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.…
I’m at that point in the moving process where I probably hate you if you ever gave me a present. Why do I have so much stuff? Why doesn’t it look like I’m closer to be doing done? I think I’ve officially given up on the kitchen. I’m now willing to pay the movers to…
About two weeks ago, I bought 20 boxes off Amazon. 10 “office” size and 10 medium. If you count the boxes that they came in, plus a few others I’ve accumulated I think I have 25. I am relatively determined to move in these 25 boxes. I am ONE PERSON. But, I’ll be honest. I’m…
One year ago, I was doing this. I’ve been thinking a fair bit about how I wish I was doing that again… and now. I miss Italy. But, I’ll go back… and I’ll eat just as much gnocchi, prosciutto, and prosecco … if not more. Instead of going to Italy this April, I’ve been filling my…
In many ways I consider this North End apartment to be my first real apartment. It’s the first time that I’ve thoughtfully considered furniture before buying it. I made most of the curtains. Most of the wall art was made for each room specifically. But, I’m packing it all up. I just bought boxes on…
Sometimes I make better decisions than others. But, if the most questionable decision I made this weekend was attempting beef bourginon at 8 pm on a Sunday … then my decisions were a million times more responsible than the passed out drunks on the street this weekend. Holidays like St. Patrick’s Day were never really…
