With our laid back New Years Eve, we were in a much different mode on New Years day. Our typical laying around watching bad TV was replaced by some culture. We drove down to the Cincinnati Art Museum to see two different exhibits. The first was Art Deco: Fashion and Design in the Jazz Age. Ben and I both enjoy Art Deco. It was really interesting to see the fashion designs reflecting the building and other artistic designs of the day.
We also hopped over to the Trial by Fire glass exhibit by Darren Goodman. Ben studied glass works in the Chech Republic and is always interested in seeing more. Darren Goodman has a studio in Waynesville, OH. I'm hoping we can check it out sometime.
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| Art Deco: Fashion and Design in the Jazz age |
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| Trial by Fire |
Then we had the pleasure of catching up with some friends in Cincinnati and go out for Indian. The spice was a little higher than I expected. Culture and spice, it was a great way to start the New Year.
oh, and we made a carrot cake...yum! When choosing a recipe that is bound to be unhealthy, why not go ahead and look up Paula Deen's. At least it has a veggie as part of the recipe. Listed below are the ingredients. Find the recipe and directions at this link.
Grandma Hiers' Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ground cinamon
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 cups grated carrot
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, optional
Frosting:
1 stick salted butter, room temperature
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 comment:
You can replace some or all of the oil with unsweetened applesauce; the cake is still moist and it doesn't taste like apples, plus it GREATLY reduces the guilt factor! Mary Ramey
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