Yummy Thursday, 4.29.10

Uh, hey!  I went to the mountains yesterday & forgot to share my yums.  It happens.

• well numero uno has to do with everything about my day yesterday.. : the scenery, running into elk in small mountain towns, the East End Kind Coffee in Estes Park, adventures in general.
• a good friend turned 21 today!  Hope my lovely lady had a fabulous day.
• the Denver Cupcake Truck.  I feel kind of hypocritical posting about this while I sit at The Shoppe, but I got a Zippy Lemon cupcake from the truck & it was amazing.  Also, the dude manning the truck was super friendly & upbeat.  Please come back to my neighborhood soon!
• new plans for a shoulder tattoo...!
• loaded bookshelves; bare feet; fruit smoothies; roasted veggies; road trips; growing hair; foliage; coffee; building a recipe collection; really good denim; naps; pilates; going home at the end of an emotionally heavy day.

Happy Thursday!
-Zoe Finn.

Yum Wednesday, 4.21.10

It's a shortie today, as I have to go home soon & get ready for a group interview at Anthropologie! 

#following through: I'm pretty sure the only reason I got invited to said interview is that I was in the store & decided to ask about the application I'd submitted.  Mine was buried in a huge stack of other applicants, & if I hadn't stopped in they might have just skipped over me.

#my 20's:  I turn 21 in 2 weeks & 6 days.  Judging by the year I've had so far, I just think this is going to be a really good decade.  I am feeling optimistic, full of potential, & a little bit reckless.

#assorted:  *I feel yet-another vegan bender coming on.. I am amped, *boba-tea, *this long grey cardigan I've been living in, which indulges my desire for simplicity lately when paired with black skinnies & brown Frye's, *colorful pens, *a certain garçon, *clean nails, *coffee, *walking 7.5 miles yesterday, used in part to retrieve a vegan "ice cream" cone


Happy Wednesday,
-Zoe Finn.

As of Late, 4.20.10

Mercury is definitely retrograde.  Not that I'm one to hinge my life on astrology, but.. I really can't argue with it this time around.

Saturday I baked these cookies.  Honestly, the best part was the dough, which tasted just like fudge, seconded closely by the cookies straight out of the oven.  After that, the day-afters could not really compare, despite the many compliments bestowed by those who consumed them.


I think it was Friday, that I made this grilled cheese, as discovered via  Food Gawker.  Pepperjack, avocado, (in my case, fake) bacon, & apple slices.  She mentions using sourdough bread, but I only had multigrain & it was still craaazy delicious.  Go forth & experience!


I recently forgot & remembered the bag of potatoes in my cupboard, resulting in this:


& from a while back, Peanut Butter Button Cookies. 

As cute as they may be, however, I think that smooshing them as such kind of detracts from the taste quality of the cookie. 

Today is very cloudy, & ripe for an adventure. 

--Zoe.

Yum Wednesday, 4.14.10

Oh my god it's Wednesday! 

#  I quit smoking a week ago, & it was strangely easy.  Seriously, on Monday I was mid-cigarette when I decided that.. I just didn't want to smoke any more.  And so I haven't.  I'm quite astonished, but pleasantly so.

# the Northwest: At least two of my lovely lady-friends & I are planning a trip to Portland & Seattle at the end of June.  Through my research so far, I think I am falling in love, particularly with Portland.  The vibe, the scenery, all of it!  I want to eat at vegan bakeries & grow my hair out & run around in the rain. 

# long walks:  the other day, I was bored, so I put my running shoes on with the intention of "breaking them in" on a walk.  I started going, & accidentally covered almost 5 miles.  (I know this thanks to this google pedometer tool).  Denver doesn't feel so small anymore.

# the assorted:  *cute boys seem to be everwhere lately, *black nail polish, *vegan baking, vegetarian cuisine, et al, *pending hair adventures, *cosmetology school, *hula hoops, *the realization that cold weather is disappearing for the year, *skin ink, *my coffee shop, *wait, coffee also, *food gawker.

Have a grateful day. :)
--Zoe Finn.