go to the comedy festival

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Or, really, this is just me telling you to go see Rose Matafeo’s show. I would have told you to go see Fasitua’s show too, but his shows are already over, sorry about that. I’d never been to the comedy fest before, probably because I’m not really down with what’s hot in the comedy scene, so I never knew who to go see. But, being that Fasitua is on the hilarious show Auckland Daze, and is also pretty hilarious IRL, it was a no-brainer that his show would be loltastic, and it was. He also gets bonus points for being the brother of Ron and Toma Amosa, the drummer and keyboardist in The Daylight Robbery band.

But back to my point: Go to the comedy festival before it ends – but most of all, go to one of Rose Matafeo’s shows, if it hasn’t already sold out by the time you read this. It was brilliant, and clever and kooky, witty and dry with a touch of ‘David Brent’ awkward, but overall just really, really funny. Laughing out loud the whole way through funny, well worth the small price of admission.

I’ve always enjoyed watching Rose on U-Live, she’s often more entertaining than some of the music played, but watching her on stage I was really in awe of how good she was. I felt like I was watching a real star in the making. And she’s only 20!!! OK, I’ll stop now, cos I think it’s clear I’m in slight girl-crush mode – and things might get awkward the next time I see her on twitter.

Get tickets to her show here. It’s on until the 19th May. If you miss out, I’m sure there’s a bunch of other great shows to see too.

pretend winter shopping

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Cape Dress

I’d received an email about Winter and Rixon awhile back, but only just got round to checking the site out now, and I’m really digging the pieces. It’s a very small collection, but I can see myself wearing all of it. I’m always attracted to simple styles with clever detailing, which is what I like about the cape dress, new noise skirt, and shirt jacket.

New Noise Skirt

Shirt Jacket

And while I’m pretend shopping, my favourite thing to wear right now… is my bath-robe. I know, shame ay. That’s obviously why I’m feeling these long coats so much, Ruby even called theirs a ‘Robe Coat’, so, they must be on the same buzz as me. Leaving the house in coats that feel like robes must make facing winter that much easier.

Robe Coat – I’d totes take my cue from the model and go round flashing people, what fun!

ASOS wrap jacket

Oh, and while I’m at it, can someone buy me this entire outfit below? K, thanks. Bye.

bits & pieces

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InstaMay: This has been going off! A big thanks to everyone who’s gotten amongst. I’m one of those people who never throws parties for fear of no one turning up, so thanks for showing up!! My fave days have been patterns, love and animals so far, you guys get so creative with it. We’re 12 days in and over 6,000 pictures have been shared on Instagram. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the month has in store. Thaaanks youse fullas *hugs* Full InstaMay list here.

Don’t Like Remix:

This song that shit I do like.

Catching up on Mad Men/GOT: The bf came back, which is great enough in itself, but with him came four episodes of Mad Men and a couple Game of Thrones eps to catch up on. And, HOLY CRAP they both continue to be bloody excellent. Peggy Olson and Roger Sterling have been having a killer season, as they always do.

Avengers: I’m guessing most of you have seen this already, being that it’s all that anyone has been talking about movie-wise, so just add me to the list of people who enjoyed it too. My fave character was Hulk, Mark Ruffalo did an excellent job, the best of the Hulk characters I’ve seen.

Talia’s Treats: Chicken Pie

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I’ve partaken in the odd baking post in the past, and if you’ve been coming round these parts long enough you’ll know how much I love to eat, and I’ve been meaning to do more baking/cooking posts, honestly I have, it’s just….I don’t want to. I love food, but I’m not a fan of the whole preparation side of things. I’ve been telling the bf for years that I’m really good at cooking, I just don’t enjoy it, but you know what? I think that whole ‘good at cooking’ thing might be a lie. I mean, maybe I am good at cooking, I just don’t care to prove it. Which is where my sister, Talia, comes in. She loves to cook and bake. She must love it, because she has 5 kids, and still makes the time to cook and bake really yummy stuff, not just heating up some frozen pizza (which is what I’d do). So, allow me to introduce you to a new feature on the blog, ‘Talia’s Treats’ – recipes and pictures and videos of how to recreate some of the delicious stuff my sister makes on the reg. We are starting with one of my all time faves, homemade Chicken Pie. The video gives you a good idea in terms of breaking down the steps involved in making the pie. Full steps and recipe below also:

Dough

2 cups flour
1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
300gm butter – cold, diced
1 egg yolk
3-4 tbsp cold water

Filling

1 tbsp oil
750gm boneless chicken fillets, chopped
50gm butter
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 onion chopped
100gm button mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup flour
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup milk
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp dried rosemary

METHOD

1. Place the flour in the bowl of a food processor if using one. Add the cold butter and mix by using the pulse mode.
2. Add the egg yolk and enough water until the dough detaches from the bowl. Do not overwork the dough. Wrap it in plastic, and place it in the fridge for 1 hour minimum before using.
3. Cook filling: Heat oil, cook chicken. Set aside. Cook mushrooms till just brown, set aside. Melt butter and cook garlic, celery and onion. Stir in flour. Remove from heat and stir in stock and milk. Return to heat, bring to the boil stirring constantly and simmer 3 mins or until thickened. Add chicken, parsley, rosemary and season.
4. Roll the dough, cut the bottom rounds (5”), place them loosely in the tins and scoop in a heap of the filling. Brush the rim with some egg wash and then place the top (3”) on. Crimp the edges with your fingers and then brush the top with egg yolk wash.
5. Bake at 180°C for around 30 minutes. You may need more or less time, depending on your oven.

monkey lines are now in season

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Do you remember the game you tried to pull the first time you met your significant other? Were you pretty smooth? Or, when you look back at some of the lines you ran, and the things you did to get their attention, do you cringe just a little bit? Whether cheesy or blush-worthy, it obviously didn’t matter, cos’ you ended up snagging them anyway, right? That’s what I love about TLC’s Diggin On You – they’re dissing and falling for the guy in the same breath. There’s something about that person you’re with, that despite whatever silliness they pulled, you fell for them anyway. And they fell for you too. Hopefully you’re still diggin, diggin, diggin, diggin on each other :)

P.S When are baggy pants/tracks and crop tops coming back in? I’ll be all over that shit if someone wants to pop it off for me.

#InstaMay

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Here’s the list for the Instagram a Day for the Month of May ! So, I hope to see a bunch of your smiling faces popping up online throughout the day tomorrow on the 1st! Just so that we can all search what you instagram, use the hashtag #InstaMay or #lanisays or both :) I’ll be tweeting the pics as well, so if you have twitter get amongst @LeilaniJM I’m a bit excited for this, I’ll enjoy doing it even if no one else joins in – but as always, the more the merrier!! Yay, roll on tomorrow!!!

All credit to fat mum slim – who I have taken the idea from, and who runs her own, every month here.

If your phone can’t get instagram, there’s no reason you can’t still join in. Twitpics or regular pics are sweet too, just try get em online so we can all see :)  

bits & pieces

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Desiree Pine-Brown’s girl rocking the sock bun.

Baby sock-buns: Isn’t she so cuuute? Desiree messaged me to tell me she’s loving the sock-bun, as is her lil girl, who specifically requested ‘that thing on that girls head’ because it looks like a ballerina, haha! I’ve loved seeing all your pictures of your sock-buns, but this is definitely my fave. swag.

The Kiwis vs Kangaroos Anzac Test: I’d never been to a league game before, but for some reason it was decided that it’d be Girls night out at the league. I loved it. We had great seats, the atmosphere was choice, we got excited at the pyrotechnics and every time the flames went up, got to see Shaun Johnson score that mean try and we were lucky enough to have the most crack up drunk guy behind us providing the most hilarious commentary of the game you could wish for.

Friend-spirit: The day before pay day, I remarked that my money had been going with the quickness lately because I’ve been out socialising pretty hard the past 3 weeks. While I’ve been missing the boyfriend like crazy I’ve also had a crazy amount of fun hanging with some of the best friends a girl could ask for. Team FSYH.

Corrine Bailey Rae: Just cos. I’ve been crushing on Corrine for a minute, last night all I did was play my faves of hers on straight repeat. This is one of my favourite love songs ever. “You’ve got this look I can’t describe, You make me feel like I’m alive,When everything else is au fait, Without a doubt you’re on my side.”

Speaking of Corrine Bailey Rae, check out this superb cover of her song Closer by Jesse Boykins III that my mate Jason showed me.

President Obama is a g: This is crack up, LOL @ the Hillary Clinton joke. Check the Young Jeezy shout out too, haha!

Instagram a day for the month of May

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I love Instagram (username: lanisays).  Every event I go to and almost every meal I eat gets put through one of the Instagram filters. It didn’t happen if it’s not on Instagram, right? But, as you can tell from the above collage, a good 80 percent of everything I post on there is food. I love food, but I thought it would be fun to try taking pictures of something else. In particular, to take a picture of something different every day for the Month of May. Yes, I’ve taken the idea from fat mum slim, who does this every month, and has a HUGE following with the #photoaday tag, but I wanted to try out my own list with input from you guys – and I’d love it if you all joined in too! So, what do you want to see added to the list below? Think of it as a way of getting to know each other, and getting a feel for each other’s personalities. So, what do you want to see other people take pictures of, and more importantly, what pictures do you enjoy taking? Sunsets? Shoes? Your outfit of the day? Stalky photos of that cute guy/girl on the bus? Let me know in the comments or on my facebook page – and I’ll add it to the list!! Oh yeah, let’s be instagram mates!

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Russian Red Lips

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Cherry Lip Pencil x Russian Red lipstick x Opulash Optimum Black Mascara = the make-up codes for me right now (All M.A.C). And yes, that is red lipstick smeared on my forehead, I don’t know how that happened, so, you know, watch out for that sort of thing when you’re wearing red lippy. (But as long as you’re not me, *hint – you’re not* you should be fine.) I got the red beanie from Arcade so I could stay warm at the League Anzac test, and I’ve been pretty much wearing it ever since. I’ve said it before, but I like wearing bright lipstick because it means not needing to wear much else in terms of make-up (read: I’m lazy). A bit of bronzer and mascara and you’re good to go.  P.S Do you know how long it took me to take these photos? AGES. Self portraits are not easy, I tells ya!