Wild Wednesdays - Wine Container Takeover

Summer is coming to a close and I’m trying to not get too depressed amongst crazy life things (did anyone else get the blues or have the world fall out from under them after turning 30? Asking for a friend).

While navigating a new season have turned out to be way more reactionary and survival mode than I anticipated, there have been some super sweet moments along the way that has kept me sane.

While planning a last minute surprise party for a dear friend, I realized that I didn’t want the typical bottle containers for wine, and don’t even show me a plastic cooler. I wanted texture, Italian vibes, effortless summer….so cue some MacGyvering and that Can-Do attitude that keeps my life afloat most days.

The trick? I wanted to use some baskets that I have, but how do you make it work? The other trick? Keeping leftover materials from past shoots to come in clutch. Using clear plastic, I cut pieces large enough to fill the bottom of the basket and the sides. Cut the piece longer than you need, then add bottles and fill with ice, trim the extra and voila!

Now, go hurry and have some friends over for the last of summer Rosé :)

Cheers!

-Kat

Wild Wednesdays - Bathtub Bon Appetit

The time has come.

Bathtub Bon Appetit. What is one of my favorite and ultimate ways to relax and what appears to be everyone’s less than secret obsession, is here. It’s kind of extra, self-indulgent, and pretty incredible. I feel like I should have my friends who have no gone on to try it for themselves to write reviews to show that it lives up to its hype. I’ve been doing it so long I don’t really remember when it started, only that at the first time I did it was because there was no other thing I needed most than to eat a McDonald’s burger in the bath. Fairytale beginning, amiright.

Now it’s moved onto cooking complicated dishes (or doing a fun game of what can I make from the pantry), sipping on a cocktail that fits the food and r-e-l-a-x-i-n-g.

It’s a combination of all the self care. Amazing food, tasty cocktail, bath, oils, crystals, reading or watching. Music and cooking. A time to decompress and stop time. The cooking begins the art of the slow down, the bath running, music playing, beginning to let the day go.

Soak a minimum of 20-30 minutes. You’re welcome.

Episode One - Shaken, Not Stirred - Wild Wednesdays

Welcome to the first official episode of Wild Wednesdays! Happy Hour feat. “Shaken, Not Stirred.” Throughout this episode I’ll go through a little bit of history of the cocktail, liquor, creation of it and the supplies, intermixed with a narrative. Extra? Probably. Hilarious? Definitely.

“Shaken, not stirred,” the infamous quote from James Bond that transcends borders of land, time and space. For all of my love of cocktails and trying new things I have always been intimidated by the martini. I love ordering Dirty Martinis at the bar (the dirtier the better) but making them at home scared me, they seemed so classy, so refined and elegant, so….not me.

But then the pandemic hit, and I had less time with friends and more time to get annoyed at the fact that I was intimidated by them. So. Here we are. Turns out they’re super easy and now one of my favorite things.

Tune in below. Recipes are at the end of the page. Narratives are fun but when you’re basically working with a low-key professional actor (um, hey friend, next time give a girl a heads up) it makes you think twice about yourself acting in front of the camera ;)

Videography/editing: Angell Foster

Creative Direction/Still Photography: Ashtin Paige

Talent: John Pritchard

Location: Studio Nous

WILD WEDNESDAYS

A series of videos by a curious Kat. Mixed parts of tutorials, recipes, tips n’ tricks and folklore advice. How to make a solid martini, ask someone those burning existential questions, and change a tire. I know a little about a lot, am not an expert, am a forever student and also kind of everyone’s dad. I will probably get many things wrong, misspeak and potentially do things out of order (cuz we’re keeping this irl, also thank you sudden onset adult dyslexia).

So, these will be what they are. Fun, somewhat informative and will hopefully make you laugh. Self started, community created. Let’s have fun with it, I can’t wait to see how/what/when we’ll do things. So here’s the trailer to get you excited and get things rolling.

Let’s do something.

Shot by Angell Foster and Ashtin Paige. Edited by Angell Foster. Created by Kat Wolle, Wild Artifact.