happy christmas!

Sending you all our love this Christmas!

xoxo DnA

Recently…

Biking 20 miles in red peep toes.

Hitting up free wine and cheese at Capital Hill Books w/Sara.

Cooking up 5+ kilos of rice pudding to use 1 of the 10 gallons of free milk we got.

Black light bowling for a work do.

Sarah stars as Jellylorum.

Supreme tests of patience substitute teaching.

Dan drawing day and night to get his Christmas commissions out on time.

Drooling over Joy the Baker’s photos and recipes.

Krazy Karioke in honour of Allie.

Pumpkin and feta risotto.

And LOTS and LOTS of snow (almost 2 feet)!

But it’s never too cold for gelato!

got gifts?

Inspiration for those of you who still have some holiday shopping to do!

3. Something hand-made. If you’re not feeling craftsy, check out etsy for cute & creative creations galore. I’m rather biased towards this artist!

2. A mini-adventure.… from a weekend away to a day on the cheap (picnic + museum). Going to the mall does not count. I’m a risk taker, but that is one journey too perilous this close to Christmas!

1. A goat. No, really… why not honour someone with a gift of a goat to someone who really needs a gift? Donate through a group like Heipher International, World Vision or Kiva and change a life.

pretty as a peacock

saturday snow day

Saturday it snowed! I even got the day off work The snow was gorgeous and that evening we went to a performance of Handel’s Messiah.

Ok, so the concert we went to wasn’t quite as good as the Winchester Cathedral Choir, but it was still lovely!

my latest girl crush

yes it’s Karen O!

If I were as hip as her, I’d perform a cityscape musical too!

Fab portrait by Rachel Warner

Karen O (and “the kids”) also did the soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are… a fantastic book (still need to see the film), though I have to admit my favourite Maurice Sendak book is In the Night Kitchen. Perhaps because of my love affair with baking.

Speaking of which, my mother recently released the phenomenal recipe of her mother’s bread on her blog – wise ones will bake it pronto!  (Hey, then you’ll have bread for turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwiches – trust me, they’re delish.)  We had it braided and sans-Cinnamon for Thanksgiving.

Wow, from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to children’s books to Thanksgiving leftovers…. but it’s all connected!

“there is no bathroom!”

With Arnold as my guide, I’m sure to make a great Kindergarten teacher in no time!

happy thanksgiving!

I thought this picture from www.makefive.com was very appropriate because for over a week now I’ve been an assistant substitute in a Kindergarten class, in addition to being a gelaterista!

Let me tell you teaching is INTENSE! I have so much respect for teachers. It’s very draining and all-consuming and I’m only an assistant and a substitute at that! I’d like to sub for high schoolers as well…. I wonder which will be more difficult!

But since today’s thanksgiving, I’ll stop my moaning and say some of the kids are super-cute and I’m thankful for my husband who leaves love notes on my bike and for runs in the woods, homemade bread and sunshine.

for dinner tonight…

“When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see two towers, I walk.”

- Philippe Petit