Luxirare

This sangria was part of another recipe I was about to post, I always like to add a drink with a meal in my post, otherwise it feels so incomplete, but since there are so many photos here I just had to divide and conquer. The situation with Sangria is similar to making a fantastic meal out of leftovers. Definitely use some cheap red wine, but make sure to add some fresh fruit. Everyone has their own way of doing Sangria and that’s the beauty of this, there is no ‘must’ here. Using pricey wine for Sangria is not a shrewd move, anything over 10$ a bottle for this and you’re just being excessive. The whole idea is to mask the cheapness here with other flavors you know?

Today I am adding a little twist by making it super carbonated. I tried using Poland Spring, but I’m so greedy!! I just want tons of bubbly, almost to the point where it’s painful. There were also some people on instagram curious about my recipe, well here it is, I do have some little tricks up my sleeve for some Sangria you and your buddies will love (I hope so at least!!). Not an exact recipe at all, but all you need to know is what ingredients I’m using and you can play it by ear, match it to your taste buds.

Above you’ll see one of my favorite things to add for Sangria is not only some Orange juice, but some Peach Schnapps. Also, you can ignore the Poland Spring, because I found a better way to add concentrated fizz. For extra flavor I am also using crushed fresh pomegranate, and some uncrushed for the Sangria…

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With this storm there really was no choice but to deal. By the 2-3-4th day of having no power (I forget which day because the days just all blended into one big blob after losing electricity) I realized there was no food in my fridge! Of course I still had this cheese wheel and bottles of wine. I finished all the ramen, all the veggies went bad so they had to be thrown out..etc. I did watch a lot of movies on Netflix (from my phone) and even though I have been known to cancel, start/ cancel, start/ my netflix account over and over again..having Netflix this time around was definitely a luxury.

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Uhm, yea. I was really not humble about this Sandy Storm. It was only today that everything was working 100%, internet, power, heat, all that…You know I thought this was another Irene ordeal and was like, yea I’m sure something bad is going to happen. Oh boy bad things did happen. And now it’s freezing and snowing and there are still people without power that I just can’t even deal with that either because I feel like I don’t want to have power either unless I know everyone has it.

Never in my life have I experienced this before, and it was worse because there was real work I needed to do and couldn’t do because everything I do either involves internet or machines. For 6 days I had no heat, light, and food all gone too because fridge was dead. Luckily I had the means to head to the spa for some R&R but I was also grateful to have a dry bed and a roof over my shoulders. Hotels were all booked, didn’t feel like putting out friends either.

Anyway, on the 2nd or 3rd day of this blackout, I had already gone mad, but thankfully some restaurants were open. This soup below is of the Korean kind, oxbone broth but with slices of tender brisket, noodles and rice and I ate it at a time when I had been freezing and hungry, so it tasted so delicious, more delicious than I remember…and it’s like a hot stew so it’s just the perfect thing to eat during winter which is why I’m suggesting it for you now in case you are looking for something new to eat. Flavor description…so if you love the flavor of bone-marrow, just imagine the bone-marrow broth version of sorts, kind of creamy this broth and super mild. What was weird was that I had posted this on my instagram days ago and 2 non koreans left comments about how they LOVED this soup and it was one of their favorites. I thought that was so weird because most non koreans go for the bbq and are like yea I just ate ‘KOREAN’ food..uh, sure pal! I just think that’s laughable obviously because korean bbq is one of the most boring korean things you can eat, but nonetheless I was happy to see that maybe this soup is more common than I think, amongst non koreans at least. Okay so enough of my rambling..try it! Address to a location here.

A friend of a friend recommended this new doughnut place, she knows I love donuts from doughnut plant. And now I am craving some, even though these photos are from a while ago. The problem with Dough, at least for me, is that it’s like really far into Brooklyn, and good thing I was in the ‘hood to have lunch with a good friend, so we went to Dough for dessert. For some reason I thought there was one in the city, is there? I tried to find Dough and I couldn’t.. (This was after I had those sandwiches, remember the Willie Special??)…But anyway she told me that Dough’s donuts are a combination of both Krispy Kreme and Doughnut plant, so I had to check it out.

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Yesterday, Monday, for a while had been DYING to check out Dia:BEACON. Finally I had been able to coordinate a date…and I am going to go back next weekend or the weekend after. But while I was there I just also thought I’d kill two birds. You haven’t had a chance to see the rest of the scarves on…This moto-peacoat hybrid is from ASOS if you must know. I am usually a size 0-2 but this coat is a size 6. I mean, go big or go home…

This one is the charcoal infinity, I chose to use Acrylic wool because I will spend my whole day scratching my neck if it is real wool. I have a very VERY negative relationship with real wool. Acrylic is better for me. Luxury is comfort.

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My excuse for posting the last set without any styling or modeling them was quite simple. I love being behind the camera, I cringe every time I have to get in front of one, when you work with one of your friends, or even a stranger .. or a family member…who is willing to take a couple for you…oh god…it’s just like you have to direct them to get the certain shot you want, and you wish you had a duplicate of yourself so that one of you is behind the camera..but yes its a constant back and forth, trying to ‘art direct’ and then also being careful not to completely annoy the person who is doing you a huge favor…haha…and then 90% of the photos you either look bad or really bad…. These tube scarves seem to strike a chord with readers and customers, and I do like this one too because the triangle scarf you have to tie. But I like the triangle scarf too because it’s lighter. This item is definitely good for you if you don’t want the fuss. I’m wearing it with an oversized biker coat.

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I am sure you already heard about these ‘FLATFORM’ shoes, basically it is a shoe that has a platform but usually it’s below 3″ and the height doesn’t exceed throughout….They are usually attached to a sharp oxford, or a lace up shoe design. These below are by Diego Restrepo.

The best I’ve seen thus far are these flatforms by Degen. Thing with me is that I need just a little bit of height on the back, maybe a 1/2″ increase because flats are so uncomfortable for me to walk in. Just a little more in the back and I’m good to go. I would never even know about these unless it was for Shoelust’s instagram account, where she posted another version by Degen..The shape of the shoe was so amazing that I had to do a little more research so I just went directly to their e-shop. You will find these here.

There’s no way I’m bringing my DSLR to restaurants again. But I’m definitely coming back here, to the NoMad restaurant, where I had one of the best meals TODAY in a long time. It beat that restaurant that starts with a P and ends with an E, and a bunch of other places…Seriously. I was shocked too because honestly I didn’t think it would be this incredible… Wow is the word…

Also, I just have to say this meal was so ‘fall’, the roast chicken I had, the earthy truffle, everything. As I load these photos I am sipping on some Cup Ramen with hot sauce…. And leftover meatballs from Ikea.

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I like doing a series of designs, maybe because…well..how can you just stop at 1 idea when you have 4-5? And there’s the issue of colors, you know I’m quite the colorblind designer, I only see black and white most of the time. Well anyway, I initially wanted to show that triangle scarf first because it’s my absolute favorite, but by then I had already experimented with classic shapes, it was hard not to share them at once. Infinity, tube, and the triangle. But now they are expanded in a variety of materials, from expensive rabbit fur, to a super chunky roving yarn 1×1 gauge texture. (more…)