Happy New Year!

Hi everyone!

It's been about a month since I've posted on here...I'm sorry! Christmas and New Years and Keat's birthday totally kicked my boo-tay. I'm not certain if I've even fully recovered!

In the meanwhile, I have created a new Instagram and Twitter dedicated to my Mahal to the Macs posts.  I will no longer post macaron posts on my @joanneisafoodie handles.  So please feel free to follow me on these new ones!

Instagram: @mahaltothemacs

Facebook: Mahal to the Macs

Twitter: @mahaltothemacs

I will be completely honest with you...you are probably going to see more action on those platforms way before I post anything on this blog.  I've really become a micro-blogger...not really into writing long-winded posts.  More impromptu, en minute...ya feel?

Salted Caramel Macs for my cousin in Texas

Thank you to everyone who have left me comments and even inquired if I took orders.  I'm limiting myself to close friends and family for now.  If you're a stranger, get to know me, follow me, let's be friends.  I'd rather serve those who I know on a personal level because they are more forgiving.  Ha!

Seriously!  I'm still too scared to serve people I don't know yet. That's one hurdle I must leap over before I start up any new endeavor that concerns the public.

I'm working on it!

Matter of a fact, I'm having my first "workshop" in a couple of weeks.  It's my first one and I'm nervous as hell.  I'm only having 3 "students"...and those "students" are my friends.  I need to practice first before asking perfect strangers to join in.

I hope everyone's 2013 is great thus far!  If you have any questions, you may email me at mahaltothemacs (at) gmail (dot) com or even better, message me on Facebook.  Until next time, take care!

xoxo,
Jo

The San Francisco Giants Are The 2012 World Series Champions!!

We Interrupt Our Normally Scheduled Programming To Bring You ...

THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES!

What a season!

I remember back on July 31 during the regular season, I brought my godson Keanu to a game at AT&T Park. There were new faces on the team and one man caught my attention.  Turns out we just did a trade to get him.

"Who's Scoo-tah-row?" I asked.

"Auntie, it's 'Scoot-a-row'!" he replied.

Yes, I got schooled by a 9-year-old, but it turned out to be one of the more memorable games I've been to. Soon we were counting down "magic numbers," clinching the #1 spot in the division...then the league...and finding ourselves in the Fall Classic after everyone left us for dead.

Talk about torture!

There are only a few faces left from the 2010 team: Panda, Posey, and Huff for example; nevertheless, the synergy this team had was truly magic. Crawford's boyish face radiating from that newspaper article made us want him to win and live his dream. Crazy-eyed Reverend Pence spreading his gospel game after game. Blanco and Pagan's running catches and defensive plays stopping runners in their tracks. The pitching teams' passion and skill making us binge on rally enchiladas and hashtagging #rally all over the interwebs...and doing it Gangnum Style with Romo after the 27th out. The ridiculously loud bats of Panda, Posey, and Scutaro. Belt's handling of the ball in his glove at first making out after out. Every one of them made an impact, for sure.

Last Friday, I was compelled to make Giants macarons again. My black and orange monogrammed ones were a hit; however, I didn't want to jinx them. I posted my blueprints on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook (killed 3 birds with one push of a button), but proclaiming I would only make them only after we won the series.

The day of Game 4 came, and I was anxious. I had to make them. Something told me I had to. Win or lose, they're still my team and will always be my team. So I did...

This one is dedicated to the TRUE fans. The ones who never stopped believing. The ones who stuck by them after losses, controversies, and injuries. The ones who watched the clincher from their office computers at work only to cheer as quietly as possible when Posey hit the grand slam. The ones who stayed in the rain after Game 7. The ones who were rooting them on from Opening Day and cheered them on through the 10th inning.

Congrats to the San Francisco Giants! 2012 World Series Champions.

...and yes, I really did cry after the win.

<3

I'll post a complete description with our usual collage of the macarons as we continue our "run # sequence" which shouldn't be long from now...until then...

Now back to your regular scheduled broadcasting...

San Francisco Giants Inspired Macarons - Run #5

San Francisco. 

The Giants have the best fans.  Through the good through the bad and of course the torture. Can you believe how great they were last night?!  I swear, it had to be all those rally enchiladas!  Vogey was amazing!  I hope the energy we give them tonight will carry them to the World Series!  Keep believing!

Ever since I was a kid watching Willie McGee stealing bases, hanging Kurt Manwaring's centerfold picture on my wall over my bed, and cheering on my favorite trio:  Will the Thrill, Matt Williams, and Robby Thompson, I have been a fan.  Of course, growing up with the Barry Bonds homerun record, getting devestated with the 2002 World Series loss, calling JT Snow my husband, and finally almost coming to tears watching them win the 2010 Word Series have made my life as a fan a rollercoaster. 

Nevertheless, I love my team...and this was for them and all their faithful fans!

GAME 7!!  We got this!

9/16/12 - "Black & Orange" - David Lebovitz's chocolate macarons
colored further with black gel and monogrammed with the official
SF Giants logo filled with salted caramel buttercream

I will forever say "Go Giants!"