russian tea cakes

 as i was taking a shower today

i was randomly thinking about russian tea cakes

and being thats its sunday, and i usually always bake something on sundays

i thought why not make 'em?

they're not perfectly round, but they're just as good

no matter what shape they are!

la zoo

yesterday taylor and i had a day-date at the l.a. zoo

it is the perfect time of the year to go

... a little chill brings all the animals out

it was like they were performing for us!

watching taylor was the most fun

he went back to a child-like state

excited to see all the animals

his favorite was the jaguar

we spent about an hour there... went back twice

he's never seen one before and was enthralled!

my favorite was the elephants

they were soo cute! and had so much personality!

i leave you with some photos of our animal adventures....

on a health kick: salmon tacos

sorry for the crickets

i know i haven't been a good blogger lately, and im deeply sorry!

with christmas around the corner ive been a busy bee

but i did have time to make some yummy salmon tacos with taylor this past sunday for lunch

everything was fresh from the farmers market

the avocado, the cheese, the mushrooms, the peppers, the salmon...

except for the yellow corn tortillas

which we had to go to 3 markets to finally find

we're very particular about our yellow corn toritillas - can ya tell?

happy tuesday!

now go have some tacos

sunday waterplay

sunday rainy days are meant for

laying in bed late with the boyfriend, listening to pandora's "jazz holiday station",

watching three season's of arrested development, market runs, hot chocolate;

folding warm, "out-of-the-dryer" laundry (while molly lies on top), tidying up the apartment,

 and....

arts and crafts!

i had a grand idea of making homemade holiday cards for friends and family

and spent part of my saturday morning perusing blick

holding myself back from buying everything

anyhoo, i went with watercolor paints, but didn't quite realize how difficult watercolor painting is!

the cards may look ameture, but i can tell you one thing...

i had a lot of fun making them!

and thats all that matters, right?

taylor even made one while channeling rothko

is it silly that i want to pin up our artwork on the fridge?

okay maybe it is...

hope you had a happy weekend!

sunday farmers.

i really do value my alone time, and there is no better way to embrace it than a sunday morning date with my camera to the brentwood farmers market.

the hardest part about posting today is choosing which photos to share with you. here are a few of the good ones.

i hope you enjoy..

thanks for stoppin' by...

happy rest of your weekend, sweet friends

i hope it is full and wonderful!