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Last week we ventured out into the city on a weeknight (!) for an event called “Porkapalooza.” Really, how could we resist? The hook was that you watched a butchering demonstration while you ate fingerfoods made from that very pig. (A couple of my friends misunderstood and thought for most of a week that we’d [...]

Okay, now I must tell you about this grilled chicken sandwich we made the other night. I mean, the season of recklessly dumping charcoal smoke into the air won’t last forever, right?

This post is dedicated to my mother, because I ripped this recipe out of her Martha Stewart Living on my way out of Dallas [...]

I’ve had fun with some crafty home projects lately. One of my recent ventures was making over a beat-up little plant stand I’d picked up around Christmastime to put our mini-tree on. Here’s a before shot:

I mainly wanted to paint over the truly crummy parts. The top was warped from leaking water, and there were [...]

Bryan and I keep meaning to return to our honeymoon spot for our anniversary, but we haven’t yet been able to justify the price tag. Instead, this year we boarded the dog and spent a whole weekend indulging in our favorite things. We documented our day in the city fairly well in the usual place.

Well, Bryan ritualistically celebrated his departure from Berkeley and graduate school.

I cut my hair off, again.

Our tomato plants got taller.

And we engaged in some light home-improvement projects.

More where that came from, here.