Staten Island Commute

One of my favorite parts about working on Staten Island is my morning ferry ride and coffee!

Cheers

- Nelli

Fancy Toasts

This week I came upon a loaf of fresh baked sourdough bread; this of course has had me making yummy sandwiches all week + in this case has me brainstorming creative methods to use up the bread.

This concoction was my dinner last night, and as like many of my creations it's made up of random things I had lying around. If you happen to have these ingredients I highly recommend them both, if not I suggest you doing a little experimenting of your own!

Avocado Toast

1/4 Avocado

Sprinkling of Salt

Drizzle of Olive Oil

Fig Toast

1 tsp Apple Butter

Drizzle of Honey

Sprinkle of salt

1/2 Fig

Directions:

1. Toast bread

2. While bread is toasting cut figs + prep avocado. 

- Avocado: slice into cubes, place on wooden cutting board, mash with fork, add salt till desired (and any other spices), mash a little more.

3. Compile toast

- Fig: spread apple butter, add sliced figs, drizzle honey, and sprinkle with a touch of salt

- Avocado: drizzle toast with olive oil, add your mashed avocado

For something extra tye adding pumpkin or sunflower seeds to your fig toast or add cucumber or chia seeds to the avocado.

Another victory from "The Lazy Chef"

Cheers

-Nelli

Whirlwind Weekend!

If you've been following the blog you may have noticed that my birthday was 2 weeks ago. For a gift one of my favorite people flew me out to San Francisco for the weekend including wine tasting, World Cup, one one hell-of-a-time!

Below are a few photos to commemorate the trip!

Cheers

-Nelli

Jackie-O Style

For the Love of Old Buildings

If you're a regular here on BSOM you'd know that I LOVE antiques from antique makeup to old photos. (If you haven't checked out my previous posts about antiques you can find them here + here + here) There's just something so mesmerizing to me about these old items which is what drives me to collect them. I often think about who owned the item before, what they were like + how lived it's all just so fascinating to me. What really gets me about old photos is that the people in these photos probably never thought that 100s of years from their lifetime would their photo be hanging in a strangers house, which is just so intriguing to me. 

I'm not only fascinated by antiques but also old buildings/areas of town. There's just so much history that can be seen in these old places it blows my mind to think about how many people have come + gone over the years. Sacramento has a ton of old areas/buildings that are still intact, the most well known area being Old Sacramento. Old Sac is cool to wander around but the areas that really intrigue me are the run down, sometimes boarded up buildings. I know these places aren't always going to be around, as it's only a matter of time before someone tears them down/remodels these old areas/buildings which is why I've decided I'd really like to preserve these places by way of photograph. Which is exactly what I've already begun to do! Snapped the above photo a few weeks back of this old building that sits along some railroad tracks. My guess would be it's an old train station because of where it's located. But I just loved the eeriness of this building especially how it looked at night. 

Plan of Action: Gather a list of all of the older parts of town + get my camera ready! :) 

Can't wait to share more shots with ya! :) 

Until next time friends...Cheers!! 

<3 Noonie