Sweet Pupusas

I don't know the real name of these things, but they were delicious.

There's a rather locally renown food cart that sits outside of California Market on Oxford in Koreatown. They only sell one flavor of one item, and it's a dough filled with cinnamon, brown sugar, and crushed peanuts. The effect is rather like a dessert pupusa filled with hot syrupy melted brown sugar. Today they were just finishing frying the outside when we got in line, so they were actually too hot to eat and very crisp around the edges and tender on the inside. I actually almost got burnt by melted brown sugar. I wonder if it thickens up to more of a dense filling when it cools; I gobbled it up too quickly to find out.

In wedding news, my sister gave me her second draft of a possible design to use on a wedding invitation. She picked the flower on her own based on the color I wanted, but she coincidentally chose one of my favorite flowers of all time: the dahlia. I took this photo before she finished coloring the leaves a sage (slightly gray) green.

And, a moment of bragging. I am the happy new owner of a Kipling Emma shoulder bag in cream. It was my birthday present from my mom. She knows I love big ol' bags, and this one easily has enough room for shoes and a change of clothes. That means it's a great overnight bag but also good for lugging around my usual water bottle and sweater. It also has three compartments and is lined in a lavendar pattern. So pretty!

I'm now eagerly awaiting J's present. It's not like he forgot. For those who don't know our funny rules, arbitrary events don't deserve gifts in our book. We don't shop for each other for birthdays, Christmas, or Valentine's day because those are arbitrary events forced upon people by society. Celebrating for the sake of being like everyone else always seems silly. Non-arbitrary events that are worth celebrating include graduations, weddings, anniversaries, promotions, and other times when you're actually celebrating someone's choices or accomplishments. Presents can also be bought for reason other than "I thought this was awesome and that you would want it." So to make a long story short, we found something awesome that we both want, and it happened right after my birthday, so this year I get a really cool present. I can't wait for it to arrive!