How Annoying Are: Can Openers!

Mike and I were making dinner last night, as usual, and I grabbed the can opener so I could get started on the tomato sauce for our tilapia, and whatta ya know?  The damn opener gets stuck mid-way and the top of my canned tomatoes is nearly impossible to get off without slicing my finger off.

ARG! Why do can openers suck so bad?  We can put a man on the moon, but we can't invent a decent instrument to open cans with?  This boggles my mind.

For all you cooks out there - is there a decent can opener on the market that actually works, and will continue to work after 10 uses?  If so, let me know please!

Sunday Dinner

It's a cold Sunday night here in DC, and Mike and I decided that an easy, yet satisfying Sunday dinner was in order.  So what did we have?  See below!

Eggs for our chicken cutlets

Our blend of Italian breadcrumbs

Cutlets ready for the oven

Fresh spinach with garlic and olive oil

Penne pasta with spinach, garlic and oil and chicken cutlets

So, whatever you had for Sunday dinner I hope it was yummy!  Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

How Annoying Are: Backpacks

I officially decided yesterday that backpacks should only be worn by people on camping trips and school aged children, period.

It's confusing to me that a grown man wearing a suit, on his way to work, would choose to throw on a giant, overstuffed backpack rather than carry a nice briefcase, or cross-body messenger bag.  Day after day I see men and women walking to work with these ridiculously large, ugly backpacks on, and I think to myself, that's a really awful look.

Not only do they look unprofessional, but they look immature somehow.  Like they're on their way to 8th grade biology class.  Not to mention that fact that if they turn around too fast they make knock a few people over with their monstrous pack...

A word to the wise people...backpacks are good for carrying food stuffs when hiking, or camping.  They're also good for carrying books and pencils when you're a student.  But they are not good for adult professionals to wear while commuting to work.

P.S.  You know those teeny-weeny backpacks that some women also carry?  Yea, I hate those too.

Happy Spring!

I sense some shopping on the horizon!  Lightweight cardigans, cotton dresses and skirts, being able to layer and peel off  your clothes throughout the day to reveal another great look...

The birds are chirping, the breeze is refreshing, and the sun is warm, but not blistering.  So, get out there and enjoy Spring!

Spring shopping report to come soon...

Girl Time

Remember the episode of SATC when Carrie is in Paris and looks into the window of a cafe to see four girlfriends sitting together, laughing and gossiping, and it reminds her of her best girlfriends back home in NYC?  Well, lately I've been missing my girlfriends back in NYC and it just reinforced the fact that girl time is essential to a woman's life!

Don't get me wrong.  I love my husband and I really enjoy spending time with him, but sometimes I just need to be with the girls and that's just the way it is. 

So, I'm dedicating this post to all my girlies back home in NYC!!  And to all the ladies out there -- spend some QT with your girlfriends today...they're the best!

Not too Farfetched!

One of my favorite shopping websites, farfetch, is highlighting the hottest new looks straight off the runway of Paris Fashion Week.  What I love is that when you go to the website, they give you an overview and brief history of various French fashion houses and designers like Balmain, YSL, and Givenchy.  There is also a French style guide so you too can obtain that oh so chic Parisian look!

I think this is way cool and I'm looking forward to learning more about these iconic designers and then shopping their designs!

You can learn more too here.

The Ugly Shoe Train

I know that I may sound a little bitchy when saying this, because they stand for a good cause and all, but I hate Toms Shoes!  They are so hideously ugly and they are EVERYWHERE.

First came the foot shaped running shoes, which made me want to hurl, and now it's the classic canvas Toms shoes that I'm seeing women wear everyday.  What's up with this?  These Toms shoes look like really bad fake versions of Classic Keds -- which I totally endorse, by the way.  At least Keds are classic and they actually have some structure to them.

The only style of Toms shoes that I can stomach are the canvas wedges.  They, I will admit are cute and reasonably priced.

Okay, okay, I know that with every shoe you purchase from Toms a child in need receives a new pair of shoes, which is really a great movement and I stand behind it, but good lord, can't the shoes they sell be any cuter?! 

All right, I'm done, and now I feel terrible.  Maybe I'll jump on the ugly shoe train for a good cause...then again, maybe not.