true love.

oh it exists. this makes me swoon. [via People]

Poor and Hungry Experiment with Chorizo

So this isn't a surprise to a lot of ya'll, but I am a meat-eater. Most of what I eat is beige. I'm trying to do better, but this week is not one of them. I'm poor and want something to fill my belly without being incredibly unhealthy.

What I came up with was straight out of freezer leftovers. I absolutely adore my little slowcooker, and Monday morning I was hit with some inspiration while trying to hunt down some waffles from the freezer. Here's what it was:

Materials:
-1 lb frozen chorizo -- bulk. from last years CSA (I miss all the fresh meat straight off the farm)
-a few handfuls of frozen sweet roasted corn (Trader Joe's has some banging version)
-a few handfuls of mexican cheese
-a cup and another quick pour of milk
-frozen onions chopped (in the frozen food section -- these are CHEAP and quick)
-salt/pepper as you like it

Method:
-warm up the CrockPot (warm food goes in a warm crockpot, cold foods in a cold one.. important!)
-brown the chorizo (defrost first in my case) and add to the pot
-saute the onions and add to the pot
-add the rest of it and cook on low for about 8 hours (or on high if you want it in about 3 or 4 hours)

What's great about it? Besides being meaty? It's a very versatile addition to different foods.


I could eat breakfast burritos for every meal. Eggs are cheap, and I adore salsa. Just add the chorizo dish to the eggs while you're cooking it (if you add it to the tacos separately, it gets messy. trust.), warm the tortillas, add salsa.. and voila!


It's also really to use as a meat sauce. In the morning, I cooked a good amount of (whole wheat) spaghetti, scoop a few spoonfuls of the chorizo on top in your take-to-work container and add a sloshing of pasta sauce (bonus for tomato chunks).. and you've got a quick and delicious lunch at work.

So far, I've had 2 breakfast burrito dinners and 2 meatsauce pasta lunches.. and I barely spent anything. Cheap. Delicious.

Conclusion? This dish is a winner. And I'm having burritos for dinner.. heyohhh.

Brazillian Style

I miss Brazil. A lot. I spent 6 weeks there in college volunteering and fell in love with it. Everyone there is so laid back and friendly, the food is amazing, and the drinks were divine. I had the best time, learned a lot, and met great people all while working in the medical field which will soon become my whole life.

The Sartorialist has recently been snapping some great style shots of people in Brazil (specifically Rio, not where I was, but we did travel there), and I adore these looks. It is the essence of the women in Rio -- bright colors and not afraid to show some skin. Just plain gorgeous. Here are my favorites of their latest piece:

My boys.

This is one of my very favorite pictures of Coop and JP. Now I know I don't mention the boy that often, but he's a good guy. And he and Cooper are the cutest together.

Friday night is our first date night in a while, and I think I have JUST the outfit for it. I'm trying to do better about doing my daily wears, so I'll make an effort to take a picture of it.

Cute Pooches.

[desire to inspire]

I was looking through some of my drafted posts and found this from about a month back -- I love these images of these handsome dogs on great furniture. Once Cooper is through this pro-submissive bootcamp (he's a bit of a dominant dog, and we're trying to take as much of the alpha-maleness out of him so he can play well with others), I would love to do a photoshoot like this with him on my red couch.

These kind of girls.

Now. I don't like a whole lot of types of girls. The girls that become "my girls" are a special breed of woman and once you make it to that point, I'm ride or die for you.

Things I don't like?
-laziness
-trashy girls
-drama girls
-girls who always need to have a guys attention. always.
-girls who get engaged at a young ass age (can you wait til graduation?)
-people who can't live alone. or be alone.
-needy girls
-girls who cling to their sig other

..well you get the picture. that being said. I need to keep an open mind. Case in point.. there's this girl who goes to school where I work, she's young. and of course, engaged. from what I can see she seems to be a really fun girl, but may be attached at the hip to her fiancee. And, well, we're going to be classmates.

I know I need to start keeping an open mind about people, b/c you never know who you'll be friends with.. and I get that. But there are some things that inately bother me, such as the aforementioned list. And I also know, I will be practically eating, breathing, sleeping around these people for 4 years, so we better figure out a way to be friends. I can get along with everyone -- but only a handful make it to "my girls" status.

And I think I'm ok with that.

But at the same time, I need to learn not to write people off immediately just because one thing about them really bothers me.

..and then I think.. should I really compromise..?

It's a tough call.

Obsessed.

Now, if you know me, you know that I adore Burberry. My mom has begun my obsession in college when my birthday/grad presents entailed some pieces that are now my wardrobe staples. Their new collabo with Colette has me really excited. Take a look:



[highsnobette]

and now I'm obsessed.

Latest Obsession: Flower Tattoos

So currently I have 5 tattoos -- and absolutely love them. But it's been a while since my last one, and I think I'm ready for the next one. As S$ refers to it -- "the itch".

All my tattoos mean something to me and represent a different point in my life... and now I view them as beautiful artwork as well. I think these are so gorgeous and are my inspiration for my next piece -- although I'm contemplating a lot of different places to put them.. hmm..
Artist: Gabriel Cece
artist: Ron Givens


This gorgeous piece looks like lace.. and I love it.

and any of the pictures that aren't credited, I found them on flickr but the artist is unknown. If you know who it is, let me know and I'll update it!

Adore: Natalie Portman

Elle Magazine.

I absolutely love her. her style. her talent. and this photoshoot.

DWW 1.6.2010

Winter is a really hard time for me -- I don't do well in the cold, and I generally hate wearing pants. Colored tights and I are usually best friends throughout all the seasons, but every once in while when it dips below freezing, I must wear pants (and since I'm terrible at being cold, they're paired with my CuddleDuds).

Since I'm pretty far behind on these posts, the following outfits are from a warmer time of late fall, early winter. But now that January here -- it's all layers, and jeans. Can't wait for the spring!
Dress: Kristen Davis Collection
Tights: Target
Cardigan: JCrew
Hair: Towel-dried.
Apologies for such a invasive shot of Coop.. err.
Dress: JCrew
Shirt: H&M
Belt: Vintage
Tights: H&M
I love this cardigan.. on the verge of obsession.
Cardigan: UO
Jeans: UO
Necklace: Ecuador
Tubetop (yep): Express
Booties: I forget the brand, but DSW
Cardigan: UO
Shirt: Banana Republic
Skirt: Vintage
Necklace: JCrew
Belt: Vintage
Boots: Reaction by Kenneth Cole