whati... can't not share

i just have to share this because it's like listening to a song where the musician articulates every single thing you're feeling but can't quite figure out how to say with your own mouth.

so here i am, making a reappearance into the blogging world with some ripped of article sent to me by none other than my hetero life mate.

25 Things I've Learned In My 20's

by Ryan O'Connell 

whati... baby g

listen, it's obvious that to make it in the blog world, you have to be:

a.  independently wealthy with a never ending closet budget and no day job

OR

b.  have a baby and the time to be a hip/crafty/fashionista mom.

and while i can't say that i meet either of those requirements, i actually was a baby once for about two years - during which, i too, tried solid food for the first time.

this is the moment that i fell in love with food, captured on film.

baby bird, praying for food.

 (update: i just finished a bowl of oatmeal that looks identical to whatever that baby glop is.)

this is a daddy's girl.  

(update:  i just bought pants from j.crew in that same shade of tangerine.)

while i'm sure my readership has just increased tenfold because of these photos of a baby eating, i have just one more treat for you. 

this is my baby sister on easter:

the end.

whati... wined

i've told you about the wonders of rombauer before.

our visit this time was just as delicious and beautiful.

so, here's the thing with rombauer, they're not like other tasting rooms and are actually very hands off.  rather than standing at a bar hearing about the individual beauty of each wine and exactly what to pair it with, you kind of go collect your tastings inside then enjoy them from the winery porch while you take in the beauty of napa valley.  it's not too bad.

here is your guide in photos.  eric's photos.

step one:  collect your tastings from the tasting room and find the perfect porch-side table.

step two: recruit a handsome wine sommelier, or at least somebody who is willing to read the menu of wines to you while you taste.  it's best if he reads the summaries in a slight british accent.

(again, the rombauer employees are not going to tell you much about them.)

step three: find a really babe couple to share the experience with.  take their photo.

step four: bust out a trader joe's picnic and enjoy it in the garden.  you should have at least 6 different cheeses.  (p.s. this is my mosted "liked" instagram of all time.  i can't quite figure out why other than people must really like cheese and bread, it which case, you'd fit right in at this table.)

step five:  nap-a in the car while your handsome drives you home.

step six:  wake up and take some photo booth pics of yourself with your phone.

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it was the perfect sunday afternoon and i would highly recommend you hightail it to napa and/or sonoma to take in the beauty of northern california wine tasting.

we maaay or may not have spent some time pretending that we were the owners of this porch.

you'd do the same.

whati... night vision

for two years i didn't visit twin peaks once, but in the past two weeks i've been there twice.

it is incredible at night, you can see all of SF including both the bay bridge and the golden gate.

for that reason, we brought our visitors up after a day of wine tasting.

night babe!

how beautiful are eric's photos?

whati... yellow

while our beloved visitors were in town the weekend before last, we took a day trip to napa.

the wine was second only to the incredible fields of yellow flowers.  when we were buzzing past them, keith turned to me and said, "do you want to stop to take photos here?"  um, obviously.

#boyfriendofablogger

it was also helpful to have a personal photographer in the form of eric to take all of these photos which i promised to rip off of him so that for once in my blogging life it would look like i had a fancy camera.

[love napa]

 

 [just some friends in some flowers]

[personal photog of the weekend]

[can we live here forever, please?]

[dudes in flowers]

can't wait to share all of the other photos i'm going to steal from eric all week long!

whati... fare & square

while i chug along in my path of transition, i offer you another delicious food blog.

fare & square

the writer of this blog is a san fransciso based foodie whose passions for all things edible and ascetically gorgeous are recorded on this delightful little corner of the internet.

in a recent conversation, my fellow blogger told me that she has some amazing interviews lined up with some local san francisco restaurants and food vendors.  

be sure to add this little morsel to your daily reads, because if there is one thing that i'm sure of, it's that ms. yee never disappoints.

check it out for yourself:

whati... divvy up

[veggie melt]

i've got some big life changes on the horizon that have me doing back-flips for joy and

we've also been up to our ears in fun hosting some boston friends.

that being said, i just wanted to pop in and share my latest blog-obsession, divvy up dining.

this blog is written by two mother-daughter teams with a passion for delicious, nutritious, wholesome meals.  

(one of the mother-daughter teams happens to my my mother-sister unit.)

anyway, it is SO worth checking out.  this week they're doing "lunch week" so hop on over there to soak up some inspiration for your mid-day meal.

[tempeh salad]

[kale salad]

 

 

 

 

[pumpkin muffins]

[beet juice frosting]