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Letters #14

Posted on March 29th, 2012

bluebonnets

Dear Bluebonnets,

You’re pretttttty.

Dear Husband,

Thank you for taking me out for walks and picnics and cappuccinos and chili-cheese fries and movies and snow cones and fun. All my base are belong to you.

Dear Family,

Thanks for a wonderful weekend and yummy food and old jewelry and owl presents. You made me feel so welcome, even though I surprised you by showing up at your house out of the blue. Also, I hope you’ve finished the 84 bags of chips I brought you.

Dear God,

Thank you for wildflowers and spring breezes and nice people and courage and safe travels and cacao beans and wonderful husbands and great friends. Also, thank you for only making me have to go to the Drivers License Office once every 10 years or so.

Dear Bed,

Why are you so uncomfortable when I try to fall asleep, and so very comfortable when I try to wake up? Can we reverse this?

Hope you all are having a great week!♥

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SXSW Inspiration

Posted on March 21st, 2012

So SXSW is over – this year it seemed to go by really quickly! We usually stay away from the crowds for most of the week, but we try to walk downtown at least once during the madness to check things out, and this year we almost missed it. It’s such a different feeling – it feels as though our city has been taken over by another. It’s crowded and everyone is excited and hopeful. I will admit that it’s not fun to try to get to your favorite spots during this time. We stayed away from our downtown office all week – microphone checks, screaming girls, traffic. The crowds also meant all downtown restaurants were off limits. We didn’t see any films this…

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Weekend Moments #4

Posted on February 12th, 2012

Hey everyone!

This weekend:

  • On Friday, Aimee and I had a meeting and photo shoot up north. I stopped at Asahi Imports for some ingredients for recipe testing, then came home and tested two recipes. We stayed in and ate chocolate drumsticks.
  • On Saturday, we took a city walk with our friends N. and E. We walked all over the place, and stopped for coffee at Caffe Medici in Clarksville, and Sweetish Hill, and the farmers’ market, and Design Within Reach, and Easy Tiger, and the Museum of the Weird, and another Caffe Medici, and the Lomo shop, and the library, and BookPeople and lots of other spots. When we got home, Justin crashed and finally gave in to his cold. We watched Water for Elephants and rested.
  • On Sunday, we stayed in and focused on helping Justin feel better with medicines and juices and soups and blankets. And I’m reading Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut, because I love Kurt Vonnegut.

I hope you all had a great weekend, too!♥

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Weekend Moments

Posted on January 22nd, 2012

Hi guys! I made another video of tiny moments of my weekend. I tried to keep each clip really short, so it would just be a kind of glimpse at things.

Details:

  • On Friday we met friends at Nubian Queen Lola’s for dinner. We shared gumbo with cornbread. I had the best fried catfish and shrimp with cabbage and yams, and Justin had the most awesome pork chop sandwich ever. Lola cooks and serves every dish herself. She sat down at our table to take our order, and each time we chose something, (“I’d like the cabbage, please”), she’d say, “Ooooh, you’re gonna love that.” She’s amazing.
  • After dinner we hopped over to the Volstead for drinks. Justin (the bartender) whipped up some lovely beverages for us. After that, E. and N. came to our place and I played bartender to them (I love making cocktails).
  • On Saturday, we spent the day reorganizing the kitchen and cleaning. Yuck.
  • Saturday night, we went to Foreign & Domestic for dinner. They were slammed – so many people! We sat at the counter (our favorite spot) and ate and ate and ate. Ned likes to play this game with us called “I will send you 800 dishes and laugh at you when you can’t finish them all.” We ordered two appetizers, two entrees, and one dessert, and ended up with four appetizers, two entrees, and three desserts. (Sigh, Ned.) We had beef tongue pastrami, white anchovy tartine, beef heart tartare, and pigs brains with huckleberries. Justin had the gnocchi with bacon and broccoli, and I had the redfish with sweet potato puree, rutabagas, and persillade. We shared Jodi’s chocolate trifle, topped with almond sherbet and a pomegranate macaroon. Then Ned sent out the banana tart and the cranberry and chocolate bread pudding. He’s so mean. We love him. :)
  • After dinner, we hopped over to Hotel San Jose for drinks with Jodi and friends, and then our friend J. and Ned popped in. Ned and Justin made plans to play basketball at lunch. There was a lot of trash talking.
  • After that, J. and N. came to our place and I whipped up drinks for everyone. I love being a hostess.
  • On Sunday, I finished up cleaning and rearranging the kitchen. I still need another shelf divider and a few other things, but it looks much better!
  • I had some vegetable soup and avocado toast with sea salt and pepper for lunch.
  • I spent the afternoon at my desk, working on book stuff. I organize things with post-it notes on my bulletin boards.
  • We decided pizza was needed for dinner, so we drove down to Home Slice. We were lucky enough to grab seats at the counter, and had our favorite: half Caesar salad for me, half Greek salad for J, and a tomato pie. Yum.
  • Also, I love my cats.

So, it was a weekend full of food and cocktails. I would say that this week I’m going to cook at home every night, but that would be a lie – Monday we’re going to Asia Cafe with E. and N. ♥

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