Another great thing for fall: Apple Crisp

Ingredients
10 cups all-purpose apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup water

1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, melted

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degree C).

Place the sliced apples in a 9x13 inch pan. Mix the white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour and ground cinnamon together, and sprinkle over apples. Pour water evenly over all.

Combine the oats, 1 cup flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and melted butter together. Crumble evenly over the apple mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 45 minutes.

Serve warm with vanilla gelato. Recipe from allrecipes.com - tried and true.

18 days and counting!

Jewels

Banana Republic has the most fabulous jewelry lately. I love all of the cabochon. The colors are beautiful and a perfect fall pick-me-up!

Out of the blue...or pink

Today I received an email out of the blue from one of my old college friends who I probably haven't talked to in about 10 years. She said she dreamt of me a few weeks ago and that I had a little baby girl. She found out through the grapevine that I was in fact pregnant and wanted to know if it was a girl. She just had a little boy two weeks ago. It was so good hearing from her, seeing pictures of her adorable son and planning to catch up once BGD arrives and things settle down a bit.

Baby Shower

The decor
Kara's Cupcakes
With the fabulous hostesses
My girlfriends threw me such a nice shower on Saturday. They really went all out. They used the butterflies from BGD's room and made their own decorations. The favors were little bags of Rolos, my favorite.


The menu included chicken salad and mozzarella/tomato/pesto sandwiches, Thai peanut noodle salad and a green salad with beet, feta, avocado, cranberries and walnuts, along with a white wine sangria. Not that I would know what it tasted like, but was delicious ;) To follow up the yummy lunch, they served a variety of mini cupcakes from Kara's Cupcakes in SF. I tried the coconut cream cheese and chocolate on chocolate and both were super yummy.



We played a great but not so delicious game where you had to guess the baby food. Most were easy, except for the macaroni and cheese one. Macaroni and cheese baby food? Are you kidding me? I didn't know you could make mac n cheese taste bad, but Gerber nailed it.



BGD and I made out like bandits and her wardrobe compounded once again, including a pink velour Juicy dress. We also got a few items to finish up her room, including her changing table and a bunch of cute PBK items from Bird Fairy Coco. It was such a special day filled with friends and laughter - I could not have asked for anything better!

Chihuly at the DeYoung

was amazing! I only wish there were more installations. His work is out of this world. We ran into my friend, Dale, who was there with work. I also saw my high school English teacher but couldn't remember her last name. I am glad Dale did. There is only one weekend left to see this exhibit. Go see it! But don't forget to purchase your tickets in advance!

After, we went to Pres a Vi in the Presidio for dinner. It was our second visit and more delicious than the first. The highlights were the yellowtail with jalapeno and blood orange and the phyllo flatbread with carmalized onions. Mmmmm...

On the way home, my mom called from a family friend's house to invite us over for dessert. Even though I was pretty tired, who could pass up homemade apple crisp and good company?

A great way to start "date night"!

Am I a lucky girl or what?!