Very Fun WeekEnd. part 2.

sunday morning, j & i woke up late and made french toast. so decadent! i had a teaching workshop in the afternoon, and upon returning at 6pm, i found out we were having this goofball over for dinner. just kidding, p! :) j picked up a stirfry (after i told him that beef stew takes an HOUR to cook AFTER all the chopping), and surprised us all with the makings for banana splits for dessert. in the pictures is j's banana split handiwork. i can't remember the last time i had one. his are marvelous!
to top it all off, i spent the last hour of the evening baking some pain au chocolats. my brother gave me a cookbook for x-mas from tartine, a bakery near his house in san francisco, and it had a recipe for croissants. i've never made them, and felt up to the challenge. the dough took a few DAYS to make, and had been sitting in the freezer. they didn't come out so well. i stupidly put them on un-rimmed baking sheets, so butter leaked everywhere, and i was unfortunately using the lower oven, which is NOT self cleaning (i'm lucky to have two, and the upper one is self cleaning). so now i have a big mess to clean up. the croissants came out pretty greasy & buttery. i had one this morning, but i think i'll freeze the rest. if i ate one every morning (there are 18) i think i'd gain about 10 lbs. i'm off to go running now!