year in review, 2011

  
  
in january i worked at naias for 2 weeks in a plywood cave, i made a lot of collages and my hair was super short.

  
in february i worked the chicago autoshow for 2 weeks & it was painfully cold. it snowed like crazy in detroit.

  
in march it snowed one last time & was warm enough to ride bikes the next week. i made a cake but i can’t remember why.

 
in april i prepared myself for judgement day, murdered out my nails & worked at future midwest.

     
in may i got sick, found a dead fox in the woods on belle isle, grew chives, took this sweet picture of bruce, made cookies, and we finally bought a table after living in our loft for 2 years.

  
in june i shot production stills for a mopar job, went to mercer beach & watched fireworks from our loft.

    
in july i went camping in elberta, went to the zoo, shot 10,000 stills for a stop motion video & bought a holga lens for my digital camera.

   
in august i went up north (marlette), made crazy good blondies & hung out with hawk.

    
in september i turned 27, shot production stills for a red wings shoot, ate a ton of cider mill donuts, and worked at the state fair of texas.

  
in october i worked the miami auto show, started shooting film again, and bought a bronica sq-a medium format slr. (!!!)

     
in november i worked at the toyota world convention in las vegas, started shooting the before interior pictures at the gar building, shot my first roll of film with the bronica, ate the best mexican food in detroit (taqueria lupitas) and started setting up a film processing “darkroom” in my bathroom.

  
 
in december i found a killer yardsale, developed my first roll of film with coffee, climbed a turret & shot stills of lots of dead birds at the gar, had a snowless christmas in white lake, and my hair was super long.

m-53

heading north. m-53. holga lens + d300. lofi! august 2011.

monster peanut butter blondies

monster peanut butter blondies

these are the best thing i have EVER made.

    ¼ cup unsalted butter
    1 cup brown sugar
    ½ cup peanut butter
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 cup flour
    ½ teaspoon salt
    ½ teaspoon baking powder
    ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    ½ cup toppings (i used semisweet chocolate chips, mini m&m’s & toffee pieces.)

preheat oven to 325˚f.
line an 8″ square pan with foil or parchment paper & spray that with nonstick spray.

melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. remove from the heat & stir in the sugar & peanut butter. allow to cool for a few minutes before adding the eggs & vanilla.

in a small bowl stir together the flour, salt, baking powder & baking soda. mix dry into wet, stirring until well incorporated. spread batter in the pan (i don’t know if you can even really call this a batter, it’s super thick, more like dough.) sprinkle toppings evenly over the top and press down a bit. bake for 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. don’t overbake!

makes 12-16 blondies.