“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate” -Charles Dickens

This needs no explanation : )

“Cooking is like love; it should be entered into with abandon or not at all” -Harriet Van Horne

Have you ever forgotten the eggs in a recipe? Or how about put in baking soda when it called for baking powder? Put too much water or oil in a batter, forgotten to grease a cooking sheet, or put a dish in the oven without preheating?

These things are going to happen occasionally, but the beautiful thing and hard part about cooking is that no one dish ever turns out the same. You can cook a recipe a thousand times and still some little part of it will be different.

So next time think about adding a little something too it. Needs a little sweetness? Add some sugar. Want more flavor? Pick your spice. Don't be afraid to experiment.

You might just discover your epicurean side too.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" -Unknown

I had one of the best days on Saturday. And the best part about it? Nothing was planned. Honestly, I couldn't tell you what made it so different from every other day. It was just simply a great day.

Being a planner, it's hard for me to remember that life isn't all about planning, and that sometimes the unexpected can be just as rewarding.

I took this photo of downtown from Kerry Park, a scenic lookout spot in Queen Anne. It was a gorgeous day which can be unusual in January, but even rarer in Seattle. (Did I mention, no rain?) You can see almost everything in it - the Space Needle with the city skyline behind it, a ferry coming in, a hint of Mt. Rainier, and even a seaplane just taking off.

What you can't see in it, is all the people that were there doing the exact same thing we were- walking around, laughing, taking photos. And I like to think that they were having a simply great, unplanned day too.

"When nothing is sure, everything is possible" -Margaret Drabble

I read somewhere that a good exercise is to write down the three things you most want to do with your life or that you are most passionate about, and then go start doing them.

Hence, how I began this blog. What's on your list?

Photo Credit: Tina Phillips