle cycle… woot!), I put myself to work in the kitchen! The fruits of my labor? Fool [...]

We Don’t Need No Water Let the Motha F*cka Burn!

Dave made a delicious dinner tonight. There was Steak Au Poivre, courtesy of Alton Brown, and asparagus simmered in garlic. But before all of that, there was this: Dave made the steak with a brandy based sauce, which you have to LIGHT ON FIRE in the pan. See the middle picture there? Where the flames [...]

Travelling is not for the weak

So happy to be home, and not travelling again for awhile (for work). Things I thought about today at the airport/on the plane: *How do you get a ride on one of those golf cart things? My boss and I were wondering this as we saw a woman roll on by. I mean, she’s 4 [...]