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Six Impossible Things
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” – White Queen, Alice in Wonderland. Six impossibly awesome things. ∞ How delicious does this tea sound?! It’s like dessert, in tea form. ∞ ∞ Missing Zurich’s trees and beautiful buildings ∞ ∞ My favorite chocolate chip cookies, just before being baked. Recipe coming soon! ∞…
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2 Year Anniversary
Two years ago, on May 7th, I began Retrolillies. I wanted to create a place where I could indulge in food, fashion and photography, but I never imagined that I would actually have and maintain a blog for two years! Since then, I’ve learned a lot (like, for example, that flash-illuminated pictures are really unflattering)…
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Six Impossible Things
You know those weeks when you have a to-do list that’s a mile long and it doesn’t seem to be getting any shorter? Well, this is one of those weeks for me. For every task I complete, another one seems to take its place immediately. It’s tempting to crawl into bed and forget about it…
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A Ubiquitous Beauty
After the long, cold night that is Winter ends, Spring, reminiscent of dawn in its freshness, comes. Jubilant in it’s arrival and sprouting gloriously from the cracks in the earth, Spring comes. And suddenly, there are so many little signs of beauty everywhere; the green stalks of grass struggling to hold up, the red blush…
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Spring + Birthday
Purim and my birthday have come and gone, but the excitement still hasn’t died down; this week has been busy and fun in its own right. We celebrated Pi Day a couple of days late, this past Wednesday in fact, and I made this. I already have plans to go in to the city this weekend…
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Six Impossible Things
This upcoming week is going to be really busy. Between birthdays (mine’s on Friday!) trips to the city, meetings with friends and family and Purim on Sunday, I’ll barely have time to breathe. But busy or not, this week is going to be really fun and I can’t wait for it to start. Enjoy yours, and…
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Six Impossible Things
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” – White Queen, Alice in Wonderland. Six impossibly awesome things. ∞ A beautiful persimmon that we sampled on Tu Bishvat ∞ ∞ New favorite gold embossed queen bee cards ∞ ∞ A light pink nail works with even the most detailed of prints ∞ ∞ I’ve been making…
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Baked Apple Cider Donuts
Come fall, apple farms and bakeries alike begin selling fresh and addictive apple cider donuts. Whether they’re glazed with buttermilk and cider, or rolled in a cinnamon-sugar mixture, apple cider donuts are about as classic a fall treat as you can get. I made my own baked version in under an hour and glazed them…
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