eggs & girls.

amandine
w/ ari, tay and nami.
p.s. i started eating scrambled eggs after a long, long fearful hiatus!

♥

post christmas in newport.
xo.

liquid christmas.

homemade gingerbread latte.

here's the recipe.

i see who you are.

i see who you are behind the skin and the muscles
i see who you are, now and when you get older later
i will see the same girl the same soul lioness, fire-heart passionate lover
and afterwards later this century when you and I have become corpses
let's celebrate now all this flesh on our bones let me push you up against me tightly and enjoy every bit of you
i see who you are
by björk

enjoy beautiful remixes by ridu

warm wishes.

dec. 24th.

julgrot.
every christmas eve morning my family eats swedish christmas porridge.
yum!

gifts ready to be opened.

on a cold day.

nami introduced tay and i to a wonderful japanese restaurant called yabu on pico blvd.
a great place for traditional japanese food.
we shared some seasonal appetizers including bamboo shoots and warm spinach & mushroom salad and we each ordered a large bowl of soup.i ordered the fried tofu soup with handmade soba.
peerrrrrfect on a cold and windy day.

advent.

it's almost christmas!

white winter dreams.

today in velden, germany: a snowy, white winter.
image via viktor czapla

the queen.

the young victoria.
light and thoroughly entertaining.

escape to 19th century europe for an hour and forty four minutes.

"thank you uncle, for the prospect of great happiness you have contributed to give me, in the person of dear albert ... he possesses every quality that could be desired to render me perfectly happy."
- queen victoria

coz-time.

cozy at joan's on 3rd w/ heathie after a glorious runyon hike.
heath: coffee+granola and berries.
me: peach scone+latte
love heathie's effortless beauty in her turquoise dress.

a sacred space.

on my bike rides i often pass
st. monica's catholic church.
it called me in.
sacred spaces hold a compassionate stillness.a soft grace.ॐ

machine dreams.

the best album of 2009:
"machine dreams"
by little dragon
playful♥dreamy♥intellectual♥sensual♥imaginative♥perfectly cozy.
one of those rare albums where literally every song is smashing.
try some:
fortune
swimming

house.

to house with mary.
we split:
farmer's market house salad.
mac & cheese.
and
house made rosemary apple pie.
mm mmm good.
cozy, comfort food with a twist.

here comes the light.

today we acknowledged st. lucia day.mommy, ebba, ebba's mom and i sang and brought "light into the darkness".
well it's true...it's not so dark here in la, but it sure is in sweden, where every winter day is a very long, long dark day.
definitely helps with candles, singing, loved ones and sweet things to eat.
♥

oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree.

oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree,
you fill my heart with music.o christmas tree, o christmas tree,
your branches green delight us.oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree,
you give us so much pleasure!
...details from some of the beauties created.
lyrics from o tennenbaum.

sweet smells of winter.

with friends

sipping glögg
&
making trinkets for the tree.

the world of macro.

enjoyed another beautiful macrobiotic meal with my neighbor and her mother who is visiting from india.
the dinner:

a salad consisting of radish, sprouts, leafy greens and unpasteurized sauerkraut with a pumpkin seed dressing.
a hearty vegetable soup with a miso base.
tofu scramble, a brown rice+other grain mixture and an onion+leafy green stir fry.
for dessert baked mochie with walnuts, strawberries and brown rice syrup.
perfectly balanced.

winter chill.

dreaming of wearing summery clothes in this frigid los angeles weather.

image via the sartorialist.

spiced winter delight.

time to make glögg.
wish i could post the way it's going to smell in my apartment!
the recipe from last year.

thyme.

new in the neighborhood: thyme marketplace & cafe.
indulged in chocolate croissant bread pudding.

more mozza.

birthday lunch for peter at pizzeria mozza.

reservations were completely full and there was a line of people waiting for the doors to open.
as expected, the food was delicious.
perfectly simple, decadent italian home cooking. we shared the following:
salad: insalata mista

piatto del giorno: pork ribs al forno, apple cider vinegar & fennel
pizza: speck, bufala mozzarella, olive tapenade & oregano
dessert: butterscotch budino, maldon sea salt & rosemary pine nut cookies
caffè: latte & macchiato.

cute babies.

a film to look forward to in the new year: april 16th 2010.
xo.
see it bigger and in better quality here.

country dream.

über dreamy.
über cozy.
via design*sponge.

please sir, may I have some more?

pumpkin pie left overs.
same tamra davis recipe as the one blogged about on oct. 31st.
i keep having more & more pieces.

have become addicted to hungry nation videos. esp. working class foodies. i see that tamra davis has recently joined the hungry nation line up too. v. sweet!

so cal. thanksgiving.

newport beach peninsula, ca.
cozy-coz.

tiramisu.

we made it & ate it!
yum!
recipe.

thankful.

love.

sin city.

oh so vegas.

this visit...oh so fun!
beautiful aerial photos of the city here.

lucky.

lunch today at pure luck.
vegan yummyness.
ordered their cold noodle salad.
very satisfying.

malibu calling.

a restorative hike at cold creek preserve.sunset at neptune's net.

a pancake morning.

pannkakor/pfannkuchen/crepes.

add a few toppings i.e. lemon, sugar, jams, fresh berries and fruit.
and voilà! yum!
my receipt: here.

sweetness.

via apartment therapy.

precious, precious.

precious: based on the novel 'push' by sapphire.
so real.
read a review: here.

the market.

good things from the saturday market.
multi colored carrots, persimmon, avocados, pumpkin, squash, zucchini.
various citrus and garlic to ward off and take care of cold and flu.
ps good for fevers: to lower a fever ice pack under the arm pit, drink lots of water, green apple cut finely and simmer...feed to your sick one. citrus juices simmered with honey. never boil. ooooh...and a polish remedy is to cut garlic finely into milk and simmer. think i'll avoid that one though...yuck.

my step.

my step by little dragon.
and a remix: here.

all hallows' pumpkin pie.

for all hallows' eve i journeyed to visit tay in topanga. we did it! we made a pumpkin pie from scratch!
tamra davis' recipe was great.
here it is.
mmmmm "punkin' " pie!

a cozy morning treat.

irish oats w/dried fruit compote, a latte and an almond/cherry scone for later @ the larder.
yumm!