Vegan chocolate hazelnut babka with streusel topping

You know how things are around here. We like our sugary breakfasts. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day (or so they say)—and as such it’s important to get in something delicious by at least 10 am.

Vegan chocolate babka

So it snowed today. Not a lot, in keeping with this winter’s trend of negligible snowfall (global warming, anyone?) but enough to make the world look like a black and white photograph. It’s quite beautiful, really. Perfect for taking a little stroll through the neighborhood. And you know—weather like this is the perfect antidote for head colds and partying-all-night lag (no time to explain, but let’s just say we all rolled into bed about two o’clock this morning). And so I walked a little bit and brought my camera and did not take any pictures, believing that there were no spots “good enough” for a photo, but did spend the entire time thinking about life and shit, because that is what a somber and beautiful winter landscape will do to you.