Yum-O

in lieu of clothes, here's a sample of some of the fantastic food I've been eating lately...

pastrami...

reuben...

pickles...

(all consumed at the amazing Katz's Deli in NYC)

pineapple fried rice from Yum-Yum, 9th & 46th, NYC

sashimi at Wild Ginger, Hyde Park in Cincinnati

loaded nachos (a little blurry from my unsteady hand after a couple beers...)

delicious delicious Touch of Sunshine beer, brewed fresh at Rockbottom in Cincinnati (Fountain Square)

daily fashion shots will resume MONDAY, when I will be moving back out of my parents' house and into my apartment... I'm a little apprehensive about the move back out on my own, but I'll figure it out! Wish me luck!!!

Cupcake Masters

Since I'm still housebound, there was no real "getting dressed" today, but James did come by for a visit (finally he didn't have to work ALL DAY!) and we made some master cupcakes for his family  mine. We had originally planned on baking a pie, but obviously you can't split a pie in two (at least not easily) so I made the executive decision to bake cupcakes from scratch - icing and all! We found some awesome cupcake papers with glow-in-the-dark ghosts on them (ideal for finding them in the dark when sneaking into the kitchen for a late-night snack) but for some reason couldn't find Halloween sprinkles ANYWHERE! Maybe because Halloween's only a couple days away...

We used the recipe for white cake from the Joy of Cooking (my favorite go-to cookbook - the copy I have in my apartment is such a mess, full of spills & post-it notes from previous experiments) and the recipe for cream cheese frosting. Yum! They were PERFECT!

Finally, I can't believe I've never read Catcher in the Rye. I started reading it this afternoon, and I can't put it down. It's supposed to rain the next few days, so I'm glad I've found an amazing book to occupy myself...