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Food & Recipes

I Like My Soda How I Like My Humor: Dry and Infused With Lavender

A few weekends ago, I was fortunate enough to attend a fabulous picnic for fashion bloggers, hosted by Two Point Oh! LA. There were adorable fellow fashion bloggers—turned out in their finest fashion-bloggers-go-a-picnincing wear—amazing sponsors (including Crossroads Trading Co. which I was utterly despondent to discover has been in existence, unbeknownst to me, and selling fabulous [...]

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Weak Knees & Books

by Miranda Valentine June 17, 2010 Food & Recipes

There are two types of retail displays against which I am utterly powerless.
You’ve seen those “As Seen on T.V.” aisle end caps at your neighborhood conglomerate pharmacy, right? You know what I’m talking about: it’s the shelf with the giant cupcake mold, the self-tanning system, and the Bump It hairpiece. I’ve purchased two out of [...]

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Get Out And Taste The Gelato

by Miranda Valentine June 14, 2010 Food & Recipes

There’s a gelato shop in Hermosa Beach that I’m obsessed with. They have amazing flavors like cracked black pepper, sea salt and caramel, and brown sugar waffle cone. They make all of the yumminess onsite, and somehow it ends up having 70% less fat than normal ice cream. I can’t imagine how this is possible [...]

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Peter Picked A Peck of Poblano Peppers

by Miranda Valentine June 11, 2010 Food & Recipes

My mother-in-law Marie is a fantastic cook, and is sweet enough to send me vegetarian recipes she thinks I might like. I’ve been wanting to try this Grilled Stuffed Poblano Pepper recipe for quite some time, and finally got around to it earlier this week. And…I’m so glad I did (Paul’s pretty happy, too).

How I [...]