Portmanteau of Breakfast and Lunch: Home Edition

I’ve been brunching out a lot lately: it’s a problem. So I bought all the proper ingredients to enjoy a nice brunch at home.
Who else to have over than my best friend Jay? We live right up the street from one another, so close in fact that we should probably rig up a can-string calling system to keep it green. Or just stand outside and shout.
Anyway, this morning we had coffee, then scrambled eggs with spinach, arugula, cherry tomatoes, feta and grilled onions all on top of fiber-iffic English muffins. Delish!  Topped it off with mimosas, and so began the weekend.

 We sat outside after brunch to enjoy the amazing weather. We’re going to top out in the 70s today. All my doors and windows are open, it’s lovely. And it’s always fun to rally around my dogs and the neighbor’s dog Polly to watch them play. And yes, this afternoon you will find me in my moccasins.
Seasonally speaking, in a matter of week all the trees dropped their leaves. They are barren. The atmosphere has certainly changed in my neighborhood. Winter is starting to take over.

The only downside to this brunch-at-home business is the dishes. Can anyone recommend a cleaning lady who will work for free? Besides me. 
Hope your weekend is also off to an awesome start!

Love Contagion

I’ve never met a girl who didn’t love receiving flowers. I am certainly no different. These were delivered to my office on Thursday by my super thoughtful boyfriend. I don’t believe I’ve ever received such a detailed, diverse arrangement.
I certainly loved the exotic accessory to my otherwise bland cubicle, but what I enjoyed more was how amorous the air became when people came over to inspect the arrangement. My boss and a co-worker immediately got online and ordered flowers for their spouses. Love and positivity are absolutely contagious.

 

My boyfriend was proud to hear that his sweet gesture not only brightened up my day, but spread to strangers he’d never met before.
So this weekend I get to walk past these lovely flowers in my kitchen and contemplate the ways I can project more positivity and love into the world. I’ve got a case of the love contagion.
I wish you all the very best this weekend!

Kitchen Fail

I recently got to work on a care package for an Army friend of mine who is training outside of Seattle, WA. I got him a box full of man goodies and gathered ingredients to bake his favorite oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. But I think my pastry assistant and I were a bit too distracted by a little Australian Yellow Tail…

So my cookies were a disaster. A delicious, crumbly disaster. I ended up with oats in my hair, butter on the window sill (your guess is as good as mine!) and flour all over the floor.

This is not to say that my friends and I did not enjoy eating the cookie pile, there was just a lot of pinching involved.

Next time I will do the following:

1. Use scissors to open packaging

2. Use less butter

3. Use whatever Vanilla I was supposed to use

4. FOCUS!

5. Repeat.

Wish me luck, ladies!