hi ho hi ho we’re off to…

PARIS we go!!!! Yip Mr Weiss and I are heading over the pond to visit with some friends… be back in a week, in the meantime whilst I’m stuffing my face with croissants, crepes and escargots (okay maybe not this last one) here’s my latest favorite food recipes, dinner here, dessert  here. Have a great […]

visual eye candy

How cool would it be to work on something like this amazing book put out Ikea, see full details here… Don’ t know what this means… but who cares, its totally awesome, check it! Wowee, soooo jealous!

Green Tomato Cake

Nope you haven’t read that wrong.  In my effort to use every single scrap of the home grown tomatoes, I wrestled this gem of a recipe out of my tomato guy’s hands.  Intriguing right? Green tomatoes in a cake, how weird? Hopefully how weirdly wonderful would be the result. Green Tomato Cake (from Gabriel) (this […]

salivating over….

OMG even though the weather is still gorgeous and I am milking out wearing my “light fall clothes” I found these beauties online from ZARA, check it out. oh how fabbo! I will be stalking the store toot suit!

man vs Mohonk

This past weekend Mr Weiss had a family get together at The Mohonk Mountain House… which is beyond impressive, beyond spectacular and beyond PRICEY! But there are a two ways to skin that proverbial cat people, you can cough up the whopping $500 plus per night (ummm more if it’s a holiday weekend) and get […]

Go Mad!!

Word up my local peeps!! This was forwarded onto me and is fast approaching… Say whaaaaatt, dressing up like Don, Betty and the gang… whose in? More information for tickets here and if your looking for a fabulous one of a kind vintage dress to RENT or BUY go here. Should be fun… maybe I’ll […]

I grew me a melon!

Yes siree Bob I sure did! Um it only took 3 months and had an entire garden bed devoted to it’s growth… probably not the best bang for ya buck.  But I did indeed get one melon out of the deal. ohhh so pretty right? these two didn’t quite get the time they needed to […]

silence

Sorry about The Catskill Kiwi silence… I’m back in Des Moines working this week… so that basically means I am in a food coma, my system has shut down and I’m spending most of my time and energy digesting! Confused.. just check out what my last visit was like, here. I do have some fun […]