Im Garten der Villa Medici in Rom
May 29, 2011
Muse of the Month
Gene Tierney
Gene Eliza Tierney was born in Brooklyn, New York to prosperous Irish family in 1920. Attended finishing school in Switzerland where is learned to speak fluent French. Stared on several Broadway plays before signing with 20th Century-Fox in 1940.
Tierney was married twice. First to costume/fashion designer Oleg Cassini having two kids- Daria and Tina. While pregnant with Daria, Tierney contracted rubella during her only appearance at the Hollywood Canteen. Daria was born prematurely weighing only 3 pounds and required a total blood transfusion. Tierney's rubella caused Daria's deaf, partial blindness with cataracts and severe mental retardation. Tierney's grief over this tragedy led to a long lasting depression and bipolar disorder. She suffered from many mental illnesses throughout her life which many speculate were a consequence of Daria's condition.During this time, Howard Hughes, an old friend of Tierney, made sure Daria received only the best medical care and kindly paid for all of her medical expenses.
After her divorce she dated John F. Kennedy for well over a year but ended when Kennedy told her he could never marry her due to his political ambitions. Tierney sent a congratulatory note to Kennedy after the elections but later admitted she voted for Nixon stating "I thought he would make a better president"
Tierney married Texas oil baron W. Howard Lee in 1960. They had an extremely happy marriage in Texas till the day he died in 1981. Tierney died ten years later from emphysema. She began smoking after watching the screening of her first movie. She wanted to lower her voice because she thought she sounded "like an angry Mini Mouse"
May 16, 2011
May 11, 2011
Sophia Loren
"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."
Wedding Veils Part One
Birdcage Veils
I've decided I want to wear a birdcage veil paired with a
gorgeous necklace and a very simple dress.
No embellishments, no textures, no nothing- just an extremely flattering and sumptuous dress that is short in the front, long in the back, makes my waist look nonexistent and my boobs look like implants.
Waffle Wednesday
Orange waffles
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup pulp free orange juice
4 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons grated orange zest
Orange syrup
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
2 tablespoons dark rum
1 tablespoon Curacao(optional)
1 coarsely rated orange rind
Orange butter
1 stick (1/2 cup) salted or unsalted butter
1/3 cup orange marmalade
Creamsicle Marshmallow Fluff
3 egg whites
2 cups light corn syrup
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
For orange waffles
In large bowl sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
In separate bowl combine eggs, milk, orange juice and butter; beat well. Add orange zest to egg mixture; pour this into flour mixture beating well until mixture is smooth.
Ladle onto hot, well-oiled waffle iron and cook until waffles are golden.
For orange syrup
Combine sugar and orange juice in small saucepan and bring to bowl over low heat, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Blend in remaining ingredients.
Let cool completely.
For orange butter
Pulse butter and marmalade in a food processor until combined well. Transfer to a small crock or serving bowl.
Creamsicle marshmallow fluff
In a large bowl, combine egg whites, corn syrup and salt; beat with mixer in high speed for 10 minutes or until thick.
Add in icing sugar; beat on low speed until blended.
Beat in vanilla until blended.
*This recipe makes a lot of fluff, but may be frozen for later use, just remove from freezer and stir well with a spoon, or it can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.
Assemble
Serve waffles hot with orange butter and/or syrup with heaps of creamsicle fluff!
May 6, 2011
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