I walked to the library yesterday, which is rather a long walk and mostly alongside a busy street; but I found a couple of picturesque scenes along the way.

Like this ( Swing )

I am returned from Chicago, whither I went for my friend Rachel's wedding, which was GORGEOUS and also scrumptious. She had the best hors d'oeuvres: croutes with smoke salmon and croutes with chicken liver pate and compote, balls of fried goat cheese, little berry tartlets with brie; and creme brulee French toast with Chantilly cream and ( Read more... )

It's been a busy few days! My caramelized onion plans on Wednesday had to be put back, as my roommate proposed going to the gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and who am I to say no to a trip to the gardens? (Actually I had to take some time to think about it. I do not adjust swiftly to changing plans, even if the new plan is clearly ( Read more... )

I went to visit a couple of friends the other day, and left their house loaded down with cherry tomatoes and all their carbs (they are on one of their periodic low-carb diets again), which of course inspired me to exciting heights of cookery. I made roasted tomatoes! I have always wanted to roast tomatoes ( Read more... )

I was so excited about Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline's Rescue, my Caldecott book for this week, that I went out and got an eclair to eat while reading it. Maximum Frenchness achieved ( Read more... )

Over the last couple of weeks since the move, I have accrued a certain number of photos of my new life, and of course I decided to SHARE.

I went for a long walk around the neighborhood to see what I could see; findings included a Russian deli, a New Age store and a Christian store standing almost cheek by jowl, and this ( This weeping willow tree )

A rather splendid day, for the most part! Today was my last day at my current Starbucks (I'm starting at the new store...next Friday, eek! Remind me to post the photo of the lounges), so I made a plate of chocolate chip cookies as a goodbye present for everyone. Very well-received! If you want compliments on your cookies, nothing does it like ( Read more... )

What I’ve Just Finished Reading

I already posted a review of Paradise Now, and nothing since then.

What I’m Reading Now

Louisa May Alcott’s Moods, and I have to say, I can totally see why posterity ignores this book in favor of Little Women and Alcott’s other children’s books. Alcott preferred writing about men (she mentions this numerous times ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is Easter! And so today became egg-dyeing day. I hard-boiled the eggs in the morning (one of them came apart a bit in the water, but otherwise the operation was successful), and dyed them in the evening.

( The egg dyeing station )

I'm working on this whole uploading pictures from my phone thing. For right now, have a photo of the chocolate lava cake that Caitlin and I baked this Saturday. (There were actually two of them, one for each of us. Or else there might have been a duel over the last bite.)


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