I have dreams about how gorgeous this card is. It's been the favourite one I've seen for about fifteen years now. Just love it. Someone buy me a home here.
Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter + Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies
Want to know what's up? These cookies. THESE CHRISTMAS COOKIES. What makes them Christmas cookies? The fact that THEY GETTIN' MADE ON CHRISTMAS. And also, they are gluttonous as hell.
I have never made cookies from scratch before and these were my first attempt. And they're sort of ridiculous-tasting, I think - ie. amazing. MAKETHEMNOW.
Recipe from Ambitious Kitchen here.
Silver & Gold by Burl Ives
Love the hell out of this song.
Twelve Gifts For The Seinfeld Fan
Okay, I know this gift list is not relevant to 2013. But let's choose to ignore that fact because there are definitely people who still re-watch/love this show and would really be into some of these gifts. Like what, you ask?
1. A chocolate (or cinnamon) babka. Available online through Greens Bakery or by making it yourself by Googling the recipe.
2. The black and white cookie. Available in any New York bakery and the recipe can be found here.
3. The Real Kramer Reality Tour (three hours). Tickets available online for $37.50.
4. Actual muffin tops. Not hard to get, either make or buy them and then pop the tops.
5. The Original Soupman's retail soup. Available in grocery stores and online.
6. Astonishing Tales Of The Sea book. Available online.
7. A book (or a book on tape) about Risk Management. Available online.
8. Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer books
9. A book of French impressionist art to put in your bathroom.
10. A book of War & Peace but with a self-made cover of “War, What Is It Good For?”. There's a tutorial on how to make your own book cover here.
11. This photo in a frame.
12. Festivus In A Box. Available online.
BONUS PRINTOUT
Of course there are tons of more ideas, but let's not go overboard here. The show did end fifteen years ago.
You can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.
“You don’t need a family to write holiday cards. And if you do write them? Try to write something more than “Have a good holiday.” This is not hard.”
Sleep
Love.
Actually Interesting Home Alone Fact
I know it's lame to suggest Buzzfeed links, but you have to learn this fact about Home Alone. Link below.
Mom Says
Illustration by Andrew Hamm
Illustration by Andrew Hamm
Apple Holiday Ad
I usually get really mad at myself when a commercial has the ability to make me go, "Man. That was really nice." 'cause, well, I like to pretend I'm smarter than everyone, as we all do.
That being said - ugh, just watch this. It's nice. And obviously makes me want an iPhone. Kill me. I'm not smart.
“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.”