like minds (& stomachs)

I love traveling with robert more than anything. so when I found out he was going to be in new york city for work a week before I was going to be there, I was super bummed that we would just miss each other. but he took lots of great pics to show me when he got home.

except that I didn't get a chance to look at his photos before I left for my trip. robert had mentioned visiting eataly & thought I would like it too. so I stopped by one day & left with a cone full of gelato & sat in from of the flatiron to eat it. I took a picture.

little did I know, robert had done the exact same thing... and taken a photo of it! I swear, we did not know about each other's stop for gelato (the same flavor, I might add) in front of the flatiron. or about documenting it with a photo. I'm pretty sure we were meant to be.

{robert's fragola gelato in a cup- he says you get more that way -in front of the flatiron on 9/7/10}

{my fragola gelato in a cone in front of the flatiron on 9/16/10}

eataly

some celebrity chefs (including my fave, mario batali), opened a giant italian marketplace called eataly in nyc recently. the store has everything you could ever imagine- handmade pastas, cured meats & cheeses as well as different types of little restaurants. it's seriously overwhelming. in a good way. I was in heaven gazing at those wheels of parmesan.

{look at that fresh cheese!}

{every type of pasta you could ever imagine}

{lots of fresh fruits & veggies}

{catch of the day}

nyc sweet trucks

food trucks are all the rage in nyc right now. and if you didn't already know, I can spot sweets from a mile away. these dessert trucks were the only ones I seemed to notice during my brief stay in the city. selective viewing, perhaps? 

{the cupcake stop truck}

{the cake & shake truck}

{the big gay ice cream truck}

first week of autumn?

is it really officially autumn? because in florida, it still feels like summer. I'm finishing off the last of my otter pops that the amazing & most-generous west-coast liz sent me (I still owe you, liz!). looking forward to leaves & tights & pumpkin lattes... I'm trying to be patient, florida.

xoxo, gossip girl

ok, I confess. I've watched an episode or two of "gossip girl", a.k.a. the most ridiculous show on the planet. I mean, are we really supposed to believe that NYC is filled with spoiled-brat-private-school-teenagers who have last names like "van der woodsen" & ride to school in limos, sip martinis & hang out at burlesque clubs?

hopefully not. but when I saw this group of cackling school girls crossing the street in NYC last week, it made me laugh.

red velvet

I took a trip to DC this past week & after a day of sightseeing, my friend kristin & I needed a cupcake (yes, needed!). we had heard good things about red velvet cupcakery, so we tried a vanilla cupcake with chocolate buttercream, an expresso cupcake & their featured flavor, an olive oil cupcake with a fig frosting. so delicious. the fig cupcake won. 

seasonal appetizer: peach + prosciutto + blackberry

when I walk by the peaches in the grocery store, they smell amazing. I knew I wanted to make some sort of appetizer using fresh peaches for our party, but just wasn't sure what. as soon as I saw the cover of the latest jacksonville magazine, I knew it would be the perfect end-of-summer appetizer to recreate.

I cut the peaches into slices, wrapped them in prosciutto & then used a toothpick to stick the blackberry on top. such a delicious combination.

{the perfect summer appetizer}