The beautiful, almost-to-pretty-to-eat, cupcakes that Soo Jin saved just for Claire, Joley and me. They were so delicious and decadant, but also tiny works of art!
Andy and John hug it out in front of Honey Hunter for the last photo of the night!
John and Cassie in front of Flowering Feathers. Unfortunately my shoulder is doing it's double jointed thing in this picture...it looks so weird!
"Kaleidoscope"
John spots me taking his picture from across the gallery. He sure looked cute that night!
Claire and Marc
Andy, Amanda, Michael, and Jillian (Andy and John's cousins)
Despite the gray weather, we still had fun walking on the beach. Here's the Santa Monica Pier...
...and right next door is the Casa Del Mar where we stayed. This is the view from the beach.
I love these pictures that John and I took of each other on the beach. Big Red and Little Red!
Shared Lemon Sugar crepes at Cafe Henri...
Had dinner at the Cubana Cafe with Vera, Mina (not pictured), and...
John! He took a short break from the studio to meet us while he ordered his dinner to go.
Afterwards we had coffee and desert at Cafe Reggio in the village. We had a great time! The three of us hadn't hung out since Vera and I lived in Houston. It had been a few years, so this was really a special weekend.
John and I then walked one street over to Bleeker to visit The Magnolia Bakery for some dessert. Okay, so for me it was like a second dessert since I just had a lemon sugar crepe, but oh well. The Magnolia Bakery is one of the those New York land marks that everyone should try when they come to visit. This picture (which is actually an older picture that I found on the internet) shows how long people will wait in line for one of these cupcakes. Luckily, we did not have a line like this today, but there was a line forming out the door as we were leaving!
The best part of visiting the Magnolia Bakery is taking your cupcakes to the park across the street and eating them with your sweetheart.
I made another no-bake cookie over the weekend, which was actually not a cookie at all. It was really more of a bonbon, but nevertheless, it was a dessert that did not require baking, so I had to try it. They were DELICIOUS! I say "were" because they have already disappeared after two days. I love this recipe because it calls for so few ingredients. Dipping sauce included, I only need 6 ingredients...so simple. The other great thing about this treat is the white chocolate dipping sauce which was delicious with the leftover dried apricots. I have to say that the original recipe did not include the white chocolate coating...that was totally my idea and it worked out fabulously! 
