EGL Lifestyle Content Incoming

 

Hi all, I'm hoping to start adding some of my EGL content here on this blog as an archive of my fashion interests, looks, thoughts, projects, and overall journey.

I've been interested in EGL fashion since my college years and bought my first real (maybe a story for later) Piece, a gorgeous Lolita Skirt Set by Rain City Lolita, in 2020. But I don't consider my real EGL journey to have started until 2024, when I really started to wear Lolita Fashion regularly. I joined my local communities in 2025 and have made wonderful friends and have really bloomed into this fashion. I've learned how to sew clothes (I've been sewing non-clothing items since childhood) and hosted events. I feel like in this short time I've really grown and hope to continue to grow. I wanted to share parts of myself and my journey here on this blog, and I look forward to putting my thoughts down here in the future.

If you are reading this please feel free to check out my YouTube channel as well, which focuses on my EGL wardrobe and experiences! youtube.com/@kaibascommunity

Thanks! Love,

Kaiba 💕

Professional Friend - A Poem

 Am I a professional friend?

Getting to know someone, my thing

Getting closer, too much

I could listen all day,

But my life, unexplainable

I live in my head, too much

I try to be dependable

Reliable, trustworthy, present

Yet, don't know how to share, myself

When all I have is surface level

And my deepness only lives within

How can I be anything? myself

Say everything right,

Do everything I can,

And try not to look within

Pine Gate - A Poem

Pine Gate

 Through the pine gate

Woods ashen gray

The fairie sits on the

Throne of thorn and

Bone, antlers rising up

To the bow of an ancient

Oak - the last of its kind.

Wanderers wonder what

Treasures; lies through the

Gate, but never make it

Alive to tell tall tales of

Ruler faire and Daur

Entombed in the dying

Grove where no mortal dwells.

Ghosts - A Poem

 Words can't be taken back

Easily the hardest thing to master 

Wondering how it might have been 

Regrets, like ghosts;

Wandering in the recesses,

Finding past mistakes 

Friends lost,

Broken comradary,

Shattered dreams of forever 

Regrets, like ghosts;

Forlornly remembering,

Good times

A hard word, a rude tone,

Said to those we love

Over what? A small thing

Regrets, like ghosts;

Of a word, a thought, an action,

Spiral into the void 

Fresh day, new prospective,

Take it as it comes

No looking back

Regrets, like ghosts;

Haunting the mind

In the middle of the night

 No Sugar Added Banana Bread

Time and servings:

1.5 hours    1 loaf

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup bread flour (or all-purpose flour)
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp Greek yogurt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 overripe bananas

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large bowl, whisk egg. Add bananas and mash. Add yogurt, butter, and vanilla then mix.
3. In a small bowl, add both types of flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix.
4. Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until just combined.
5. Pour into a buttered loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes until golden and a testing stick comes out dry.

Enjoy!

Egg Salad

Time and Servings:

25 min    1-2 servings

Recommended ways to serve:

I love to eat egg salad on fresh bread or a multigrain bagel with fruit on the side. You can also eat on a bed of lettuce or plain with bagel chips on the side.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp pickle relish
• 2 Tbsp mayo (I like Avocado Mayo, but any type works)
• salt to taste
• sprig of fresh dill or chives, minced (optional)

Directions:

1. Add eggs to a small pot of cold water (make sure the eggs are covered) and bring to a boil. Boil eggs for 8-9 minutes.
2. Drain eggs and let stand cracked in cold water for 1-2 min (optional to help them peel well), then peel.
3. Add peeled eggs, mayo, pickle relish, salt, and if desired dill/chives. Mix to combine.

Enjoy! 

 Mini Mashed Potatoes

Time and Servings:

20 min    2 servings

Ingredients:

• A bowl full of washed petite or fingerling potatoes (note: I don't peel the potatoes but if you want no skins you can peel them)
• 2 Tbsp greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup milk
• salt to taste

Directions:

1. Add 2 Tbsp water to bowl of potatoes and cover with a damp paper towel. Microwave for two minutes and fifty seconds.
2. Flip potatoes and microwave for another two minutes and fifty seconds.
3. Mash potatoes with a fork and add yogurt, milk (gradually), and salt to taste).
4. Stir until creamy!

Enjoy!