After reading at my favorite coffee shop in Uptown, I took a long walk through that part of the city.  Having lived there during my young exuberant twenties, I hold dear memories of walking through Uptown, eating at restaurants, and window shopping.  Although I've driven through Uptown and gone to a few restaurants in the area, I had not seen the ( Read more... )

Since arriving at work, I've been basking in the moods set by the ever-changing fog and storm clouds moving through downtown Minneapolis.  At one point, a night-like darkness set in but the fogs added such a mystical depth.  Now, the fog is beginning to rise and I can just barely see the bottom of buildings past The City Center, which is about 3 ( Read more... )

After having February been a month of reclusive invitation assembly, I ran into March feeling excited, productive and energetic. I have a wonderfully long list of wedding tasks to accomplish and am already knocking them of one at a time.

Also, my birthday is approaching quickly and I’m excited about the fun opportunities surrounding it: J wearing ( Read more... )

I have an upcoming business trip to Seattle in May, and while I've been looking forward to the trip, I've been dreading the long cab rides and cab fares.  Today, I was reviewing the documentation from the conference I'll be attending and I found out there's now a light rail that runs from the airport to downtown Seattle and has a station 2 blocks  ( Read more... )

Call me crazy, but I am absolutely enraptured by this early coating of snow and the way it is naturally covering the leaves of the trees... blanketing our whole world in white so briefly.  I keep watching the leaves of trees shift under the weight and the snow flies downward to the grass or concrete where it melts ( Read more... )

I've had another weekend of cooking excitement, which has included grilled cheese with fresh tomato and tomato and basil pesto over pasta for lunch and dinner respectively.  Then, in the evening under crazy inspiration, I made Govind Armstrong's panko fry mix, breaded fresh mozzarella and pan fried it in our Le Creuset French Oven which I'd ( Read more... )

After a week of decent meals, scotchmallets (fka double_mallets) and I are ready for another exciting week of cooking, with both old favorites and new delicious recipes:

Pannu Kakku (Finnish oven pancakes) - Saturday morning breakfast
Fake bacon BLTs - Saturday late lunch
Blueberry pancakes - Sunday morning breakfast
Cornbread with Jalapeños, Cheddar & Fresh ( Read more... )

Oddly enough, I've started keeping a paper journal.  I've been reinspired to track my thoughts with a pen and paper, and now, my little journal follows me throughout the day - to work, to class and back home again.  Of course, this means that I haven't posted as much on LJ and in an odd way, I feel distant from it - as though I haven't posted in ( Read more... )

I'd never seen a meme quite like this one... and I like it.  Found on Stephen's Lighthouse.

THE 99 THINGS MEME

Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii ( Read more... )

Oddly, as I’ve reflected on in other locations, after having been deeply inspired by this goal - I’ve found myself vamping in neutral for a week. There was one especially awesome day and then a lot of mediocre mixed in with a few awful moments.

Perhaps it’s a matter of projection, but recently, I’ve talked with several people who also said that ( Read more... )