SNEAK PEEK

Here's a little peek from a wedding I attended last weekend. I have slowly been working on putting together the full post.

From the weekend

My morning started at the Bagelry & Bistro

Followed by an afternoon at Downtown Darling for cut,color and a spot of vintage shoppping

FEELING GOLDEN

While perusing through the Fall 2012 NYFW shows I noticed a little trend of golden gowns. Here are a few of my favorites.

1. Bill Blass
2. Nanette Lepore
3. Marchesa
4. L'Wren Scott

BAKING LAMINGTONS

I have been in an exploratory mood to try out new baking recipes. I came across this recipe from a pin on a blog called Pink Piccadilly Pastries, a fun, whimsical blog where Jina bakes mostly sweet things. I have to say that the yellow cake was pretty good all by itself and I have yet to try out the completed product as they had to dry overnight.

A HELLO KITTY FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY

I always love going to kids birthday parties and when I found out little Vesper was going to have a Hello Kitty party I must say I was pretty excited. The weather could not have been more perfect for Vesper's birthday weekend and for the party at the Twin Pines Senior & Community Center in Belmont, CA. There were jars full of gum balls and colorful lollipops, a hello kitty piñata, a magician who also makes balloon animals, hats and anything you can possible think up, food galore and a little touch of nature with all the trees surrounding the lodge building. Ampy pretty much put this party together herself with a little help from some close friends and family members. The cupcakes and cake were made by Noe Valley Bakery and the magician was none other than Mr.Shap.

Vesper was the life of the party. Everytime I turned around she was being held by someone else. She is one social butterfly let me tell you. She enjoyed herself so much that she ended by passing out in her great aunties arms before it was time to get her in the car seat. After the party ended I was able to spend some quality time with Ampy and we had a spot of breakfast with the family of three the following morning before my departure in the afternoon. I am looking forward to seeing Vesper, Calvin, Ampy and their new arrival very soon ( If you could not tell from the photos Ampy is pregnant with her second. Which means Vesper will have a little sister very soon.)

It took the kids quite sometime to break the piñata open, even without the blindfold. But as you can see from the animated gif below that once it was open it was a free for all for all the candy.

A DOSE OF CUTENESS

This past weekend I was lucky enough to spend some quality time with my goddaughter Vesper. She is just the cutest one year old I know! Tomorrow I will be sharing some photos from her 1st birthday party.

THE MAN AND HIS MOUSTACHE

Mu husband decided to grow a moustache for the month of November in part with the Movember organization. He ended up liking his stache so much that he decided to leave it for a few months after November.

His moustache had become a part of him so much so that he purchased some new clothing and some classy hats. I am writing this today to report that he has come to the conclusion that it is now too out of control and just simply gets in the way of eating and drinking everyday. So today after work he said farewell to the stache and shaved it off.

Here are a few before, during, and after shots.