Thursday, December 9, 2010

My Christmas Wish List......

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I LOVE these hats and Gloves by Kate Spade. 
Perfect for N.Y.C.
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Max Brenner Chocolates.
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Mauviel Copper 12 piece-Cookware set.
Better then diamonds ladies
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The perfect snuggel in a down comfee book
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Anthropology Lavender Suede
peep-toes
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Jan Leslie
Flying Pig Cuff links.
I simply adore these.
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Equestrian Vacation to Scotland.
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Alejandro Ingelmo "Rita"
Riding Boots.
Bloomingdale's.
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Painting Canvases
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Barbour Tweed Hacking Jacket.
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A Lemon/Lime squeezer thingy
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I'm pretty sure everything on my Fabulous
List are Needs and not Wants.
Maybe we should spread this out over two Christmas's.

Merry Christmas Girls!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Homemade Christmas Tree Decoradions.

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 The Christmas tree is a symbol of a living Christmas spirit and brings into our lives a pleasant aroma of the forest. The fact that balsam fir twigs, more than any other evergreen twigs, resemble crosses may have had much to do with the early popularity of balsam fir used as Christmas trees.
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I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! 
Growing up decorating the Christmas tree was quite the event.  We would climb up into the attic and Find boxes and boxes of tree decoration's that we had made and collected over decades. 
Mom would put on Christmas Music and if we were lucky she would make us peppermint hot chocolate.  Hannah (my sister) and I would never take the decorations off the top we would go searching in Layers and layers to find our favorites to put on. 
 Which of course messed up all the organization mom put into packing them up the season before.
On Christmas Eve Daddy would go into his office and grab his journal where he always recorded who's
turn it was to put the Angel on top of the Tree. This was a Huge deal for us, there were seven kids in the house so this was absolutely necessary to keep the Peace.
The Angel was given to my Mom by her 2nd Grade Teacher and it has always been our topper.  The idea for these homemade Tree Ornament's are from all the jewelry boxes I had lying around the house.  They are perfect for little shadow boxes.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Bedford Post & Stone Barns

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Bedford Post and Stone Barns are two Brilliant restaurants that I love. The food is very special, the kind I was raised on by local farms Which is why I find them to be a liiiiiiittle bit overpriced. But they can get away with it because of where they are located. 
Shopping and dinning in Bedford NY is the equivalent of shopping in an airport,
they don't realize the prices everywhere else in the world. 
Ive experienced dinner at the Post
for New Years and Easter as well as several Sunday Brunches. 
The other week I went to the Cafe for a little lunch with my dear friend Reagan From Tryon NC and had the most satisfying scrumptious lunch, it was the perfect autumn treat.
I'm the only one who probable enjoys feasting in the
middle of the afternoon. Yes well, Only if I have time for a nap later. 
It was a lazy day so I allowed myself to over indulge. I much prefer the Post casual dinning then the fine dining experience they provide (though both are wonderful). It falls a little short to Stone Barns but the wait staff at the Post is perfection.  I find myself more interested in how I'm being served rather paying the proper attention to the food.  They are nothing short of Spectacular.  It's the biggest Nuisance to be bothered constantly by a wait staff.  At Stone Barns You are also served to perfection
except the staff is a bit tense which makes me tense,
however I do understand Fine Dining calls for a certain standard. 
The Ambiance of the whole Farm takes you to another
Land all together and the memorable dining experience is superb. 

I would recommend Easter Sunday Brunch at Stone Barns.   
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Caramelized Onion Soup. At the Post
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My Lentil and Radish Salad.
At the Post
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Reagan's Hot polenta Sandwich. 
At the Post
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The Bakery
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My Hog Butt. It was a perfect
piece of Bread with a thin slice of ham and
a fried Egg. At the Post
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

BROOKLYN FLEA



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A few weekends ago my darling friend Reagan
came up for a little visit and suggested
that we go to the Brooklyn Flea market. 
 I don't get to Brooklyn often
but I have to tell you what a find
To Reagan and I it's better then gold, 
 all the vintage pieces and antiques.
 The Market features 100 vendors inside the
landmark Williamsburgh Savings Bank.
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"One of the great urban experiences in New York." —The New York Times
"One of the Best Antiques Shows in the U.S." —Country Living

"One of New York's Essential Pick-Up Spots" —Time Out NY
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So After the flea market Reagan and I were on a mission to find the
Four and Twenty Blackbirds pie shop.  We walked up an appetite for those
pies and walked them off , just because I parked so far away.  So no worries, guilt free pie is the best.
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The Kitchen of Four and Twenty Blackbirds
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Reagan's Honey Pumpkin pie,
my Plum crumble.
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No talking please...
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Jumping for Pie.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Stone Barns, Most Beautiful Pie

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What A wonderful Harvest Fest this year.
  It was the 7th annual Harvest Festival at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York.  A day filled with workshops, fabulous music that always brings me back to the Appalachian Mountains, Hayrides, workshops, pie contest and Fabulous Food

This year I entered my Blueberry fig Pie
and won Most Beautiful Pie. YIPEE!
The best prize ever is the one year membership to Stone Barns, which
I plan to take full advantage of. 
It was a beautiful day.
Thank you.
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2010 Seasonal Bake off Winners!
This year’s contest yielded three winners!

Most Beautiful Pie: Beth Wolfe’s “Blueberry Fig Pie”

Most Inventive Ingredient Combination:  Hank, Drew, and Claire Marriott’s
“Wicked Dark Chocolate pie"  

Most Seasonal and Top Pie of the Day:  Krystal Ford’s “Maple Delicata Pie”

Many thanks to the 2010 Bake-Off judges Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, co-founders of Food52 and food columnists for The New York Times.
 
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My blueberry fig pie
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My Apple Rhubarb pie from last year 2009
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Beautiful Fig and wild mushroom Tarts
By Red Barn Bakery
http://www.redbarn-bakery.com/
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Bobby Sue's nuts!
The BEST nuts ever.
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Grass fed Beef Chili so mmmm
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My chili with a pint of pumpkin Beer.
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Sheep at Stone Barns
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Little Gabe and Anna Gutierrez about
to enjoy the Festival
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Me and Gabe waiting for those Hayrides
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