http://danielaetc.com/blog random musings, shopping tips Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:47:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While our coffee machine was out for repairs, we rediscovered our manual milk frother. I first saw one of these at my mom's house last time we were in Brazil. We immediately had to go out and buy one to bring back with us. It makes the thickest, creamiest foam I've ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2008/01/13/better-than-starbucks/ I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2008/01/12/introducing-snap-shots-from-snapcom/ My husband is a crumb cake fanatic so we have been on a quest to find his ideal cake. I think we found it! You can order it from Hahn's Old Fashioned Coffee Cake. He even tried the raspberry one (which sounded a bit weird to a purist like himself) but ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2008/01/07/the-search-for-the-perfect-crumb-cake/ [amtap amazon:asin=B00005N7RA] This used to be my favorite fashion magazine. That's right, it *used* to be. It's really changed a lot when the new editor took over (Joanna Coles). The design is awful, some sections are almost ineligible.It also feels like they're trying too hard to be like Vogue or Bazaar. If ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2008/01/06/bye-bye-marie-claire/ We were hit by a bad storm here in California that started early Friday morning. By 10:00 am, our power went out. By 6:00 pm, power was back in our neighborhood, except for our street. We kept calling PG&E to get updates in vain. Woke up this morning, still no power. It finally ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2008/01/05/stormy-weather/ http://danielaetc.com/blog/2008/01/01/new-year/ Tomorrow is the last day of the year and we don't have any plans to celebrate it. Growing up in Brazil, my family always followed some of the many traditions surrounding this date. We weren't as die hard as some folks who try to follow as many of the rituals as ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2007/12/31/new-years-rituals/ [amtap amazon:asin=B000FNCSO8]I love our coffeemaker. Absolutely love it. I also miss our coffeemaker. See, a couple of weeks ago, it broke down in a freakish way. The used grounds container somehow got dislodged and the machine detected it. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of making espresso and it went a ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2007/12/30/caffeine-withdrawal/ I'm a big believer in outsourcing chores whenever possible. Life is just too short! My latest discovery is that the same dry cleaners that have kiosks at work, also pick up and deliver your clothes at your home. For free! I had my first pick-up yesterday and not a minute too soon. ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2007/12/29/paying-for-it/ I’ve always been extremely organized but over the last couple of years, things somehow got out of control and my closets were beyond messy. I decided it was time to take action! My closets are now organized (albeit not nearly as nice as the one pictured above). I also managed ... http://danielaetc.com/blog/2007/12/28/getting-organized/