My past two recent trips to LA have been pretty much all business. So, it was awesome this time around to do a little bit of exploring and relaxing. I’m a sucker for a view – so it naturally led to a trip to Joshua Tree National Park. As part of that I spent the…
Current conundrum = how many pictures of palm trees is too many? What if they all are of different palm trees… but that palm trees all look the same? Does it help that one of them is at night with the moon in the back? I think so. Regardless, I’m not going to stop taking…
This past weekend, I had four eggs left in my refrigerator which I elected to turn into pancetta cheddar scones…. and raspberry macarons. I made the macarons with my friend Lara in mind. At the time of making them, she was pregnant with twin baby boys. Seemed like a good occasion to make someone a…
In the spirit of getting settled in my apartment, I made great progress this weekend. I planted some flowers on my fire escape, rearranged some furniture, and got rid of a few more boxes. I have increasingly high hopes for my green thumb this year. I bought this little watering system for $7 and it…
It’s hard to believe that it is almost the weekend again … but I’m thankful for that. There is something quite phenomenal about long weekends and Memorial Day came at the right moment. Nothing crazy, just the right moment for an extra couple hours away from Microsoft Outlook, pivot tables and sunset views from 12…
It’s Memorial Day weekend… so I’m busy. Today I traipsed around the yard, cut the lawn, took a run, made some pasta salad… and this triple berry breakfast bread. There isn’t really that much to say about this bread … except that you shouldn’t think of it like a cinnamon bun. Because you put an…
I’m slowly trying to get back to a place where I cook more. While I am slowly feeling more settled in my apartment, there are two thing that always make a place feel like home. Cooking … and stuff on the walls. All of my walls are currently empty. But the quinoa cakes help. I…
One of the last things I moved from my old apartment were my fire escape pots. The delay was in part because my previous landlord tried to steal the pots for himself … which was less than cute. But now they are back in my possession and where they belong. I have grand visions of…
Admittedly, I was making slow progress on unpacking my apartment. Slow by steady progress. Each trash day I tried to make sure I was tossing 2 empty packing boxes. But the entire time, my kitchen looked like all the cabinets threw up dishes. It was terrible. So, for about a week and a half I’ve…
I’ve lived here for maybe 2 weeks now but it some ways it feels like less and more all at the same time. Like any relationship, we are still learning about each other day by day. The bedroom is phenomenally dark in the mornings. This is great for sleeping but not great for waking up.…
