Day 11 cookie & an inspiring road trip.

Because it's getting a little crazy around here, I made today's cookie kind of easy. This one is a classic around here and they don't usually last more than a day or two in the jar.

The oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. My favorite, for sure.
Simple, crunchy, dunkable.
Good, good and good!

Yesterday was the annual holiday road trip at my office. Every year, my boss plans an outing that somehow ties into our design business, that way we are technically working and learning something. This annual event, which is a ton of fun, always puts me in a very festive mood and yesterday did not dissapoint.  We traveled to Trenton to this place:

The Trenton City Museum

Bad New Jerseyan that I am (I was born in Brooklyn, after all) I had no idea that Trenton was known for it's production of pottery at the turn of the century, and some big manufacturers are still in the area to this day. (Lenox, American Standard, Boehm) This museum houses a massive collection of beautiful Fulper and Stangl pottery which was made unitl about the 40's, from what I gathered. I fell in love will all of these pieces:

the colors

the shapes

the cool graphics

How can you not be inspired by all of this? And the cherry on top of all of this design-y goodness was this:

Santa's Truck

The musuem director is a part-time, well-known local (and very realistic) Santa. This is his official vehicle. How perfect!