Friday, August 13, 2010

the ultimate hi-lo

truffle dusted french fries from mcdonald's. forget manna.
image from luxirare

happy baby, happy gomo

i know that all of these are gratuitous, but evan is so ridiculously happy, i couldn't choose! love his crooked grin in the first, love his eyelashes in the second, love the fat chinese man face on the last one (him, hopefully not me)...


Wednesday, July 28, 2010

singled out(house)

to list some firsts, my last task of today.

the first time i made a tarte tatin
the first (and second) time i used a cast iron skillet
the first time the food i made looked just as pretty as any picture i could find of it
the first time i hand rolled a pie crust

i love america, but the tarte tatin is superior any apple pie i've had. come over (only if i know you), i'll share it with you!

Friday, July 23, 2010

some birthday pics

jim and mary threw me a party for my birthday this year at their ranch in valley mills to celebrate 32. how fun, 30 of my closest friends plus their kiddos...

amy was a trooper, bringing 3 week old harper...

noodles and rafts...jse (left) taught youngdae (with the double noodles) how to swimon board the sinking canoedad and our close family friendstill one of my very favorite kids, drake, channeling justin bieber and early paul mccartney

yd, kristine, paul and 3 month old evan
betty and benjy bauer
mary with evan
blowing out candles, happy 32!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

side step

sometimes i don't eat meat because i feel intimidated by all of the chewing it requires.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

all that glitters

top 3 politically incorrect opinions
1. quality over equality.
2. fur is underrated.
3. recycling is overrated.

top 3 least favorite garment construction details
1. ruching
2. pagoda sleeves
3. epaulettes on civilian clothing

top 3 favorite words
1. clarity
2. time
3. lateral

top 5 favorite nuts
1. pistachio
2. pine nut
3. chestnut
4. almond (butter)
5. walnut (toasted)

top 3 books i've read this year
1. a farewell to arms
2. thus spoke zarathustra
3. the prophet

top 3 things i see that make me think of disease
1. squirrels
2. liza minnelli
3. yellow nailbeds

top 3 least favorite types of pasta
1. bowtie
2. spiral
3. shells

top 3 favorite pleats:
1. box
2. inverted
3. kick

top 3 favorite idioms
1. there is more than one way to skin a cat
2. throwing me under the bus
3. jew him down