this week in five.

1. Rain-drippies on my window.
I kind of like that the weather is getting a little chillier. My coats are just itching to weasel their way out of the back of the closet and the rain gives me an excuse to stay indoors and make hearty stew.*

2. The shiniest chocolate bundt I've ever seen.
 In my daily foodblog stalk I stumbled across this picture from Sweet Amandine and stopped dead in my tracks. On my to-do list: buy a bundt pan, make. this. cake.

3. Not Your Mother's hair stuffs.

I bought these two gems at the drugstore last week. The dry shampoo is a savior, and the white powder is much easier to shake out of your hair than other brands I’ve tried. The sea salt spray is perfection for volume, and super reasonably priced.

4. A new hobby– making fonts.
I read this how-to on A Beautiful Mess the other day and immediately whipped out my iPad and downloaded the iFontmaker app. I’ve been playing around with it for days, it’s so easy and so much fun! Try it out! (Elsie uses a stylus, but I’ve had pretty good results with just my finger.)

5. My trusty new(ish) runners.
These shoes finally got a second use early yesterday morning(the first was just after I bought them a couple of months ago– shameful, I know.) It was so nice to watch the sun rise and see the streets of Harlem still sleepy and quiet.

*recipe for said stew coming soon.