Natalia Vodianova @ French Vogue's 90th anniversary at the Pozzo di Borgo Hotel

HOMEMADE IS BEST BY IKEA

Summary of the new IKEA baking book "Hembakat är Bäst" in bulletpoint form:

• Photographer: Carl Kleiner / Agent Bauer
• Stylist: Evelina Bratell
• 140 page coffee-table baking book
• Inspired by high fashion & japanese minimalism
•  to tone down the actual cake and put the ingredients in focus
• The recipes are presented as graphic still-life portraits on a warm and colourful stage.
• 30 classic swedish baking recipes everything from small biscuits to large cakes. Enjoy.

 I think this first one is a PRINCESS CAKE! like the ones sold @ the IKEA cafeteria!

I wonder if it is in english AND swedish... UGH I hope so. I love the deconstruction and reconstruction. You can appreciate the ingredients and then see how they come together as a dessert. It's simplicity in its design makes baking look so easy... I actually want to put in the time and start baking! 

WISH YOU WERE HERE

Pebble Beach, CA -  September 5, 2010 taken by my dad with an iPhone

BEFORE & AFTER @ THE GRIDDLE CAFE

"The Yellow Brick Road" pancakes. Can you tell which was when? and we continued to eat the leftovers the next two days! haha

THE HOLLYWOOD HISTORIC HOTEL

A LITTLE BIT of our stay at the HHH - Hollywood Historic Hotel. Great location, conveniently near a bus stop, quite a walk to the nearest metro train stop, and no elevator... but over all for $49/night, free parking, a public transportation ride away from almost anywhere worth going in la, and  most importantly a clean, safe room all to ourselves, I would love to go back!

FNO LA

September 10, 2010: Fashion's Night Out 2010 in LA! We walked along Melrose, stopped by Betsey Johnson, Fred Segal, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Coco De Mer, Marc by and Marc Jacobs, and more. We didn't buy anything, but we did enjoy the food trucks and the complimentary photos and drinks!

        

        

      

    

    

    

  

    

PICK & CHOOSE, SPIN THE CHOICE

Tuesday night - nothing, maybe in n out

Wednesday -  something to do during the day because carissa plus movie 7:15grilled cheese 7p - 10p: 55Degree Wine 3111 Glendale Blvd. 

Thursday - glendale/los feliz, verdugo bar 8pm-11pm nom nom and grill em all, dad's basketball game 7:30-8:30/9pm

Friday

5:30p - ?: FirstFriday @TheBrig 1515 Abbot Kinney VENICE grilled cheese truck

manila machine 

Saturday manila machine 9am-1pm canoga farmer's market

• San Fernando Valley
• topanga canyon mall
• de soto pharmacy
• pink elephant
• daglas french fries

• Glendale/Los feliz/Atwater/silverlake/echo park
• the americana
• shopping/walking
• crumbs bakery
• can watch a movie
• griffith observatory
• the la zoo
• umami

• Hollywood
• pink's hot dogs
• hollywood sign somehow
• mann's chinese theater
• hollwood walk of fame
• celebrity houses
• wax museum
• open roof top buses
• el capitan
• kodak theater
• umami
• space 15 twentry
• ameoba records
• the arclight

• Beverly Hills
• sprinkles cupcakes
• rodeo drive staircase
• paulette macarons
• beverly center
• milk
• magnolia bakery 3rd street

• Downtown/Little Tokyo/Chinatown
• daikokuya ramen
• the alley walk ways
• disney music hall
• moca
• angel's flight railway
• angel's knoll - 500 days
• Beaches
• Santa Monica
• 3rd street promenade - walk, window shop, street performers
• the new mall - walk, window shop
• the pier - walk, rides, carnival
• Venice
• the beach
• canals
• boardwalk
• Malibu
• the getty villa
• the beach
• general
• lacma/la brea tar pits
• california science center/natural history museum
• the getty
• in n out!
• universal studios/citywalk

EGG IN A CUP

Here is another recipe for "eggs in a cup" .. cup of bacon that is! this looks very easy and very delicious.

yum!

MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY.. OF YOUR LIFE

I cannot wait to try out this recipe from smitten kitchen. It combines two of my most beloved foods: pizza and breakfast. 

 There is also this restaurant called Little Dom's in Los Feliz that was featured on the Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate for their breakfast pizza! only served till 2 and with a looong wait probably. Here it is:

From Little Dom's Yelp page