Edible Art...

Two of my favorite things... well mostly the edible part. But I saw them on her facebook page and could not help myself. The talented baker is Tommy's cousin Vidis (she took baking classes in Mexico so the cakes are bilingual... haha). We joined the rest of his family in Monterey for a relaxing couple of days, and I got a chance to chat with Vidis and have her tell little stories about her wonderful creations. Here's some of them:

Channel - If you've got the shoes, purse and perfume... who wouldn't love a matching cake?....

I-Cake... I hear it gets better reception than the phone and you can eat it too!

Told you... bilingual cakes and a degree (in any field you want) comes with the cake... Happy Graduation Cousin Phil! :)

The little figurine on top is handmade from candy and is edible too. In fact, she had a boyfriend but someone ate him.




Vi, we had a lot of fun hanging out with you and the family. Have had a couple of people ask how they can order cakes from you. Had to break their heart and tell them you are currently not in good old California. 

Scribbles...

Just finished reading a wonderful post from Life in the Expat Lane. First the article had me laughing out loud because it was funny, then it had me laughing rather hysterically because I have writer's block and can't write (who gets writer's block on the second line, of the first paragraph, of a short story... really).  Anyway, realizing that I sound like a crazy person, I took a deep breath, pictured the water on my beautiful Monterey bay and am now willing the sailboat in the picture to take me away. On a brighter note, how was your 4th of July celebration? Saturday, we watched the fireworks display and caught the midnight showing of Eclipse (it was my husband's idea, I swear). Sunday, we spent the day at the beach with my mother-in-law and niece Delinah. Thank God we spent the night, because Monday morning, Tommy's mom whipped up the best breakfast in the world. I woke up to the smell of bacon, eggs, potatoes, tortillas, coffee, chili cheese soup with tomatoes, jalapenos and big chunks of white cheese. I'm gaining weight just thinking about it, but that breakfast, put a smile on my face that lasted all day. It's now Tuesday, and again I'm smiling because I just remembered that sitting in my refrigerator is the best cake in the world. A fluffy chocolate chiffon with coffee cream frosting baked by my wonderful Aunt Bee. I guess thinking happy thoughts or in my case about food, does help because right now I'm not stressing over my writing. I realize of course that this post is far from polished (and I still do have a two sentence short story to finish) but this blog is about thoughts, feelings and conversations, not grammar and punctuations (though I am working on mine I promise). 

While I'm in a cheesy mood and not writing too well lately, I thought I'd at least post a photo of us at the beach. The figure to our left is of Delinah, busy scavenging for shells. Among the treasures she brought home were; a crab claw (taken from our dinner), and a picture of a permanently sleeping baby seal (who is now in seal heaven).