Over the past month, I’ve enjoyed waking up to quietness and going about my morning routine alone. I’ve become accustomed to the ease and speed of making breakfast for one and am strangely comforted by hours of wordless peace spent in an ambient living room. It’s been calming after months of enjoyable but tiring trips…
Archives for February 2012
Late – {Coconut, Almond and Currant Macarons}
I’d feel like a complete disappointment if I didn’t post something for Valentine’s Day. So let’s do something quick, shall we? A short post, with a single photo, just to let you guys know I’m acknowledging it. I rang in the evening with finance homework, a bowl of slightly-burned popcorn, and a glass of mead…
Candy – {Peanut Butter and Chocolate Hi-Hat Cupcakes}
“Hey, I think sat behind you in Marketing last semester.” I tugged the ear bud from my left ear, letting it fall neatly over my shoulder and turned to see the source of the voice. Sitting [ironically] behind me, was an innocent-looking guy. Blue-eyed, blonde-haired and messy-headed, he stared at me expectantly with a smile,…
Brief – {The Killer Breakfast Sandwich}
Twenty minutes earlier, I had been comfortable. Twenty minutes earlier, I was asleep, with his arm around my waist, oblivious and warm on the floor of his apartment. Shortly afterward, he’d tiptoed to the bathroom, briefly stirring both myself and his dog with his careful steps. So it was there and then, on the floor…