A perk of cookieman's job at the Uni is that he receives emails informing him of upcoming cultural events, exhibitions, and student projects. While the first two can be hit or miss (though always welcome imo- this town is hardly a smorgasbord of intellectual stimulation), the student projects can be quirky and often have the added element of a ( Read more... )

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We had our little home birthday party for the dude today. Only a couple of the girls from our other baby group were able to make it (as mentioned before, our prenatal group already had a joint party last weekend) so the majority of people attending were adult friends of ours. We hadn't seen a few of them for a while, so it was a good excuse to ( Read more... )

I had a hankerin' for a BBQ chopped salad last week. The recipe, as it resides in my head, is a variation on this, minus the jicama and hateful cilantro. It had been a very long time since I'd made it, but it came out reasonably well, and cookieman really enjoyed it, too ( Read more... )