"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Food & Snacks, Redline Monocog 29er, videos on Oct 23rd, 2008
So, so! Now, we’re in Kentucky, and a very good Kentucky it is, so far. Paducah’s got about the cutest old downtown I’ve seen in ages all fancy brickwork and colorful painted trim. The shops look a little twee, and it becomes a lovely ghosttown after 5:00 p.m., but during the day, it’s awfully charming. […]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Recommendations on Jul 26th, 2008
I go to an Asian grocery on my lunch break sometimes because it is close to my work and a good place to buy snacks and tea. I’ve got a longtime addiction to Lapsang Souchong and thought I might find some there, but they don’t have it. I’ve been stuck with mail-ordering it from online. […]
Posted in biking, Food & Snacks, Party, Photo entries, Schwinn Debutante on Jul 10th, 2008
Probably the image I will use on the flyer, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. You like to ride, you like to eat, and you like to socialize, right? Well, here’s a great opportunity to do all this and more. Pedal-Powered Potluck Picnic: The sequel! Where: Roanoke Park (meet @ Acme Bicycle Company, 412 E. 18th St., […]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Feb 4th, 2008
This is an animation, oh yes! Ahem. Now that that’s out of the way, I have recipes to share, indeed I do! 1. “Onion Relish” from Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone. (page 305) 1 white onion quartered & thinly sliced. (I think it works better to mince it finely, but YMMV) 1/2 tsp salt […]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Feb 2nd, 2008
I grew up out in rural Northwestern Nebraska, out on the high prairie. In the summers, by July, the ground everywhere is a light yellow-brown with dried-up prairie grass. Typically, you get a couple-three thunderstorms per week in mid-summer out there, to wind up an otherwise hot-and-windy day. When there’s ging to storm, generally it […]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Jan 31st, 2008
Every year before the Big Holiday Brouhaha, I go nutty with the baking and make about a gazillion cookies until I can’t stand the sight of a bag of flour and don’t want to roll, stamp, drop, or press another cookie, let alone even smell one until…NEVAR AGAAAAAAAINNNNNN! Of course, only to do it all […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Food & Snacks, Hair issues, Lists, Photo entries, Urban Photo Highlight Rides, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 29th, 2008
Because I skipped a few too many days of posting and now I have all sorts of random everything to get down. So. 1. I stayed home sick from work on Friday. I got this weird cold from Joel that seemed to go in reverse, starting with a nasty cough and winding up with stifling […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Food & Snacks, Recommendations, Sewing, videos on Dec 8th, 2007
I’m working on my annual Gonzo Baking project today. Actually, today, I am using standard recipes; I just did a huge batch of old-school brown sugar cookies, and I am about to get on with a double-batch of gingersnaps. I did cocoa-dark-chocolate-chip cookies the other night, and a batch of fig cookies flavored with nutmeg, […]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Garden, Home Improvements on Oct 24th, 2007
Last night I went up to Joel’s house to help harvest basil, make pesto, and tear down the ceiling in the living room. He helped me with the outrageous job of removing wallpaper from my living-room ceiling, so I really felt like I owed him. I got up there around 5:30, did a little pottering […]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Imports from old blogs on Jun 25th, 2006
What you need is a bagel, a tomato straight out of the garden, a bit of cream-cheese, paper-thin slices of red onion, and slices of Swiss cheese. Use the cream-cheese to glue the tomato and onions to the bagel halves, and layer the Swiss heese between the tomato and onions. Another good variant is mashed […]