Courtney Lewis

Attention lovers, this Saturday marks the start of Sarah and...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:13:00 -0500

Attention lovers, this Saturday marks the start of Sarah and Nicolette’s Valentine Flower Shop on Mott Street.

Two years ago Miss Camille Grace hit the scene. Now she’s...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:37:00 -0500

Two years ago Miss Camille Grace hit the scene. Now she’s all grown up!

Happy 2nd birthday, Cami Bird. - Love, Auntie Courtney

Koyaanisqatsi In Five Minutes. (via kottke)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:03:22 -0500

Koyaanisqatsi In Five Minutes. (via kottke)

Made a bunch of new Svpply sets. Above are a couple of my favs...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:51:00 -0500

Made a bunch of new Svpply sets. Above are a couple of my favs from Mad Science.

Alexander McQueen Agate Print Dress // Xray Skeleton Shorts // Pyrite Bobby Pins // NonFictionTees Mineral Specimens Tee // Bonehead Dino Folding Comb

020312 - End Of An Era. #36coop

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:00 -0500

020312 - End Of An Era. #36coop

Time Warner Cable Launches ‘Ryan Gosling on Demand’ For The Month Of February

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:00 -0500

Time Warner Cable Launches ‘Ryan Gosling on Demand’ For The Month Of February:

I kind of love this. Not enough to subscribe to cable but ya know.

Daydreaming about Iceland. (via tydepool)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:28:00 -0500

Daydreaming about Iceland. (via tydepool)

While I tried my heart out to finish all of the olive oil cake...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:59:00 -0500

While I tried my heart out to finish all of the olive oil cake before it past its prime, I didn’t quite make it. Lucky for me, the key ingredient for one of my other favorite sweets, bread pudding, is stale bread. And so, yesterday’s olive oil cake became today’s bread pudding.

Bourbon Drenched Olive Oil Bread Pudding
Serves 6 - 8

Ingredients:
Pudding:
Butter, for the dish
1/2 round loaf or so of stale olive oil cake, cut into 2 inch pieces (you could substitute a loaf of poundcake here)
4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1 capful vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Handful of golden raisins and sliced almonds
Generous sprinkle of cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg

Sauce:
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 bourbon, divided
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons butter, cut into small pieces

Directions:

Generously butter a rectangle baking dish.

In a large bowl, beat the sugar and eggs with an electric mixer on medium high for about a minute. Add the milk, vanilla, and salt and beat for another minute.

Place the olive oil cake pieces in the baking dish. Pour the egg mixture on top. Using the back of a large spoon, press the cake into the egg mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (or even overnight if you are patient which I am not).

Just before ready to cook, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the pudding for about 45 minutes until it is puffed and golden brown on top.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch and 1/2 the bourbon until well combined.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat the cream and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Whisk in cornstarch mixture, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and cook until the sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes.

Take the pan off the heat, and stir in salt, butter and the remaining bourbon.

Cut the pudding into squares and set in bowls. Drizzle the warm sauce over the pudding — and if feeling extra decadent add a dollop of mascarpone.

Hey that’s me! So thrilled to make a surprise appearance...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:43:00 -0500

Hey that’s me! So thrilled to make a surprise appearance in my “combat the rainy, grey NYC day” brights and J.Crew Popover over at From Me To You. Note: Every time I see Jamie Beck she is the one looking so cute!

fromme-toyou:

Every time I see Courtney in New York she is always looking so cute!

What is your winter style?

Wait What - Raconte-Moi Une Histoire Sur Le Ciel (Kanye West...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0500

Wait What - Raconte-Moi Une Histoire Sur Le Ciel (Kanye West & Lupe Fiasco vs m83). Perfect for apartment cleaning.

012812 - Museum Of Natural History.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:45:21 -0500

012812 - Museum Of Natural History.

Just got some sweet deadstock hair barrettes in the mail from...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:32:00 -0500

Just got some sweet deadstock hair barrettes in the mail from the lovely Frankie Zmetra of Lawrence. She runs a wonderfully well curated shop of vintage finds that if you aren’t already visiting you really should be.

Hey! Who’s that handsome model in today’s Of a Kind...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:17:00 -0500

Hey! Who’s that handsome model in today’s Of a Kind edition?!

Brit's 20 Ways To Repurpose Old Yoga Mats

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:16:00 -0500

Brit's 20 Ways To Repurpose Old Yoga Mats

Pastels ordered! Absolutely trying this pastel streak idea...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:18:00 -0500

Pastels ordered! Absolutely trying this pastel streak idea from The Beauty Department! (via thegooglymoogly: youredoingitright:rookiemag:lifelesslook)

I’m the type of person who has a pretty regimented beauty...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:30:45 -0500

I’m the type of person who has a pretty regimented beauty routine (Kiehl’s SPF 15 Moisturizer, Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge in Powder Pink, Blinc Kiss Me Mascara, and Smith’s Rosebud Salve).

For that reason, I look forward to the curated box of beauty samples that arrives in my mailbox each month from Birchbox — plus, you all know, I LOVE MAIL. It’s fun to experiment and if you like something you can buy the full size on their website.

A Few Of My Favorite Things #5: Juniper Books / Argan Hair...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:08:12 -0500

A Few Of My Favorite Things #5: Juniper Books / Argan Hair Oil / Dubtrot / Tovolo King Cubes / Objects of Use / The Lives They Lived / Marianne Breslauer / Le Labo Candles / Hair Bow DIY / Braced-lets / Subway Tile And Matte Black Tubs / Prom Night / Amy Merrick / Enamelware Lunch Containers / Yue / The Vamoose / Reading My Tea Leaves / Never Change / Hopeless Lingerie / Gold Dipped Glassware / Cricut / Paper Straws / Homemade Yogurt / This Guy

*photo by Navid Baraty

The olive oil cake at Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria has become...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:02 -0500

The olive oil cake at Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria has become one of my favorite afternoon pick me ups — alongside a cup of earl grey with steamed milk of course. This weekend, I made Saveur’s version at home and it was almost as easy as stopping by to pick up a slice. (almost)

Olive Oil Cake
Makes 1 9” Cake

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. butter
3 cups plus 2 tbsp. flour
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1⁄4 tsp. lemon zest
3⁄4 cup quality extra-virgin olive oil
2⁄3 cup milk
3 tbsp. Grand Marnier or other sweet citrus-flavored liqueur
1 tbsp. baking powder

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325°. Grease an 11-cup bundt pan with butter and dust with flour. Set pan aside.

Beat eggs and sugar together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until pale yellow, about 1 minute. Add the remaining 3 cups flour, lemon zest, oil, milk, and liqueur and stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Add baking powder and stir until whole mixture is well combined.

Spoon the batter into bundt pan and smooth out top with the back of the spoon. Bake until cake is deep golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cake cool completely in its pan.

Slice and serve with your favorite hot beverage.

My Valentine’s Day Card Pick: For Keeps by Shanna Murray.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:20:38 -0500

My Valentine’s Day Card Pick: For Keeps by Shanna Murray.

I couldn’t resist this sweatshirt. (via tydepool)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:04:54 -0500

I couldn’t resist this sweatshirt. (via tydepool)