closetgnome

Cinnamon Coffee

closetgnome Dec 02, 2007 19:54

So. Yesterday I had a reeeeally long phone conversation with my favorite aunt. She's a lot like me, and she and I talk a lot about cooking and food and movies and books and politics; we have really similar tastes in a lot of things.

She mentioned to me that she gets cinnamon chunks from Penzeys Spices and puts them in her coffee filter with the ( Read more... )

Quiche update

closetgnome Nov 30, 2007 19:52

It turned out great! Though I think I am going to leave the additional salt out next time. It was fine, but the cheese made it salty enough.

Quiche...

closetgnome Nov 29, 2007 22:05

OK, sorry about all the food posts lately. But I am very nervous about my quiche. It's the first time I've made it, you see, and it's for an office brunch tomorrow. I know, this is what I get for volunteering to bring something untried for public consumption ( Read more... )

Brief ode to bread

closetgnome Nov 28, 2007 20:20

I love bread ( Read more... )

Diligent Gnomes!

closetgnome Nov 27, 2007 22:25

Hello everyone! The productivity posts seem to be generating some interest...so I created a community for it (the diligent_gnomes one we had talked about!). Everyone on the productivity filter has an invite. And if anyone else wants an invite, you can comment and I'll send you one ( Read more... )

productivity, diligent gnomes

still alive...

closetgnome Nov 07, 2007 21:13

Still alive. Absolutely adore job. Do not adore person who worked it part-time before I took over who fucked up all kinds of records that I am now having to untangle, but hey, that's why they hired me ( Read more... )

Over Down Under

closetgnome Sep 30, 2007 10:01

Last week I found out that in November 2008, I get a trip to Sydney, Australia. All-expense-paid (or most-expenses-paid, anyway, like hotel and plane). If I could have been working a little sooner, I could have gotten an all-expense-paid trip to Mexico City this year, but both my boss and I felt that it would be a little too soon. It's for a ( Read more... )