Reconstructing

trying to figure out a new face for this blog.
I'm thinking either a DIY, cooking, decorating, or all 3 blog.
we shall see....

Winters on the Wing

Basically, I'm from the land of the greatest snow on earth...and that fact makes me cry.
Snow is on my top ten least favorite things list, right along with paper-cuts and spiders.
But, as many of you know, I have an almost texan amount of state pride and so I think I need to learn how to love/accept all aspects of it.  Goal for the winter: learn to ski. :)  I'm thinking I will try out Sundance for night skiing.  Close and Cheap.  You can go for $25 (includes ski rental and lift ticket).  I'm such a novice at the whole outdoorsy/skiing thing.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A delightful dream

A secret dream of mine is to go to culinary school and make patisseries all day long.  I think that once I'm all grown up and my family is all grown and out of the house, I will go.  Hopefully, I will be making them from now until then, but I would love to learn exactly how to achieve the perfect Almond Horne or an ultra-fine lace cookie.  I would love to learn how to make marzipan fruits and make them look absolutely real.  I would love to own a little bakery and sell Bûche de Noël for Christmas and Moonas for Easter.  I believe strongly in the importance of beautiful food and hope to share my love of it for the rest of my life.

Almond Horne...the best place to buy them is at this little bakery in Carmel, California.  They generally sell out of this by mid morning, so get there quick! :)

I love when they use layers of hardened chocolate.  Not only is it delectable, it's stunning!

Marzipan Fruits!  And the best thing is that they taste as good as they look!

Ignore the fact that I missed the memo on doing our best creeper smile and we all look like we've been hit by a train,  just know that this little busche is the most delicious thing on the planet!  Too bad we just make it for Christmas.