Best Strawberries. Hands Down.

weaver’s orchard is just plain awesome. family owned and operated, they’ve expanded a lot over the years but still are the nicest, friendliest folks to grow apples ever. you can pick your own stuff or, for the lazybones/fair skinned, they have a jam-packed store full of their amazing produce (and amazing samples of it all too-bonus!) plus they have a nice ye old amish country selection of goods for the tourist in you. but the best thing (besides the baby goats outside and the peach milkshakes at their summer festival) is the cider- fresh pressed in the fall or sold in little cider popsicles in the summer.

Lumpia Party

my friend rita first introduced me to lumpia, in particular lumpia shanghai (pictured) and turron. i wish i could find a better picture of turron…it’s sweet plantains wrapped up spring roll-style, fried and covered with melty brown sugar or honey. serrrriously. lumpia party at my house!

Hola/Bonjour

the taco tote. pretty much the best thing that ever happened. ever.

Portulaca

we have a few varieties of portulaca growing in our backyard oasis this summer. they just bloom and bloom with barely any work. and the colors are super serious summer.

Summer Love

let's talk nails. for serious.

Carne Asada Fries

my friend michelle offered me some carne asada fries on a particularly bad day (good day, in retrospect) and my life was changed forever. they are basically an entire carne asada burrito on a pile of french fries. I KNOW, RIGHT!!! in all ways it is just the best thing imaginable. totally unnecessary, completely unhealthy and totally shame inducing when you eat them all yourself (especially when you do this completely sober and fully aware of your actions) but so good. so good. my favorite are from los panchos but, seriously, get them anywhere you can.

PS: if you know where to find these in philly, please let me know!

Not The Best Name

it’s called a dik-dik and is possibly the cutest thing ever. it looks like a cartoon.

Hot & Fresh Out The Oven

according to the wiki on pretzels, the average american eats 2 pounds of pretzels a year. the average philadelphian eats…20 pounds! staggering/disgusting/totally makes me want a pretzel. PS: not my favorite ever of all time: wawa's new salt-melting plastic pretzel bags!

Hedgehog in The Fog

My Little Pony

someone randomly mentioned mini horses/ponies to me recently and it changed my life. they are so teeny tiny that you can have one as an indoor pet (they can be housebroken like a dog.) plus they often wear shoes! and not regular old iron horseshoes- sneakers and heels and such. why? i really don’t know, but why question it? let the mini pony wear the sneakers. the smallest of all is thumbelina at 57 pounds! she travels the world for charity (so keep an eye out for her) and resides in a magical land called “st. louis”. mini ponies! oh man!