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crown and crumpet

Last weekend my husband and son went snowboarding.  This left me with some girl time with my sister and Ava.  My sister hasn't been to Crown & Crumpet and has been wanting to go try this place.  She was famished and I had to warn her that this was a place that wouldn't actually fill her up.  Before leaving, she was reading my current issue of 7x7 (the top 7 carne asada burritos in SF).  Her mind was actually on a burrito after we left Crown & Crumpet...and filled her craving indeed.  As always, I have photos:

 
This was part of Ava's Nursery Tea.  She preferred the egg sandwich over the cucumber ones.

 

 
Desserts...

 
Candy displays...

 
 
A little rose display in a little mini living room setting that you can sit at towards the back of the tea salon.

 
A few little purchases to keep that sweet tooth going.

burberry inspired cowl neck scarf

I saw a burberry scrarf in one of my InStyle magazines and asked my co-worker, who is a knitting genius to see if she could figure out a pattern.  She told me just to knit a couple big cables and just connect it to my desired size.  When I saw this post, I got excited and decided to knit one for myself this winter.  I saw Assemblage's yarn choice and decided to do the same one but in a different color.  Miss Ava modeling my scarf for me:

 
 

 

 

 
I'm on vacation for 3 days.  My parents are such a big help in taking the kids to school and picking them up.  They're on vacation now and I hope they're having fun.  In the meanwhile, I get to be a stay-at-home mom for 3 days.  It's such a nice break not having to go into the office.

 

the commonsense way to cook bacon

I have this book.  

It has no pictures but it has lots of information.  It's one of those books that you kind of just want to read and then later see what you want to make.  I love to just read cookbooks sometimes and sometimes that's all I do with my cookbooks.  I have to be in the mood, just like taking pictures, knitting, sewing, or even reading novels.

Well we've had bacon from Costco sitting in our fridge for some time and so when I popped open this book, there was a couple pages on "baking bacon".

The first time I've seen baked bacon was when Martha Stewart put her wire racks on a baking sheet, placed the bacon on them and then threw them in the oven.  I did that and it took awhile to clean those racks.  Well this one is similar except you line your baking pan (1 inch rim) with foil, lay your bacon strips on it, and leave 2 inches free on one side.  When you put it in the oven, place one of your metal measuring cups under one end of the pan so that it will create a tilt to let the grease flow into the 2 inch bacon free zone. Clean up is so easy.  Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes or your desired crispiness.  We like ours really crispy.

 

the best chocolate croissant ever...

This is truly the best chocolate croissant ever...

My cousin tried them a couple weeks ago and told me about them so last Saturday, we picked some up at DeLessio's.  Since we went right when they opened, we had to wait a bit.  We ate freshly made frittatas fresh out of the oven.  It was sooooo good.  Do go and try this croissant!!!