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…]
January 11, 2012
I’m ready to admit that maybe we’re just BAD at breakfast. This morning Heather got up early to caramelize onions for our two-egg caramelized onion omelet and I woke up to their delicious smell around 6:30am and then fell back asleep. Around 7am, I re-awoke to the smell of burning onions and Heather cursing whatever was happening in the… [Read more…]
January 11, 2012
I think I should make it clear (or more clear) that this cleanse isn’t really about CLEANSING. It’s not like a juice fast or something that involves a supplement. It’s for people who like to cook and who want to phase out of all the dairy and carbohydrates that accompany the holidays. It’s also about… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
I’ll be honest with you: after breakfast this morning, I was worried about how this was going to go. Breakfast was some kind of hot cereal with walnuts and blueberries, which are totally not in season and made for the occasional sour mouthful. Heather put it all together and each step seemed to be accompanied… [Read more…]
January 8, 2012
So I’m back in Seattle and gearing up to start Bon Appetit’s 2012 Food Lover’s Cleanse. This is not a cleanse in any traditional sense – there will be no fasting, no juices, no consuming an absurd amount of flax seed. It’s simply a two-week plan to cook food that is good for you and… [Read more…]
January 2, 2012
I make and break my New Year’s resolutions within weeks, if not within minutes. I have already resolved and failed to drink more water – a relatively simple thing to improve upon since I so rarely drink water at all. So perhaps if I call them something else I will be more successful in achieving… [Read more…]
December 30, 2011
My mom had been eyeing the cake pop makers at Target throughout the holiday season, and by the time she decided that we absolutely had to have one, they were sold out. They were back on the shelves for the after-Christmas sales, so we picked up a Bella Cake Pop and Donut Hole Maker for… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
Look at all the lovely holiday presents I’ve gotten in the last few days! I have such great friends and am such a lucky girl. I’d also like to commend everyone for sending out very timely holiday cards! I’ve gotten so many! I was gifted a whole set of awesome products from Chef’n, including a… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
I was kind of surprised that searching “Elizmas” on my blog yields very few results given that it’s the second best holiday of the year. Elizmas is Elizabeth’s birthday and since she loves Christmas so much, we’ve made it into a perfect mash-up. We use Elizmas to take advantage of all of the holiday activities… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
This weekend was the Coinstar, Inc and Childhaven ”Season of Sharing” event at Central Cinema, a great local theater in the Central district of Seattle. We invited the families of Childhaven to attend for an afternoon of holiday cartoons and music videos, BINGO, pizza, popcorn and candy. I ran around town (Seattle AND Tacoma) like crazy… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
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