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Banana Ice Cream

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A few posts back, I featured a great recipe for all my fellow readers that suffer from milk allergies but still crave a late night pint of Ben & Jerry’s (maybe that’s just me?). Who knew that if you froze bananas, placed them in a blender and then froze them again, you would get the most delicious ice cream? I was still a little weary while the hubs was preparing the concoction, but sure enough, the results completely blew me away! It had a custard-y consistency and a very heavy banana flavor, which I guess doesn’t work for everyone, but being a huge fan of bananas, tasted heavenly to me. Best part? My stomach did not rebel or send me any nasty messages throughout the day. Nothing. It was beautiful!

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For an easy link to the “recipe”, click here.

Weekend Highlights

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Going to Abraxas Lounge for my birthday definitely was not enough! I absolutely love that place so I put together a happy hour there on Friday night. Although our bartender was a hater, you just can’t beat the ambiance and killer beer selection. What made it even better? I got to spend time with friends that I haven’t seen in ages! Plus, I made some great new ones in the process. After a few beers, we headed to 8oz Burger Bar for dinner (pure excellence – check it out, foodies!) and then danced the rest of the night away at Automatic Slims. It was altogether a pretty fabulous night. A do-over is needed.

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Lovable Friday

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1. Kickball Parties
1. Kickball Parties

As you can tell from yesterday’s post, I love stumbling upon blogs of talented people that also happen to enjoy life to the fullest. A perfect example is Jessica Claire. Jessica is a wedding photographer who mixes personal posts along with her professional ones on her blog. One amazing post revolved around her 30th birthday, which she celebrated by holding an epic game of kickball with all her closest friends. Uh. Amazing. So much so that I hope Jessica doesn’t get insulted because I’m totally ripping off the idea for the hubs’ birthday this year. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? 😉

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Tune-age Tuesday

I figured it had been entirely too long since I had put together a mixtape to share with all of you. Plus, I’ve heard through the grapevine that a lot of you out there favor my husband’s mixtapes over mine. I just cannot let that happen. 😉

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It’s a mix of old and new, as every good thing should be. I hope you all enjoy it and I hope I managed to turn some of you on to some great new (or old) artists. I’ll make sure to start posting these a little more regularly…maybe quarterly or so that you guys can get an idea of what I’m listening to! After all, music is the glue of the world.

Click here to listen!

Answer in Pictures

While a (very active) member of Livejournal a few years back, I absolutely adored meme’s. I would do as many as humanly possible, which I’m sure annoyed a great deal of my LJ friends. The draw still hasn’t escaped me, because I’ve decided to include them from time to time here on Melificent. Afterall, sometimes I am not in the most journalistic of moods.

So enjoy this fun picture meme and if you feel so inclined, do one yourself!

01. Hello! This is what I look like:

photo-18The hair is growing nicely, me thinks 😉

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