foodstuff E441

Finally broke in my WS heart-shaped ramekins by making goat cheese panna cotta with mango gelée. It's amazing what you can do with a few packets of gelatin!

suckered

Looks like we're slowly approaching the quieter seasons of fall and winter, where I'll be hiding under piles of down blankets with new books, Godiva caramel apple truffles* and tea..

*Impulse purchase at the Starbucks counter in B&N... It's so hard to resist seasonal items like spiced pumpkin lattes, etc..

the white stuff

New favorite @ Martha's: oreo mousse cake. Tastes like cookies 'n' cream ice cream, but in cake form - mmm, decadent.

FNO 2010

Started off with chicken lollipops at LURE, followed by way too many glasses of champagne and bottles of Stella, resulting in bouts of (light) kleptomania and devouring an entire hangar steak at midnight. Pretty successful night, I'd say.

mapped by intrepid fingers

The spoils of underwear shopping a few weeks back: an assortment of solid color, polka-dot, plaid, paisley and leopard print.

the principle of utility

What better way to enjoy Labor Day than to spend it eating and shopping? After a yummy brunch, A and I spent the afternoon browsing all the sales and wandering around Soho, followed by beers and a late dinner.

{1} Penelope Cafe, view out onto Lexington Avenue

{2} A's Penny egg sandwich

{3} my salmon-wrapped poached eggs

{4} entrance of Penelope

{5} Bloomie's Forty Carrots lemon swirl

{6} Soho lofts in the afternoon light

from Medieval Latin claustrum, enclosed place

The Cloisters - what a magical place. Loved everything about it from the drive up on Henry Hudson Parkway, to passing under the huge stone arch and being met by a hushed stillness, to all the stained glass and the beautiful ideal garden. I feel like I could spend hours there, forgetting the whole time that I'm still in NYC. Just fifteen minutes in that courtyard with a breeze smelling of lavendar and mint was unforgettable..