see baby discriminate

Newsweek recently published an article featuring research on children's racial attitudes conducted at the University of Texas' Children's Research Lab.

Check it out HERE!

parisian sights

My parents are off to Paris for the first time, and I saw this photo on ParisDailyPhoto (a really neat blog!) and thought I'd share. Wish I could be there too!

charmed by... this dress!

I love Francesca's Collections for their cute, affordable dresses, and I keep coming back to their website to check out this super colorful dress. It's so fun and perfect for summer!

charmed by... bacon, egg and toast cups!

This idea is too amazing to pass up! I found it on Annie's Eats, and I'm so glad I did. They're called bacon, egg and toast cups, and they look so delicious! (It's all my favorite breakfast foods rolled into one!) 

Check out her blog for the recipe (that I have yet to try) and hopefully I'll get a chance to make these great little creations some weekend in the near future!

apartment snapshots

Decorating and organizing my new space has taken longer than I expected, but I'm so happy with the results! 

My side of the bedroom

Close-up of my desk area and framed art

My favorite bookshelf, as well as Command hooks functioning as a necklace holder and backpack hanger

And of course, Bailey dutifully guarding the front door

quickest meal ever

After a long day, I'm not in the mood to spend more than 10 minutes in the kitchen making dinner, and this is my solution: 

Ingredients:

Pasta, tomatoes, mozzarella, spinach leaves and vinaigrette  

The dish is really just a condensed version of one of my earlier recipe discoveries (THIS one, in fact) and consists of only my favorite flavors. 

PS: I must admit that I'm loving my unintentional color coordination between the food and the bowl. 

chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese filling

I just made my first batch of cupcakes at the new apartment! They're chocolate cupcakes with a cream cheese icing filling (with chocolate chips!) and another layer of icing on the top. These definitely satisfy my huge sweet tooth, and my roommates love me for sharing!  They're so quick to make too. Here's how I made them:

CREAM CHEESE ICING      (Recipe courtesy of www.cooks.com)

1 pkg. (8 oz.) of cream cheese

1 egg

1 tsp. of vanilla

1/3 cup of sugar

1 cup of chocolate chips

Mix the cream cheese, egg, vanilla and sugar. Stir in the chocolate chips, and then refrigerate the 

mixture while making the chocolate cake mix.

CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX

Prepare as directed. I always like Betty Crocker's Supermoist Triple Chocolate cake mix. 

In each cupcake liner, place one tablespoon of cake mix, then one teaspoon of cream cheese filling and finally, one more tablespoon of cake mix on top. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 25 minutes.

And here they are!

And because of my ridiculous sweet tooth, I like to top the cupcakes with icing too. Voila!