• Sweetest tank ever (and free cupcakes!)

    Although I frequently bring baked goods to work, my actual day job doesn’t usually involve cake. But one day last year, I came to work and was immediately alerted to the existence of a tank covered in cupcakes (which were decorated with camouflage fondant) in the Pentagon courtyard. Turns out, the ladies of Georgetown Cupcake […]

  • Summer safari

    Sometimes, you just need some animal print in your life. And sometimes you wear more animal print than is totally necessary because your beige heels are in the back of your husband’s car, which is 30 minutes away. Or maybe that’s just me. I got this jacket a few years ago at LOFT, and it […]

  • Jalapeño cheddar cornbread

    Hey! How are y’all? I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve blogged, but we are currently up to our eyeballs in boxes, getting ready for our big move to California. Anyway, I’m sorry I have neglected you. Will some moist, cheesy cornbread with just a bit of jalapeño kick help? I thought so.   […]

  • Lemon marshmallows

    When I was in elementary school, my best friend Erica and I would sometimes bake things. Usually it was cookies, but one time we decided to make lemon meringue pie. We separated eggs, we whipped the whites with sugar… and then we realized that we hadn’t even looked at the filling part. So, we put […]

  • Put a bow on it

    I love bows — whether they’re functional or not. And sometimes, I tend to go a bit overboard. Take this outfit, for instance. The dress is printed with bows, the bag has a bow-like situation on it and the shoes are held on with bows. I call those my tweed tap shoes. A former boss […]