I was gifted an ice cream maker earlier this week, right in time for Memorial Day Weekend and the official start of summer. I was so excited to start mixing and churning, but I didn’t really know which recipe to start with, so I turned to the ice cream expert in my family, my lovely… [Read more…]
May 21, 2012
I’m super behind the times because I just discovered The Wanted on the American Billboard Music Awards show last night, which I was only watching because of Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen. I’d HEARD “Glad You Came” before and I knew I liked it but didn’t know who sang it and didn’t really care.… [Read more…]
May 21, 2012
We are about three weeks behind on our New Roots Organics bin and in serious danger of our veggies go to waste. We’ve had to let go of a bunch of greens and our strawberries have to be eaten tonight or ELSE. I’ve been so busy lately (more on that later) that our weekly menu… [Read more…]
April 10, 2012
I swear, every week there is some kind of new trend in nail polish and design that I simply MUST get my hands on (no pun intended). I’m not talking fake nails or that horrid shellac business. No, it started with Crackle, and then was simply painting one out of 10 nails a different color… [Read more…]
April 9, 2012
Some Pinspiration, if you’re interested. I know my mom isn’t on Pinterest but she really should be. So until she signs up, I have to post things like this for her: Source: fab.com via Sarah on Pinterest The choice is yours. Source: fossil.com via Sarah on Pinterest This mint/seafoam bag from Fossil. Dying for the… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
I recently returned to The Sweatbox Yoga studio after something like a 2-year hiatus from Bikram yoga. Remember back in the day when I was super into it? I lost a TON of weight, my skin looked awesome and I was super well-hydrated. And for some reason (probably financial – this is an EXPENSIVE workout)… [Read more…]
April 2, 2012
Several weekends in February and March were spent at the Norpoint Shooting Range on LivingSocial Adventure’s “Shootin’ & Drinkin’” event in which we took groups of 40+ people up to the gun range to shoot rifles and handguns, and then over to tour the Scuttlebutt Brewery and then over to Scuttlebutt’s restaurant in Everett. It… [Read more…]
March 17, 2012
Yesterday the OSRP (throwback!) asked me for my favorite happy hour spot in downtown Seattle, and I of course drew a blank before then rapidly firing off several restaurants that may in fact, not actually be my favorites. I then explained that in order to truly give the best advice, I would need more information:… [Read more…]
March 5, 2012
1. The Book Larder – I’ve been following The Book Larder on Facebook ever since they opened, and I just love that there’s an entire store dedicated to cookbooks! It’s genius. They’ve got almost every book you can imagine, with a special focus on local authors, of which there are many. As a regular Cookbook… [Read more…]
February 29, 2012
Check out all of this stuff I’ve been cooking up: For Heather’s 31st, I whipped up up this 5-layer blue ombre cake which was of course, inspired by Pinterest and actually not all that difficult to make, so long as you’re comfortable using a lot of food coloring. I used boxed mixes (3 of ‘em) and… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
So a few weeks ago, after we finished the Bon Appetit Food Lover’s Cleanse (I’m not writing about the rest of it because it still makes me cranky to think about it and we ended a day early because we were so miserable and snowed in) and to celebrate the end, we embarked on making… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
Last week was such a great social week. I had initially started Monday in a terrible mood, but then I checked my calendar and realized that there was NOTHING but fun stuff happening each day and I decided to be thankful that I’m connected enough to be able to participate in such a great array… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
On Friday evening, after a crazy beautiful day that I spent outside playing tourist in my own city, I returned home after getting my hair did and competed in the first annual “Building Bake Off” with my neighbors and some friends. I had initially planned to enter in two different baked goods, but in the… [Read more…]
January 21, 2012
1. All Paper Zone locations are closing, and I’m really sad. A few months ago, I bought a LivingSocial voucher of $10 for $20 worth of stuff at Paper Zone, and we went to redeem it a few months ago but couldn’t find anything that we really wanted or needed at that particular moment in time.… [Read more…]
January 20, 2012
1. TOMS is about to come out with ballet flats. Holding my breath until 2/15/12! I will order all of them. 2. The 5th Avenue Theatre is offering free tickets to Oklahoma on Superbowl Sunday! I will definitely go stand in line and get four of them. Would you like to come with me? This… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
Friends, I am miserable. Not only has Seattle been hit by a “monstrous” (well, not by Colorado standards) winter storm that has shut down the entire city (not exaggerating), being on the cleanse makes the entire experience extra rotten because we can’t do the warm cozy stay-inside activities that we typically would. We haven’t baked… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
One of my unofficial New Years resolutions was to stop going to restaurants and bars that I don’t like and start going to all of the new places that have opened in the last year or two. I had to make a list because usually when push comes to shove I can’t *think* of all… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
My enthusiasm for writing about the cleanse has dwindled right along with my enthusiasm FOR the cleanse. It’s so much cooking! There are so many other things I’d rather be eating! Our kitchen is always a mess! I can’t have smoothies or candy or anything I WANT. But overall, save for Saturday night, I’ve been… [Read more…]
January 13, 2012
The other day I asked my friend who recently started seeing someone if he was going to be her Valentine, and she said, “I don’t really think he’s in to Valentine’s Day.” I raised my eyebrows and asked if that meant that he’d really let the day go by without even acknowledging it – and… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
“IT’S ONLY DAY 4!” I wailed to Heather as I walked in the house this evening after being SO GOOD and not eating any of the delicious food that was served in each office at the Tour de Vance open house tonight. I was SO GOOD! I only drank water and I skipped the bites… [Read more…]
May 25, 2012
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