I had a great holiday in Chicago, with highlights including football in the snow, a long day snowboarding, New Year’s Eve at the cousin of Koi, and a lot of relaxing time at home.
Now I’m back in my apartment, enjoying the DC winter (slightly warmer than Chicago). I went for a chilly ride on Saturday; the first half was fast, then I realized we were dropping people, and I didn’t want a fast ride, so I dropped back and took the rest of the ride easy with a buddy. Sunday it was too cold too ride, so I spent most of the day indoors. Despite that, I was able to check something off of my list that I’ve been eyeing for months. I have a giant space of blank wall between my bedroom/living room and my kitchen. I’ve been wanting to put a giant mirror there ever since I came across this Apartment Therapy post on big mirrors in small spaces. This is a favorite. Anyways, yesterday I came across a 6’2″ tall mirror on craigslist that I thought would be perfect, and I was able to convince the owner to deliver it. My apartment feels much more complete now that that is done.
Tonight, in a reckless spending spree, I decided I had enough of dreaming about real vanilla beans. So I ambled on over to Beanilla and took care of that. I’m eager to make another batch of vanilla cupcakes based on this recipe, but this time with real vanilla beans.
