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Cold Brew Coffee | View of the Needle

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Cold brew, Spring, oreos, cold brew coffee, easy cold brew coffee, brew coffee. Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. I know this because I saw Oreos with yellow filling at the grocery storeand then I bought them. I also made some easy cold brew coffee to go along with those spring time Oreos. What you’ll need for EASY Cold Brew Coffee:. Coffee beans and grinder (or ground coffee, but the cold brew tastes much better with fresh grinds). Cheesecloth or uuuuultra fine strainer. Jug to steep and store cold brew.

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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches | View of the Needle

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Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches. August 2nd is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. We celebrated one of Ryan’s favorite desserts by making these bite sized chocolate chip cookie, vanilla filled, ice cream sandwiches. This recipe needs almost zero instruction, but I’ve shared a few sandwich assembly tips below. Bite Sized Ice Cream Sandwich Assembly Tips:. Roll your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough into 1/2 inch diameter balls before baking. August 2, 2015.

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Seattle >> Ashland >> San Francisco | View of the Needle

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Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Seattle Ashland San Francisco. I {pause} moved. Yes me, the lifelong Seattleite, the rain boot collector, the Space Needle obsessor, the girl who often made a cross-town pilgrimage to the original Starbucks in Pike Place Market, has left Seattle. The move has been bittersweet (although cliché to say so). But more importantly, the place where Ryan grew up and attended Helman Elementary School, junior high, and his first two years of high school. Go to taste the Lithia water.

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Red, White, and Blue Champagne | View of the Needle

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Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Red, White, and Blue Champagne. This 4th of July was extra special for me because I came back up to Seattle to celebrate the holiday and saw many of my friends and family for the first time since I made the recent move to San Francisco. We enjoyed the most all-American day complete with blue champagne, fresh Washington crab, patriotic party hats and countless American flag decorations. See my other celebrations with blue champagne here! July 5, 2015. A Weekend in Hong Kong.

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Easter Robin’s Egg Mini Cakes | View of the Needle

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Today we enjoyed a lovely brunch at my parent's house. In addition to the jelly bean goblets and Lindt bunnies that we ate for dessert, we also each had one (or two or three) Robin's egg mini cakes. Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Easter Robin’s Egg Mini Cakes. Today we enjoyed a lovely brunch at my parent’s house. In addition to the jelly bean goblets and Lindt bunnies that we ate for dessert, we also each had one (or two or three) Robin’s egg mini cakes (tutorial below). Oval silicone mini cake mold.

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Shamrock Shepherd’s Pie | View of the Needle

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Shamrock, Shepherd's pie, Shamrock Shepherd's pie, Green, st. patrick's day, green beer, green sparkly heels. Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Shamrock Shepherd’s Pie. I turned 29 last week. This birthday hit me hard for two reasons: (1) I had less than two drinks on my birthday and woke up with a splitting hangover that said “you’re almost 30! 8221; and (2) I am spending St. Patrick’s day cooking an Irish Shepherd’s Pie (recipe below modified from the cooking channel blog recipe. What you’ll need:.

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Honey Old Fashioned | View of the Needle

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Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Whiskey is not my thing. Or. My thing, until I tried it with honey. I recently went to Napa Valley with one of my best friends, Lauren, and we had an amazing weekend including a relaxing dinner cocktail cigar session at the Carneros Inn. More to come on that experience in another VTN blog post). I found the below featured Bay Area Bee Company. Honeycomb at Rainbow Grocery. An organic co-op in San Francisco. What you’ll need:. July 31, 2015. Laquo; Authentic Alaska.

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Life & Travel | View of the Needle

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Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Archive of ‘Life and Travel’ category. A Weekend in Hong Kong. LOCATION: HONG KONG June 25, 2016 View of the Needle: Life and Travel After a recent business trip, I was lucky enough to stay a couple extra days in Hong Kong, exploring, eating and getting heat stroke. NBD. I was lucky enough to go into this trip with a list of insider must dos from a friend […] Read more…. June 25, 2016. March 15, 2016. 5 Tips for a Trip to Roatan, Honduras. January 15, 2016. LOCATION: ROAT...

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DIY | View of the Needle

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Life & Travel. Food & Cocktails. Archive of ‘DIY’ category. LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CA February 6, 2016 View of the Needle: DIY Did anyone really fully understand the perfection of peonies before Blair Waldorf entered our lives and became our spirit animal? With their fluffy layers of pink ruffled petals, peonies stole our hearts the way Chuck stole Blair’s. My only complaint about fresh cut flowers (peonies included) […] Read more…. February 6, 2016. December 20, 2015. August 17, 2015. I know this beca...