Shake it like a salt shaker!!

or grind like a pepper mill... whatever your pleasure!!
Get a Chef's hat.. Designed by Amin Vahidan

Or perhaps the magnetic heart combo is more your bag...

Me personally, well i like the ring!! Of course i do!

so shake it up.... and don't forget... always look good while doing to!!
xo

Cuz I AM!!

Begin the month of love with something i'm SURE you will love!!
MAC's 2011 continues with the launch of the WONDER WOMAN collection!!!
Forget what you THOUGHT you knew about MAC... cuz this is gonna flip the script!!


And just like the rest.. it's LIMITED.. so get yours ASAP!!
xoxo

A V day gift.

That's all i'm gonna say. Oh and it was already sold out once, so hurry up and gab yours HERE
Oh how I love Etsy!!
xoxo

shoegasm 2011

if you can appreciate a fiercly put together shoe campain and have a sincere desire to posses the best shoes in the world... then please enjoy the following eye candy!!
Khuong Nguyen's Christian Louboutin 2011 Stories bring to you the wonderfully wild and imaginative digital 'shoevertising' 

Seven Deadly desert plates!!

So we've done the seven deadly sins wine glasses, and now i bring for your sinning pleasure... desert plates to compliment those glasses!!


$250 and a CLICK HERE will bring to you these very DECADENT plates right to your door!!!
I look forward to seeing them on your table!!
xoxo

C.R.E.A.M.

Walnut Room

1*22*11

Doors Open @8pm

Denver Colorado

Sounds by DJ Manizer & Nofrendo

Featuring Girl Grabbers

Enter the WU 36 Chambers

ODB - Isis

Method Man - Suzi Q

Raekwon - Bianca

Ghostface - Lady Speech

GZA - Manizer

Inspectah Deck - Patience "DJ Bella Scratch"

RZA - Lil Wing

Masta Killa - Venus

U-God - Billie Jean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorZRdCzzck

A food lovers lip balm

With 'flavors' such as Salted Caramel, Cherry Bourbon, Absinthe, Dead Sexy or Cocoa Noir and goodies such as  Bee Balm, Jasmine, Aloe, and Vitamin E to moisturize.. i'm not sure why you have not picked these up... at $7 each.. .it's almost a sin not too!! 
since i know you are going to be looking all over for these now, let me help you out and just CLICK HERE 
xoxoxo

D&G Goin Retro FABULOUS!!!

I love the 50's... and would have no problem donning a poodle skirt or some capris and saddle shoes, so imagine my giddiness with Dolce and Gabbana's new fall/winter 2011 retro line for the guys!!! 
It's basically AMAZING and sooooo much fun!! 
No word on what the womens line will look like, but it DOES look like a 50's party needs to be in the works! 

It's the {hand} Cream of the Crop!

Living in Denver, means a lot of things... like wearing flip fliops throughout the year... listening to 'wild west' remarks from outta towners... getting to experience all four seasons (sometimes in the same day) .. and your skin ALWAYS needing extra moisture in the winter!! 

As for me, i have an issue keeping my hands moisturized, probably because i wash my hands a million times a day, so i'm always on the look out for a good hand cream!.

So i have picked my top four and i bring them to YOU!

1. L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream

One the high end of the hand cream scale, we have L'Occitane's Shea butter HEAVEN!! 

At $26 a bottle this is the highest price hand cream on my list.. but with  Shea Butter, honey and sweet almond extract it's sooo worth it!! and can be purchased HERE

2. Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream Intensive Moisturizing Hand Treatment.

The second highest priced ($17.00) hand cream is Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream Intensive Moisturizing Hand Treatment. Once you get past the medicinal smell.. it's the best thing i've ever put my hands on or on my hands.. whatever! a favorite among nurses and teachers... you should really give it a try. buy it HERE!!

3.Aveeno Intense Relief Hand Cream

 Next on my list is Aveeno Intense Relief Hand Cream. This is an under $5 picks and with it's rich emollients and oatmea.. you are moisturized up to 24hrs after washing hands. 

BUY HERE

4. Barrielle's Professional Protective Hand Cream

Finally i have the last of the four.. Barrielle's Professional Protective hand Cream.. priced at $16 it contains Vitamin E, Lanolin oil and Wheat Germ Oil. and can be found HERE

Twirl THIS!!

i'm talking about pasta..twirlin pasta!! I have a had a pasta roller for quite sometime (garage sale score for $5) but have  never used it. So on a whim one night after watching The Sopranos, yeah blaming it on HBO) i decided to go for it!! Not a bad whirl for the first time around i might add!!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups semolina flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 6 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

1. Thoroughly sift together all-purpose flour, semolina flour, and pinch of salt.

2.  On a clean surface, make a mountain out of flour mixture then make a deep well in center. Break the eggs into the well and add olive oil. Whisk eggs very gently with a fork, gradually incorporating flour from the sides of the well. When mixture becomes too thick to mix with a fork, begin kneading with your hands.

3. Knead dough for 8 to 12 minutes, until it is smooth and supple. 

4. Dust dough and work surface with semolina as needed to keep dough from becoming sticky.

5.  Wrap dough tightly in plastic and allow it to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.

6. Roll out dough with a pasta machine or a rolling pin to desired thickness. 

7.  

Cut into your favorite style of noodle or stuff with your favorite filling to make ravioli. 8.  Bring water to a boil in a large pot, then add 4 teaspoons salt. Cook pasta until tender but not mushy, 1 to 8 minutes depending on thickness.

9.  Drain immediately and toss with your favorite sauce.

While the pasta was cooking,  i fanagled a sauce that would have knocked your socks off!!

1 lb of turkey sausage

1 bunch of Kale

2 cloves of galic

2 cups chicken stock

 1/2 cup heavy cream

1. brown sausage and drain

2. when browned add smashed garlic cloves and kale

3. when kale is wilted, add chicken stock and heavy cream and let reduce to desired thickness

4. Toss in homeade pasta and enjoy!!

xoxoxoxo

Immersion blender.. NO WAIT!!

For MONTHS i have been looking and hoping the right immersion blender would fall in my lap, and before i had decided on one.. i got drop kicked with this little doosey!!

This folks.. is the Cuisinart Soup Maker and Blender. You read right!! it not only blends those veggies up for your soup.. it now also has three heat settings (ranging from a low simmer to a high boil) to saute and cook your favorite soups!! 
Right now you can find this 2 in one love at WILLIAMS SONOMA for $199.95
I'm not sure if this falls under Va

A Tale of Two Breads

AS i was cleaning out my fridge one morning.. i realized that i had three bags of carrots and a lof of overly ripened bananas, 

 BANANA BREAD 

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Carrot Raisin Bread

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups finely shredded carrots

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup raisins

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 cup roasted walnuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grate carrot and add to large mixing bowl. Add sugar, molasses, salt, eggs, and oil. Mix very well.

2. Now sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. 3. Stir together until just combined. Then stir in raisins and walnuts.

4. Bake in a loaf pan for 50-60 minutes

MAC's cocky... Pea-cocky that is

MAC has a new line mac has a new line... and it's FIERCE... cocky if you might!!

Kissable Lipcolour provides medium coverage with the creamy comfort of a lipstick and a shiny finish of a lip gloss. It’s feather-resistant and wears for hours.

Kissable Lipcolour runs $18.00 U.S. and is of course a Limited Edition.

Enchantée, Woo Me, So Vain, Vanity Fair, Exxxhibitionist, Strut Your Stuff, Scandelicious, Peacocky, Super, Love Peck, Temper Tantra, Flaunting It 

Mega Metal Shadow provide an intense metallic finish that looks brilliant on the skin. It delivers medium-buildable coverage that won’t fade or crease.

Mega Metal Shadow runs $19.50 Land is also a Limited Edition

Peek-at-You, Dalliance, Prance, Top of the Posh, Tweet Me Mating Call, Odalisque, Sexpectations, Paparazz-she, Ego, Noir Plum, Dandizette, Spectacle of Yourself, Centre Stage, Unflappable 

What are you WAITING FOR!?!?!?! go FROST yourselves!!

xoxo