Let’s pretend that today is the tomorrow I promised, shall we? Okay, so welcome back! I presume that you’re here for a recipe, but first I must whine to you about the near-disaster that was my latest pasta making experience. I’ve made pasta in the past and, without the benefit of a [...]
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July 6, 2009
Going and Going
Oh my. What a busy couple of weeks we’ve had around here. It started with a few “weekend” renovation projects that just kept going and going, and it ended this past Saturday with another successful wine club meeting. We tasted four very different wines from Sicily and ate way, way too much [or was that [...]
June 24, 2009
Totally Unpretentious
When our friends Sam and Dave agreed to start a wine-tasting club with us, James and I were beyond thrilled. Me because wine+friends=par-tay, and James because, well, where there’s wine there’s cheese. And we all know how James feels about cheese. I had previously suggested the idea to another couple, but before [...]
June 23, 2009
Just Texan Enough
I’m sure I’m not the first person to look at a big bowl of jam-destined berries and wonder how many margaritas I could make instead. And if I am, I’m quite happy to continue living in denial. I’ve made a few kinds of strawberry jam this year, but this version is definitely my [...]
June 22, 2009
The Pressure of Perfection
Hi, my name is Kristina, and I’m a procrastinator. There, I said it. Doesn’t everybody feel better now? I did for a minute there, until I started to feel my mother’s so-what-else-is-new eye roll coming from 2,000 miles away.
Exhibit A: the anniversary picnic that never was. Oh, I had good intentions. [...]
June 12, 2009
My Favorite Story of All
Precisely one week from today, James and I will celebrate four years of wedded bliss. Translation for any innocent, doe-eyed singles in the room: thirty days of wedded bliss plus three years and eleven months of successfully resisting the urge to hurl each other out the window of a speeding motor vehicle. Relax, Mom, I’m [...]
June 10, 2009
Exciting! New! Project!
Hi, Mom. I know why you’re here. Besides wanting to learn how to cook (I kid, I kid), you’re here because you love me. Because you gave birth to me. And because that somehow obligates you to show unwavering support for whatever exciting! new! project! I have undertaken. And boy, [...]
