These are my absolute favourite flipflops. I know it’s bordering on winter but they are now 30% off in the Alinghi Webshop. They are available for CHF20.30 which is about $17.00. Also, on any order of CHF120.00 (approx. $100.00) you can enter the following coupon code: SEPT07 and get an additional CHF20.00 off (approx. $17.00). This Alinghi coupon code is only valid until the end of this week.
I’m a big fan of Nigel Slater and last night I acted on an intense brownie craving and found this recipe. Unfortunately I didn’t have 250 grams of butter in the fridge so I had to make a modified version which was so yummy and will save you 4 whole grams of fat per serving. Below is the original recipe (sorry I’m a metric kind of girl): [Read more →]
For a cool $7′030′000 you can buy this 535 square meter (5800 square feet) deluxe chalet in Verbier, Switzerland. The chalet comes with 3 kitchens, 6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms and heated floors throughout. The views are spectacular from the chalet and the skiing in Verbier is vast and steep. The chalet’s website is run by the owners. They’ll throw in a massage by their masseuse if you buy it before the end of October. This is the stuff that dreams are made of.
I am going away on a mini break to the South of France. Sounds great but really it’s just me, my decrepit old father and my unbeleivably young step monster.I don’t even get to bring a husband to giggle with. So I plan to sit by the pool and read the two books I’m bringing with me:
One Thousand White Women
Until I find You
I Will let you know how it all goes when I’m back.
toodeldoo, ladidah.
It’s time for me to update my knives. Well, my Wüsthof knives are 10 years old and still perfect but I just feel likenew knives. These Gusto Grip Santuko knives by Füri™ won’t get lost in the utensil drawer with their squishy grippy silicone orange handles. God forbid, I just admitted that I keep my knives loose in a drawer. Because, you see, it’s bad to keep them in a drawer because they may rub up to a carrot peeler or a can opener and get dull. These single blade stainless steel chef knives come in two sizes from Sur La Table . The two knives come in a pretty wood box for $99.95 at Sur La Table .
These Halloween costumes are adorable. Made from a Soft knit plush velour 89% cotton/20% polyester mix from Gap.com. Available for 0-3 months- 4 years old (Hooray…you’ll never need to sew an outfit again). Maybe those little tikes could wear them on other days? Not just Halloween. I would send them off to school in these outfits. There really is no other time in your life that you could walk around dressed as a piggy on any day of the week. Available from Gap.com for $34.50.
Anything ending in “poo” I love. Plus this is a lovely 14 oz mug called Kickapoo you can get on Etsy (I’m so addicted to Etsy’s time machine it’s sad) from JDWolfePottery who divides her time between Jackson, Wyoming and Stoughton, Wisconsin and is married to a guy who makes Howling Wolf Hot Sauce. I’m not sure if I want the mug or the life. $16.00 on Etsy, ships to anywhere.
No I have not gone barking mad or hit my head on the floor when I fell out of bed this morning. These Fitflops are the hottest thing in London according to the London Times and have completely sold out in Macy stores across the US. There are about 20 pair available on Ebay. I’ll be wearing these in snow and hailstorms. It’s every women’s right to own too many pairs of shoes and if they, even perhaps, burn fat and tone your butt, they are so worth it.
Here’s a list as to why you should wear them (isn’t tone your butt enough?):
1966 Mustang cherry colored beauty. It’s just so brilliantly sexy. Only 71′000 miles on this treasure. I think Jeremy Clarkson would approve. Currently on auction on Ebay Motors. No rust and it has a yummy red leather interior. so how is this about fashion or beauty? Accessorize, darling, accessorize.
MMMHHH who could possibly resist these little petit fours cheesecakes or any cheesecake for that matter. I hate food gift baskets and food gift towers. It just seems kind of eighties…the food tower(more like towering inferno). Food gifts are welcome with most anyone except for the uptight lactose intolerant chicks and those poor souls who think they are, or are, gluten intolerent (it’s too easy to pick on these intolerable celiac diseased wimps). Other than the towers and gifts Harry and David have a great array of fruity gifts, gourmet food and cheesecake. These glorious Petits Fours are $39.95 at Harry and David.
Is anyone not excited about the Apple 16 GB iPod touch
Boden is one of my favourite brands but sooo expensive as it comes from the land of the mighty Pound Sterling. I’ve discovered that at any given time there are 80 NEW Boden items on Ebay. Boden on Ebay for kids, women and men. New and used. I found this little gem of a tie back dress for girls which is running out in 10 hours for a mere $10.50. Ebay is so worth it.
I love a cardigan and I love a hoodie. Put them together and I am in heaven. Check out this luscious Mustang Brown Cardigan Hoodie from gap.com! Cotton and Cashmere blend. This is casual cool. I can feel it in my bones…this one won’t last very long on the shelves. $79.50 at gap.com! Gap offers free shipping to Gap members if you spend over $50.00 in the US . Gap does not ship overseas (miserly).
I am not sure that the Rick Bayless Avocado Scooper is of any use to anyone, except, perhaps, the person that already has silicone oven mitts and a very large subzero outfitted kitchen but this little gem will make anyone chuckle. Avocado colored silicone handle, of course, for easy gripping. Priced at $14.95 at Sur La Table . If this doesn’t suit your fancy Sur La Table is having a 35th anniversary sale so now is the time to stock up on copper sauté pans. Sur La Table ships everywhere in the US and ships everywhere else if you give them a call.
