Kitty Deschanel | Food, Wine, and Travel Adventures in an Airstream Basecamp

The sequel to The Phantom of the Opera - did you know such a thing even existed? I hadn't heard of this, but saw a preview for its Fathom Event during Twilight: Breaking Dawn. Sexy Nerd and I saw it last night. The stunning chandelier scene? It has been replaced with a gunshot. I won't go so far as to say that if you enjoyed the original, you are going to love this. Actually, quite the opposite is true. Andrew Lloyd Webber recreated the characters you know and love and threw them under the bus. He took the humble ballet performances and elegant masquerade ball and revved them up into the kind of Cirque du Soleil spectacular he must have thought his audience wanted. I just wanted to see The Phantom of the Opera. The most crucial element to the plot is based on something that I am fairly certain did not happen during the original! That said, I'm glad I saw it and I recommend you see this if you enjoyed the original. It was fun to see how the characters turned out 10 yea...

Yeah, you saw this yesterday. A house this beautiful deserves a post of its own!

We probably won't be building our dream home in the mountains for another 5+ years, but Sexy Nerd and I are having trouble being patient. How can we own 13 acres and not do anything with it!? In the meantime, I've been combing through the internets for home design inspiration. That colorful Victorian in the 3rd collage is my favorite house of all time , but Sexy Nerd says that it's not at all "mountainy" and that it's not going to happen. Hey, Sexy Nerd! If you're not going to build a multicolored Victorian home, why build a home at all? I have gotten him to agree on red window panes with big, green shutters (and everyone knows that once it's blogged, there's no taking it back.) Score! *More fancy dream home ideas here!*

Earlier today, I pinned and tweeted that I was in the process of baking a chocolate applesauce cake. Behold, the yummiest, most easy cake ever! Sexy Nerd's Slice 'O Cake My Cake (Funny enough, I didn't notice those chocolate cake crumbs on the stove knob until reviewing my photos.) If, like me, you have a jar of applesauce slowly fermenting in the back of your refrigerator, you're going to want to try this. And, if you're truly like me, you'll up the amount of chocolate from 2 Tbsp to 4. Mmmmm! Chocolate Applesauce Cake