I’ve been doing some very adult things recently – both thinking and doing. The opposite of all that is probably making alphabet soup – but I don’t care. Life is about balance. And I’ll be pretty well balanced for about 6 meals after this giant pot of child’s soup. This weekend was the first one…
via I’m not sure when I started to fall in love with oriental rugs. I think it was a gradual transition from the over dyed rug trend – then wham… oriental rug love. Wham is clearly a technical decor trending word. I think what I love most about the rugs is there is so much…
Birthdays are pretty important in our family – and by important I mean that we care about the cakes. We celebrated another birthday recently for the person who normally makes all the cakes – my sister. This cake responsibility is pretty serious. While I have a good track record in the kitchen, I do not…
I’m not really one for buying myself amazing shoes, makeup or clothes really. I guess you could say that I invest in going to yoga, buying pancetta and cheese, and anything that falls into the category of fleece or vest. It’s a constant struggle for me to not buy more cheese and more outerwear. At…
A few weeks ago I fell in love. To be clear, I fell in love with an oven. It had french doors and I couldn’t imagine my life without it ever again. All of a sudden it was like everything that was ever “wrong” about my experiences with ovens was resolved by simply cutting the…
I really treasure fresh air. When it rains during lunch, I have to stay inside and I don’t get to just simply get outside. Outside = better than inside. It is just that simple. Today I was on a lunchtime walk for some beloved fresh air… and then it started to rain. While I wasn’t…
I’m a huge lover of front doors. I love to look at them, decorate around them, and walk through them. That last part? Yeah, I think that’s where I’m perhaps a little different than most people. I find it so fascinating that people have these “objects” in their house that they don’t use. This can…
Feel free to file this gem under “heavily delayed”. I have started to complete this post two times. Once after my staycation in July … and then originally back in the Spring. But I was reminded yesterday and it felt like I needed to wrap this up. My old childhood church is closed for good. There is…
I’m not going to mince words here. This meal made me a feel like a flipping culinary wizard. I took a bite and said “oh fuck ya”. Out loud. Alone. In my house. I am currently in mourning that I didn’t make any extra. After realizing earlier in the day that it has been a…
It feels like it’s been awhile since I’ve cooked. The last meal was this fabulous garden inspired tomato thyme fish. I’m beginning to crave meals like this insanely good (but salty) fish dish from last Winter or this chicken tagine from several years back. The past few weekends in the kitchen have mostly been spent…
