The Weinbergers: Food & Fashion

So... this was supposed to be a "She Bakes" post. Last night I spent most of the evening preparing & baking Milk Bar's Corn Cookies. When I went to check on the first batch after the ding of the timer I found GINORMOUS corn cookies. I mean like the size of Rémy's head ginormous. The cookies had completely spread together... and were just plain UGLY. I tasted them... hmm. Not the life changing experience everyone had said it would be. Did I forget something? I went back and looked down the list of ingredients. (insert expletive). The flour. THE FLOUR. I spent several minutes weighing out the corn powder and flour to make corn flour, but I forgot to add the rest of the unbleached flour. Are you kidding me? This is not my first rodeo... and I forgot the flour. I was so irritated with myself. Of course I had used up the rest of my corn powder, and honestly I didn't have it in me to remake them last night. I just went to bed. So it will have to be a "Food & Fashion" post for today.

All week I have been seeing friend's & family's facebook/instagram/tweets about the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Chili cook off. For those of you who weren't blessed to have lived in Houston- rodeo season and chili cook off is one of the highlights of the year and the place to be! That being said, I've been feeling a little homesick. My sweet husband offered to treat me to a lunch at Hill Country Barbecue to help ease the pain a bit. When you step in it's like you're back in the Lone Star State, and it feels good. Not only does it feel like home, but it could also give some BBQ joints in Texas a serious run for their money. If you are a Texpat in need of a little taste of home (or you are wise enough to love you some Texas BBQ) you will love Hill Country. It will be your favorite restaurant in town... I swear.

It was a beautiful (windy) 50 degrees today in DC and the perfect opportunity to walk around without an overcoat. Something I will never take for granted again. I have been dying to wear my new denim jacket, and today was the day.