Happy Summer Solstice!

Toaster oven carrot cake and its perfect match: cream-cheese frosting! Grating the carrots was an arm workout and the apartment grew pretty toasty from the heat, even with the sliding doors open.




On Monday (our weekend) we visited a new cafe near our apartment. It has a clothing boutique and small art gallery upstairs, and the whole place rattles when trains cross the tracks above the ceiling. Anna, the barista, is visiting the States this summer so was happy to practice her English. Stephen was happy to eat chocolate-fudge cake and vanilla gelato.

Note the spelling of "Salad"