Color Lust

As I sit on my couch browsing the internet after a long day of work, I noticed a patterned starting to emerge. I am strangely drawn to all things melon or orange colored.  I think it will be the perfect juicy color to transition into spring...now only if the weather would cooperate. I think SF is destined for some rain this week. (Is it bad that I am already wishing for spring?)

I immediately fell in love with the BCBG pumps, but need to decide whether or not I will feel too tall in them (at almost 5'10" with out heels I can sometimes be self conscious).

I'm counting the days until the weekend, almost there!

Something New

Shoes! You can never have enough shoes! Shoes are one of those things that I am drawn to, and believe that my collection is never complete. I definitely try to buy shoes on sale or at Marshall's (one of my favorite shoe shopping destinations).

Here are three pairs that I recently acquired...

Dolce Vita 

Cole Han with Nike Air soles (so comfy!)

Tory Burch 

These shoes all came from Bloomingdales' after Christmas sale. What a bargain! (Thanks mom!) Have a great Tuesday!

Homemade Pasta

A few weeks back, Liz and I decided to make the men in our lives a special treat, homemade ravioli. Pasta is one of those foods that truly is better when it is homemade.  I know pasta is kind of a pain to make, but it is definitely worth it (especially if you are making it with a good friend).

I use the pasta maker that attaches to my Kitchen Aide Mix Master. That way, I don't have to crank the pasta maker; the machine does all of the heavy lifting.

pumpkin filling

rolling out the dough

cutting and sealing the ravioli 

We used this recipe from Wolfgang Puck for the filling and sauce and a Cook's Illustrated recipe for pasta dough. Pour yourself a glass of wine and get cooking! Happy Monday!

Paso Robles Pasolivo

While spending the weekend in Paso Robles, we not only tasted wine (one of my favorite past-times), but we went olive oil tasting as well. Pasolivo was great and I highly recommend visiting it if you are ever in Paso Robles. Not only are the olive oils delicious (pressed there), but they have a fantastic selection of vinegars, and salts. 

My mom deciding which olive oil to taste

My favorite vinegar was the Honey Muscato, DELICIOUS!

We left with Black Lava Salt

Aren't they cute?

A little late..New Years!

For New Year's I spent the weekend in Paso Robles with my boyfriend, mom and step-dad. I had a blast wine tasting, shopping, eating, and dancing.  Here are a few photos of what I wore (complete with a everyone's masks)!

AllSaints Dress 

I think the black and silver mask is my favorite!

Happy New Year!!