At the age of 24, I have discovered the majesty that is English Toffee.

My world and my waistline shall never be the same again.

I wish I knew how to sew so I could make fabulous clothes. It would solve my current predicament of loving clothes but being poor as a church mouse. The only problem that I anticipate would be that I don't do things by halves when it comes to my hobbies. I can't just make a cake; I make an organic, multi-layered, hours-in-the-making confection ( Read more... )

I make SERIOUSLY good meatballs. SERIOUSLY.

That is all.

Recently I was standing in line at one of Chicago's better BBQ joints when a group of guys around my age got behind me in line. Since it's a popular place, we had a good 20 minutes to kill before we got to the cash register, so we struck up a conversation. One of the men was moving to be a Naval engineer, and this was his farewell dinner. I ( Read more... )