Saturday, April 28, 2012

Homemade : Black Bottom Cupcakes

One thing you need to know about me and recipes is that there is one place I go to find a knockout: Smitten Kitchen.  Every recipe that I have tried from there is absolutely perfect.  Her instructions are clear, simple and ridiculously easy to follow with mouth-watering pictures to suit.  She has a large following, so each recipe is bombarded with comments from people who have tried the recipe and additional tips. It is simply perfect! So,...

Friday, April 27, 2012

Cafe : Brother Alec, Thornbury

This pleasant surprise of a cafe on High St is just that: a pleasant surprise.  When one thinks of 'hipster', one automatically thinks of 'Brunswick St' but maybe 'High St' is the new 'Brunswick St'.  The crowd that filled this little cafe for Saturday lunch were as 'hipster' as I've ever seen and it made me wonder why they had accumulated in Thornbury, a place not exactly known to be cool or alternative. After observing the interior of...