Yeap, thats’ right, I am counting down the days until Easter Sunday! I cannot wait to be home, and spend lots of time with my family. Not to mention my desperate need for an excuse not to think about my thesis project. Last year you might remember was the first Easter in my ENTIRE life to be without ANY family. I had a truly “Roman-style” Easter spent at the Vatican. Though the meaning still remains the same wherever you are, the fun-filled traditions were definitely missed. Well this year Mom and I are taking things to the extreme. I am like the 3 year old crafty daughter that will never grow up. I am the one who dyed dozens and dozens of eggs with Mom two years ago, just the two of us. She’d boiled dozens of eggs, and when they were ready for their dippin’s….well, no one else was around. I guess they had better? things to do?? I must note first and foremost, Yes we celebrate the season of the death and resurrection of Jesus-the renewal of the Christian faith, but all of the “festivities” are fun to blend into the “real” meaning of the season! With that, this Saturday Mom and I are going to work our domestic skills in the kitchen [Andrea will you join us? PLEASE!!!!!! You can eat the cookie dough scraps!] When we’d ventured into William-Sonoma a few weeks about we came across these fun stamp-n-style tools. We bought the kit, which is of course on sale now, to assist our cookie cutting skills.
Ever since that shopping day I’ve been looking forward to stampin’ out some cookies!!! Look out for a post on how well they actually turn out! Happy Holy Week!!
Spring is in full force here, and pretty Sunday afternoons are usually good recipes for Sunday afternoon baseball games. A good reason to spend time outside, and that of course demands the NEED to visit the yummy concession stand maybe even twice during the baseball outing. But what if you just want the tasty treats without the longgggg baseball game? It is kind of like going to Target for popcorn, but not wanted to go to a movie. You know what I mean? So what’s the alternative? MAKE YOUR OWN homemade soft PRETZELS with MUSTARD. In this case, make em’ tiny and everyone gets their own. Then there is not need to share one BIG one, which always successfully ends in a fight over who gets the “doughy” piece from the middle overlapping pieces.
Give it a shot too: it’s easy, takes few ingredients, and will rock your tummies world!!!!
And for a little baseball inspired “FUN”…
the baseball puffball dress was created using 26 nylon baseball jackets [+]
fruity famous baseball player [+]
autographable jewelry [+]
team logo art [+]
giant leather glove seating [+]
carved baseball bat sculpture [+]
Rome it’s rectangular. Chicago it’s deep. @ Dominos it’s crispy, and at others it’s doughy. Naples-style is known as Neapolitan. New York it’s “New York style” and pretty much ”regular”. Sicilian traditionally features the cheese under the sauce, and if it’s thin it’s “nonna pizza”. New Haven it’s oblong, and D.C. it’s jumbo slices. Then there is grilled pizza, “bar-pizza”, stuffed pizza, and even California style with a Meditteranean twist. But in New York , pizza is taking on a whole new shape:
K!Pizzacone gives pizza a rebirth.
via [+]; images via K! Pizzacone
