A Fun Christmas Baking Fact

Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, kurundu, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or newspice, is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit ("berries") of Pimenta dioica , a mid-canopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name "allspice" was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

From Wikipedia

Some things (this is a pointless entry):

Dalene and I bought sweet headband things like the one she brought home from Austraila to wear on our road trip. They are hecka awesome and the seller on etsy is super nice and sent us a free one. You should buy one too: http://scarletterosefairy.etsy.com

Dalene is back in business! She is renting a chair in a salon in downtown Livermore. Today was her first day and she gave me my best haircut yet! It's sort of a faux bob. Agyness and P!nk are sure to follow.

This is the first week of intensive (sort of) Bible study with the girls. We decided to ramp it up for fall with a Beth Moore study on the book of Daniel. So far it is amazing. I read through the book (of the Bible not the study) before we started. It got me thinking about 'Daniel's diet' and how I'd like to try it... but maybe not really. I would die of starvation since I don't like vegetables. I've decided to try eating vegan for the duration of the study as sort of a fast, but I am failing somewhat miserably. I've been thinking about writing a blog about my experience with attempting Daniel's diet... but that sort of ruins the whole point of fasting. You're not supposed to tell anyone. (Whoops. No one reads this though, right?) So. Look for an upcoming entry on my failures as a faster.

I just watched Sisterhood of the Traveling pants. Here is what I thought:

- I am so glad I have awesome girlfriends

- Why didn't anyone tell me this movie was SAD??

- I'd like to go to Greece and be saved from drowning by a handsome man that owns a boat

- Do I have mascara all over my face? (the answer was yes. ALL over.)

(photobooth photos are amazingly unflattering. Or is it that I just cried through a movie? Anyway, this is my awesome headwrap/dreadwrap/thing...)

A Public Service Announcement

Dear Friends, Strangers, Fellow Shoppers and Random Passers By:

When you go shopping and decide to try garments on in a fitting room please, please, please when you're done hang the clothes back on the hanger. Show some respect for the cost of the garments, and even more for the people working that have to put everything away all buttoned, zipped and put back together.

Just think about it.

Thanks!
Casey, your friendly neighborhood sales clerk

Louis Vuitton Commercial

Did this really just happen? I can't believe my eyes.



I'm just not sure how I feel about this.


(Source: Bryanboy.com)

Clinton Kelly is gay.

I mean, I guess I knew... but now I know.... and I'm devistated. Ugh. I was going to spend the rest of my life with that man (and I don't mean in a Will and Grace sort of way)!




Oh Clinton.

Countdown to Fashion Week!!

New York Fashion Week starts on Wednesday the 5th! So excited! (Also on Wednesday the 5th: Jury Duty. Gross to the maxx.)

The upcoming runway presentations will showcase the designers collections for Spring/Summer 2008 (in case you weren't sure). The S/S collections aren't as big a deal as the fall collections, as Fall usually sets the trends for the year. This year, however, the Resort collections (partiularly Dior, Chanel and Marc by Marc) have been really strong so I am amped to see what the coming weeks will bring!!

NY show sched borrowed from COACD: