A Kreativ Blogger Award!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Howard & Sylvia from A Baked Creation!

What a great way to start a Sunday morning! It's such an honor to receive an award, especially a creative one. Woo hooooooo is mostly all I can say, pretty speechless to say the least!

Rules of the award:

1. You must thank the person who gave you the award.

2. Copy the award logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link the person who nominated you for the award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs to let them know they've been nominated.

Seven things you might find interesting about me:

1. I must always, always, always finish a meal with something sweet.

2. I'm a Biology major.

3. I'm one of those people who make noises when they eat/ are enjoying delicious food. What can I say? It's a passion.

4. I smile every time I get a comment (makes me happy to know I have readers).

5. My biggest love right now is my dog, Baba Ganoush.

6. My most feared animal is the shark, which is why it's imperative that I watch Shark Week. After all you must keep your enemies close, right?

7. I'm graduating college soon, something that exhilarates me and scares the crap out of me simultaneously.

Nominees:

1. Judy in her Natural Habitat: The Kitchen, if cupcake heaven exists, it's here!

2. Picky Cook, vegetarian-smegetarian, his blog has great recipes, period.

3. Milk and Honey Cafe, where good design and delicious eats clash (in a very good way).

4. Rants & Craves, a new favorite and now my directory to LA eats!

5. Melanger: To Mix, my favorite place to peruse some

6. Shared Sugar, a baking story of two friends; it had me at hello.

7. So Good and Tasty, I simply adore her food photography; simple and straightforward yet undeniable delicious.

About

Hello! I'm Michelle. (See, that's me below there!)

(photo by cherish chen)

About me.

I'm Vietnamese.

I think honesty in friendship is most important.

I think honesty in general is most important.

Respect is second in line.

My feet are pretty cute, they've taken a beating, but they're still fiiiine.

I think Joseph Gordon Levitt and James Franco are just the bee's knees.

When it's raining, you can find me joyously running through it.

You will find me constantly eating. 

I daydream constantly of travel.

Sloths are my spirit animal... you know, if I believed in spirit animals.
Plane rides make me happy, cause then I know that adventure is just around the bend.

I wish I could afford everything at Madewell.

I want to be Martha Stewart (not in the commit fraud kind of way, but the fabulous homemaker-baker-entrepreneur kind of way).

I love wearing black.

I'm highly attracted to people who enjoy food as much as I do. 

I use a mac and will never, ever go back.

I literally never stress... ever.
Hiking is my favorite pastime.

I'm absolutely enamored with tea.

Love is confusing with people, it's easy with inanimate things.

Except family, with them, my love is endless and enduring.

I've never broken a bone nor gotten a stitch.

I live for cold weather, although I only do well in temperate weather.

Writing lists helps me keep sane.

I like to people watch (in a non-creepy way).

I try to keep an open mind as much as possible.

The trick is to live without an answer, I think...

Sparklers, intense laughs, and a cold beer make me happy.

My favorite TV show is Law and Order: SVU. This either makes me deranged or super cool... I haven't decided.

I have a baby blanket, it's slowly coming apart; this makes me very sad.

I am weird, but that's okay by me.

About this blog.

I used to think baking meant buying a box of Funfetti cake mix, and though I still do love my Funfetti, baking is something entirely different to me now (for the better of course)! While this blog is mainly focused on my cooking and baking, it also has a little bit of fashion, art, photography, music, and love thrown in, all for good measure of course (and maybe a little bit for my own pleasure too).

About the photos.

I shoot with a Canon EOS 30D, equipped with a 50mm f 1.8 lens (basically the only one I could afford at the moment), now concurrently with a 35mm f 2.0. Don't be fooled by it's low price though! This lens takes absolutely amazing pictures in low light and is great for portraits or food photography. I love my camera immensely, perhaps with more love than an inanimate object should receive. I bought this camera with my hard earned money. Yes, it was quite expensive, but I like to think of it as an investment, and it sure has served me well. I hope you do wander and stay a while!

Awards/ Features.

Une-deux senses has been awarded a Kreativ Blogger Award and a Lovely Blog Award and has also been featured in Gourmet Live, Serious Eats, Saveur, Foodista, The Kitchn, Society Social, Anthology Magazine, and the Food News Journal (1) (2) (3) (4). It can be seen in the pages of Tastespotting, Foodgawker, and Pinterest frequently.