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LivingSocial’s DIY Holiday Entertaining Class
For the past three years, I have been surprised at the last-ish minute by a project that calls upon my creative powers and involves lots of trips to the craft store. Two years ago, I was putting together a non-profit scavenger hunt for corporate executives. Last year, I was throwing a holiday movie event at Central […]
Posted in: Holidays, Inspiration
thanksgiving 2012
November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving! This year, I took a different approach to Thanksgiving. I didn’t host anything, I barely made plans at all and I decided that if I did cook, I wouldn’t be too ambitious about it. As you can see from year’s past, (2010, 2011) I tend to go overboard on planning and cooking. There […]
Posted in: Food
Seattle by Sarah
November 22, 2012
Sorry ’bout the total radio silence. My blogging attentions have been consumed by my new Seattle-centric blog, which I’ve talked about having for forever, but was finally bored enough to start a few weeks ago. It’s been really fun to be writing Yelp-style reviews again and sharing all my insider knowledge about the Emerald City. […]
Posted in: Seattle
gifts i bought myself
August 15, 2012
Well, it’s my birthday week and these are the gifts I bought myself. This post was inspired by The Hairpin’s “Friday Bargain Bin: What to Do With Your Allowance This Week“, which I get a kick out of. Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream cookbook – on sale at Anthropologie for only $10! Sorry to see it […]
birthday wish list
August 14, 2012
Birthday greetings are better late than never, and therefore so are birthday wish lists (though I would appreciate any of these for any occasion). Behold, a few things that have caught my eye lately: Obviously, this Bill Murray coloring book needs to be added to my collection IMMEDIATELY. And this cookbook deserves a place on […]
Posted in: Wish List
seattle picnic lovers adventure society
August 9, 2012
Earlier this summer I hosted the second edition of the Seattle Picnic Lovers Adventure Society’s (SPLAS) summer picnics. Here’s how SPLAS works: There are a number of under-utilized parks in the City of Seattle – places with great views, an abundance of picnic tables, grills, etc. and no one is taking advantage of them! With […]
Posted in: Food, Parties & Events
summer dinner party menu
August 9, 2012
Throwing a dinner party anytime soon? Might I suggest you simply replicate the meal that Kendall and I put together for Siri’s goodbye party? It was truly epic, very impressive and didn’t really take that much time to cook! For appetizers, serve truffle oil popcorn, smoked salmon dip piped onto English cucumber slices and topped with […]
Posted in: Food, Parties & Events
November 28, 2012
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