A Hilarious Art Project for the Horror Movie Lover

So, Nicole and I are mildly obsessed with horror movies, we've admitted it. If you are, too (or hey, even if you aren't but have enjoyed a good stabfest once or twice in your life), I'm pretty sure you'll get as big a kick out of this photography project as I did. By photographer Federico Chiesa, it's a series of photographs imagining where movie villains are now--stabbings, shootings, and oh yeah, immortality later. I nearly died looking at them all, made even better when paired with the captions. So if you're not a horror movie fan, or if you're squeamish, forgive my indulgence and skip on to our next colorful post--I just couldn't resist! But if you are, check them out below. My favorite goes without saying:

"After being trapped for most of their ghostly eternity in the snow bound Overlook hotel, even the most mundane tasks are almost impossible for the terribly maladjusted Grady twins."

And my second favorite, due in large part to the oh-so-apropos caption (although honestly, it was hard to choose because they're all just too frickin good!):

"After surviving multiple machete wounds, axe blows, being buried alive, and a lightning strike, Jason Voorhees' crushing medical debt and inability to just lay down and die forces him into poverty and life on the streets."

Photography by Federico Chiesa, styling by Carolina Trotta, via ManMade DIY

Happy Weekend!

Is there anything more delightful than that high you get on a Friday evening when you finally shut your office door and realize that there are two full days and another whole evening standing between you and the next time you'll have to walk into that office and turn on that jackass computer again? No, I don't think there is. (Unless you don't work in a sterile office environment in which case, cheers to you for that!)

Anywho, I'm currently reveling in the fact that I have no real plans for this weekend and not only that, I  get to go it alone. Micha's busy with work stuff the whole time (lame, I know), but I'm actually kind of looking forward to a little alone let's-see-where-I-end-up-and-when time. If I can get just one sunny bike ride in, I'll call it a success.

Here's hoping you've got some great plans in store for the first weekend of spring!

PS. Good advice about becoming a regular.

I'm considering taking an online painting course...thoughts?

The bar cart would look even prettier with these Mad Men cocktails on top of it.

It's Hunger Games opening weekend (are you as excited as we are?!) and this is so sad but true.


Image pinned by Brittany (source?)

My Weekend in Pictures

This weekend I pretty much just baked like a madwoman. Hence every single one of my pictures is of food. Get ready to drool!

Apple pie, ready to bake 

Super fluffy (and accidentally gigantic) cinnamon rolls, ready to bake

Vanilla bean, to add to the orange juice

Cinnamon rolls, complete with LOTS of frosting

Homemade bread

Brunch with Micha's fam

Do you bake with yeast? I usually try to avoid it, cuz it kind of scares me, but this weekend, after Micha suggested inviting his mom + bf and brother over for Sunday brunch, I did that thing where I go super nuts planning an all-too-elaborate menu for Germans who really just want brötchen plus a selection of yummy meats and cheeses. I decided I absolutely had to make cinnamon rolls from scratch. And not the non-rising kind. And then, since I was at it, why not make some bread too? And oh! Kai had wanted an apple pie for Thanksgiving, which I never made him, so why don't I make that too?! 

I do not exactly recommend this kind of baking insanity, but it was fun pretty freaking fun. And took up my entire Saturday (but it was rainy and gross out anyways, so what the heck?).

(Oh! Quick tangent: We did leave the house on Saturday night to go see Ziemlich Beste Freunde at my all-time favorite old-school movie theatre, Kino International, with Kerstin & Hendryk (or Kendryk, as I prefer to call them). It's a french movie and so sweet and lovely and touching and I could go on and on but seriously, just go see it! It's called "Intouchable" in French. I promise you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love it.)

But back to the baking. I used this really intimidating-looking cinnamon roll recipe from Not So Humble Pie (love that blog name!) and will never use another one again. If you enjoy taking all of your anger out on a slab of sticky dough by beating the bejeezus out of it, then this is the recipe for you! I throughly enjoyed pounding the dough onto the counter for an entire episode of Up All Night, and seeing it rise afterwards was one of the most rewarding sights I can imagine. Plus, they were dangerously delicious and the frosting was to die for. I could have eaten it by the spoonful (and may have at one point...).

In addition to those, I also made this Simply Recipes apple pie (but with a pre-made crust because crust is totally not my thing), and then Vitalbrot, which also rose fantastically and ended up all fluffy and airy and deelish. The vanilla bean was used for roasted vanilla orange juice, which tastes like a creamsicle in a glass and made up for the lack of mimosas since it's still alcohol-free January in our household. (It ends on Friday, woohoo!)

As usual, the sweets overwhelmed the Germans, but I'd call our brunch a success anyways. We basically recovered from it on the couch for all of Sunday, skipping the hockey game (the third of the week, which really is overkill), and watching entirely too much Friends and cruise ship documentaries instead (note to self: NEVER go on a cruise. Seriously.).

Important p.s. For the cinnamon rolls, she recommends searching YouTube for a video demonstrating the french folding method so pretty-please-with-a-cherry-on-top use this one. His french accent + enthusiasm + the plethora of flying dough will win your heart over in minutes.