Some photos to share…
The New Year’s Eve dinner — the last meal of the year. It was delicious.
Our New Year’s Family picture :)
New Year’s Day walk to the beach — Maia had fun, too :)
Beach in Cape Cod, MA.
So excited for the New Year, it’s going to be a wonderful year for me and you! xo Hijiri
Ohhh how I LOVE oysters…
Lots of people + lots of food booths…
The Oyster Bay:
There was a portable amusement park and arcade, too, it was so cute :)
I think I’d been working on weekends at some point ever since I got back from Japan in August and this weekend, I took 2 whole days and it was amazing. Beautiful both days! I’ll post a few photos from Saturday activities, too… with lots of cuteness (hint) :)
Valentine’s day strawberry pancakes from Randy:
Beautiful roses from Randy:
We went to Blue Note New York for Brunch:
Great show by Elin (Loved it):
Empire State Building in red and pink:
Anniversary cupcakes by me:
Maia wanted my birthday present:
“A View From the Bridge” — it was great! Enjoyed it very much. Scarlett Johansson was so lovely.
Babbo Dinner. Oh my god, it was awesome. One of the best meals we’ve ever had! He is truly an amazing chef!
Love the yellow flowers in my yellow kitchen :)
Till next year, February. I love you!
Preparation:
I used a box of cake mix so all I have to do is to add water, oil, and eggs! Now, mix it together.
Cute pastel color cupcake sheets.
Put the cake mix into each β I actually put chocolate pudding into vanilla cake mix for extra moisture so it looks brown.
Oven is preheated at 350 degrees in the meantime…
Wait for 20 min… and voilΓ ! Smells soo good at this point. (inhaaaale)
Cool them down for a while and when it’s completely cooled down, put frosting on top… and yay, there they are, cupcakes! I used cream cheese frosting and kept them very simple (well, I wish I knew how to make those cute decorative ones…) β They came out so good! The pudding actually works great, it was so moist!
For your Monday morning treat… Have a great week, everyone!
More information here.
For more elegant occasion, you can try these Cupcake Wrapper from Paper Orchid. You just wrap it around the cupcake and the result is so pretty!
Smith & Wollensky New York we ordered Porterhouse and it was huge!
(picture didn’t come out so well, though…)
Randy had a surprise birthday cake followed by waiters’ song and that was fun.
Blue Note New York with Blue Method:
They were really good! We enjoyed it very much. Blue Note NY was more casual and fun atmosphere than Tokyo one we went a while back. It was fun!
oh and I made cupcakes for him (and me, too):
Around the stadium filled with souvenir stores and sports bars as well as so many people:
They changed their rule a day before we went there that you can’t bring any bags into the stadium so I had to check my bag in this cute little bowling alley. *If you are planning to go to the stadium, don’t bring any bags!
The stadium I love this feeling when you first see the field and bunch of people!
Panoramic view (click to see larger image):
They are building a new stadium right next to it:
I never seen this many Yankees’ fans! (Thank god, we didn’t go there with our Red Sox clothes… people were so mean to Sox fans it was actually hilarious!)
We were so high up… it is so hard to get Red Sox tickets since they were the champions last year.
Manny:
All Star Game is this weekend here (Last year, it was in SF they are following us)
The Sox was just kicking their butts from the beginning:
Randy’s beer:
They were dancing to YMCA song:
Yankees in trouble:
Us:
Red Sox won (7 – 0)!!
Pete Rock on the deck:
He was playing all old school hip hop:
Talib Kweli on the mic:
I loved his energy!! It was awesome!!
It’s always a good feeling after been to a good show, I feel all energized!
We all dressed in green:
I loved the rooftop!
