POC 30: A Photo of Yourself Today + 3 Good Things That Have Happened in the Last 30 Days

+ 3 good things:

1. I threw a successful baby shower (with some help from friends) for one of my dearests, Mrs. Renee Losey

2. I finished my move from my condo to back home at Pep's (I am choosing to ignore the giant pile in the back of my car)

3. I got a new client at work, Tivoli Village, set to open Spring 2011

4. I discovered Blood Orange with Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips at Yogurtland

5. I got back into the gym routine

6. King's of Leon's new album released

7. I reconnected with Ann Westlake

8. Red Velvet Pancakes entered my life

9. Kanye's G.O.O.D. Friday Mixes

10. I completed 30 blogs in 30 days

Oh, whoops - was that more than 3? Well, I guess it has just been a successful 30 days. Thanks for playing, HSCOOC'ers.

POC 29: Post a Photo From Your Childhood

POC 28: Your Favorite Thing Right Now

My favorite thing right now? Ok, always.

This face:



His favorite thing right now?

This position:

POC 27: Press Shuffle on your iPod - First 10 Songs

1. Jack Johnson : Fortunate Fool

2. Jay-Z : Money Ain't A Thing

3. The Veronicas : Untouched

4. The Get Up Kids : Second Place

5. Kanye West (feat. Justin Bieber and Raekwon) : Runaway Love Remix

6. Sublime : Scarlet Begonias

7. The xx : Fantasy

8. Phoenix : Consolation Prizes

9. Regina Spektrum : Lady

10. Florence and the Machine : Addicted to Love

POC 26: A Photo of the Last Item You Purchased

POC 25: Something that makes you sad when you think about it

POC 24: What Would You Do With $10,000

$1,000 = Buy Tom's Shoes for my top 20 favorite people (good pts for shoeing children in need)

$200 = Buy the other 4 pairs of Tom's currently on my wishlist (shoeing another 4 children)

$500 = Treat myself, my family and a few friends, to dinner at Joe's Stone Crab with a bottle of Fairhill Down Sauvignon Blanc

$400 = Season Pass for snowboarding in CO

$2,000 = Pay off Gordon's surgery

$1,000 = Shopping spree at H&M

$1,000 = Donate to NSPCA

$3,000 = Invest

$900 = Purchase iPads for me and Pep

=$10,000!!

Wow. That went fast!
Oh and I would buy you a cup of my new favorite flavor at Yogurtland, Snowflake Mint.

POC 23: Post a Photo of Yourself without Makeup

POC 22: Your Favorite Musican

My favorite musician happens to come in a 4-pack.

I know this is going to come as a surprise to all of you. Not.

POC 21: 15 Facts About Yourself

1. I am fiercely loyal

2. Ice cream makes me cough

3. I am the proud mother of Sir Gordie and Sienna Miller

4. I am legally blind

5. I rarely turn down a glass of wine

6. I believe ballerinas are making a comeback

7. I've lived in Vegas for 20 years

8. I picked the NY Giants as my football team based on their "outfits" - they won the Superbowl that year

9. I now consider myself a good luck charm

10. I see at least 4 movies in the theater a month

11. I am in a long distance relationship with another city

12. I think Grapples are delicious and I don't care that it's not natural

13. I am 1/3 of the Benneton Club

14. My giggle can be a tad on the obnoxious side

15. I believe that the pinky swear is still the highest level of secrecy

POC 20: Something you crave

I've got a new something to crave -

Red. Velvet. Pancakes.

Yeah, that's right and I just happened to Yelp about it this a.m. so I am sharing that post with you here. But you get a special photo because you are HSCOOC, after all.

Babycakes Cafe

Category: Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhood: Summerlin

11/1/2010

My friends Austin and Andi had mentioned that they checked out this breakfast place called Babycakes that had RED VELVET PANCAKES. I immediately called my best friend Lauren and made a date for the following Sunday morning.

Ok, let me just pause to tell you here, just now, I was thinking about the menu and my MOUTH-WATERED. IRL. JUST HAPPENED. Ok, so not only do they have Red Velvet Pancakes that are served with Whipped Cream, Chocolate Crumbles and CREAM CHEESE SYRUP (more like a not so think icing) but they also have S'MORE Pancakes, Peanut Butter and (Jelly, Banana, Chocolate...you pick) Pancakes and one of my personal favorites, Bacon Pancakes (aka: a one stop shop).

They also offer a variety of traditional breakfast options, as well. We wanted to try the Red Velvet Pancakes but knew that it would be sweet overload so we opted to also get the bacon and eggs breakfast. Their seasoned potatoes need a little more seasoning but other than that, delicious. A great savory balance to our sweetest ever breakfast.

The place is totally CHARMING with high-top tables, flowers and a GREAT waitstaff. I spilled my drink all over our table (in typical Katie fashion) and we had 2-3 staff members come over to help us clean it up.

The best part was as we were wrapping up (our $20 bill....bang for your breakfast buck!), Andi and Austin, who recommended the place to me, walked in the door. Andi said she had woken up saying "Pumpkin Pankcakes...." and they headed out the door.

I'll be heading out the door every weekend to my new favorite breakfast place.

So, when are we doing breakfast?

POC 19: A photo you took

Well in honor of Halloween - how about a bunch of photos I took over one helluva haunted weekend?! And yes, there are quite a few that others took as well but what is a Halloween post without everyone's costumes?!

Trick-or-Treat!!

A couple of notes: Victor as Russell Brand definitely won me over for best costume. Although his wife (Arlene as Katy Perry) was a damn close second. Yes, Kid Sister had multiple costumes for the weekend. Yes, Lauren was a vagina. Which made for great entertainment on her behalf all weekend long.

Hope you enjoyed yours as much as I enjoyed mine.

Lots of treats to you-

Love,
HSCOOC

POC 18: Say something to your 15-year-old self

An M&M McFlurry with extra M&M's and a McDonald's biscuit is not breakfast. You should be concerned about something called diabetes. Be nicer to your mother, she is just looking out for you. See the people you're surrounded by? These girls will be your friends for life and that makes you a very, very lucky girl. Stop sleeping in class, it's disrespectful. Mixers will close and it will break your heart but you cannot make smoothies forever. Stevie B. will eventually fall in love with you and you will eventually find out that he is not what you wanted in the long run - but he will be your first love. There are tee-shirts other than men's white v-necks, although you will hit another phase of that in your mid-20s. Quit smoking. You will look back on that note Lauren just gave you 15 years from now and it will still be just as funny. Be sure to buckle up on the evening of March 2, 2000. When you go to UNR 3 years from now, try to stick it out longer than one semester. You will be 27 and still not know how to drive stick shift correctly. Keep taking photographs - it is your passion. Hug Flap. Life gets harder - appreciate what you have now.

POC 17: A recipe

My Grandma's Ginger Snaps -
aka: The Best Little Cookies in the World

¾ c. butter

1 c. sugar

1 egg

4 T. molasses

2 ¼ c. flour

½ t. salt

1 t. ground ginger

1 t. ground cloves

2 t. baking soda

Cream butter and sugar on medium speed. Add egg and molasses, mixing well. Sift dry ingredients together and stir into creamed mixture. Chill overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on silpat or lightly greased baking sheet. Dip the bottom of a small glass into water and then into granulated sugar. Flatten dough balls this way into disks so each is sugared. Bake 8-10 minutes. Yields about 6-8 dozen.

So I suggest making two batches and sharing with me.

POC 16: The last book you read

HSCOOC: Recommended Reading

I could not put this book down. I read it every chance I got and breezed through it in under a week.

Synopsis from Barnes and Noble:

It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night.

Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by tragedy that pulled her deep into silence as a toddler.

Calli's mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often angry husband. Now, though she denies that her husband could be involved in the possible abductions, she fears her decision to stay in her marriage has cost her more than her daughter's voice.

Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend, her soul mate and her voice. But neither Petra nor Calli has been heard from since their disappearance was discovered. Desperate to find his child, Martin Gregory is forced to confront a side of himself he did not know existed beneath his intellectual, professorial demeanor.

Now these families are tied by the question of what happened to their children. And the answer is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets.

POC: Post a bit of your last AIM conversation

Me (3:36pm): honey wants to know how many tickets we want. i am thinking 300 between media, radio and social media giveaways. what are your thoughts?
Stacy: yeah, I think that's fair!

have you had a lot of RSVPs?

Me: yeah!

well like 15? plus guests?
Stacy: Nice!

Me (4:11 pm): i wish we could use clip art on aim

Stacy: I know!!!!Freakin IM

Stacy (4:48 pm): in doing research for Facebook polls, I'll have you know that the BROWN BREAD at CHEESECAKE FACTORY has its own page.

Seriously?

Me: WHAT?

HA personally, i think it deserves it. that shit is ridic.
Stacy:"that shit is ridic"

can you please post that on their page?

that's awesome

Me: LOL

THE BROWN BREAD AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY: SO SORRY HOLLAND, SO VERY SORRY.

what happened to holland?
Stacy: Products:brown bread yo.
Me: THE BROWN BREAD AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY : is it whole wheat? is it multigrain? or is it just white bread dyed brown with weird oatmeal flakes on top? we don't know. but we don't care.

HA HA HA
Stacy: HA!!!!!!!

This is HYSTERICAL!

Me:THE BROWN BREAD AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY suck it white bread.

Stacy: Um brown bread has almost as many followers as we do.

Me (5:01 pm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jru0ytkyPSU&feature=youtu.be

bastard
doesn't he know there is no sunshine when hes gone?
Stacy: Oh my hotness

that would have been worth the ticket price alone

Me: *sigh*

POC 14: Your last night out in detail

5:43pm: Leave work
6:09pm: Arrive home, scratch Gordon's butt
6:12-7:25pm: BS with Pep, dance around the house, blog
7:26-7:57pm: Get make-up on, do hair, change outfits 3 or 4 times
8:06pm: Leave the house to go meet Kid Sis
8:32pm: Meet Kid Sis at 6th and Ogden to drive to Firefly for dinner (easier for valet)
8:33-8:37pm: Play Kanye West feat. Wu-Tang and Justin Bieber. Car dance.
8:43pm: Arrive to Firefly at the Plaza
8:43-10:06pm: Consume tapas and sangria while chatting about everything from feather hair extensions to the Today Show.
10:07pm: Drive down to Fremont East
10:11pm: Arrive to Don't Tell Mama
10:12-12:36am: Sing our hearts out at Mama's with Dre and Robbie on the keys. Take Gaga photos with Dre. Order Vodka/Red Bulls. Dance to Little Mermaid's Part of that World. Drink Vodka/Red Bulls. Try to figure out if the boy is gay or straight. Apply lip gloss. Sing to Journey at the top of our lungs. The mic is in my face! Dre, you know I hate that.

12:37am: Leave Mama's and head for next destination
12:38am: Arrive to the Griffin
12:39-1:11am: Drink Vodka/Red Bull. Make conversation with Air Force Nellis guys about living in Vegas (over this conversation).
1:12am: Depart Griffin
1:13-1:21am: BS on Fremont before walking each other to the cars.
1:42am: Arrive home, quietly as not to wake any of the pups.
1:51am: Sleep. And all before 2am - pat self on back.

POC 13: A photo of you taken two years ago

Ah, the dark phase....

POC 12: Something you could never get tired of doing

You.

You, HSCOOC, I could never get tired of doing you. I know sometimes I don't give you the attention I think you truly deserve but know that you are always top of mind.

I could never tire of sharing stories with you, posting photos and basically, sealing my life memories with you.

I promise to keep it fresh, keep it true & keep it full of love. Because that is what you deserve.

In fact, just for you today, a heart shaped cut-out of latte for your enjoyment.

POC 11: Your Favorite Movie

All time, hands down...

If you've never seen it, I suggest immediately going to your nearest Red Box and picking it up - or you are more than welcome to borrow it from my personal collection. I'd come over to watch it with you but I am totally obnoxious and can't help but to recite every scene.