And a new pair of GAP jeans for……

Laura from La Di Dah!!!! Laura suggested this dress from Forever21, and Laura – I ordered it this week! Thanks! Please email me at perksofbeingajap[@]gmail[.]com so I can mail out your jeans certificate! Thanks everyone for entering! You all picked out some gorgeous dresses!!!!

Mmmmmmmm BEER!

I love beer. I also love my slow cooker. And yesterday the heavens opened, and the two loves of mine came together in a glorious union, and created BEER-BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS. [Insert angels singing here] It’s a bit ridiculous how easy this recipe is. Take beef short ribs, put them in the slow cooker. [...]

3.6.5.

Partially because I want to prove to myself that I can do it, and partially because I have these amazing ladies doing it with me, I’ve started Project 365. You know, that one where you commit yourself to taking a picture every day for a year. Start Date: July 26, 2010End Date: July 25, 2011 [...]

You can never have enough denim!

When Dave and I came home from our honeymoon, there was a large pile of mail to go through (and I mean LARGE). After throwing out all the junk mail, and opening birthday cards that accumulated while we were away, I ripped open a package that had come to find this bundle of cuteness waiting [...]

6 months down! Recipe recap

In my quest to learn 50 new recipes in a year, I’ve hit the 6 month mark!! (Well, the 6 month happened while we were away, but clearly no cooking/baking was going to be occurring during that time.) As it stands now, I’ve made 32 recipes- My busiest month was January- 4 were dessert recipes- [...]

Vasowhat episode?

So I went to the hospital yesterday. After feeling headache-y and generally kind of groggy all day, I figured it was better to be safe than sorry and took myself to Urgent Care. (My usual doctor is out in Long Island, and this is 5 mins away, the wait is usually pretty minimal.) After seeing [...]