I know a lot of lolita love macarons because they appear on so many clothes and accessories, and for foodie types they are loved because they taste so good, and are so hard to make right. In the Spring we went over to Paris and I was finally able to have some wonderful Parisian macarons. After that I tried my best to find something as good state side. A lot of the ones I had had looked the part, but didn't taste as good, and my home bake attempts have been sadly lacking in results. I've been lucky enough to find a couple of places so far that were pretty great here in the States though, and that also deliver!

These are the 2 best I've tried so far...
East Coast: Michel Patisserie (based near Washington DC)
West Coast: Paulette Macarons (based in LA, and SF)
Find out more! Serious Eats

I heard this song for the first time today. It's been a while since the last music post on here, so here's something for the ears and eyes.

I know one friend of mine who will cringe when I say this but... Sometimes when out and about, I have to whip out out a lipstick or powder, to top up the color or tame some shine. These two things can be done in a way that is as pretty as the way you hold your fan or parasol!



I've recently gone back to wearing red lipstick, and was looking for a brand that is as pretty in the tube as on my lips (red lipstick always seems to need attention). I might have just found it! Kinda been wanting to try Besame cosmetics for a while, and might be ready to take the plunge.

I always feel kind of awkward if I pull out a less than chic looking piece of makeup packaging in public. I love my Maybeline (I was not born with it) but it feels un-glamorous in my hands. Beautiful packaging like these make me feel pretty just holding them when I need to rescue my makeup after it all ends up on my scone!

I know the Edwardians went in through a backdoor when they wanted to buy their cosmetics, but the decadent beauties of the 1920's Jazz age made it something to be positively proud of! Any one else proud to plaster? and what cosmetic packaging do you guys feel happy to be seen in public with?

This is out of print, but is easily obtained from Amazon.

The Southern Heritage Socials and Soirees Cookbook

It has recipes from Victorian through about the '60's or so, and lots of illustrations ranging from fun to corny. The recipes are for tea sandwiches, cakes, quick breads, chaffing dish items, punches, and lots of other stuff.

Hello everyone *waves* I've been lurking in the shadows absorbing all the loveliness of this place... until now! I just wanted to share some neat links that I think are pretty fitting for this month's theme!
If anyone is not aware of the online British Food Shop I would definitely go take a look around. They have all sorts of tasty looking teas, food and other goodies. Here's one of my favorite things to have at tea parties (or even just for me :3)
http://www.britishfoodshop.com/shopexd.asp?id=712
Like I said there's tons of other things on there (I'm getting kicked off so I must cut this short) so take a minute if you can and just go nuts! The official home page is here: http://www.britishfoodshop.com/
I hope you enjoy!
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I just copy and pasted this from my journal :) Hope you like it!!
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Today I am going to show you how to make mochi! Yesterday my mom and I made it and it is so easy!
All you need is this:
1 package of glutinous rice flour (the green one)
2 1/2 cup of water
1/3 cup of sugar

For the rolling part:
some cornstarch
some oil
whatever filling you would like!

( Are you ready? Here we go! )

If you make some please take some photos and let me see too!! :D

We took these to David's house last night :3 He wants me to make chocolate ones for him O.o I am not sure how good that would taste...

It's a bit late, but... November 5th in England is Guy Fawkes day (it's a real holiday, not something that was just made up for V for Vendetta) and as an English ex-pat it's something I always kinda miss living in America. The good news is whilst I can't have fireworks, I can have bonfire toffee!!!

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For those of us In America this is the month of Thanksgiving, a holiday filled with food! I thought it might be a fun theme for this month, share recipes, table ideas, crafts that look like food, go with food, anything. I can't wait to see what every one brings to the table!

***As always start a new post with your theme contribution this month!***

Hello, being that today is Dia de los Muertos( day of the dearly departed) in my culture. I just wanted to share an old legend I was told of when I was a little girl of this festivity.  It's a little bit of a spooky story. In Mexico, Death is has many nicknames, one nickname being La Catrina or the elegant lady. my guess is that this story would fit this community perfectly.
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( Prepare to be spooked )
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I love this legend, And I hope that you guys enjoyed it.

Edit: I corrected some of the bad grammer