Miam-Mardi'licious

Miam-Mardi, Annick and I's weekly dinner night has undergone a few changes. It's now called Miam-Mardi'licious and it's also become a competition. This week was Annick's turn, next week, I cook the meal and we pick a winner.

This one's going to be hard to beat...New York Steak strips and grilled portabello mushroom caps over Sweet Potatoes with a red wine reduction sauce....how the HELL do I beat this? I can barely make Kraft Dinner.

red wine reduction

At this week's Miam-Mardi'licious, I realized I am filling and replacing my Casey void with red wine. That's probably not good, eh?

It was as delicious as it looks..

The following night was somewhat more pathetic...

Gooey chocolate egg and American Idol...What a night.

So far I have this one contract teaching a documentary filmmaking workshop to Aboriginal youth in Deux Montagnes. It's awesome, but other than that, I've decided I'm resigning myself from trying to get any other kind of industry job here in Montreal (unless something amazing comes up). I'm not going to be here for much longer and I need more friends if I'm going to be able to enjoy all the fun things I came here to do. I dont need a TON of money to survive here so my plan is to work as a hostess or something in some cool restaurant in Old Montreal or on the Plateau. Tons of hiring right now for summertime. Also-Westjet is hiring flight attendants. Hmmm...

Anyways, I'll keep you guys posted! haha...

For now it's off to Ottawa! A bientot xo

Blog Theft #2

Love: how flowy white shirt/dress moves in the wind and adds like a million new outfits to a wardrobe

Hate: I feel like this spread could have come out in 1997..what is the point of this?

Love: everything Celine, how amazing is the color?

Love: Old photo re-enactment, especially impressed by the perfect recreation of the dresses

Hate: the fact that bellbottoms are coming back? really? and how gross is it the way these are swishing on the ground? why is it cool to look like you have no feet? (and no bum) ugh...hate hate hate

Love: do it yourself jar lanterns!

Love: the outfit / Hate: the see-thru bag, like, how does a small visible pile of lipbalms, kleenex and ratty wallets add to your outfit?

Love: this dress and how annoyed Ashley Olsen looks in this photo.  I just want to be annoyed with her.

Love: the shoes

Love: exposed brick wallpaper, hilarious and cheeky

Love: White washed rooms filled with sunlight

Love: this one-piece bathing suit, maybe ill get one this year. Its just so annoying nowadays when girls wear one-piece bathing suits, yknow...like oh, you're sooo cool...

Love: breakfast creme brulée (healthy!) check out the recipe at www.skinnytaste.com

 

Love: this kitchen, except dislike the color of the stools and lamps

Love: Chipotle Butternut Squash and Black Bean Burrito Bowl, www.closetcooking.com

Hate: authentic distressed furniture in a bedroom. A bedroom should be a sanctuary of cleanliness. I feel this is just a big contaminant for the one room in your house that's supposed to be foreign-germ free...ok i'm psycho, i know.

Love: vintage sequinned sweater and blinged-out accessories, look at this stuff...isnt it neat? this is very Arielle, Little Mermaid.

Hate: the new mexican pattern trend

Hate: ok this is just mean but this girl has a top-rated blog on bloglovin' and believe it or not she posted this photo THIS year....is it just me? Or are we regressing to '96 with this dress?

Love: any recipe with rolled oats and milk chocolate chips

Love: remember these shoes from the Sex and the City movie? Epic. These are seriously the closest thing to the sparkly Disney Cinderella slippers. I want to get married in these.

Love: this outfit. If I walked by this chick on the street I would have an overwhelming need to just give her a high five.

Love: this old photo from a shopping mall in 1990

Love: And another...man this is so gross hahaha

Love: casual outfits with a star player ie this banana print skirt, too cute. Actually it was cuter before I realized they're really bananas...

Hate: k actually i think this was an ad of facebook but I needed to call attention to it-seriously? who DOES this??

Hate: pretty girl, pretty terrible jeans

Love: white and bright! I just want to dance in this room!

Hate: intertwining daisies into a braid- sorry, this doesnt work with the basketball t-shirt.

Love: the flower right on the poupounne

Hate: black leather pants done wrong

Love: Black leather pants done right

Hate: to admit that I love Selena Gomez's style

Hate: that this is a wedding dress. I'm not kidding. This is more what I envision wearing the day I give birth.

Love: this photo from my friend Sarah's blog. She lives in Vancouver. It's really good: photography + style + little daily trinkets of inspiration- www.learnedtofly.tumblr.com 

Love: another from Sarah's blog...love the glow. The next two photos, also from her blog...

Hello Spring! So glad to see-oh, ok bye.

This is how the first day of Spring went for me. Here is the balcony off my bedroom. I laid an old ratty comforter (the best kind) over a rickety lounging chair and propped my tea and cereal up on this other chair, whilst watching little Italian babies playing in the street, couples in love walking towards the market, and birds singing, rejoicing the arrival of a new season!....

As if the day couldn't get any better, it turned out it was also another pink-pants day! Who could have guessed?!

This is my 'welcome Spring, Farewell Winter' outfit: sunglasses and bright spring colors BUT with a reverent nod to a noble winter season via the furry boots and woolen snow-white gloves.

On my way to pickup some groceries in my pink pants, noticing the snow is almost gone!

Grass! Grass!! Look at all the beautiful green grass!!

24 hours later...

Fuck.