red, white, and cumin

the fourth of july is the one day in the year tourists from all over the country storm the streets of Capitol Hill. as kevin (read about him here) sings in his second best song, "my city, my city, my home." as d.c. socialites, we daringly braved a night on the town, despite fears of encountering the paparazzi and our obsessive, violent fans.

mtv kept us in the studio late working on our title sequence (coming soon, but we'll include a sneak preview for our readers below), so we missed the fireworks viewing from our friends' rooftop soiree. when we got there, we stood in a corner of the rooftop deck, the potomac river breeze blowing through our hair, singing "all by myself..." quietly to ourselves. (what? nobody was talking to us. they weren't very pleased about the mtv camera crew following us everywhere)

sneak peak at our new title sequence we're working on with mtv.

then we did club drugs.

snorting cumin. please do not try this at home
(unless you want to be exactly like us).

cumin is one of the hottest club drugs on The Hill rite now. it was laced with a few other spices for an extra kick. in true d.c. style, madeline used her smarttrip to split lines for all the interns.

once we were loaded up like amy winehouse, we hit the clubs, obviously.

livin' at tropicalia with my bitches. 

kisses for katie from an adoring fan.

fans everywhere.

we soon grew fatigued by the normalcy of all those around us, their simple pleasures and vapid babblings.

"don't you think that it's boring how people talk

making smart with their words again, well, i'm bored."

-lorde

so we went home to blog. happy fourth of july.

feelin' pie-triotic.

and i'm proud to be an american, where our oatmeal pies have creme,

and i won't forget the men who pied and gave that right to me.

oatmeal creme pies are a classic 4th of july treat! perfect for the grill and topped with all the fixins! check out our fun oatmeal creme pies recipe, passed down for generations in our family, so you know it's special.

Ingredients:

Corn Syrup, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Barley Malt, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Vegetable Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils), Sugar, Oats, Water, Dextrose, Molasses, Raisins, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Leavening (Baking Soda, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Whey (Milk), Salt, Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sorbitan Monostearate, Polysorbate 60), Corn Starch, Eggs, Egg Whites, Cocoa, Coconut (Sulfite Treated To Preserve Color), Evaporated Apples (Sulfite Treated To Preserve Color), Rice Flour, Nonfat Dry Milk, Carrageenan, Colors (Caramel Color, Yellow 5, Red 40), Sorbic Acid (To Retain Freshness), Spices, Natural And Artificial Flavors.

Directions: 

1. drive to safeway/giant/your nearest grocery store.

2. purchase little debbie oatmeal creme pies (12 count).

3. open box.

4. dump all oatmeal creme pies onto table/flat raised surface lavishly.

5. pick up the oatmeal creme pies that fell on the ground. put them back on the table.

6. throw oatmeal creme pies into the air, laughing glamorously at your feast. (optional)

7. repeat step 5. 

8. open at least four plastic-wrapped pies per person and gorge! gorge! gorge!

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