It is still major wedding season for me over here as I am halfway through a stretch of four back to back weekends with weddings and with our anniversary just passing as well, love is definitely in the air. While I am in the thick of all the mushy gushy-ness, I thought I would share a little love shoot I collaborated on with the always fabulous Kiersten Stevens and Woodnote Photography.

I designed the menus and some various stationery, Kiersten made the floral crowns and styled the shoot while Caroline of Woodnote Photography captured it all beautifully. To see more you can check it out on Kierstens site here and to see more work from Woodnote check out their blog here.

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of having a dinner created by my great friend Bea. I am always amazed, and really jealous, of her gourmet cooking skills but am always more then happy to be on the receiving end of the deal. This weekend was no exception. God knows I will never be sharing any of my own recipes (there is no such thing), so after receiving a few recipe requests because of my photo on instagram, I invited her to share it here.

And Voilà!…Flourless Dark Chocolate Lava Cake with Molten Maple Almond Butter. I am seriously still drooling.

We topped it off with a little vanilla gelato which went so well with the rich dark chocolate and complemented the saltiness of the almond butter. PERFECTION!

Images by Sarah // Recipe by Bea

So fun to hear that our neighborhood is home to “the Coolest Block in America“! As recently named by GQ magazine. Here are a few shots I took with instagram of some recent afternoons spent along that cool block called Abbot Kinney. Shown is the Mascarpone Panna Cotta from Gjelina and Rupert about to enjoy some sliders from the Kogi truck.