PB& J with no crusts, please. Actually, No bread, for that matter.

Last night I was struck with an immense craving for peanut butter and jelly, but, being the kind of gal I am, I could not simply enter my kitchen and make a sandwich. No, I had to make peanut butter and jelly cupcakes. With the help of my dear old friend, Google, I was able to find this extremely easy and delicious recipe. The cake was super moist, yet light, and the frosting was probably the best frosting I've made in my life. The setback was that I had no squeeze bottle for the jelly, but no worries, dear reader, I just cut a little piece off the top of each cupcake, spooned in some jelly, and put the piece back on. I then simply iced them with the scrumptious frosting to cover up my dirty work, and voila, some of the most delicious cupcakes I have ever tasted.

P.S. Does anyone know how I can get rid of the date in the corner of my pictures? It's driving me bananas.

Pajama Party

During a trip to the mall yesterday, I stumbled into Gap. I've been a huge fan of Gap, ever since I wore Baby Gap onesies when I was a,um, baby. Right now, they're having a terrific sale where anything that is marked down has an extra 25% off. I walked away with a simple, kind of slouchy white tee with tie at the waist, an oversized grey 3/4 sleeve tee, and this lovely dress, below. The odd thing about it is that the tag says Gapbody and it was placed in the Gapbody section of the store, you know where they sell loungewear and undergarments. So, I guess this great dress that I fell in love with is not a dress, but a... nightgown? That basically sums up the story of my life. Whatever the tag may say, I'll continue wearing this "nightgown" as a daytime dress. For your viewing pleasure, dear reader, here are some outfits I've composed with my dress/nightgown (I got tired of dressing my mannequin______, so I held back my camera shyness and modeled). Top: Guess (girls)

Belt: Abercrombie (salvaged from my horrific "aberzombie" stage a few years ago. Shudder.)

Tights: Target

The Darjeeling Limited

I had wished to see this film for the longest amount of time and, on a recent trip to the DVD rental vending machine(isn't that amazing? a DVD vending machine!) in my local grocery store, my wish came true. I had gone in search of Definitely, Maybe (my sister's request, not mine), which looks cute and all, but definitely not a piece of groundbreaking film (but hey, I haven't actually seen it. If you have, Dear Reader, I would love to hear about it). It turned out Definitely, Maybe was out of stock and so, I got to choose The Darjeeling Limited, which after viewing twice, I have decided is a very lovely piece of groundbreaking film. The movie follows three American brothers, Francis, the control freak of the family who's face was just mamed in a car accident, Peter, who is extremely nervous due to the upcoming birth of his son, and Jack, who is always stuck in the middle of his brother's arguments and can't let go of his inconsiderate girlfriend, who decide to come together for a train voyage across India, after not seeing one another since their father's death one year earlier, in hopes of bonding with one another, finding themselves, and ultimately, become the brothers they used to be.

The brother's "spriitual journey" goes haywire due to events involving objects such as deadly snakes, pepper spray purchased on the street, and Indian painkillers, but they soon discover an entire unplanned journey where they least expect it. The beautiful imagery of the film, not to mention the meaningful and often times funny dialogue (or the amazing soundtrack I can't stop listening to), is a reason alone to watch the movie. I give this film 5 out of 5 cupcakes.


P.S. The suitcases in this film, which play a huge role, symbolically, were made by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton.
P.S.S. I am now stuck with a huge craving for Indian food.Perhaps these Indian cupcakes?

Thats her? Really?

Hmm, is it just me or does this young Hollywood beauty, look, well, a little less than that on this upcoming cover of Seventeen? Let's compare this cover to some other, shall we say, classier titles.


Yep, I'm convinced some super jealous tech-inclined intern over at Seventeen had something to do with this.

This will make your eyes as big as your cake plate.

If you haven't noticed, I have quite a cupcake fetish. Cupcakes are all that is good in this world. They are sweet, beautiful,and best of all, make people genuninely happy (I mean, come on, have you ever ate a cupcake without experiencing at least a teensy bit of joy?). So, naturally, when I came across this lovely specimen, pictured below, I became very happy. The Great Cupcake Pan from Williams-Sonoma creates a cupcake of gigantic proportions with two sections; one shaped like the frosting and one like the cake. The frosting shaped portion can even be filled with ice cream to make an ice cream cupcake (ice cream cupcake! a giant ice cream cupcake!). It sells for $35 and is available at your local Williams-Sonoma or williams-sonoma.com. Now, granted, I don't have $35 to blow on a giant cupcake pan, but the next time someone asks what I would like for a gift, I'll know what to tell them (wink wink, dear reader).

Simply Boring

My Fourth of July weekend turned out to be pretty good (how was yours, dear reader?). My outfit turned out to be a success and I even had the pleasure of devouring a red velvet cupcake with red,white, and blue sprinkles. Unfortunately,though, my weekend at the beach turned out to be more like 3 hours at the beach when it was interrupted by clouds and thunderstorms -sigh-. In attempt to cure my boredom (the house I was staying in had no TV or computer, I had finished The Catcher In The Rye (the only book I brought with me),my oh-so-generous sister wouldn't share her laptop, and just the thought of visiting another ice cream shop made my hips expand), we drove to a Kohl's outside of the beach town to explore the Simply Vera by Vera Wang collection. Last fall, I'd seen a spread about the collection in Teen Vogue that made the clothes look absolutely fabulous and had been curious since. Dear reader, I was dissappointed. The design of the clothes was alright, but nothing spectacular. It was obvious that the clothes were not flying off the racks, as there was an abundance.The quality did not match the price point (think Forever 21 clothing at J.Crew prices). The few items I did try on were ill-fitting and, again, overpriced (a jersey dress was marked down 25% to $51). The accessories and shoes were not much better. Now, if Vera could only design something like this Vera Wang Lavender Label dress, below, in a cheaper fabric, we would be in business. Ahh, how I wish we lived a world where the clothes were cheap, but the design and quality weren't.

Hey, where's the frosting?

Hope your weekend is as sweet as this video!