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Pizza crust testing for Celine and Tami's whole grain baking book

Happy Friday friends! What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend? I'm heading out to Governors Island tomorrow, to paint some little kid's faces (which I'm super-excited about.) It's the opening weekend of the Better Than Jam pop-up shop, that will be on the island every Saturday/Sunday for the rest of the summer. I'm happy to have some of my stuff there, alongside a pretty amazing selection of handmade goods from other local NYC artists and designers. I'm going to bring my camera with me tomorrow, so I'll share some photos of the shop and the face-painting shenanigans next week. 

I have a low attention-span today, as I'm sure most do, waiting for the weekend to start, so I'm gonna keep it light and just post some yummy photos. More tester recipes!

Happy weekend! :D

Maple Raspberry Danishes, testers for Celine and Tami's whole grain baking book

Wasabi Edamame Hummus, tester for Isa's upcoming cookbook.

Wasabi Edamame Hummus (in the veggie sushi), tester for Isa's upcoming cookbook.

Happy Holiday Weekend!

Summer fruit season is the best!

I sometimes forget about holidays like the 4th of July, Memorial day, Labor Day, etc. since I work for myself.  Actually, I'm usually only aware because the Post Office will be closed and I have to plan around that.  Nik likes to work these holidays too (since his office is quiet and he can get stuff done) and he can just take a swap day for any random day off then.  Thus, I don't really celebrate these types of holidays, since I'd be celebrating by myself anyways! 

I can definitely get behind long summer weekends though, and I plan to enjoy this moderate NYC summer while it lasts.  I'm working at the shop on Governors Island this Saturday and plan to soak in the sun (and get some work done) the rest of the weekend.  

Have a sun-filled weekend!

xo,

Michelle

Governors Island Pop-up Shop

     Happy Monday!  I wanted to tell you about a pop-up shop that I'm a part of for the whole summer at Governors Island.  Put together by Better Than Jam Handmade Co-op and made up of members of The {NewNew} Etsy team, it is quite the the lovely little shop set up in one of the old historic houses on the Island.  Governors Island is such a happy place to begin with and the shop is super-cute!  I worked a shift out there this past weekend and will be out there occasionally throughout the summer.  Here are some pictures I snapped of inside the house (and here are some better pro photos at this link):

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Governor's Island!

Happy Monday! I FINALLY got a chance to head over to Governor's Island on Saturday, and we had super-perfect weather too. Woo!  It's such a magical place and it's only a ferry boat ride away! Next time I go, Nik and I are definitely going to rent some bikes, 'cause it is a biker's paradise there. They even let you rent tandem bikes, how awesome is that??  

Also, I have an iphone now, so of course I'm totally obsessed with the hipstamatic app, and took boatloads of photos over the weekend.  Humor me!

I was super-psyched to find the {NewNew} Team's etsy store among all the houses on the island, and I snapped some photos inside of all the pretty displays.  The {NewNew} Team is a group of etsy sellers that live in the greater New York Metro area (I'm a member too!), and they were given one of the homes on the island to transform into a boutique for the summer!  They did such a great job with this, seriously, might impressive, and everyone's stuff looked great.