No need to eat your underwear, instead rip here

How scandalous! Panties you can rip off, or have someone else rip for you. wink wink

Let's be real, cute and sexy under garments last for so long in the bedroom. You want a little show and tell but you know he's looking beyond the cute ruffles and waiting to tear open that sexy lace. You can now just rip with this new rip-off lingerie line by Lingerie Dement.
Her designs are made of silk and lace to give you that sexy look with the S&M attitude. Instead of hooks and ribbon, tiny invisible magnets carefully allow one to tear away in a snap.

Make it a night to remember.

Why I should move to Europe?

For as long as I could remember I have always wanted to move into some lovely villa in Spain, France or Greece. Something about the culture, the people and the food draws me in. I had all these expectations of what life would be like before I actually ventured to Europe. During my senior year of college, I was fortunate enough to begin my adventure and seek all that I was expecting in Spain. I studied in (with lisp) Barcelona for 4 glorious months. Not only did I discover what it was like to live in a different city, I also was granted an opportunity to live amongst the people. I immersed myself with all that Spain had to offer; trips to Valencia, Seville, museums, mountains and more. All my expectations were right on and more. Although I missed my family and friends, I felt an ease of comfort. I felt like I was home. I'm sure it was helpful that I spoke Spanish, but something about the environment made me feel like I had been there for years. Since then, I have visited France and received the same sense. Europe has all these cultural elements that tingle my every being. Perhaps it feels like home because my home is drenched with cultural diffusion (thank you Ms. Lorenzoni); the advantages of living in New York City. Although I love this city and everything it has to offer, I feel that someday I'll return to Europe living in a quiet town right outside the city with a vineyard out back, a luxurious pool, and a lushes garden. Eating a fresh and delicious meal with my family under an olive tree. ::Sigh::

la Rambla

Another reason to move to Europe, well France, their view on meals. We Americans tend to take advantage of our meals. We eat too quickly and do not enjoy all the time it took to prepare the meal. We'd rather eat for convenient sake as opposed to quality. In France, they teach the young to eat good quality food at a young age. How young? Try 3 years of age. So while American children are having fish sticks and pizza, French children are having beet salad and snails. France's Gourmet School Lunches

A Visual Baking Experience

I love baking photos, ingredient photos and every other type of food photo! I've decided that when I open my bakery/cafe I will have tons of photos of prepared food and ingredients. I love how food is a form of art and how you can make art out of food. Ikea has created a collection of recipes entitled Hembakat är Bäst [Homemade is Best] with photographer Carl Kleiner. The images feature various ingredients such as butter, sugar, salt, flour and more. When I first saw these photos, I quickly began to guess what the ingredients were for. Perhaps a brownie? or maybe a pie? Either way, the photos make me want to go home and bake.

{via - trendland}

Birthday Weekend

Hey kids!

How was your weekend? My weekend was filled with wedding fun, birthday fun and plain ol' good fun!

Today is Mommina's Birthday - AKA - Grandma. She is fabulous, spunky and 67 today! LOVE her to pieces!

This past weekend, I started it off with ordering the future hubby's wedding gift. I got him...Nope, not telling. He's been hounding me for days asking numerous questions about where I got it, how much is it, what does it look like...Will not be revealed till 2/27/11.

Saturday, spent the afternoon back at Fordham. It was so weird to be on campus again. It was great seeing old friends, current friends and the RAM. We enjoyed some beer, Tino's sandwiches and an italian ice.
That night we ventured to Hiro where we celebrated Andy's birthday with friends.

Sunday, as you could imagine was spent in bed followed by Meatloaf night and some snuggle time with the fiance.

How was your weekend?

Obsessed!!!

After viewing Keeping up with the Kardashians, I am obsessed with finding out what sunglasses they were wearing. I need some insight on their stylish eyewear! The next day, I'll search on the web to figure out what were they wearing, I rarely get a direct answer but I come close. Sunday, Kim was wearing these awesome reflective shades. I love wearing shades that hide my eyes so that I can people watch on the subway. These were the closet I could find to what Kim was wearing. Now it's only a matter of finding them to purchase.

{via Victoria Beckham}

Brownie and Movie weekend

My goal for this past weekend was to sleep late, bake, enjoy some movies and hang out with family. Mission accomplished! I started my Friday evening enjoying some delicious Sea Salt Caramel Brownies (recipe below) with a side of Dear John. Seems like such a girlie thing to do, but I was glad to enjoy the time alone. The movie was rather sad and yet the whole time I kept thinking how my fiance thinks I look like Amanda Seyfried. I don't see it.

Saturday, fun times in the city with the auntie. We spent the whole day walking and shopping downtown from the east side to the west side. I purchased a Josh Brody dress, a winter hat and a faux fur coat by Laundry. I can't wait for the cold weather!

Sunday, fun day! I spent the day visiting a close friend of mine. Normally the drive to his place takes about 10 minutes. Well, on Sunday, it took me about 40 minutes. I was stuck behind a wood chipper truck. Since the tornado passed through Queens on Thursday, Forest Hills has been on lock down. The streets are covered with tree trunks and branches. It really does look like a war zone. After sitting in traffic all that time, I was even more starving than when I started. Upon my arrival, I quickly chased my friend out of his apt and we strolled over to his local Indian restaurant.  We ate great Indian food, followed by gelato. Only in New York can you enjoy authentic Indian food and then follow it up with an Italian treat! Love it!

I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the NYC weather.

Sea Salt Caramel Brownies

Sea Salt Caramel

• 1/2 cup heavy cream

• 1 teaspoon sea salt

• 1 cup sugar

• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

• 1 teaspoon Vanilla

• 1/4 cup sour cream

In a medium saucepan, combine the cream and the salt. Simmer over very low heat until the salt is dissolved. Stir in the sugar and corn syrup carefully. Cook over medium heat until it is a medium goldish brown – it will continue to cook in the heat of the pan. Remove from the heat and let cool for one minute. Whisk in the sour cream. Let the caramel cool to room temp, then follow the brownie instructions. Left over caramel may be refrigerated.


Brownies

Ingredients

• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate

• 1/2 cup butter

• 1 cup of sugar

• ½ cup of light brown sugar

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• 3 eggs

• 1 cup all purpose flour minus 2 tablespoons

• 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder

• pinch salt

• 1/4 cup Chocolate Syrup

• half of the above caramel recipe

• (optional) pecans

Preheat oven to 325F.

Melt Chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

In a bowl, mix together sugar, eggs, and vanilla, and mix until well combined

Add flour, cocoa powder, salt, chocolate syrup and chocolate mixture and blend well.

In a greased 8×8 pan, pour a little over half of the brownie batter and bake for 18 minutes. Remove from oven and pour in the caramel. On top of the caramel, add the rest of your brownie batter. Add pecans to the top if you desire. Return to oven and bake for another 18-22 minutes. Brownies will still appear a little shaky, due to the caramel, but they will firm up once cooled. Do not overbake.

Can be enjoyed with fresh whipped cream or ice cream.

Charm yourself away

Travel in style or wear it. Venessa Arizaga's new collection features an array of funky necklaces inspired through her travels. She's collected charms from Peru to Mexico and interlaces them with colorful threads and chains. Skulls, pearls, crosses and icons will bring any gal some luck and perhaps stimulate the travel bug.

{via Venessa Arizaga}

Don't be a groupie, be fabulous!

As I ran out of the office, my co-worker shouted "Don't be a groupie, be fabulous!" I was on my way to my first fashion show: Anna Sui. What a fabulous show it was! The lights, the music, the beautiful Harajuku girls-all seemed overwelming but lovely none-the-less. I stood in the back of the room behind very tall people. I should have worn heels, but I was pre-warned that I might be standing for a very long time. Well, right before the show began, the bouncer/usher started to select folks to fill in the seat. If you know me at all, you know I was all over that. I asked him politely and I was granted a chair right near the entrance. I captured at first glance the models wearing Anna Sui's new Spring/Summer collection for 2011. Her line was whimsical, hippie-chic. It reminded me of Across the Universe meets rodeo. The clothes were flowy, soft and detailed. As the models walked, I paid more attention to the patterns and the fluidity of the pieces. It was a great idea to keep the hair and make-up simple since the outfits had a story to tell. Imagine a field of wild flowers, wind blowing through your hair and birds chirping in your ear, until you actly hear a honk and you're in the middle of the street and the taxi driver is yelling at you to get out of the way. But you look stunning in your new 2011 S/S Anna Sui outfit!

Special thanks to my wonderful friend who brought me to this event, merci mon ami!

Susan G. Komen

The Susan G. Komen breast cancer walk was on 9/12/10. I participate every year with my company and friends. It's a fun event filled with hope, love and inspiration. Everyone has their reason to run/walk and I walk for my grandmother and a close family friend. Next year, I'll train to run the 5K.

FNO 9/10/10

Fashion Night Out kicked off on September 10, 2010. My email was bombarded with invites for up and coming artist, existing artist and random events. My mission was checking out the fall clothes and searching for champagne. A couple of co-workers and I strolled over to Saks. We found an array of wonderful activities and people. A little swing dancing, macarons, people running around trying to spray me with Guilty by Gucci and a fashionable dog. Sadly, the bitch was better dressed than I. 

After our patrol for champagne in Saks, we were rather thirsty and headed out to look for this mysterious QVC pop up shop. Oddly, there was no one standing outside so we fashionable walked inside to see what the email hype was all about. There were many waiters walking around with trays of champagne, wine and water. Why weren't there more people with this abundance of free booze? We didn't really care to ask or question it any further. We grabbed our drinks, took some photos and checked the the new line for Rachel Zoe and the Kardashians. Tres chic!

long time...

Bonjour mon ami! I hope you are all fabulous and ready for fall. We're back in action here at Café au Chloé. We hope for a super energetic season with lots of fun, happy posts, lots of food photos and wedding planning. The wedding countdown is down to 165 days. Hooray! Lots of time to enjoy the ride. So sit back, enjoy your coffee and let's chat.