Free Cone Day!!!

Sorry I didn't let you know sooner, but I just finished off a delicious Chocolate Therapy cone. (and the meter was already full so i didn't even pay for parking!)

some foods of late

Me and Scott put some shrimps on the barby. And they were delicious.
Shrimps and Chili pepper rub. Put it on a stick and grill and yum.


In other food news. I stayed up making these beauties last night.

Strawberry and White Chocolate Cupcakes

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 pack strawberry jello
• 1 cup butter
• 4 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 cup mashed frozen strawberries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Combine flour and baking powder in separate bowl and stir into batter alternately with milk. Blend in vanilla, jello powder and mashed berries. Divide into cupcake papers (cake is dense and doesn't rise very well so fill papers just about full-cakes will sink a bit after removing from oven). Bake for about 25-30 minutes.

Icing

• 1 pound white chocolate
• 1 3/4 cup butter
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar
  

Melt chocolate in bowl resting above just-about-boiling water. Make sure bottom of bowl is not touching the water or chocolate will burn. This will melt nice and slowly, just stir as it melts. Remove from heat and let cool but not set. Cream butter until fluffy and add melted chocolate and vanilla. Blend in powdered sugar. Keep in fridge until cupcakes are fully cooled and frosting is good consistancy for spreading.

Enjoy!

babies

If you insist on posting pictures of the ugliest animals on earth then i'll have to respond with pictures of one of the cutest animals on earth. look at this tiny baby!!! and shes got the goof eyes and smush face and all that good stuff.

now she's a spotted monster but these are from the good ol' days

I need to open a new window without gaging

eric made me do it

but its gross. indeed.
this chimp has no hair.

Newport Guitar Festival

Today Jordan and I went to a vintage guitar and luthier show. It was super fun, good excuse to use my camera.

Paul Reed Smith Guitar


"Dragon" neck inlay


luthier tools






Jordan Plays a 1950 Stratocaster, $15,000 guitar right there.

Art By Erica

this is what my little sister drew for me inside my birthday card. you know what? she's a better illustrator then i am.

of course this was coming at ya

I love you!

Hey Kiddo - Just a happy little birthday note for you. Hope your day has been going well. Are you the proud new owner of a time share on the Jersey Shore? Hope so!

When the work day is done I will contact you about super special secret (not really secret but whatev) birthday present!

laser cats! 3D

this is just cute. and i love the mixture of real cats and stuffed cats.

Cute stuff on the internets

http://www.darlingclementine.no/

greeting cards and other cute stuff i wish i did.

I like playmobiles. And i'm wearing pirate-boots today.