Apr
29
Cast on + Baked Goodies
After months the doctor finally rolled another cast on my mom, but this cast allows her to walk! No wheeling around! I was nervous because at the last visit he put her in the first cast and told her to stay in bed. She’s got legs now…still limping a lot though. The defected calf that has been locked in a cast looks like Nicole Richie’s…In fact I’m quite fascinated by how thin the defected calf looks in comparison to the fuctional one..its almost half the size! My mom wonders if it will be this way forever…”what if my calf stays ano?”…It will grow back in due time I’m sure. For now I’m just happy that she can get her own water, take her own showers, and cook her own food…both of us are FREED! Two more weeks until she finishes therapy though.
Victory! She scored a free shoe from the doctor that enables her to walk… you won’t find these in Barney’s or Jak & Jil. You might find these on sale which are similar strap wise but definitely not as ‘chic’ as the one my mom is rocking. Love her Nike sweats and but not the Prada sneaker on her other foot. I keep telling her how metro-sexual these sneakers are but she continues to offend me.
After the victorious visit I picked up some baked goodies from Balthazar, the trendiest “french” bakery around. Regardless, the
baked goods are tasty.
Lemon Pillow. Really, the fluffiest “tart” I’ve ever had. The crust was extremely crunchy.
Cannelles
Look at that crumb structure!
Thanks for all the warm comments guys! Also, the blog format changed back the my older style-I’m just using a ready-made template I downloaded thanks to WordPress… you can still access the archives to the right and all the imagefeed posts (which are usually fashion related) will be mixed in on the same page.
I am so happy your mom is slowly but surely getting better. I love all the food porn. Looks so delicious! x
i love this post, it seems more personal because you’re telling about your mom- absolute part of your life here. glad to know she’s enabled to walk again, i hope she’s going on better…
always waiting for new posts of yours, and thank you for being so inspiring.
wish you the best for your mom and your life!
LOVE Balthazar! Those goodies have my mouth watering…
Glad to hear your mom can do things normally already.
Are you a filipino btw? because of that word “‘ano”.
OMG GOODNESSSSSSSS! THAT TART LOOKS SOOO OOEY GOOEYYY!
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Mothers.
So glad to hear she’s doing well! I remember when my mom broke her collarbone…it was no picnic. The accident reminded me how much I love her, though.
I must ask, why the switch to all caps? It’s a bit disconcerting.
Oh god now I need to stop by Balthazar! I’m glad your mom is doing better that she’s lucky to have someone like you to look after her
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I’m sure both of you are relieved that she’s gotten some freedom back! Being bedridden is just awful. You sound like a wonderful daughter, though.
i’m so happy to hear she’s getting better! i hope she has a super speedy recovery
Assure your mother her calf will not be forever reduced to its ano state! The same thing happened to me when I broke my arm, and I am happy to say I am back to being symmetrical.
I broke my leg and foot at the same time and was in a wheelchair for four months. When I finally got my casts off my one leg was soooooo skinny! I laughed about the ‘ano leg’. It doesn’t take long to go back to regular size, about a month. Hope your mom is enjoying walking around!
I’M SO PLEASED YOU’VE REORGANIZED THE STRUCTURE OF THE SITE !!!
it’s very easy to read everything i want now!
those pastries look very nice and i wish your mother all the best in her recovery. you are such a sweet daughter to take care of her, my mother is about to go into knee surgery and i hope to offer her the same support although i will not be probably not be able to give her the moral support of posting her recovery process on the internet :’)
Tell your nanay that her skinny leg will go back to normal now that she is walking on it
should be back to normal by summer- ur a very good daughter!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH… thanks for making me hungry!!!
I’m happy your mom is better!!! Hopefully she’ll be in heels soon!!!
I want something sweet now!
This post warms my heart.
I’m loving the old format. The newer one looked good, but was always a little jankity. The cannelles are so interesting looking, I’ve never tried one. Somehow theres not much French stuff in my city… haha I even attempted to MAKE macarons before I ever had my first real one in Manhattan last october.
I love that you’re bringing personal life aspects to the blog. It’s wonderful. I love Balthazar too. Such great food all around.
You have no idea how much I’ve been craving for Cannelles! I never had one before. I’m planning on making some at home but I don’t have anything to compare it with. I’m still on the hunt and very determined to find one here in Vancouver. I know it sounds stupid but I even had cannelles on my dreams. LOL.
Glad your Mom’s doing well
I’m glad your site is back to the way it’s been, I like the simplicity of it.
Aw thanks. You have to try CANNELLES. They are so goo-ey and delicious! It’s like a cross between an EGG CUSTARD and a muffin…And yea, about the website…Its much easier to access I suppose.
Awww – all the best to mumsie! Balthazar’s is fab – the Quiche Lorraine is my absolute fave – but for a more cozy, European/Italian feel, I like to go a few blocks higher on Spring to Ceci Cela… Fantastic stuff there…
Ohmygoodness I can’t even imagine! I hope your mom recovers quickly and swiftly! xoxo
Great to know your mum’s getting better. My best to her and I’m salivating at your bakery choices, they look so damn good.
oh man when I was staying at SLS I kept saying that I wanted to live there for about a year and just relax — easy California living at its best. Not only is their decor tdf but the food is incredible! seriously the best of both worlds..
Ha ha! Yeah, like others have said above – it’s AMAZING how much your limbs atrophy when they’re in a cast. But also amazing how fast they recover.
Also, they get really hairy. lol. I’ve always had sparse, fair body hair. And when I got a cast off my arm, it looked like an incredibly skinny tarantula arm. I guess even just a small amount of exposure to natural light really bleaches our hair a lot more than we realize.
Good luck! I’m not such a nice only child as you. I’ve already informed my (long divorced) parents that they need to make plans for themselves, because they are NOT living with me!
Kidding, sort of.
Nom nom nom. That lemon pillow made my mouth water. I hope your mom gets better!
@Everyone thanks so much for the comments guys! My mom is slowly walking now and being more independent. <3
The food looks awesome, is this a bakery in NYC? The photography is awesome, too (As always!). Hope your mom feels better soon
xx
Nice to read your mom is better now
and she definately rocks her footwear 
hehe it’s such a sweet post dedicated to your mom’s improvements!
So happy for both of you. Hope your mum gets to enjoy lots of fresh spring NY air. And thanks for sharing the baked goods – yum!
Are you Filipino?
no
The food on this site is so creative. I look at it and think “Why am I even bothering trying to be a chef?” You make me feel like Salieri to your Mozart (in the film, at least). Do you start with an item, like a lollipop stick, and go from there? How do you research for inspiration? I’m already planning on buying most of the food books on your Amazon site. Do the ideas just drop into your brain? Any hints you could pass along would be greatly appreciated.