Cream Cheese brownies

Yum! simply add a package of cream cheese to a box brownie mix and behold! Cream cheese brownies.

The Urbane Cat

Behold jynx. She's sleek and sexy as oh so elusive. The supermodel of cats, if only she like being photographed. I realized that Jynx has been with us for 6 years and I have maybe 3 photo's of her. This is her usual perch while I'm blogging.

Urbane Gardening

It's a rainy, chilly May morning here in NYC. My garden seems to love it though. Behold: My Urbane Garden.

Subway life

As a New Yorker you spend a great deal of time underground. Waiting for or riding on the subway. Sometimes I miss the views I had as a driver in Los Angeles or San Francisco. One thing that is fun, is to observe the great art installations that are set up in random Subway stations around the city. One of my favorites is the Canal street station on the AC line. It is very Alfred Hitchcock and they seem to watch yor every move.

Memorial Day 2009

and a fine NYC Memorial day it looks to be. Yesterday was unbearably warm, just a taste of the oppresive NYC summer that is to come. Maybe summer would be more bearable if this were my dining room?

Strawberry jam filled cupcakes

Ok.. I cheated. I used a boxed cake mix. Made 24 cupcakes. When cooled, I used an apple corer to cut a hole in the middle of each cupcake and filled the hole with the strawberry jam. I placed a piece of the cupcake that I had removed to cover the jam and frosted them with tinted icing. DELISH!

Fresh Strawberry Jam

1 quart fresh strawberries

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp lemon juice

Hull the strawberries and chop in a food processor. Cook chopped strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan , stirring frequently until bubbles cover entire surface (9-10 minutes) and the mixture begins to thicken. Pour into jars, let cool and store in the refridgerator, will keep approx 10 days.