Category: Life

  • Upside Down and Topsy Turvy

    Upside Down and Topsy Turvy

    It was supposed to be a good day today. April is looking to be jam packed, but here at the edge of winter, today was supposed to be a quiet…

  • In The Kitchen with Design Sponge

    In The Kitchen with Design Sponge

    I hope you made it to Design Sponge last week to see Bea’s beautiful recipes. I have to say when I saw her lovely post appear, knowing full well that…

  • A New Toy and Lotus Chips

    A New Toy and Lotus Chips

    First, it was making my own lard. Now, I’ve gone and bought myself a deep fryer! What’s next? I’m pretty sure it’s moon pies and Dr. Pepper.

  • More Piadina Please

    More Piadina Please

    A few years ago, if you had asked me what my favorite restaurant in Seattle was, I could have answered without hesitation. This is pretty unusual for me… I’m not…

  • Menu for Hope IV

    Menu for Hope IV

    By now, you certainly know it’s Menu for Hope time again. If you’ve never heard of Menu of Hope, well you are in for a treat. It is the food…

  • A Plum Good Welcome

    A Plum Good Welcome

    As we started moving in to our new house, I realized I wasn’t really sure how to “count” when I had officially broken in my new kitchen. Simply slicing up…

  • Where I've gone…

    I guess it’s not so much where I’ve gone, as where I’m going to. After months and months of trying to come up with the right remodel plan for our…

  • Excuses, excuses…

    OK. I had this really cool recipe planned to post today, but alas, it will have to wait, due to a little trip I just made to the emergency room,…

  • Seattle Coffee Works Opening

    Seattle Coffee Works Opening

    If you are in Seattle on Monday, May 28th, and like good coffee, then you need to find your way downtown to Seattle Coffee Works (111 Pike Street). This tiny…

  • The Thinking Blogger Award

    Thank you go both Habeas Brulee and The Village Vegetable for your incredibly kind words and the Thinking Blogger Award. For those that don’t know, the Thinking Blogger Award is…

  • LA Styling

    How lucky am I? I’m sitting at the airport, just about to board a plane for Los Angeles for a weekend of food styling with one of the coolest women…

  • Carli's Bee Cheese

    Carli's Bee Cheese

    When I was in second grade, my father remarried. I couldn’t have had any idea then, when I first met Carli, how much of an impact she’d have on my…