Because I am type-A to the extreme, I was browsing for an Easter gift to send my in-laws. Despite that fact that today, Ash Wednesday, is the official beginning of Lent and I have more than an entire month to find something. Irrelevant.
Anyway, while browsing around various online outlets (why does Williams Sonoma have their [...]
Archive for February, 2009
25 Feb
Juxtaposition
9 Feb
Recipe: Confetti Black Bean Soup
This recipe comes together quickly if you have all your ingredients prepared. Sometimes, when I’m feeling particularly industrious, when I get home from the grocery store on Sunday I’ll take the time to prep all the things for the week’s meals I have planned. This greatly increases the odds I’ll actually cook everything I planned [...]
8 Feb
File under “Things I wish I had Learned Long Ago”
It’s always the simplest crap, too. I just now learned you can make microwave popcorn using regular kernels. I enjoy popcorn as a snack now and again (it’s a whole grain, after all) but given health concerns about microwave popcorn (which are probably over-blown, due to media fear-mongering), not to mention the loads of chemical [...]
6 Feb
Sales, offers, etc.
Or, how to blog with no real content
1. Kiehl’s – free shipping on orders over $30 placed by Wednesday, February 11th. Enter code “love” at checkout.
2. Origins – get 6 free samples with any order, through February 8th. (Also, free shipping on orders over $75)
3. Ann Taylor Loft – $20 off orders $75 [...]
5 Feb
Happy Birthday to Me, or, Strangest Birthday Present Ever
Is it strange for me to lust after dried beans? I think it’s odd, even for me. But ever since I learned about Rancho Gordo probably 4 years ago I’ve been daring myself to order what food bloggers world round promise are the best dried beans in these parts. I talk myself out of it [...]
4 Feb
Maybe they were just budding entrepreneurs
Elementary school boys, second grade to be precise, were found with packets of heroin. One boy supposedly spit it out quickly after tasting it. Must have been a quality issue. Take home lesson? Don’t buy drugs from second graders. Seek out the fifth graders, instead.
