…on izzy’s 1 year bday

my beautiful niece turned 1 two weeks ago – WAAAHHHH she’s growing too fast! she even skipped the whole crawling thing and went straight to walking! meant to post these a while back, but i forgot my camera for a few days hehehehe.

isabella… she’s gonna break lots of hearts this one… my cousin and her hubby are gonna have to fight the boys off!

wha?

outfit post: this is MY birthday suit

i found my bowtie!!!! (thought i lost it this morning hehe)

outfit deets: short sleeved button up AA | denim pants UNIQLO | shoesies VANS x HELLZ | 2-finger ring HOMEROOM

ew excuse the black dirt on my thumbnail… i think its from my mascara loooool

…on being 27

i will still tell everyone i am 25.

…on sharing my life with the philippines

i’m so honored to have been asked to contribute my life here in nyc to status magazine’s blog! i can’t wait to go to the philippines and link up with these guys <3!

ps. i’m going to the philippines end of april for the first 2 weeks of may! holler!!!! cannot WAIT!!!!!!

creative cookie… sounds yummy

hehe creative cookie did a lil feature on lil’ ole me! thanks laura!

the best part was someone left a comment asking if i was one of the dimepiece girls BAHAHAHAHAHA! do i look like laura or ash? xoxo!

…on shit i’m diggin

sick

oooooh

nerds

i WOULD

layers – anastase

hmm… i like

NEED

freja

perty

stfu

chunky

rocks

hairy nips

OH HAI

mail-order ICE CREAM?!

HAPPY EASTER!

images via… a LOT of diff places like chari, serious eats, is mental, face hunter, yvan, jakjil, prolly, hel looks – etc etc – sorry too many to link

…on more riding

get used to it folks… the weather is getting better and i’m going to be posting more outdoorsy bike pics! ps. i finally got a helmet. and YES, i DO wear it and YES i DO have a brake on my other bike now =) these were taken about 2 weeks ago… gah – riding is so therapeutic.

stopped by the chelsea piers to check if the new skatepark was open yet… NOPE!

i love the view from the west side…

then we cut through downtown to get to chari where we hung out for a bit… no pics because i always post pics of the shop lol.

the end.

…on cooking: baked spaghetti and bruschetta

pronounced: “BRU-SCET-TA” – i believe…

actually, don’t quote me on that.

anyway, finally got some grocery shopping in this weekend when i realized on friday night, i didn’t have SHIT to eat. ended up throwing whatever i had into a sauceless pasta. basically ate linguini with butter, garlic, rosemary, chili peppers, salt and pepper. yea. i KNOW. however, i HAVE to admit, it really wasn’t that bad… maybe because i was starving…

i wanted to redeem my pasta faux pas with good ole baked spizghetti… i ended up having a few tomato slices left over and thought, well, i have enough to make bruschetta!

ingredients:

• rosemary (optional)
• garlic – lots of it… ok maybe like 3-4 cloves will do you good
• olive oil
• tomatoes, i prefer the smaller plump ones – i’m no chef so idk wtf they’re called, they’re just more red and smaller (no not the cherry tomatoes) about 4 of those
• pre-made spaghetti sauce, again, i’m no chef and i’m too impatient and hungry to make my own damn sauce – i went for prego’s traditional sauce
• french baguette – in my case, spanish made french bread lmao – what? i live in bushwick.
• spaghetti
• ricotta cheese
• mozzarella cheese
• if you have a cast iron skillet even better, if not, just bake it in one of those baking pie thingies

step 1: chop the rosemary and tomatoes up. I LOOOOOVE THE SMELL OF ROSEMARYYYYYYY

step 2: sautee the garlic, about 3 of those tomatoes you chopped up, rosemary, salt and pepper (i like using kosher salt)

step 3: oops i forgot to mention, make sure you’re already boiling your noodles hehe

step 4: dump the sauce in

step 5: at this point, you can start preparing your bread for the bruschetta. i prepared by taking nibbles from my bread hehehehe

step 6: i put a lil olive oil on the bread and topped it off with garlic, the rest of the tomatoes and rosemary, a lil bit of oregano too, salt and pepper

step 7: pour the spaghetti in your sauce and top it with ricotta cheese

step 8: then you can top both bruschetta and spaghetti with mozzarella cheeeeeese

step 9: give your spaghetti a headstart to bake and throw it in the oven for about 10-12 min

step 10: then you can throw in your bruschetta with the spaghetti for about 5 min (or until you see the cheese melting)

*while you wait, you can be entertained by sushi the cat:

step 11: once you see the spaghetti all baked, toss it in the broiler to give the cheese that burnt final touch =P about 3 min

ET VOILA!

altogether, only took about 30 minutes to prep and bake (and 5 minutes to scarf down)