Celebrating one of everyone’s favorite holidays … even if they don’t know it?!

Today is NATIONAL PIZZA DAY!!!
And I just had to celebrate a little before teaching class tonight
with some deep dish gooey cheesy yumminess!

See, it’s not all sugar & cookies over here!!!

Nothing says “it’s another freezing cold Monday morning”
than a bit of overflowing hot chocolate to celebrate another Mugshot Monday!
Thanks for sharing Kim… enjoy & stay warm!!!

Don’t forget I brought brownies… but Melissa had also bought me some Cinnamon Bun OREOs at the Japanese food store! Yes, the info, ingredients & nutrition were all in Japanese! Very tasty… and I also came home with some “lovely parting gifts” from Melissa’s pottery studio. A beautiful set of four bowls… raw clay on the outside & a beautiful green glaze on the inside!!! Thanks again Melissa!!!

Dinner last night with some of My Talented Friends…
getting together for some “non-art fair” fun & frienship. We met at Melissa’s house where she treated us to a wonderful “hot pot” meal… my first time… served out of her own handmade “donabe” hot pots… and handmade dinnerware! Plenty of great food & great fun… especially for those struggling with chopsticks!!! Lots of yummy meats, seafood, veggies, dumplings & broths… including one she made out of corn? I’d never even heard of “corn broth” before?! Yummy!!!

Enjoying the heat of the oven yesterday as I baked a batch of brownies to share with friends!
I figured a dinner party with friends can always use some homemade brownies…
and the hostess “might just” get to keep the bowl too!!!

Tonight was a “double-whammy” in my THROWDOWN class. A two-part challenge…
and two packs of OREOs!!! A perfect pairing for our pottery class!

It’s more than a little chilly here in Chicago. And it looks like Kim is working on something warm & yummy in her kitchen. Plenty of squash & pottery for everyone!!!

Tonight’s pottery class had lots of treats!!! Including Sara’s homemade chocolate chip blondies… yum!!! But also these great OREOs!

I mean, what’s better than an OREO???… a FUDGE-COVERED OREO!!! Even cuter?… one of my students brought them… sent to class by her adorable Mom!!! So thank you Taylor’s Mom for sending us treats. We loved them!!!

The new session of pottery classes has begun… and so have the class treats!!! And sure, Christmas might have past, but we can still celebrate with green & red OREOs!!! Which we all enjoyed tonight!!!