The Great Shoe Rescue of 2012

It started out innocently enough...

The fabulous Sarah organized the outing and the lovelies Camille, Jennifer, Rachel and others brought food and treats!

Watched a beautiful couple take wedding pictures,

fed ducks cookies (don't worry, no chocolate)...

then, as we were preparing to end a thoroughly pleasant evening...

disaster struck! Stephanie's shoe departed her foot...into the Tidal Basin!!!

Gazing in horror...kind of

She had nearly resigned her unfortunate footwear to a watery grave when two resourceful young men came to her rescue. With a little quick thinking,

ingenuity,

and a few tense moments,

they saved the day!!

Nicely done everyone! I always knew we were a good team.

Homemade Fortune Cookies

For this recipe, you will need:

• the following ingredients (amounts available here)
• egg whites
• white sugar
• butter
• vanilla extract
• almond extract
• flour
• water
• a roommate/friend/family member with previous fortune-cookie making experience (left) and a roommate/friend/family member willing to incur 2nd (give or take)degree burns to fold cookies when they come out of the oven (right)





 

• Approximately 30 small strips of paper on which you have written fortunes (this is a critical step; otherwise, they are simply funky-looking crunchy cookies rather than fortune cookies)
• Awesome people who bring you pretty flowers to whom you can feed said cookies (ok, we fed them more than cookies)



• Patience
• An apron (yep, you'll want one of those!)

Voila!



A Capitol Fourth

One of 336 reasons DC is the best place to live: the 4th of July rocks! It was awesome. Hung out with a definitely kiwi group of people from the best ward there is on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial and watched the Nation's best fireworks with the Washington Monument in the background. Happy Independence Day!!

Next time I need a portable John, I'm definitely calling them. With that name, who wouldn't?

Work it Sara!