Ethan

For Ethan

My Dearest Ethan, Not a day that goes by when I don’t think about you. You were originally scheduled to arrive in April 2012 but you made your appearance on December 13, 2011. It was the most wonderful two hours of my life and I will forever cherish your birthday. I often wonder what type of toddler you would be right now. Would you be like your little brother who is
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Russian Soul Sunday: One Egg Chocolate Chip Cookies

I actually discovered this recipe by accident. A while back, I only had one egg but I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies. Can I tell you how much I love Google? Anyway, I discovered there are a ton of recipes for one-egg chocolate cookies! But I found a personal favorite. I usually make these without the baking soda (for some reason I can really taste it when I cook
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Festival of Lights parade!

Over the weekend, Bear and I went on a day trip to Palm Springs to see the Festival of Lights parade. It was Bear's first time seeing it and he loved it! Here are a couple of pics - [gallery ids="1481,1482" type="rectangular"] On the left is my mom and I, and of course the second pic is Bear and me. Here's the youtube adventures. Again, nothing too exciting but I just wanted to
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#TBT Our time at the #mixedremixed festival!

I'm going to start doing Throwback Thursdays again to play catch-up on this blog. But anyhoo, here are some pics from our time at the Mixed Remixed Festival this year. I'm thinking about applying to be a panelist for next year's festival. [gallery ids="1476,1475,1474,1472,1473" type="slideshow"]
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Vlogmas, Schogmas…

Can I tell you how hard it is to do a daily vlog? We really don't have anything happening all the time to warrant a daily vlog so this is new to me. But I love a challenge and well, vlogmas is a challenge! So check out the last two episodes as we're in the process of making a third one now. Great news! I finally own a KitchenAid mixer! I
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L.A. Flaskmob

As many of you may know, my hubby is a local and upcoming photographer. To give a better idea on what he does, he participated this past weekend in Flaskmob, which is when many photographers, artists, and models gather and well, tear ish up in L.A. or where ever they are. Check out this video! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsEEHG4BILo&w=560&h=315] ETA: Found another video! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnBr29CDL4w&w=560&h=315]
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Russian Soul Sunday: Slow cooker ribs edition

I made this recipe weeks ago but now I'm getting around to posting the results for it. I don't know how to grill ribs. I just don't. I'm sure if I care to learn, I could make some awesome ribs. But I don't care to learn so I don't grill my ribs. I do slow cook them, though. The ribs are in Stubbs BBQ sauceĀ and a little water. That's it. Nothing
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Beyond Black or White…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdSohoIEWuQ&w=560&h=315] Recently, actor Taye Diggs made a controversial statement regarding his biracial son. In short, he said he wants his son to embrace being biracial and not choose between being Black or White. Needless to say, it got real in these internet streets! While I do applaud Mr. Diggs for being aware of the challenges his son might face, I also have to side-eye him. (And his defenseĀ didn't help matters,
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Happy Birthday, Bear!

This past Saturday marked Bear's 2nd birthday. We decided to do something small because he's just turning 2. Nothing against those who do big parties for their toddlers, but we'll probably start doing those once he's in preschool/child care so he has more friends of his age to play with. In surprising news, my racist-in-denial in-laws decided they actually want to be grandparents for a change. Yeah, you read that
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Life Hacks: Scented Toilet Paper Rolls

I'm in the process of doing the blog/vlog of Bear's 2nd birthday but until then, here's a vlog on a life hack I just learned: scented toilet paper rolls! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otDrkp1d3rk&w=560&h=315] Try it! It really does work wonders!!