I love shoes with exquisite details.  I love the use of feathers on these Manolo’s.  If you capture a small feature of the shoe in a picture frame, it becomes a work of art by itself……I captured a few details of some of my favorite shoes. Manolo Blahnik. Raffia heel from Proenza Schouler. Woven leather–Proenza [...]

I’ve always wanted to make potato pancakes, but the grating, squeezing, draining, and blotting involved kind of intimidated me.  I found this recipe in Rachel Ray’s latest magazine from Food Editor Leah Holzel.  Even though it’s my first attempt, I’m going to call this recipe close to perfect–and it gave me something to do with [...]