Peanut Butter Cookies.

On the typical night after dinner, when the question of "What do you want to do?" Comes up, I find myself with a trio of one word answers. 
On dance days, or on days when I'm ready to sleep by 6:00, you can trust that I'll shout out "Moive!" On normal days, when I'm alert and in the mood, I find myself baking. Lastly, on the days when I'm somewhere in between, what's there to do other than a little of both! Sunday, I decided on option two and helped my sister by baking a giant batch of chocolate chip, peanut butter, cookies. Being an avid cookie baker, I come across several unique recipes, but there's something special about a peanut butter cookie. It's the salty aroma that fills your nostrils the minute you walk in the room and the seconds to indulgence counting down on the timer...3, 2, 1, Bing! As you open the oven door and the soft, warm, melt-in-your-mouth cookies make their way onto a rack, your face is embraced by a multitude of sweet smells. Finally it's the gooey peanut butter that touches your tongue and the melted chocolate chips that hide in the corners of your mouth as you swallow. Suddenly, the answer becomes clear, why peanut butter cookies are different than any old sugar cookie.

In case you have cravings, I've provided the recipe as a cure.  
Ingredients: 
1 cup packed brown sugar 
1/2 cup peanut butter 
1/2 cup butter (softened) 
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1//2 cup chocolate chips or as desired. 

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.



 

A Fascination For Furry Fashions

Nala Modeling The Precious Princess Cape

Meister Showing off the
Magic Mushroom Hat.

In the interest of fashion, I took off to Pittsburgh for an interview with the next up and coming designer Emmah Farrell. (Head of Mani Fashions) Luckily for me I was able to take a sneak peak at her current work and assist in a photo shoot for PA magazine. What's unique about Farrell's spring line is not what she's designing, but who she's designing for. Pampered, is a collection created exclusively for your furry friend. consisting of skirts, shawls, sweaters, scarves and capes and ranging from petites to plus sizes. Farrell explains that, although she's a baby by fashion world standards, she looks forward to the future as she plans to move into designing for smaller animals, taking an interest especially in ferret apparel. When questioned on her first experience working with pets she states that she prefers working with them as opposed to dolls, and stuffed animals. "Although your fitting to a completely different body, it's not nearly as difficult as what I've been doing!"  When it comes to picking a model, Farrell finds it just as easy. "I love her so much!" She says, when asked about her first fitted model, a kitten. "Nala's still young, so she's very easy to work with..." But it was clear that Nala's focus was not so much on the photo shoot as it was on the ball waiting in the corner! Later in my visit I witnessed some dog models as well, and surprisingly none of them seem to mind the constant adjusting as they sat still for picture after picture. They looked pretty cute too! 

Looking perfect in the Bad Girl Sweater

Jager perfecting the Regal Crown