Melrose Avenue Mini Adventure

 Found this at Wasteland on Melrose. First found it in Urban Outfitters for $30.00 during Black Friday then today saw it here for $18.00. I'm not gonna say this is where to go if you want super discounted clothes and accessories, but if you look hard enough, you may find really good stuff that may be worth the price :)

 We ended up buying it. Gonna do an OOTD for him again soon wearing this hat.

Some paintings I found in a store that I really liked. I really like that one with the girl wearing the HK mask. I forgot the name of the store :( They're for sale if you're interested. I think both those Sanrio character themed ones were from some Japanese store and the one in the middle was in a toy shop.. I think.

I couldn't resist.. There was a long mirror in front of me.

For all those legging lovers: World of Leggings. All your legging desires. I didn't get to take a picture of all the patterns they have, but I did catch a cute one.

I would like to go to sleep in this.

Velvet Cupcakes and Teavana Lunch Date

 I expected more from Velvet Cupcakes cus the place looked like their cupcakes would be super amazing. The brown one is good. It's Hazelnut Chocolate and it tastes like chocolate cake with nutella. The cake is good, but the butter cream icing was a bit much and half way through the cupcake I didn't want anymore.

The Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting tasted exactly what it's supposed to, but nothing more. I don't know why I expected it to have some special filling or something lol. Original works best, I guess. I have yet to try one that's so amazing that I will never forget it.

Teavana is a little store that I found first in Sherman Oaks Fashion Square, but I'm sure there are others in different malls. This is a perfect blend of Samurai Chai Mate and Maharaja Chai Oolong Tea with a little German Rock Sugar, which they also sell in the store. The whole vibe of the place is just great. You can sample all the teas they have out while walking around and looking at all the tea stuff they sell. I am definitely purchasing these 2 teas so I can make it at home all the time lol.

Niko Niko Sushi Date

This, lovers, is called Popcorn Lobster Roll. I'm not a professional and this picture does no justice. Inside is spicy tuna topped with deep fried lobster, seaweed, sesame seeds, and a thousand layers of goodness. DEFINITELY WILL BE ORDERING THIS AGAIN.

 Jay ordered a Snow Cone Roll and as you can see, it was so good that I didn't even get the chance to take a picture of the whole thing when it was still in tact lol. It took a while for it to come to our table cus it was baked. Anyway it was amazing, WILL BE ORDERING THIS AGAIN.

The Dynamite Roll which was so hyped up to us by the waitress but when it came it looked nothing like the picture and tasted nothing like she described. Also, too much onion.. for us it was too much. You might like it. It's baby shrimp, scallops, and mushroom. It was ooookay. Will not be ordering it again, though.

Thug life, baby. Lol can't wait to try another sushi bar and take you guys along on our date again.

Good night!

His OOTD

Beanie: H&M
Top: Urban Outfitters
Jeans: Levi's 511

Merry Christmas To Me!

I finally bough myself a Canon  EOS Rebel T3i! I know this is stupid to say, but I now have a chance to learn how to use it before my little camping trip. Possibly make a few videos here and there. Jay knows how to use cameras since that is his major, so yeah. Awesome! Woo!

4 More weeks dedicated to abs

Hello friends! I'm so retarded it's not 4 weeks it's actually 10 weeks -__- lol

ANYWAY. I'm doing a 4 week challenge starting now until December 10.
I'm just enforcing rules that I normally should've followed lol.
-No sugary treats. Not even on Thanksgiving.
-SUPER low carbohydrates. Meaning no pasta, rice, or bread.
-More protein. (Shakes, spinach, and other veggies)
-Always keep a snack with you in handy just in case.
-Ab workouts EVERY DAY. Fasted cardio 3x a week.

Ciabatta Bread Recipe

No knead and only 3 hours of rising (instead of 18 hours).

I tried both 3 hour and 18 hour rise but I much prefer the 3 hour rise than the 18. It's up to you though, if you're willing to wait that long :)

The one on the right is pita bread, but the one on the right is my 3 hour ciabatta bread. Jay loved it! I loved it. I will now share with you how I made it.

What I used:
2 Bowls
2 towels
Wooden spoon
3 1/4 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp yeast (I used Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast)
1 1/2 cup of warm water
1 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 baking pan

So in your bowl, add your flour, salt, sugar, yeast, water, and olive oil and then mix it with your wooden spoon. The consistency at first is that it's too dry, and then later it's too sticky. DON'T PANIC. This dough is supposed to be super sticky. Don't change the recipe, don't add anything.

Flour your CLEAN counter top or something you can put the dough on. Then cut in half. This is big enough for 2 loafs. Place both in separate bowls and cover the bowl with a towel. You can use foil if you want. Let it rest for 1 hour.

1 hour later...
Take the dough out and make it into a shape of a square. Fold the left side of the square in the middle, then the right side of the dough in the middle. Continue to fold the top and bottom of the square. Kind of punch it in with the bottom of your palm so that it sticks to itself. Turn it over and repeat. Do this with the other dough also. THEN... cover with your towel and let it rest for another hour.

1 hour later...
repeat everything up there.

1 hour later... (again)
repeat everything again. This is the final rest.

1 hour later... (finally)
Lightly coat the baking pan with olive oil and flour. Place each of the dough on the baking pan and stretch it out lengthwise. It should be able to reach each end of the pan. Sprinkle both doughs with flour so that it's not sticky at the top. Preheat your oven to 450 and then bake for 30 minutes. Every 10 minutes or so sprinkle some water on to the crust.

ENJOY! :)