A few weekends ago, I had Food Network on as I was doing dishes and such, and all of a sudden I heard the Pioneer Woman say something crazy — she was teaching people to make what she dubbed a sixteen minute meal. Sixteen minutes! It’s definitely possible to make a meal in 16 minutes, … Continue reading
Do you guys ever make any effort to eat vegan? I mean, I’m guessing that if you’re a full-on vegan, you’re probably not a regular reader of this blog. I have a handful of vegan and quasi–vegan–if–you–maybe–make–some–adaptions recipes, but that’s obviously not a big focus of my blog. I do have one friend who has … Continue reading
Etiquette question: is it ever OK to ask a quasi-stranger (your waiter, for instance) a question like, “Has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like [insert name of famous person]?” I feel like this is OK, as long as you’re sure that the famous person you’re referring to is generally considered to … Continue reading
Oh hey there. What are you up to today? If all goes as planned, the husband and I are en route to Vermont right now for a little ski weekend! Exciting right? Well, mostly exciting. I am super excited to see Vermont, as I’ve never been there…or anywhere in the Northeast, for that matter. Unless … Continue reading
The other day I found this super interesting article that featured a roundup of awesome foreign-language words that have no English equivalent (but that really should). There were so many good ones! Like “gigil,” which is Filipino for “the urge to pinch something extremely cute.” And “age-otori,” which is Japanese for “to look worse after … Continue reading
Long time no see! How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? We had a great time with my husband’s family — lots of fun times and delicious food. Seriously, the food was amazing. I’ve been reliving it ever since — sweet potatoes, stuffing, corn casserole, and yummy appetizers as far as the eye could see. I could’ve done … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! What’s everyone up to today? I am working from home all day and then loading up the (borrowed) car to make the journey from Washington DC to Illinois later tonight. What’s that, you say? It’s a 13 hour drive? Yes I know. We did it last year, and — ironically — swore … Continue reading
I love learning exotic new words, but I hate that belated discovery that I’ve been pronouncing them wrong. Was I the only one who got through four Harry Potter books before learning that Hermione is pronounced her-MY-oh-knee? I suppose this doesn’t make much sense in retrospect, but in my head, I always called her HERM-uh-ween. … Continue reading
Ugh. Today right? Today’s a bummer. While not technically the darkest day of the year, the Monday after Daylight Savings always feels like the darkest day of the year to me. Days like today kinda make me want to hole up with a good book, or a good TV show marathon, or even a good … Continue reading
Happy day after Halloween! With Halloween on a Thursday this year, I don’t know if you celebrated last weekend, this coming weekend, last night, whatever. But I do know you want to spend the day after Halloween watching this. I’m not the world’s most loyal Jimmy Kimmel viewer, but when he challenged parents to record … Continue reading
