Peaches

This is such a completely random post- but post I shall, hmmm?

Has anyone been eating peaches lately? BECAUSE THEY TASTE SO AMAZING.

My mom told me when I was really little, I had been sitting at the table eating a peach, and I proudly told her, "Peaches taste like summer," and isn't that the truth? I like to slice mine up better than eating them like an apple, because that way there isn't too much juice slipping down your chin. Which is really (good) bad.

One time, I met a girl named Peaches. I'm not sure if I'll ever meet another person named Peaches, because that was some pretty original thinking her parents had done. But nonetheless, it's so quirky and awesome! Plus, she had reddish-orange hair, which is a cool coincidence. When I have a daughter, I'm going to name her Eowyn, as in the character from the amazing masterpiece of THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!! Book and movies are both great works, although the movie just can't quite top the books themselves... I have a picture of the Eowyn from the movie above. Not quite counting on my daughter to have long blonde hair, but check out the movie person's! Isn't that awesome?

Best Breakfast in the World

I have voyaged to this lovely blog of mine that only one person I know consistently reads..... to talk about my favorite breakfast in the world. No, it's not pancakes, although you might have thought that from my earlier blog :), it's an eggy-beany-salsa-y wrap of a burrito! Now, when I wake up in the morning, I am either one of two things: RAVENOUSLY hungry, or so not hungry that the thought of food is rather revolting. Now, whether I'm feeling either of those, I am never in the mood for something salty and savory. Never. I like sugar in the mornings. Well, maybe not sugar, but not salsa. But the thing is, whenever I go against my taste buds and make up a dinner-like meal for breakfast, I always end up enjoying it more than p.b. and toast. So here is the one breakfast that tastes amazing from the first bite to the last-

MEXICAN BREAKFAST WRAP

Fry an egg. Heat up a can of beans, or whatever beans you have around. Black or pinto- or anything, really. Just not garbanzo. Put fried egg and beans in tortilla,(preferably a Trader Joe's whole-wheat-flaxseed one) spoon salsa on top, wrap, and eat, letting the egg yolk drip all over your face and hands. It's more fun that way. :D The best part? The protein really holds all the way until lunchtime, so you aren't ready to eat a second breakfast in about 30 seconds.

Congragulations...the Mama's and the Papa's

yesterday I took a nice break-from-life in a little store called THE ELECTRIC FETUS. The best thing about the fetus? You get to smell like yummy incense if you stay in there long enough. Second best thing? The entire store is basically a mash-up of Patina and Cheapo. Music + fun trinkets= an extremely happy me. So what did I buy???

THE LONG AWAITED PURCHASES OF: (drumroll please) CONGRATULATIONS and IF YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND EARS from the wonderful groups, MGMT and the Mama's and the Papa's. Now, I know the latter group has been around loooong before my years, but I've been wanting to buy an album of theirs for a while, so now I did! And Congratulations, the second installment from MGMT, I've been wanting to buy since purchasing their first album. After listening to both albums yesterday while eating a yummy vietnamese sandwich, I came to a conclusion that 60's sunshine pop and physcadelic/electronic/alternative/you-name-it music goes quite nicely together!

REVIEW:

Congratulations is very different from MGMT's first album, but just as great. The nine tracks are somewhat similar to each other, and have a nice beachy-happy feel with underlying tones of despair and longing. You have to listen to it to understand. The lyrics are twisted and poetic masterpieces from Andrew VanWyngarden, many times never having a chorus and telling stories that create many feelings and ideas. Key tracks: Someone's Missing, Flash Delirium

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is a classic back-to-the-60's album, and even if you think you don't know the Mama's and the Papa's, you do. Everyone recognizes their material. There isn't much to say considering this is not a new release, but I'll just re-enforce my love of Mama Cass's voice, and John Phillips' songwriting. Great to listen to over breakfast, or loooong car trips con la familia. (sing-along :) key tracks: Monday, Monday, and California Dreamin'

Pancakes and Heartbreaker

I love pancakes. fact.

I know only one person who doesn't like pancakes.

I tried hard to not argue with him on it. (LIE, HEHEHE)

What I've discovered lately, is that it's SUPAH easy to make them without a recipe. I haven't used a pancake recipe in a long while, because I went on this challenge/experiment (I looove those) to see if I could create a mental recipe using simple ingredients, so I never have to really on a recipe again!!!! (well, at least for pannycakes...)

The only thing you have to do is mix up some flour with some baking powder and baking soda, cinnamon, and some oats or flaxseed meal, whatever. Then lightly beat an egg in a bowl and add it to the flour, and add some milk, and stir. Add more milk as you go. (start small) IT'S SO AMAZINGLY EASY!

TIPS FOR FAB PANCAKES:

1.) go easy on the baking soda, heavy on the baking powder. too much baking soda tastes like bubbling salt. no joke. I'm talking like 1/4 t. of the soda, 1 t. powder.

2.) add a bit o' cinnamon to everything sweet, because it rocks. It just does. And it's good for you apparently, in some herby-kind-of-way.

3.) Mix one cup of milk with 1 T lemon juice, let sit about 10 minutes. Then add to pancakes. It's called buttermilk.

buttermilk pancakes, mmmmmm....

4.) for a single serving, 1/3 c. flour makes about 3-4 pancakes, unless you make them the size of the plate. In that case, you're gonna need a heck of a lot more flour.

HEARTBREAKER FIND:

I get my stretchy cotton t-shirts at the clothing store Heartbreaker. They have them in scoop-neck and v-neck, every color, only $4.90 and I'M OBSESSED

Cat Eyes On You

This is a quick post- but I have to share my new love! As the saying goes, love doesn't come without sacrifice, and I may be sacrificing a good chunk of my wallet to get a pair of these lovelies. ROUNDED CAT-EYE SUNGLASSES! I've spotted the adorable trend around town lately, but I can't seem to find a cheap-enough pair for me to get my paws on. Chanel has the best ones, but one can only fantasize...
I especially love the tortoise-shell versions.

Under the Sun

Today has been a nice day, and is going to continue to get better...
To start, I went to the beach at the lake with the gal pals, and lay out in the sand. (Covered with neutrogena SPF 55, of course :) The only problem was that my swimsuit, from Old Navy, was a bit big in the top part and kept flopping around when I swam. I tried to make sure there wasn't a peep show off shore! Whenever I get on-pieces from Old Navy, they always seem to be short in the torso. Ever have that problem? I lurve their bikinis, though. Check them out if you haven't already.
At the beach, I also noticed a trend I've been watching out for: metallic swimsuits! I'm not as fond of the gold version because it seems a little bit LOOK AT ME! HEY, OVER HERE! but the silver versions are pretty with all skin tones it seems, and I'd like to try it out sometime. Either with a swimsuit, or a tank- whichever comes on sale first.
And tonight is ROBERT PATTINSON NIGHT. Or Eclipse, whatever you wanna call it. It should be interesting... and how do y'all feel about Kristen Stewart? I know plenty a peebles who think she's entirely annoying, but after seeing her portray Joan Jett in the Runaways, I've had a new-found respect for her. I think it's hilarious that she wears a wig in Eclipse, (because she had a black mullet while filming the Joan Jett bio-drama) and I actually think the wig looks better than her own hair. Maybe that's just me? Nonetheless, I'm still JUMPING at the thought to go to the movies. I haven't gone that in a few months.
Food for thought: Looking for a movie to watch on Netflix? (or get from blockbuster) Rent Surrogates. It's this amazing sci-fi that even I, (romantic drama lover that I am) liked! It makes you think. An awful lot. And no f-bombs, so good family movie night :)