so much beauty: gradient cake, vintage linen aprons and roasting chiles

I highly recommend you check out the beauty of cooking in this Not Without Salt video recently.

So so gorgeous.

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Another beautiful thing for you today are these vintage linen aprons.

Amazing.  I wrote more about them in this Chow Bella post.

Pretty.  Pretty.

Following his bliss : girl talk

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While not feeling well but not able to sleep, I tapped around my Hulu app and came across and really inspirational fun little program called A Day In the Life: Girl Talk.  Girl Talk is the stage name of Gregg Michael Gillis, who at just 29 is rocking out huge venues with his DJing of all sampled music.  He likes to explain how he really is creating his own style/brand of music {his instrument is his laptop} and either way, it's a far cry from his engineering job he had just 5 years ago in engineering.

Here's a video I found on You Tube of one of his shows.  Kind of awesome, I think.

Feeling Fall

We got our first drop out of triple digit heat today and it appears it will last into this next week.  For us, that's our signal that fall is coming.  Here's a little something I put together to document what this looks and feels like to me.

planting the fall/winter crops

a new autumn uniform of skirt/crossbody bag/long sleeved top/something on the wrist/breezy shoes/my warbys

spending time thinking about loved ones {especially the little ones} who are fighting the big C.  love u #supernate. 

finding {on craigslist} and using silverplated forks and spoons for every day

using the nice glassware - even for water {when you know the kids aren't going to knock it on the floor}

getting back into mealtime traditions.  we tend to to homemade pizzas on friday nights.  tho' bianco's pizza is now available at pane.  that's definitely a good thing.

and the smell of roasted green chiles.  it's everywhere here.  the farmers markets, crooked sky, the super market...and i love it.

What does fall feel like to you?

*photo credits: Silverware: BeachHouseLiving Etsy, Shoes and Bag: Ruche, Top and Skirt: Banana Republic, Farm: My Farmyard, Chiles and Watch: Me, Glassware: CB2, Glasses: Warby Parker, Pizza: http://blog.junbelen.com/