The writer who came down the mountain

Location: Pilatus, Switzerland

Prints: verduras

O print preferido da estação com certeza é Dolce&Gabbana, depois das rendas virginais, da guerra nas estrelas agora é a vez da culinária siciliana e todos os seus legumes darem as caras nos looks.

Depois eu coloco mais looks só que masculinos.

Look do dia

O hoje o look vai para a Natalia Vodianova que usou um vestido clássico e ao mesmo tempo moderno.Clássico pela cor que foi complementada pelo batom vermelho.E moderno porque traz a ideologia da estação:Longo-coluna.Modelo assinadado pela maison Valentino.

Happy Halloween!!

Heidi Klum always has interesting Halloween costumes. I love that she doesn't feel the need to be in a sexy costume, like many female celebrities.

She has two costumes this year...

Yikes!!

Waiting for images of the missing link costume!

Here are some from year's past...

Camilla Belle de Preto

Oh, and Another Thing...

On Monday I will be changing my blog name to "Cup Sized Cake". I will no longer be showing up on your blog feed as "The Violet Reaction"! Just wanted to give you a heads up so you don't have a panic attack when you can't find me on your blog feed. Because I'm sure you look for me every day. Right? Riggghhht?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

My First Win and The Crazy Things I Do

So, first up on the menu, I need to tell you all that I am now an award winning cupcake baker. So you can rest assured that all the recipes I post here are safe and will not kill you.

What is this award that I won? Well, let me tell you! I won the sweets category at the Comfort Food Challenge at the house I live in. Please don't ask me how many entries there were in the sweets category, because then I might have to tell you that there were only 4. Oops. Me and my big mouth.

The deathly white apparition on the left is me, just fyi.

But really, it was a for-fun competition and there were lots of awesome people and awesome comfort foods there.

This is my entry:

I made 3 different kinds of mini cupcakes: a breakfast one, a lunch/dinner one, and a dessert one. I was going to make 4, but alas, time was not on my side, so I had to settle for chocolate drizzled on the plate to disguise the missing 4th cupcake. And no one said to me, "Gee Leanna, your plate looks dumb with only 3 cupcakes on it," so I must have succeeded on my mission.

From left to right, we have a French Toast cupcake with Maple buttercream frosting and crispy bacon on top, a Cheddar and Herb bread with goat cheese topping, and a classic Red Velvet Cupcake with cream cheese frosting and a pecan on top.

Let me describe them for you using one word for each:
Yum.
Yum.
and
Yum.

Let me tell you, if you've never had a cupcake with bacon on it, get your butt away from the computer right this second and go make one. It will change your life. Forever.

I have plans to do individual posts for each of these recipes, so hang tight for a week or two while I get my act together. I ended up going off-recipe a bit and didn't actually write down any of the changes I made, so I'm still not entirely sure how I'll put the posts together. It'll happen, though. Just don't hold that breath of yours.

So that's it for the first part of the post. Now onto the second part, which I shall entitle:

This is SO Not Worth 10% Extra Credit.

Right now I'm on Day 4 of a one week long extra credit assignment for my Globalization class. The assignment? Live on $2 a day. I don't know how many of you have been grocery shopping lately, but what this loosely translates to is "Eat Top Ramen for a week".

Actually, it's not that bad. I went to Fred Meyer's and bought all my food at once and actually got a fair amount. And by fair amount I really mean:
-7 Packages of Top Ramen
-4 Packages Instant Mashed Potatoes
-3 Cans Tomato Soup
-7 Cups of Yogurt
-1/2 Dozen Eggs
-1 Box of "Spread" (I don't know what's in it, nor do I want to. It was cheap and I bought it).
-1 Loaf of White Bread
-6 Bananas. This was my one splurge item... I really love bananas and couldn't imagine going a week without them. I had $1.26 left in my budget and they ended up weighing in at $1.22. I took this as a sign from God that I was supposed to buy them.

What I did NOT buy:
-Coffee
-Milk
-Tea
-Juice
-Any other liquid

We're allowed to drink water for free, but no other liquids unless we buy them. This sucks. I don't like water. I never, ever just drink water, and literally had to write myself a note to drink some today so I wouldn't forget to drink like I did yesterday. It occurred to me last night as I was getting into bed that I hadn't gone to the bathroom since I woke up in the morning. TMI? Yes. But now you know how awful I am at drinking water.

This honestly is a lot harder than I thought it would be. In reality, it's enough food and I've never been hungry, but I'm having a hard time mentally. No, I'm not going crazy. But I am finding myself craving to eat all the time, just because I know that I can't. And the other day I was waiting at my busstop, which is next to McDonald's, and I was just itching to go in and get something.

DID YOU READ THAT? I WANTED MCDONALD'S!
I was so ashamed.

The hardest part though, at least so far, is definitely the coffee. I wanntttt coffffeeeeeee. The second my week is over, I'm going out and buying a Venti mocha at Starbucks. Yeah, it'll probably cost the equivalent of my entire food budget for this past week, but the heck with it. I. Want. Coffee.

Obviously on this budget I can't afford to make cupcakes, but rest assured I'll be back on that ASAP. I've got like a gazillion new recipes that I've bookmarked, so be expecting a lot of yummy things to come your way soon.

Chloé

The newest member of our family...

Our new dog Chloé

 

Such a sweet little girl!

Alta-costura em livros

Acaba de ser lançado um livro sda Christian Dior Haute Couture que  reúne centenas de fotos com looks da coleções desde 1947,assinados pelo criador da maison e até Yves Saint Laurent.As fotos são obra do top fotográfo Patrick Demarchelier.


Karlie Kloss exibe look circense.Ultravolumes são marcas registradas da grife.

E a capa do livro que traz um look exótico.

Christian Siriano Vestidos para Mujer Primavera Verano 2012 - Semana de la Moda de Nueva York

Christian Siriano Spring Summer 2012 - New York Fashion Week

(Hola)



video: http://www.youtube.com/user/StyleBistro

GUESS? Coat, Stand Collar Belted Wool Trench Coat $139.99

Basic with a structured fit, this trench from GUESS? is ultra-versatile. The collar can be worn up or down is an updated twist on a fashion basic!

details:

• Wool/polyester/acrylic/nylon/rayon; lining: polyester
• Dry clean
• Imported
• Stand collar can be worn up or turned down
• Double breasted front button closure; tooled metal buttons
• Long sleeves
• Front slit pockets
• Lined
• Medium weight
• Shaping seams
• Belt loops; belted at waist
• Hits at mid thigh; approx. 36 inches from center back neckline
• Note: black coat features goldtone hardware; charcoal coat features silvertone hardware

Steve Madden Coat, Belted High Low Skirted Trench $129.99

Oversized buttons and a flattering belted waist make Steve Madden's skirted coat a cozy and super-cute topper. Perfect for everything from mid-day shopping to date night!

details:

• Polyester/spandex; lining: polyester
• Dry clean
• Imported
• Stand collar
• Oversized button front closure
• Welt pockets at front thighs
• Long sleeves with buttons at cuffs
• Lined
• Flared skirt styling
• Medium weight
• Belted at waist; belt loops with fake leather trim
• Hits above knee; approx. length from center back neckline: 36-1/2 inches (s); 37 inches (m); 37-1/2 inches (l); 38 inches (xl)

Portmanteau Favourite Books

Children’s books

• Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
• The Never Ending Story by Michael Ende
• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
• Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie
• Momo by Michael Ende
• Matilda by Roald Dahl

Fantasy

• Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
• Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
• Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Novels

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire
• The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James Morrow
• The Lover by Margeruite Duras
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

Philosophy and discussion

• Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
• The Art of War by Sun Tzu
• Seredipities by Umberto Eco
• The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
• Orientalism by Edward Said
• Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu
• White Collar Crime by E. H. Sutherland

Please note that these are just my favourites, as well as books I’d recommend to pretty much anybody. It doesn’t mean I don’t like other books, or haven’t read other books that I love. I might also not remember one or the other that I absolutely loved, but that just aren’t coming back to me right now.

Vai à alguma festa?Use vermelho

Imortalizado pelo estilista Valentino a cor é amante das celebridades, e um dos tons mais usados nos red carpets mundo afora.Recorde de aparições no Oscar e Emmy deste ano ela continua em alta,aliás chega a ser quase uma cor clássica.Sexy,romântico ou clássico inspire-se:


Anne Hathaway no Oscar deste ano.


Heide Klum e seu vestido ultra-volumoso John Galliano.
Trabalhar assimetrias de forma minimalista é  golpe de mestre.
Esse penteado é bem adequado para um evento matutino.

Esse vestido Valentino haute couture da última coleção é simples e chique.Fica lindo usando uma gargantilha de rubis.

Se esfriar opte pelas mangas longas:


E esse penteado?



E um longo coluna.

Essas clutches arrematam os looks perfeitamente:




As três acima são Alexander McQueen.

Uma Jimmy Choo.