Let’s get with something different today, ok? I have a cake recipe coming, but I wanted to share a little bit of what has been going on lately and tell you what’s up, cool? Let’s do this!
1. I went to Miami for Blog Her a few weeks back and loved hanging out with Phi and Karis the whole weekend. Although I’m not sure if Miami is somewhere I would want to live, I loved being able see the city with someone who already lives there. Between meeting bloggers I only knew over the internet and all the snacks (!), it was a full and fun weekend!
2. I finally joined this century and got a smart phone! I’m still working out how much I want to get sucked into it and all the things it can do, but tell me, what are your favorite apps? I’m all ears!
3. I’m growing a small vegetable garden and am kind of winging it here. I have peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, cucumbers, and various herbs. Any tips and tricks for these? I’m afraid I will forget about therm/kill them unless I do something special with them. I need help from you green thumbs!
4. I love discovering new places around Milwaukee that I haven’t seen in the 2 years since we’ve lived here. A few of these pictures were from Villa Terrace Garden, which overlooks the lake. It is a gorgeous space and a wonderful way to spend an afternoon when the weather is nice. I really want to go back again when all the flowers are planted (we went the day before they started planting, womp womp!).
5. I’m making a lemon cake for my BFF’s bridal shower in July and am using this as inspiration. We are both suckers for sprinkles and I love the look of all the colors against the vanilla frosting. I’ll need to test that cake recipe a few times, right? Always more cake.
6. Finally, I’m going to be adding a tab up top of the blog here with my favorite Milwaukee recommendations. I’ve gotten a few requests from readers on favorites vegan eats in Milwaukee and I think it would be a great way to show all the wonderful there are to eat in MKE. Keep an eye out for it!
Until next time, thanks for reading and piecing together my ramblings, I’ll be back with that cake recipe soon!
Erica says
Wow, that cake! Your desserts always amaze me. Have fun!
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks Erica! Can’t wait to meet those two babies of yours! : )
Kath says
CAAAAAAAAKE!!!!
The Frosted Vegan says
YESSSSS!! <3
Karis says
So happy to hear you have a smartphone now! I use apps most often when traveling, such as Fly Delta, Hotels.com, UWCU (my bank), and Health Equity (flex spend). Oh and I’ve found Google Maps is much better than the default Maps app.
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks for the recommendations Karis! Love all those travel apps, I need to get on those : )
sweetphi says
Such a pretty recap of what’s going on, love the photos! My sister got married at the Villa Terrace so I love seeing pictures of that spot 🙂 Tips for growing your veggies would be to water them, lol, seems easy enough, but i forget so this year I am like a crazy person stalking my garden making sure it has enough water (basil/herbs especially need tons of water, all the time!) Good luck and I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
sweetphi says
p.s. to my last comment-if you ever want to go sprinkles shopping, let me know 🙂
The Frosted Vegan says
Um YES! I’m always down for sprinkle shopping : ) Villa Terrace is so pretty, the view is amazing!
I Wilkerson says
Great pictures! My advice on gardening is that if a plant is too hard to grow, buy it next year and grow something different. Remember you are having fun! (I agree with Phi on the water though–tomatoes will split if there is a big rain after a dry spell)
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks Inger! I’ve been trying to be vigilant about watering, so hopefully they will pull through : )
Lindsay @ VeganYumminess says
Gorgeous! To say I’m jealous about your BlogHer experience is an understatement. 🙂 How was it?? I’m all about listening to BlogHer Virtual Con podcasts right now.