Amazing evening at The Summit, Mission, SF.

Starting Girls Night with dinner at EAT in 111 Minna, SoMa, SF.

Minna continues to be one of my favorite spots. It's so great for art openings, concerts, karaoke, dance parties, and pop-up restaurants! LOVE. I went out for a much needed girls night and we decided to head here first for the last EAT--so fun!

Funny enough, I actually went to the very first EAT supperclub, and I ended up going to the last one, too, thanks to my friend Maddy! The menu, food and crowd definitely improved since the first.

The very open kitchen.

Salad with beets.

Yummy.

Lamb over pearl couscous polenta.

Didn't love it. The lamb was a bit tough and not very flavorful. The pearl couscous texture was off with the polenta. I realize polenta can be a bit creamy, but the creamy large pearls were throwing me off.

Pork belly over polenta with green apple slaw.

This was AMAZING. I was seriously blown away. It was coked perfectly, melted in your mouth and was super flavorful--the sour crispness in the green apple helped cut the fat and played SO nicely off the fattiness of the pork belly. The polenta was excellent, too.

White chocolate mousse with wild blueberries.

Amazing. I really like white chocolate mousse. I actually remember having an amazing white chocolate mousse for dessert at the last Junior League's Fashion Show and I've been craving one every since! This definitely satisfied that craving. :)

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Pete's Birthday Cake from Schubert's Bakery, Inner Richmond, SF.

VERY good birthday cake. Lovely old-school layered cake.

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FroYo Earth, Downtown, Spokane, WA.

I can't believe Spokane has a self-serve FroYo place! Crazy.

Can I just say though--this is the worst parking lot EVER! The spots are tiny and it's a one lane two way and it's just strange. It's not FroYo Earth's fault though, obviously.

In any case--the actual FroYo Earth space is, well, not the most appetizing. I don't know, I thought the coloring was just off and looked a bit old-fashioned.

Now that's a hot mess! ;)

I definitely have this problem where I just keep going like a kid at a candy store! ;) Haha. Their yogurt is okay. Unfortunately, it not the greatest and doesn't seem to be the freshest.

They have some fun flavors like pineapple and Jolly Rancher! I tasted the Jolly Rancher because it was JOLLY RANCHER frozen yogurt!!! Duh. ;) And it tasted just like a Jolly Rancher--kudos, I suppose?! Haha.

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Lavender mint brownies.

I got the idea to do lavender mint brownies from the Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lavender Mint Shampoo! I LOVE the Paul Mitchell Tea Tree shampoos. If you haven't tried them, you really must! I tried crushing the lavender on a plate with this rice spatula, but it wasn't working so I decided to just put the lavender in as is.

I just made normal brownie batter and then added the lavender and mint extract!!! Sooo pretty and amazingly fragrant!

Sprinkled with lavender buds on top.

Dusted with powdered sugar!

These are definitely my new favorite treat. I'm SOO excited about them!

I'm bringing these to the SF Station team outing I'm hosting this Sunday! I'm going to share them with the fabulous crew at the Three Papaya's Brunch at the Doc's Clock, the Levi's Workshops and of course, the SF Station crew!

My Indie Mart Bake Sale benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at Thee Parkside, Potrero Hill, SF.

The little sign I made for my first self-run bake sale! :)

Our setup at Indie Mart! We got a nice shady spot in Thee Parkside's patio area right by the bar!

Left to right: Butterscotch coconut chocolate chip cookies, small lemon bars, chocolate chip cookies, large lemon bars. The cookies were 3 for $2, small lemon bars $1 and large lemon bars $2.

Strawberry cake balls with chocolate and coconut.

Lemon cake balls with white chocolate and nuts / lemon peel.

Chocolate mint cake balls with chocolate mint coating and mint flakes.

Birthday cake with white chocolate and sprinkles.

Chocolate cake with chocolate and sea salt.

My girl Emily was our 2nd customer! Yay! BIG THANKS to all of my friends who came out to support my bake sale and to support Indie Mart! You guys are amazing! Much love! :)

And this girl was super adorable and loved my cookies! :)

The rest of my photos from Indie Mart are here! Such an amazing event and a HUGE thanks to Kelly Malone for letting us set up and do the sale!

We were out there from 11:30am - 6pm and made a total of $350 for my friend Chris' Team in Training benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! :) SO MUCH FUN!

Bake Sale Baking Part 1: Cake Balls.

My friend Chris asked me to help him out by doing a bake sale to benefit his Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Chris lost a friend to Leukemia last year so he's been training for this triathlon and we're all very proud of him! I, of course, was happy to help with the bake sale!

He requested knew my cake balls from when I served them at Maddy's birthday and requested those! Here's nothing... !

Birthday cake, also known as Funfetti! I just make white cake, but with sprinkles--super easy! You bake the cake and then crumble it up! Then you mix in frosting to create a new "dough". I used vanilla frosting for this batch. You then form the balls (I use a tablespoon) and then freeze!

We just had a Costco trip so our freezer was already overflowing--I had get pack savvy and move some stuff around to freeze these! These will later be coated with white chocolate and topped with sprinkles!

Lemon cake with lemon buttercream frosting. These will be coated with white chocolate and topped with nuts and lemon peel (in case anyone is allergic)!

Strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream frosting. These will be coated with chocolate and topped with coconut!

Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Half of these will be coated with chocolate and topped with sea salt! The other half will be coated with mint chocolate and topped with mint flakes.

Chocolate chips in my makeshift double-boiler (metal bowl over a pot of boiling water) with shortening.

Mint chocolate (left), chocolate with sea salt (middle), strawberry with chocolate and coconut (bottom right).

Close up of the mint drying.

Close up of the sea salt!

Mmmmm! I'm SUPER excited for these! Now sleep and then onto lemon bars and cookies in the morning!

Serendipity 3 at Caesars Palace, The Strip, Vegas.

This Serendipity was a bit "Barbie" for me, as far as decor goes... I still haven't been to the one in NYC though. We thought we'd try the one here for a refuel and recharge from that desert heat! :)

Frozen Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate.

This was really yummy. Pretty straightforward frozen beverage. It's pretty icy and runny--a very different consistency than that of a milkshake. And the small is definitely enough for two!

They had these giant donuts that were the size of my face! The maple one looked pretty yummy, but would be WAY too much after the brunch we had earlier! :)

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