Fun with Macarune

Snapshots of recent batches:

Vanilla bean macaron innard. While it's clearly a personal preference, I don't believe there's another buttercream that brings out the richness of vanilla as well as the paté a bomb variety. It's just so yummy!

Tahitian vanilla bean and raspberry macarons

Tahitian vanilla bean and raspberry macaron innard. For this flavor, I use a lighter meringue-based buttercream to bring out more of the raspberry flavor


Clockwise from left: pistachio rose, hibiscus, vanilla bean raspberry x2, vanilla bean


Raspberry, honey lavender, pistachio rose and hazelnut brown butter macarons for Hena's wedding*


Pretty as a picture*


*Wedding images taken from Hena's FB profile. Congratulations Hena + Mara!


Pistachio rose + passion fruit chocolate macarons

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I spent 30 minutes shopping on Gilt only to realize that they require a US billing address! *Sniff. Can't remember how I got my Marc Jacobs stuff in the past but Wendy must've helped.

So bummed.

Quintessential Marc by MJ print top


The dress I've been eyeing since last year. I don't think I'll recover from this :(

Polka dots & hearts

Here are some photos of our Mother's Day celebration as promised. We're planning on doing checks and stripes for Father's Day's. What do you think?

Do, re, mi, fa, lo-la...


Mom & dad's prom-like photo. Looking smart kids!

"Horrors" in the car

Look who stole mom's heart when she wasn't looking!

Presenting mom her gift of bird's nest wrapped in polka dotted paper. Way to stay within the theme :) Viv got mom a Tittot sculpture and SQ did the Acca Kappa soap bar thing. Shin did a rain check. Maaaan...

Mom and dad with their signature smiles

Mom and me

Viv and Danny

Shin-gles

The bf, there in spirit

The bf and I are "gone fishing" this weekend. Back again soon!

Mommy dearest

...as Viv so nicely put it, every day is Mother's Day with you.


Love you loads.

Guess where we're going?

Image taken from Harry Marx, on Flickr

Priorities

Macarune and work have been such a huge part of my life lately, it's easy to forget the other important things like family, love and friends. That's why it's so great there's something called impromptu flights :)

Last weekend, I made a booking for one of these, and we celebrated Mother's Day a week earlier. The theme was polka dots and hearts. And the parents were super endearing, playing along with our whimsy idea of wearing paper hearts a la Julia Child!

More photos when I get the chance.

Where we used to live

and where I left my heart




Images taken from Oh hello friend, whose author found them on Etsy's Urban Pink Photography and RoadsidePhotographs.

Oh how I miss...