A Little Knitting

So the holiday knitting has begun, which means a lot of the things I am working on, I can’t post here. I am taking a bit of a different approach this year, I decided to knit things first and then figure out who gets them. This may or may not work out but I’ll be [...]

A Pendulum

I should have seen it coming…I was totally due for a kitchen disaster. Everything was going so well!
I really haven’t had one since Easter when I tried to make soup with the hambone. Who would have thought that once again, soup would be my demise? I always thought it was one of the easier food categories.
I digress.
Earlier this week, I [...]

A Harvest

Fall is my absolute favorite season–it contains my favorite holiday (Thanskgiving), sport (football), coffee (pumpkin spice) and apparel (jeans and sweaters, tyvm).
I have to work a little harder for it here in SoCal, but I find it nonetheless. I watch lots of football and go hiking. Last weekend Eric and I took two long bike-rides [...]

A Repeat Performance

The citrus muffin experiment wages on. It’s fueled by the fact that now that summer has ended Coffee Bean is carrying pumpkin choc. chip muffins (not that I’m complaining) instead of lovely citrus deliciousness.
So, I thought I’d try again. This time, more zest, less orange juice, a splash of vanilla (daring, I know) and the [...]

An Anniversary

It’s been two weeks since our first anniversary, but I have to post about it because I took some pretty cute photos and it was a great night.
After bantering around ideas about heading to Vegas and renewing our vows with Elvis or hopping on a booze cruise and heading to Mexico, we decided to be [...]

A Trip to the Fair

 
This weekend the LA County Fair opened with a promotion for $1 admission from 10-1. Normally it’s $17/person. Eric and I, along with most of the Inland Empire and LA County, headed out since we prefered to spend our money on food and not admission. After a seriously rocky start where we sat on [...]

A Fab Lunch

Today I had to meet with a client in Brea. After meandering through the brushfires along the 210 and a succssful meeting I was ready for lunch. I’ve been working with this client for 5 years and thought I had been to every restaurant in a 10 mile radius. But, we met with a new [...]

A Cool Site

One of the good things to come out of this downturn for me was realizing how little I really need. But I think a lot of people are going through this so that’s not super unique.
But for us, the slide was interestingly timed with our wedding. The market literally tanked while we were on our [...]

A Wrap That Will Not End

Believe it or not, there has been knitting going on around here. Quite a bit actually. This wrap is from Inspired Cable Knits by Fiona Ellis. When it’s finished, it will actually be two long pieces sewn together. (I can’t find any good photos of it online.)
I feel like this project is taking me ages.
First, [...]

A Book Review: Garlic and Sapphires

Sunday morning I woke up not feeling well. After my morning coffee and lounging about, I just couldn’t shake it. I decided a day on the couch with a book was in order. Luckily I had been at the library earlier in the week and picked up a new book: Garlic and Sapphires.
Ruth Reichl was [...]