Brunch At Ankara Restaurant

Photo Credit: Berkay Demirkan/Design Medialand

Brunch at Casa Luca + Tastemade Video!!

Made with True Love: Pancakes from Scratch

Video by: Sebastian Marin
One of my main takeaways from my time in Europe was my attitude towards cooking and food. I love the supermarkets and farmer’s markets in Belgium, filled with fresh produce and the best dairy I have ever had. I always enjoyed cooking, but my time there inspired me to cook more from scratch. I refer to cooking from scratch as “cooking with True Love”. A great and easy way to show our love is to make something from scratch. One of the easiest things to prepare from scratch is pancakes. Carlis and I got together to make a Valentine’s day brunch which can be shared with your loved one, your friends, and your family. We made pancakes with a basic buttermilk recipe I found in Martha Stewart Living and cut strawberries into little hearts to give it the Valentines’s day appeal. We also fried eggs in ring mold for the perfect round shape. If you are feeling very lovey-dovey, you can use a heart shaped egg mold (I found one on Amazon). We found creative ways to decorate our table on a budget. We found beautiful flowers at Giant for $6 and placed them on a glass pitcher I got on sale for $5 at Home Goods. We used Carlis’ mom’s vintage red coffee cups. Instead of spending extra money on placemats, we used Valentine ’s Day tissue paper and cut it into paper place mats. Carlis also recycled the hearts and decorations from my Bridal shower as coasters and accents. I used pink sugar to decorate the rims of the champagne glasses we filled with Pink Moscato. I always say the best gift you can give to your friends is your time. Cooking a meal from scratch not only creates an intimate environment, but it is also cost effective. What better way to show the special people in your life how much you care than by cooking with True Love?

PS: You Follow Jess on Insta @dcrepatriate and Twitter for more amazing food recipes!

Brunching: Mad Momos

Last Sunday I had the pleasure to brunch at what is now one of my fave places to brunch in the city! Mad Momos has all the ingredients to make sure your Sunday Funday does not end. Let's start with their brunch hours! 10:30 am to 10 pm followed by their magnificent guava flavor bottomless MADmosas. The menu is also full of amazing choices such as the fish tacos picture below or their shrimp with mad creamy grits! seriously delicious. 

YUM, YUM, YUM!

I had the best Sunday afternoon catching up with some of my favorite bloggers! I was excited to introduce them to Mad Momos as these girls love brunching as much as I do!

Eden, Morgan, LaShawn, Haya

Thank you Ken and entire staff for spoiling us with amazing food & service! Costumers service is something I highly value anywhere I go and you guys outdid your self with that! Looking forward to more Sunday Fundays at Mad Momos.  ;)
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Happy Friday Loves!! 

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Insta Remix

1. Our friend Bidkart and one of our Favorite DC artist took this photo of us 3 years ago and just recently sketched it and we are obsessed with how it came out! what do you think? like us w bangs? Click HERE to see original outfit post.
2. Our little furry babies Lola and Mimi ;) 

1.  New Years day brunch at Lavagna with our favs! also also if you didn't know we were Redskins fans now you do #HTTR BABY!
2. Latest finds ( Katya's Alexander Wang boots and my vintage black leather clutch

1. Brunch at The Getaway was amazing, if you haven't been you should give it a try.
2. Rolando Santana event and random night out ready for a spicy night ;)

We have been taking a little break from the crazy year we had but starting this weekend we promise more frequent posts ;) We are also getting ready for NYFW which is like a month away. EXCITED! 

XO

C&K

Sunday Blues

Blazer: Forever21 similar here
Pants: Forever21similar here
Tank: Trouve
Boots: Zara similar here
Bag: Balenciaga similar here
Earrings & Double Ring: Karla Deras Lapis of Luxury line for Roman Luxe (if local you can now shop the line at my store, She's Unique)





Vest: Worn Abroad you can get the same one HERE
Sweater: H&M
Dress: H&M
Shoes: Naya Gifted
Purse: Urban Outfitters
Sunnies: H&M

Bruschetta - crostini with tomatoes, caramelized onions, and ricotta! 

Our favorite pancakes in town, the Mascarpone Pancakes with Nutella honey... Oh my!

This weekend was one of those amazing weekends filled with a million memorable moments, fun times with old and new friends, lots of happenings, and some early Christmas gifts! So here are our weekend highlights that deserve mentioning in this outfit post:

1. The awesome new Nikon D3100 camera and 35mm lens we scored during Cyber Monday. We've been lusting over it for a while, so when we found it for $200 less than it usually costs, it was like Christmas came a month early! It's red, sexy, and takes awesome photos. Not sure you noticed the difference in the photos already, but we certainly do. There is still a lot to learn about it and all the settings, but so far, we're loving it! A big thank you to our photographer friend Marshall of TPWP for the rec and we're looking forward to some photo classes soon ;)

2. Our Bloggers Night Out on Friday at Recess Lounge for dinner and Shadow Room for dancing was Epic! At Recess, the Passionate Flower cocktail, Lomo Saltado (a popular Peruvian dish of steak and fries) and Camarones al Coco (coconut shrimp) tapas are a definite must try. We haven't been back since the tasting for their opening preview, but so glad we did. It was a perfect start to our evening.
And of course, Shadow Room 2.0 had us dancing til the wee hours of the night! We want to extend a special thank you to Steve for the VIP treatment and for the tour of the new space - the decor makes a huge difference and we're totally digging the new, sexy, chic feel of the space. I'm sure you can judge from this instagram pic of my shoe ending up next to the bottle of Belvedere, we had a little too much fun. Needless to say, we're already planning our next party at this sexy venue!

3. When we like something ... we really really like it. So when we got the invitation to come back and try out some more of our favorite brunch items at Lavagna, we couldn't pass it up. Everything about this little Italian gem of a restaurant and their brunch screams quality. The ingredients are fresh and come from local farms in the area (yes we like our eggs and we like them natural and cage free), the sausage is made in house, the mimosas are perfect and truly bottomless (with their attentive staff you will never see the bottom of your glass, we promise you that), and of course there is this yumminess called Mascarpone pancakes - literally mouth watering as I write this, they're that good. To top off an already perfect brunch, try their coffee. It's a delicious brew and we loved the cup it comes in - it's all in the details isn't it? We can't wait to go back already, but next time we're trying their dinner. Looking at this menu, we can already tell we'll love it just as much :)

Instagram Weekly Remix

We hope all of you voted ! we had a blast at our Elections Party

Wearing my Fav vintage hat and blazer

Our current favorite photo ;) 

Bottomless mimosas at brunch is a MUST! ( Lavagna Restaurnat ) 

So HAPPY to have Jess back in our lives! she made the creme brulee above, seriously amazing! you can check out her newly blog HERE! trust me you'll love it.

We hope you are following us on insta @spicycandydc

Have a great weekend loves! 

A Special B-day Brunch

Cropped Top and Skirt: Forever21
Purse: Nine West
Sunnies: H&M
I was so excited to finally be able to wear my little wild cropped top, its perfect for the summer as it easily can be turned into a bathingsuit top. I wore this to my birthday brunch where I had a blast catching up with some of my closest blogger friends over a delicious meal!  Check out the video at the end of this post to see all the delicious food at the Gateway and also the adorable happy birthday wishes from my friends. Thank you all for an unforgettable birthday!  ;)





Skirt:  Zara
Top and Sandals:  American Eagle
Bag:  H&M
Sunnies:  RayBan
Rings & Bracelets:  She's Unique
I can't get over how comfortable and fun this Zara skirt is.  This time I paired it up with a simple cropped top and sandals.  I've never done coral and hot pink together, but thought it worked well for this look.  I feel like it perfectly captured the fun brunch atmosphere of the day!

Video Credit: Caroline Lacey

This video starts a new series we will be doing on our blog.  We wanted to go a little further and capture our adventures and places we love not only in photos but give it a little more life through videos.  We hope you like this new addition to the blog in collaboration w one of our fav videographers, Carolin Lacey!
The Getaway MENU
Things we love:
Great Brunch Hours: 11am to 5pm (Sat AND Sun)
Bottomless Mimosas and Bloody Mary's $15
Must Try: Chorizo Grinder Burrito $13
Outside seating available.
Why we love this place: As most of you know, we absolutely LOVE a good brunch and if it comes with bottomless service, you bet we are even more excited to try it! We loved the relaxed, chill vibe on the outside patio of The Gateway (it didn't hurt that it was a perfect 70's day), and the menu was full of delicious items -- our favorite was def the chorizo breakfast burrito and passion fruit mimosa!  Can we say YUM?

One Medical Networking Brunch

Our friend and wonderful DJ Tony of LoudTone

With the incredibly stylish Melly of Adoralamoda

Love her PS1, it definitely has been on my wish list for over a year now!!!

We love cool phone cases, isn't this one fun?

The seventh District, Be Loud Be you, Pich and Roor & The Ravenous Creator

A very healthy omelette station :)

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting a really fun and healthy networking brunch with One Medical Group -- a big thank you to all of you who attended and hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  When One Medical reached out to us a few weeks ago and asked us to host this event as part of their DC outreach efforts, we knew it would be a great opportunity to get our incredibly stylish friends and supporters together, enjoy a fun brunch, and learn about One Medical's chic offices.  And yes, we did say chic, not a term you'd usually use for a Doctor's office, but since we had an opportunity to experience their Eye street office and online system first hand, it's definitely a term that perfectly describes their one-of-a-kind practice.  If you haven't checked them out yet, we definitely urge you to do so, you'll be happy you did! ;)

XO
C&K